Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-02


were fined $40 each and banished to
the clubhouse by Umpire Klein.
last forever. Soon the public will
become sick and tired of the rowdy-
ism, and when that time arrives
there will be more ball players work.
ing for $1,000 a season than there are
ball players working for $4,000 sea-
son.
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Ed Barrow says that the Baltimore
club will remain in Baltimore He is
right. The club should be held there
for the season, at least, but the presi-
dent of our league should see to it
that Jack Dunn is given some help.
The big leagues should be made to
come across" as the gambler says.
They have been getting the best of it
for years and years. and they have
the money to protect the game. AS
far as their own troubles are con-
cerned, they haven't any. The Feds
outlaws may have cost them few
foolish dollars in signing long-term
contracts with players, but as far as
taking any of their patrons away,
that is joke. The only organiza-
tions that the Feds have hurt are the
International League and the Amer
lean Association. The big leagues
have been only stirred up from their
lethargy and the war will put them
on their mettle and do them good in
the END. But they should protect the
little fellowship little fellows who
have been giving up their best play
ers and who have been toadying to
them for years. Yes, Baltimore
should stick, but Jack Dunn should be
given all the financial help he re-
quires. That should be President
Barrow's aim.
C
Jack johnson didn't keep an APP
pointment in London yesterday to
sign articles for fight with Sam
Langford and the cry goes forth that
Johnson is afraid of the Boston Tar
Baby" That, of course, is foolish,
but we all must confess that the
best fighter in the world is a black
man and the one fighter to be most
feared by the best fighter in the
world is also a black man. But as
for Johnson being scared of Lang
ef1tf 60
man once, but he has gone back a
lot. Still, if he were to fight any
white man in the business, including
Gunboat Smith, who is credited with
having beaten the Tar Baby at
Boston some time ago, he would be a
to 1 favorite. Against Johnson.
though, Langford, like all the others,
will be on the short end of the horn.
Jack will be the betting choice. when
the two blacks meet and Jack will
be the victor unless everything goes
dead wrong.
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johnson vs. Langford would make
most interesting bout. 1t would
also decide much-mooted ques-
ton 1t would be one of the few
fights in which Johnson might take
part that would be considered on this
level, yet no one can accuse johnson
of having faxed and prove it. The
trouble is, sporting writer's are toe
quick to condemn sporting affairs
Fake talk is rampant before every
big fight and after every big fight
If Jeffries had beaten Johnson SO pei
cent of the public would have hello
the opinion that Johnson had sole
out, and the only way the Johnson.
Jeffries fight could be on the square
according to SO per cent of the public
would be for JEFF to lose. He lost
so the pests who cry fake were
beaten off.
We would like to see Johnson
Langford fight. If the agreemen
calls for twenty rounds it is dollars
to dog biscuits that the bout will
last that long. and the odds will b