Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
Merry Christmasi

Merry Christmasi
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Alfred Goullet. Worth Mitten, jim
my De Forest and other sporting ce-
lebrities are sending holiday greetings
to their friends.
O.
The sale OF the Yankees has not
/ been consummated-not yet-and
| maybe Messrs. Farrell and Devery
win continue to run the club in the
future. All OF the talk of the sale Of
the club has been on the one side but
Mr.. Farrell has finally spoken. What
he says Is important, because he Is
man OF very few words. Perhaps
his club would not be the subject OF
so much gossip. though, II he had
. identified himself closer with his own
affairs. Because Mr.. Farrell never
saw III TO deny the thousand and one
bare faced les that have been pub
lfshsd from tine 70 time about the
Yankees, everybody seemed to feel
that It was his special privilege to
write anything he might imagine
about the New York American League
club still Mr.. Farrell let II go and
:, Id nothing Maybe he is going to
change his ways. II he is to sell the
Yanks he might as we'll allow the
Old nes to continue. but If he Is to
keep the club IT would be well for him
To turn over Il new leaf
The situation In the sale OF the
New York club is this. Messrs Far
ren and Devery are Wiling to turn
over all the stock to ANYBODY who
is IN a position TO pay s5Go.0eo for
Il. So far no offer al all has been
made for the club. This. uotWith-
standing declarations TO the con-
trary. All Colonsl Ruppert has to
do g to produce the coin and he can
have the Yanks. but despite all the
conferences and all the talk the club
has never been anywhere near sold.
O.
One thing, Ban Johnson who seems
10 be going back. has pulled another
failure whether Colonel Rupert buys
the New York club or not. johnson
said some time ago that the Yankees
were as good as sold. and he even
said he had the new manager Of the
club all bottled up. Now Ban is not |
saying so much. He evidently thought
he had i've one in Colonel Rupert, |
but the colonel is a shrewd business
man and he will have to be shown be-
fore he will unbeit. He wants, ap- |
parently. besides the club, some ball
players and Johnson has not been able
tc produce the goods.
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II the Yankees remain the prop !
ertv of Messrs. Farrell and Devery. |
Mr.. Farrell as president Of the club
Is likely to have something to say
about how the club Is to be run. In
the past he has allowed some punk
nanager to run his club into the
ground and then abuse him in the
end. He has been blamed for inter-
fering with his manager. which isn't
so at all, but he would have been
much better of IN baseball way II
he had asserted his rights. From the
way he is talking now 1t Is evident |
that he intends TO have few things |
to say about his own club In the |
future. II that is a crime then the !
pleasure Is to be on the outside look
ing in.
Tom McCarty is good one. but a |
green one. That was the opinion ex-
pressed after his fight with Gunboat |
Smith at the Empire Club In New |
York last night. The fellow showed |
cleverness and a fighting spirit and |
a gameness that could not help but |
impress. He bested Smith for three
rounds, but he was beaten into sub |
mission In the fourth round. He is
young and will come again. He was |
whipped more through lack Of ex-
perience than through lack of fight |
ing ability. He acted the part OF q
greenhorn. pure and simple, and
walked right into danger. He is
bound TO learn Of his weakness and
be mora careful the next time. He
would have outpointed Smith II he
had been able to evRde the Gunboat's
terrific right hand wailops. AS It
was, he took Smiths punches In the
fret three rounds without wincing
and he made the Gunboat beat re-
treat more than once around the
ring. He was so chocizful Of con-
fidencs that he was unable to see
the danger Of an unprotected jaw
and the end came, Just as everybody
around the ringside predicted II
would. In the early rounds Il was
more good fortune than good judg-
ment that saved McCarty from Q
knockout. He was as wide open as
q barn door after tho horse has been
stolen, but Smith. II he missed one
punch for the jaw he missed fifty,
and McCarty evidently thought such
poor control would last forever. But
the awakening came and the old
right hand of the Gunboat's found q
lodging place on McCarty's jaw. He
went down. got up, went down again,
got up once moro, went down for
the third time, all from well-directed
rtght-hand punches. and when he
arose again, the referee refused to
allow Smith to hit him. The fellow