Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-17

with the well wishes of the sporting
fraternity. and he will be welcomed
back when ne comes home.
Q
Newarkers who go to the boxing
bouts over in New York will recall
the little white-haired fellow who ref
erees at Browns and who is gener-
ally behind live one" at the other
clubs. Munroe, as a second, is ad-
mitted to have few superiors, and he
has given the sage advice and the
! helping hand to many man in the
/ ring. Munroe has been to England
before, and he has been a second over
there. He was behind Johnny Muir
| ply when he fought Pedlar Palmer,
and he looked after Solly Smith, when
he met Willie Smith. When George
Lavigne defeated Dick Burge, Nun
roe was one of Lavigne's chief adj
visers. In the three big fights to
come Munroe may be called upon by
the American representatives He is
very close to Gunboat Smith, who is
to meet Georges Carpenter, and he is
a warm friend of Frank Moran, who
is to clash with Jack johnson for the
championship. He knows Willie
Richie only little, but Willie knows
lot about Munroe as second, and he
may call upon George when the cham
pion fights Freddie Welsh on the
Fourth of July.
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The next big thing in sports around
here will be the Princeton Yale base
ball game next Tuesday afternoon at
the Polo Grounds. The Tiger and
the Bulldog have each won a game,
and in the Polo Grounds battle will
hinge the championship. Yale seems
to be playing very good ball, and
she easily walloped Harvard yester-
day.
The rumor that Eddie Collins is
going to join the Feds is getting
stronger every minute It is said
that the star second baseman has
accepted terms with the Brooklyn
team of the OUTLAW league, but
that he will not join the Tiptops
until next year The millionaire
Wards. owners of the Brookfeds are
said to have offered Collins $25, 900
a year salary and Eddie has accepted
it. Baker and McInnis, two other
members of Connie Macks's 800. 900
infield, are also said to be slated for
Brooklyn. It has come down to a
question Of getting the stars with
the Feds, and they are going after
them Perhaps they will get by, but
the odds are that the players will
get all the money in the end and the
moguls will have some beautiful
ball parks to look at and some hard j
debts to pay.
The Shamrock " doesn't quite |
suit the designers and it is being al
tered from sloop to a cutter. Tons
of lead are also to be removed from
her keel and other changes are to be
made All this is evidence that the !
new Upton boat is not just what |
she ought to be.
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The Resolute, which is about as
sure as anything to be the cup de-
fender, is a short boat with appar- /
emily all the speed requirements. She
has shown herself to be good in all
kinds of wind and weather, and if |
Sir Thomas is able to bring a yacht |
over here to beat her he will be en- |
titled to all the honors.
o
The Vanitie, the Cochran yacht, !
that appeared so formidable in
the breezes in the races against !
the Resolute, is said to have |
been mismanaged. Her captain, |
William Dennis, has quit, and there !
is talk of dissatisfaction on both !
sides. That there was friction is ad- |
mitted. for Dennis says he couldn't !
have his own way about running the |
yacht, and Gardner, the designer, |
says that sails We're made to pull |
and not to flap"
The Johnson-Moran fight is begin
of reports are coming from Paris, !
where the contest is to be held on |
June 81. 1t is said that Johnson is |
in no condition to defend his title and !
that Moran is very fit. The odds, T,
however, are 2 to 1 that the cham |
pion will win. The belief among the |
shrewd followers of the game is that |
the fight is on the level and that |
Moran is just taking chance, john !
son is aware that Moran isn't much !
and he feels that he ought to win.
The champion is out for the money
and Moran is out for Johnson's title,
which will mean big money later on
That seems to be the way the fight
is being sized up both in America
and abroad.
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This is one of Frank Kramer's
strenuous weeks in the big game.
Sunday he raced at the Velodrome.
last night he was billed to meet Alf
Goullet at Boston, but it rained; to-
| night he is in a team match with
Frank Cavanagh as a partner at the
Velodrome, Friday night he meets
Jackie Clark in n match race at New
Haven, Saturday night he is to in
dulge in a championship race at
! Brighton Beach and Sunday he will
| be at the Velodrome in some sort of
strenuous competition. Truly, with
all this work, Kramer is being abused,