Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-17

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tilt. The fighter thinks he knows 1t
Woodruff will either manage Weinert
or Weinert will have to go to work.
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The poor showing of George Covey,
the English court tennis professional,
in his match with Young Jay Gould.
| the American amateur in PhiladeI-
phia yesterday is almost beyond
comprehension. Convey was beaten in
| four straight sets and he simply was
played off his feet The form of
Convey. who was looked upon as a
most likely winner. was entirely too
poor to be true. He was never in the
hunt, although in the early stages of
the match Young Gould was very
nervous and was not up to his game
However, Gould came to i'm a hurry,
but Convey was completely lost in the
shuttle. He was on the defensive
most of the time and his efforts in the
main We're weak and miserable
Surely this great English player who
has swept the professional world be-
/ fore him can do better. He plays
again today and better things IRE
hoped for. although Gould has gained
such strong confidence that he is
being selected to win. Not a few
of those who know of Covey's ability
declare the Englishman lost his
goat" yesterday and that he will be
back today with bells on.
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Welcome to our city, Atlantic
League, new name and all. We hope
you stay with us all season, but we
fear you will not like our apprecia-
ton of your ability in the main.
Maybe, though the Newark fans
will like you and take to you and
enjoy your game. Let us hope so.
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1t looks as if Charley Taft and
Charley Murphy are fooling every
body and are juggling with the
Chicago Cubs. A fiat offer of $750,000
has been turned down for the Cubs
by Mr.. Taft. Better look out. The
asking price at one time for the
Newark Club was $137,0OO Now you
can talk business without ever men,
tioning even 100000. yet everybody
around here seems to be deaf and
dumb. So it may be in Chicago later
on, especially if the Feds get a foot
hold, which Is not improbable.
c.
Judging by postal card just re-
ceived from Joe Fogler, the "Old
Battler" must have been deeply dis
appointed when he and Reggie Nc
Namara were Tapped in the Berlin
six-day grind. Fogler, in a few lines,
had much to say. He spoke of his
excellent condition and felt confident
of winning the grind. But Joe is on
his way home and he will soon be
able to tell the fans in his own way
how he and Mcnamara came to be
asleep at the switch when the big
train" was moving down the field
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Jimmy Moran, who rode as
partner with Eddie Root, and who
loves Root just about as much as he
loves Jackie Clark, which is some
hate, has been the surprise of the
season abroad. Moran, who was be-
lieved to be all in, same back like the
old champion himself in the Brussels
race and he was also "bear-cat' in
the Berlin grind. In the Paris race
the conditions were so unfavorable
that none of the riders displayed any
form. Moran, in that particular con-
test, earned the name of 1.-The man
with the red lantern" through his
persisting in being absolutely last at
} all times. Moran, however, has it
on most of the siX-day riders, for he
has yet to quit in one of those long
grinds unless through injury, and he
laughs heartily whenever the names
of Clark, Root and Fogler are men
toned. for Johnny says that all three
, have shown the white feather" at
one time or another.
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While on the subject of the white
, feather" a pretty close student of the
game said last night that Jackie
Clarks days as a siX-day rider We're
over.
"Clark may be able TO go into a
long race and show some of his old
time flashes for a while. but he will
never again stand for the Furnishing
strain of one of those brutal contests
again. my informant declared,
Jackie used to revel in those long
races, you'll remember" the student
went on to say, but he has lost all
that kind of ambition. II isn't be-
cause he isn't game, but 1t is just be-
cause he has given up the ghost a
couple of times and it comes easier to
quit the oftener you quit
IL Clark has decided to give up six
day racing he will be displaying a
new turn of superior Judgment. In
this ne will be following the decision
of Champion Frank l.. Kramer, whose
cycling intelligence has never been
questioned. Kramer tried the long,
hard struggle, but he didn't go into
the races for the love of them. His
first entry was secured because he
needed the money, and be entered the