Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02

your ball club. but, as l said before,
would like nothing better than to be
interested in it. if Newark men held
control of the stock
That was all the information that
Mr. Irwin had to give out on the re-
ported sale of the Newark club to him
O.
Charles II. Ebbets. jr., president of
the Newark club, said over the tele-
phone this morning:
1.-The Newark club has not been
sold. We have been so busy with
football over in Brooklyn that we
have dropped all negotiations for the
sale of the club. I haven't heard any
thing about Mr.. Irwin buying our ball
club. and so far as 1 know my father
hasn't either As to the price of
! $40 900 for the club, why we haven't
set any price to anyone. I am a very
busy man and I will not be able to
represent the Newark club at the an
nual meeting of the International
League in New York next Monday
Ny father, however. will be there
G
Despite young Mr. Ebbets's state
ment to the contrary, negotiations
have been going on for the sale of
| the Newark club. Efforts have been
made to interest local people but
no one seems willing TO put his
money in baseball under the present
conditions. 1t is believed that $4,000
will buy the club, but the purchaser
will have to assume all the outstand-
ing Indebtedness. Mr.. Ebbets, ST.,
freely admits that he must get out,
but it looks as if he may have to
stay in for lack of an acceptable sue
cessor. AS a last resort, "phoney'
sale may be brought about
President Barrow, of the Interna-
tional League, would like to see
Newark men own the Newark club,
but he realizes that this is not the
best time in the world TO lure money
from business men for a sporting
venture. However, Mr.. Barrow as
sured me in a conversation over the
telephone that Newark would be we'll
taken care of, and that baseball af-
fairs throughout the circuit would
be much better next season than
they were last season. He spoke as
if the Feds were done TO a turn, and
said that the International League
would be a bigger proposition than
ever with the outlaws" on the shelf
we hope Arthur Irwin is the leader. |
He would make good here, and he
would make money for his partners |
in the deal.
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Joe Shugrue will have the chance
of his life tonight when he meets
Freddie Welsh in ten-round bout
at Madison Square Garden, and not
a few believe that he will give the
champion a good, sound beating.
Welsh is a boxer pure and simple and
hasn't much of a punch. He wins
his fights because he outmaneuvers
and outgenerals his opponents, and
sometimes he "buffaloes' them. In
his bout with Ad Wolgast Welsh
showed some fighting spirit, and to
the amazement of those present he
stood toe-to-toe and slugged with Ad.
In his contests since he hasn't done
H.. II 1,n h
met a boy who Is as strong and as
hardy as Shugrue. Joe knows how
to box and he is a gamester. He is
aggressive, and he can punch, and III
he isn't frightened out of his boots
Just because he is facing a champion
Mr. Freddie Welsh is likely to have
a very unpleasant evening. OF course,
if Shugrue, as have the others, al
lows Welsh to feint him and stall him
and pop him with his left hand on
the nose every now and then the
champion will win the bout, but if
Shugrue forces the issue and makes
the battle a mixing affair he has
even a better chance than has Welsh
to win.
To win the verdict is one thing, but
to win the championship is another
thing. The popular decision will not
give Shugrue the title, but 1t will give
him a lot of prestige and he may
eventually secure a match in which
the title will be at stake. However,
all these calculations are sure to go
for naught unless Shugrue has the
markings of a champion in him. Welsh
is one of the best ring generals that
has ever won the lightweight crown,
and it will take brains as well as
muscle to defeat him in a ten-round
bout.
Newark is certainly the bike town
of the world. The fans have fiocked
to Keeney's this week in droyes to
see Alfred Goullet and Alfred Grenda
on the home trainers. The boys are
given a big hand for their efforts.
The act has proved to be one of the
best attractions ever staged at
Keeney's.
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Francesca Nerrl, the Italian cyclist,
would like to meet Goullet and
Grenda in a series of matches on the
home trainer. Verri has asked the
manager of Keeney's Theatre, where
the Australians are appearing, how
about 1t. Goullet and Grenda are
s1Innosed to meet all-comers and il