Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-19

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signed with players for next year.
The outlook surely points to failure.
and more than one club In the league
cannot stand the pressure of more
! losses. Buffalo and Jersey City were
| given financial help last year, and
every club in the league will have to
have help next season If baseball is no
better than predicted. It is claimed
that year without baseball In the
various cities would make the fans
wild for the great national game in
the year to follow. While there Is
more than one good argument in fa-
vor of this plan, 1t is not likely that
II will be carried out.
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One thing that is sure to happen is
a big cut in the salaries of the play
ers. In the first place. there will be
more players than there are jobs.
That situation will put the players
on the defensive. Another thing.
the owners are not going to spend
any more money than necessary,
which means that the more reasona-
BILE are the men the more pleased
viii be the magnates. A rule has
been passed by the international
players, including the manager, who
is to be a regular on the team. The
salary list OF the clubs, which ran
as high as $1,000 a month last season,
will be curtailed, it is said, to about
$4,000. That is the talk, and the
players know it, but conditions war
rant it, and the situation will proba-
bly, be met by the men.
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Charley Weinert is now being ad-
vertised as the "handsomest man in
the ring" This is one OF the things
that Jimmy Johnston, his new man.
ager, has been able to put over on
the New York press. It may not be
that Weinert is beauty but he is a
much better-1ooking fellow than any
of the hopes" in the game today. |
and he should reach the top with
careful handling. He is not yet |
twenty years of age, and he is built on !
the lines OF a reindeer. He is fast and |
clever, and he may not be as strong
as some of the other bruisers. Still |
he has so much more ring intelligence |
than most Of the fighters that he
ought to go right down the line. pick
and seems to have more
sense now than IN the past. He will
get along all right II he makes the
most Of his opportunities.
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Weinert will soon make his appear
ance before one Of the New York
clubs. He has several irons in the
fire. He may meet Gunboat Smith
week or so. Jim Coffey also wants
another crack at Weinert, and he will |
be accommodated when the time |
comes. Welnert has a "hunch," he
says, that he can whip Smith, and it
is the Gunboat he wants to fight first.
Some of the minor leaguers" are try
ing to get recognition in New York
at the expense of Weinert, but Char
ley has told his manager to pass up
all the life-savers.
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J. p. N:
Just a few lines to let you know
what I think of the Newark bike
fans. Having been at Tuesdays race
| was stunned to see such a small
attendance and the cold way the rid
ers were treated when a one-mile
sprint was on. | think we can draw
q bigger crowd in Hoboken, N. j.
HOBOKEN BIKE FAN.
Some of the fans are all right.
Those who are roasting Gouilet and
Hill for superior ability are not fair.
Newark has not supported the race
as 1t should, though II has been a
most interesting contest. The rid
ers say 1t has been the hardest short
hour race they have ever competed
in. Hurrah for Hoboken, IL she has
more eix-day fans than Newark. Per-
sonally I am not keen on six-day
races Manager Mcfarland con-
Quoted the race Just to give the rid
ers little money.
o.
A fight fan expresses sorrow be-
cause the prosecutor has given the
black eye to boxing. He says:
Harrison, Dec. Is.
]. P. NJ:
1t is with a general feeling of sor-
row that the sporting public of this |
vicinity views the abolition OF their
favorite sport of boxing. The game, |
when properly conducted and free |
from the undesirables, is not a tolera-
ton and is more likely to inculcate |
manliness and courageous spirit
than any other sport. The game
could not exist under the conditions,
and too much criticism was being
directed at the gentlemen who were
trying to revive and elevate the sport.
1t is to be hoped that cycling and
baseball will not meet with the same
fate as you predict, but will be moro
popular and have better success next
season than ever before.
am greatly interested in the six
day race which is being held at the
armory and which should prove
financial success, inasmuch as New
ark is the greatest cycling centre In
the world. Goullet and Hill are my
selections for the honors and 1 will
not be surprised to see them demolish
all records for that kind of racing.
Hoping for the success of Mac
Farland, the daddy of cycling in this
city, and the success of soccer foot
ball, which is our favorite sport in
Harrison, remain, yours respect
fully, ARTHUR ]. KEAN.