Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

that he is to receive only 20 per cent.
Savage will be offered 20 per cent, Il
is said which, of course, he will turn
down. If this fight is really held it
ought to draw well. but the prices
should be reasonable. The two beat
en- wonders" might do a turn for, say,
ten. twenty and thirty cents. Then,
| ife the bout is not everything that 1t
should be, no one will be badly stung.
incidentally, to insure absolute hon
esty of the contest, It might be well
to have Percy Woodruff, a friend of
both men, referee the oonts.
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Kid Boonton has a bright future,
and if he has the material he will be
given an opportunity to make good.
Jimmy Johnston, his manager. is in
position to do a lot of things for
Boonton, and he told me at Madison
Square Garden last night that he
thought whole lot of the Kid. John
ston said that the boy looked prom
Using and he would do everything in
his power to send him to the front.
Boonton was offered a match at the
Olympic Club, but Johnston refused
to allow him to battle for 221s per
cent. The Kid will fight the semi
final to the McFarlandW Welsh bout
at the Garden If that contest becomes
a reality. There will be big crowd
there on that occasion, and Boonton
Srr3H kar ~
himself before a classy crowd.
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Boonton, by the way, who is train
ing over in New York, has written me
a letter in which he says:
New York, Nov. 20.
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Just a few lines to let you know
am in the best of health and hope you
are the same. ] am writing this letter
from Jimmy Johnston's office at
Madison Square Garden. This is the
first time in my life that have had
the pleasure of seeing a six x-day
bicycle race. My manager thinks a
lot of me and so does Kid Lewis, of
England. After I got through giving |
Hopkins lacing at the New York |
A. c., Jimmy called me aside and !
said:
You are booked up for ten rounds |
next to the Welsh-McFarland fight at |
the Garden"
The matchmakers at Olympic Park, !
Newark, want me to fight the winner |
of the Lewis McYeigh fight the fol- I
lowing week for twenty-five and one
half per cent. of the house. I told |
Eddie Wood and Snyder to see my /
manager, and believe they are afraid
"a my
die Morgan's bout being cancelled.
They want to fight Young Gradwell at
the Bay View Club for four rounds, |
and | will receive 800 fat money. !
would take 1t up but Gradwell won't |
make 1873 pounds ringside I can give !.
him the fight of his life, no matter il !
he does weigh 142 pounds ringside. |
It's only four rounds. Well, think |
the winner of the New York six-day |
race will be Egg and Verri.
PAUL FREDA (Bid Boonton).
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Edward G. Barrow, president of
the international League, was at the
Garden last night. and I had a chat
with him in his box. Mr.. Barrow
said the Feds were whipped, and
whipped thoroughly, and he felt sure
that they would not open their gates
next season. He declared he was
doing all in his power to make the |
International League stronger than
ever, and he admitted that there !
would be at least one shift, and pos
sibly two shifts. in the league cir
cult. He is evidently not anxious
to meddle with Montreal but Jersey |
City Is sure to be passed up, with |
Syracuse as its successor, and the |
Baltimore franchise may be Cancelled |
You may not know it, but there Is !
some talk Of Washington being |
dropped from the American League |
burgh. Baltimore, so everybody |
who ought to know says, is a rot |
ten" baseball city, and has never
been a money-maker. Those who |
doubt this can secure the positive In |
formation by corresponding with Ban |
johnson or Charles II. Ebbets, ST. |
Jack Dunn lost money in Baltimore
with a pennant winner, and the |
Feds, after. all their blow and blus-
ter, dropped something like $4,000 |
there this season. A big man In /
baseball said Baltimore should be |
given q rest for about two years and |
then it might be willing to support
a ball club. At present, it is losing |
proposition.
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pa cd
that 1t was absolutely essential that |
there be @ change in ownership of |
the Newark club. So say we all If
us. Who will buy the club, Mr.
Barrow didn't know, but he hoped to
be able to interest local capital. He
confessed that the Newark club
needed q new location for its ball
park and that the attendance would
about double under favorable condi-
tions in this town. He agreed with
me that Newark was about the best
minor league city in the world, but
that 1t had never really been given
fair show. With desirable man.
agement and a desirable location,
Newark would be a wonderful base
ball proposition.
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The following letter is from a foot
ball fan, who does not approve Of
Harvard's refusal 1pto accept the
challenge of Nebraska University's
football team for a post-season game,
the receipts of which would go to
the Belgian Relief Fund. His ideas
-, tt,a e,,I.iaof fotIarrv.