Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-15


form. Just to make the saloonkeepers
feel happy. a well-informed man told
me yesterday that the liquor license
would not be far this side of $500 and
that the hours of sale would be ma
terially decreased. Great sport we are
to have around here.
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The sale of the New York Yankees
is apparently only matter of time.
Colonel Rupert wants to buy, and
1t is the will of the American League
that Messrs. Farrell and Devery, the
present owners, sell. 1t doesn't seem
fair at all that these men, who were
responsible for the American League
in New York, and who, therefore.
were practically responsible for the
success of the American League,
should he told to get out, whether
| they want to or not 1t is a pretty
fair warning to men who contemplate
investing money in the great national
game to figure a few years ahead.
Ten years ago, when he accepted the
New York franchise, Frank Farrell
was the biggest man in baseball. He
spent his money like a joyous sailor,
and he built a ball park, at great
expense, out of a pile of rock. He
played the game big. and he lost
money on his venture. He never
"squealed," but now, because there
appears to be a desire for a change,
Ban johnson, the league president,
negotiates the sale of the Yankees
over the heads of the owners. That
is baseball as it is played today, and
it is well that prospective purchasers
look before they leap.
G
Harold Dibblee, of New York, promi-
nent in athletics and cycling, is inter-
esting himself in the case of Charles
Boughton, the Central High school
runner. who has been declared a pro-
fessional by the Public School Ath-
letic League OF New York. Dibb1ee
says that If Boughton can prove to
him that he is an amateur at heart
he will take his case before the ANA
teur Athletic Union by proposing the
Newarker for membership and hav-
ing the A. A. U. pass on the matter.
In Dibblee's opinion, and from what
he has heard about the case, Bough-
ton is not a pro. Boughton. it seems,
receives remuneration from the Play
ground Commission for acting as
play leader, and not as a teacher of
athletics. If this is made clear,
Dibblee says Boughton will not have
any trouble proving his amateur
standing in the eyes of the A. A. L.
@
The status Of an amateur is not
always an easy thing to define An
athlete may receive pay because of
his athletic ability and still retain
his amateur standing. For instance,
1t is not uncommon to see a star
runner or jumper or weight man
working. In a sporting goods store at
a very good salary. 1t is q we'll
Known IacC IndC ne is WORKING there
because of his athletic prowess, and
he wouldn't be working there If he
wasn't q star on the track or in the
field. He is still an amateur because
he isn't directly engaged in athletics
for the money there is in it. But If
young man of athletic calibre, who
is anxious to secure an education,
finds it necessary to accept a position
as play leader at a playground CEN
tire, at much smaller remunera-
ton than the young man who is en-
ployed in the sporting goods store,
he is declared -blooded pro-
fessional.
Now, let it be understood that l
am not taking the part of Boughton
because he is local boy, nor do I
desire that he be favored in any way
that any other boy would not be ia
vored. As understand it, Bough-
ton was informed that he was we'll