Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-17

operation, is being mourned by
the entire athletic world.
pic games at Athens by the king of
Sweden with the Royal Order of
Nasa, and by the Imperial German
! Olympic Commission, by command of
the emperor, with the German Olym,
pic Decoration of the Golden Eagle,
the highest athletic decoration of
Germany. In recognitio0 of his SER
vices at st. Louis the International
Olympic committee presented to him
its Olympic Medal, the late President
Mckinley being the only other Amer,
lean who ever received this honor.
| C.
1t is an old story and an old say
ing that there never was one man
whose place could not be filled by an
other. In the case of James e. Sui
Ivan We hope there is such a man.
Barlow S. Weeks, close friend of
Mr.. Sullivan, and an able man In
every way, has been appointed tenn
porarily in Mr.. Sullivan's place. To
make Mr.. Weeks'ssappointn per-
manent would be the next best thing
to having Mr.. Sullivan in the office.
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The confidence being displayed by
the New York fans in the Giants
chances of winning the pennant is
astonishing. According to Mr.. New
York, the race isn't over, by a long
| shot, and he will still tell you that
"McGraw will win the pennant. and
mark my word for it." That is the
manner in which it was handed out
to me by a blase Gothamite yester-
day, but. of course, you've got to
allow about 20 per cent. for New
York. for New Yorker thinks New
York is best in everything. Admitting
all this, the argument being advanced
that the Giants still have chance to
win the flag has merit to 1t, and 1t
has to do with the series at the Polo
! grounds beween the Giants and the
| Boston Braves. This series calls for
| five games, and the New Workers.
have 1t all doped out that the PEN
nant will come right down to that
series and that the Giants will win
just as many games as is necessary
to carry off the flag.
O.
Maybe the fight will come down to
that five-game series, and yet does
j it well vie in interest with the worlds
series According to the present
standing the Braves are three and a
half games In the lead of the Giants
and they will have to do better thar
that to make victory sure. 1t is true
that the Braves are playing better
ball than the Giants, and they arr
showing a lot of class, but 1t is &
well-known fact that McGraw j.
never whipped until the fight is over
and he has always brought up hi,
players to feel the same way abou
1t. The Giants are a game ball team
and they will fight to the end of tn,
rope. They are old stagers and car
stand the strain, and the more on,
thinks of it the more it is eviden
that the Giants still have a chanc,
to win, but not such glorious chanc,
as Mr.. New Yorker would have Vi
believe.
c.
The betting on the pennant race Ii
all in favor of the Braves. The book
makers are holding them at 10 to 7
but the sports think they are entitle,
to 10 to for their money. Speculation
seems to be rather brisk, but Their
!. is more money, at the odds, tina
New York will win than there is tha
Boston will win. The feeling is tina
the Braves will crack when 1t come
right down to the pinch, although
there is also feeling that Their
won't be any pinch, and that tn
Braves will not need any victorie
when they go into that five-game Sc
ries on the Polo Grounds. AS t.
cracking, the Braves have a coupl
of gamesters on their side. For one
there is George stallings. He is o
the McGraw type, and will never sa,
quit. Then there is Johnny Evers
crab il you will, but gameste
through and through. With thes
two men keeping at the players al
the time, it will take lot of har,
knocking and a lot of hard luck t
break their spirit
O.
The Bay View Wheelmen have don
we'll in matching Jimmy McVeigh an
Banty Lewis as the feature for thei
next boxing show. These boys ar
exceedingly popular, and 1t is doubt
full IL the clubhouse will be larg
enough to hold those who will wan
to see the mill The interest in Nc
Weigh and Lewis dates back iron
their fight not so long ago. On tina
occasion the boys battled for fou
rounds, with the experts and the ma
jority of the fans giving the verde
TO Jimmy. This didn't suit Rapty q