Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-16

ers. No fight between little fellows
around here in years has attracted as
much attention as the affair tomor-
row night at Browns. 1t will be
worth the while and the sports from
Newark and the Oranges are sure to
be there in large numbers
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Tom Fogarty, president of the Jer-
sey City Baseball Club, in a message
to me from the training camp of the
Skeeters at Wilmington, n. c., says:
Wish you could be here with me
enjoying the sunshine The bunch
looks very encouraging" The wish
is returned, but only such pleasures
as basking in the sunshine come to
ball players, who will tell you that
they are terribly abused. President
Fogarty modestly refers to his ball
team as encouraging. That sounds
much better than the usual boastful
statement Wen romp off with the
pennant. But 1t is just like Fogarty,
who Is a real good fellow, but has
been unable to get in right in the
home of his bah team. He has a
fight on in Jersey City at the present
time that looks dangerous to the in
terests of baseball, and he can thank
some of his would be friends for his
predicament. With only a fair ball
club and whole lot of knocking.
the coming season in Jersey City
promises little encouragement. Then
on top of this consider what the Fed
erals are going to do to the "regu-
lars" in Baltimore and the not I'M
favorable outlook in Buffalo, and you
wonder what is to become of the In
ternational League, anyway
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When things don't go to suit some
people they Immediately get the idea
that the whole world is dishonest
Here, for instance, is a presumably
intelligent person. declaring that
everything was all wrong at the
Turner's boxing show, when, in real
ity, the excellence of those amateur
competitions being held by that or
ganization is positively the talk OF
the town. AS an evidence of this.
one man, an old-time boxer himself
and an enthusiastic follower of the
game, stopped me on the street the
other evening TO tell me how inn
mensely he enjoyed the Turner's
shows. especially the last one and tbs'
one that is being so roughly handled
in the following communication:
]. p. NJ:
/ am a constant reader of your
valuable paper, and if you can spare
me the space, ] would appreciate it
if you would insert the following:
Referring to the recent amateur uuA-
ing tournament, held at the National
Turn Verein for the different classes,
would say that ] am fair and i'm
partial fan and think it is q shame
to see the amateurs pitted against
the professionals Any man who is
in the habit of watching professional
fighters in action could readily see
al a glance that a good many pros
We're in the different bouts Monday
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fighters went so far as to call out
the names that the pros went under
when lighting for a purse.
1t was also noticeable to any fair
minded man that the referee could
see any fouls made against the boys
who belonged to the National Turn
Verein, but he could not see fouls
committed against the outsider. 1t
was also noticeable that the judges
were way off in their decisions. |
will only mention one bout, the 125-
pound class for third prize, between
Ed. Bruner and Louis Urban, the
latter connected with the National
Turn Verein and the former unat-
tached from Newark. In the three
rounds Bruner had Urban in bad
shape. He had him almost cut to
pieces, and he was bleeding profuse-
", and had all he could do to stay
the three rounds He would not have
done it If he had not hung on
When the boys went to their cor
ners the judges awarded the bout to
Urban, thereby allowing one of their
members to win a. championship
medal. When the decision was an
nounced, the fans Immediately Kissed
and hooted the Turner's in general,
and one of the men in authority went
around TO the inherent OUTLETS u
the hall and announced that if the
leaders did not stop the noise there
would be something doing. Thank
ing YOU in advance for this favor.
FIGHT FAN.
Now. MIR. Fight Fan" you are the
one who is all wrong-not the Turn
ers. In the first place, the referee of
the bouts wasn't a Turner man and
neither were the judges. So, here
after when you think you have q
kick coming, kindly find out all
about the affair before you start in
to roast it. Mistakes will happen in
the best regulated families, and that
pros get in among the amateurs in
the Turner bouts is not such a
strange thing. The pros get in every
where. few of them got in over
at the New York A. C. turney last
week. 1t isn't the Turner's fault nor
the Turner's wish that professionals
sneak into their amateur competi-
ton, and they are quick to punish
when the offenders are exposed. In
the future, perhaps 1t would be well
to have the culprits arrested. They
could be charged with misrepresen-
tation. Mr.. Fight Fan" will you