Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-28

AlSER, THE SPEEDY AMATEUR
US are still sticking to the Yankee
craft and hoping for its success. This
may be looked upon as treason, but
Sir Thomas will not sell any the less
tea.
G.
whats the matter with Jerry
Traverse" all the golfers are asking.
Our amateur champion, who was be-
lieved to be the greatest match
player in the simon-pure ranks, has
been beaten again abroad, while
Francis Ouimet, the sensational
youngster of last year, and Henry ].
Topping, another Yankee player, are
fighting 1t out for first honors in the
French championship tourney today.
IT'S well, of course, and very credita-
| BILE, too, that Americans have reached
the final round. STILL there is keen
disappointment in the fact that Trav-
ers hasn't been able to win. Jerry
has been golf1ng only fairly well, and
1t is said he has acquired nerves"
something that is never noticeable in
his makeup over here. In fact, IL
was always a case of lack of
NERVES" with Travers, and it was
great steadiness and absolute conf
dence that would win for him from
one opponent after another. Why,
Travers at match play became so
strong that the best of judges ex-
pressed a desire to see Jerry meet
either Harry Vardon or Edward Ray
with the confidence that Travers
would not be badly beaten, if beaten
he would be at ALL Yet over In the
English tourney our American hope
was put out in the first round, and in
the first championship he was de-
feated in the semi-final round by
Henry ]. Topping, who never was
considered anywhere near as good as
Travers in their playing over here.
@
The desperate manner in which the
J autoists are driving their machines
in the elimination trials at Indian
apolis, is a simple warning of what
| to expect next Saturday when the
real race is run. Records are being
, broken right and left, and life and
limb are being brutally risked for the
sake of winning the $4,000 first prize
) And the wonderful speed and the
/ daring of the speedsters have at
/ tracted so much attention to the con-
test that it is declared more than
3 1000 persons will be on hand tc
/, witness the race-and perhaps wit.
{ ness a slaughter. The greatest driv.
D ers the world over are now here fol
o the race, and men who know no feal
> will man the various machines. Thu
g winner will be a hero when all i.
. over, but it would not be surprising
= if there were some dead heroes t.
e talk about. Nothing in sport tina
= we know of is quite so brutal as au
a tomobile racing at the clip that il
:. bound to prevail at Indianapolis
n Football is tame and boxing is a jok
( alongside of that daredevil pas
time"
o
Yale is having her troubles in row
4 ing and there seems to be con
| fusion of affairs at the New Havel
college. The report that Guy Nick
1 alls, the rowing coach, had resigne
/ is denied, although it is admitte
| that the rigging in the varsity eigh
/ boat had been changed from Englisl
/ style to an American style Will
/ Nickalls's qualifications as a coac
/ are not to be disputed, Yale oars
/ manship is a pathetic joke. The rae
last fall on Carnegie Lake, in whic
i an almost novice crew of Princeto
oarsmen easily defeated the Ellis
should be enough for the Bulldog.
But as bad as Yale is in rowing
Princeton is even worse in athletic!
II The Tigers should devote their ef
III forts to class games until they ar
II able to show at least some ability o
III track and field.
III @
III Jack Coyne comes back at XII
Boonton's manager in the followin
| well-chosen remarks:
III orange, N. j., May 26, 1914.
]. P. N:
II In regards to Joe Benedetto, X
III Boontons manager, saying that
am four-f1ushing, what does |
| mean-that I am afraid to meet h
| lightweight? Why, I am sure that
| can beat Boonton; that 1 would go
far as boxing him on a winner-tak
| all basis. That kind of a propositio
SHIFTS me- If he thinks so much
Boonton's chances, let him jump
this offer. There would be son
money in this kind of a match f
one of us l am willing to take
chance with my end of the purs
AS have said before, the be
ii weight L would do for him or an
III body else would be 1876 pounds at
o'clock the day of the bout. He al
u mentioned something about me bell
= .ralt er.ueieh II he thinks so.