Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-04

could do Now. however. their goose
is cooked and Snyder can stick
around twenty years more to his rail
road job and Wood can continue It
drive his pork wagon.
c
The bouts at the Olympic Club
have been stopped at the suggestion
of Prosecutor Guild, who notified
] Police Chief Green, of Irvington, that
the boxing matches held at the park
were in the nature of prize fights.
and, therefore. against the law, The
/ park management was notified Dy
| Chief Green and the news was given
TO Wood when he was in the acl Of
clinching a match between Harry
Stone and Young Gradweu The
shock brought the perspiration TO
Woods's brow, and he was too fun for
utterance Snyder was similarly
affected.
Boxing is fine sport but II is
much abused, especially in Newark
where so many "cheap skate pro
moters seem to butt into the game
Ten-round bouts at OLYMPIC Park,
with tho club under able manage
ment, would have been a pleasure 20
the fight fans hereabouts, but Wood
and Snyder were not the men To
run 1t. Woods claim to attention in
the sporting world Is found in the
fact that he was once professional
roller skater. At the present time
he drives pork wagon. Snyder
qualities as manager because ne
has worked twenty years-twenty
years without stopping. tick. tick,
tick-on the D, L and w. Railroad.
Besides he was eligible because he
was willing to be the "angel" and
produce some of his hard earned
savings and stack them up against
Woods brains.
o
It is believed that Woods propo-
sitlon calling for a knockout clause
in the proposed Savage -Weinert fight
attracted the prosecutors attention
to the Olympic Club. That and the
cracks he made about having such a
big pull In Irvington is evidence of
his incompetency as a promoter. The
men, too, were cheap in their meth
DDS, and the way they treated Young
zyrad ha
Brown at their club created much un-
favorable comment. They We're anx-
ious to make a big winner on one
show and then get out. and they were
working hard to bring about a Saw
age Weinert fight, which they figured
would net them $1,000. The Evening
Stars expose Of a fake agreement in
this bout spoiled everything. This an
gered Messrs Wood and Snyder and
they haven't liked me for a cent ever
since. However, we will continue to
expose fakes and to expose cheap
skates"
Coach w. e. Short, of the Railway
High School, puts the issue right up
to Rutherford He presents what he
calls Simple facts" to show how
Railway has done everything to play
Rutherford, but that Rutherford has
always Cancelled. The letter follows:
Railway, Dec. 8, 1914.
J. P. NJ:
Enclosed please find Just a. state
ment of facts. hope you won't con-
sIder this an attempt to prolong the
paper battle" I am not trying to
defend any championship claim,
for, as you stated. What are you
going to do with it?" This Is simply
to show that Railway has been really
trying to meet Rutherford for two
years. only to be turned down" when
the opportunity seemed about to be
realized. This is my first and last
letter. Let them read it and think
Ii over.
Permit me, without entering into
argument, stating personal opinions.
or questioning motives, to state tho
facts in this childish Rutherford
Railway affair: then let the public
Judge whether Rutherford or Railway
mas acted in good faith.
First, let us go back to the season
of 1918. Rutherford made their nrsL
noise during that season and was
advised by Newark sporting writer's
to take on stronger teams. Barrin-
ger and East Orange, having their
schedules completed, could give them
no date. They wrote to Railway.
The latter offered a game in Railway,
but Rutherford refused. Finally Rah-
way agreed to go to Rutherford and
a date was arranged. Two days be-
fore the game Rutherford Cancelled,
In order to play a return game with
Hackensack or Englewood q forget
which one), claiming that they would
have to forfeit 80 If they failed to
play the return game.
Now we come to the baseball sea-
son of 1914. Rutherford and Railway
were scheduled to play a game of
baseball in Rutherford. During the
morning of the day scheduled, Ruth
erford telephoned and Cancelled, stat
ing that they did not have s4 to pay
one-half expenses of Railways team.
The Railway Athletic Association Of
fered to pay their own expenses If
Rutherford would play the game.
The offer was refused.
Lastly, negotiations were opened
with Rutherford February 27, 1914,
in an attempt to arrange a game of
football for the season of 1914. Cor
respondence extended from February
II, 1914. until April 28, 1914, when
Rutherford in last reply stated that
they had no place on their schedule