Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-23

/ 10 uo Will 1Slittdi , ulSpldy EOl super
iority over Barringer at basketball
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| noticed in your sporting columns
| in yesterdays Evening Star that Cen
trails victory in basketball over Bar
ringer was so eXulted that one would
set the impression that Central was
exceedingly superior in every Depart
meut of the game. In behalf OF Bar
ringer and not wishing to deduct
any credit from Central as victors,
wish to state that Barringer was
in mighty poor condition, due I'M
doubtedly to the absence of War
shawsky. its leader. One of the fac
ulty pulled a bone and caused a
ban to be put on him. When the
news reached the rest of the players
that their star forward would not
play they became disheartened and
went into the game without that ira
ditional "true-blue spirit" which is
ever Characteristic of all Ridge street
teams.
Mind you, Lam not "squealing," or
trying to make an apology, but in
Justice to myself, wish to state. in
my estimation, Barringer can easily
hold its own with the Centralites. Ii
would have been & different tale,
believe, IL WarshaWsky were there.
Nothing would be more pleasing to
me than to have another game ar
ranged with Central on a neutral
court Come on, you Central defend
ers. A LOYAL BARINGERITE.
Barringer was beaten, fairly and
sauarely, and would have been, the
opinion seems to prevail, even if
Warshawsky had been in the game.
Central High has a dandy team and
is entitled to all the praises being
heaped upon it. OF course, II may
hurt to have Central get the bou-
quets that used to be showered on
Barringer, but in the name of good
when you lose!
BY refusing to allow Willie Kelly to
compete in the Central High School
athletic meet. Harry Coates. the
trainer, seems to have aroused quite
discussion, the following letter be-
ing able evidence of that fact:
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l have noticed with interest the re-
cent display of training knowledge let
loose by Harry Coates. Might l ask
when and where he acquired all this
dope in re athletes and their train
ing? Certainly not a Branch Brook
playground. However, 1 suppose that
too many match races would not be
good for Kelly l would respectfully
call to your attention that the race
in question is a handicap affair, and
not a match race, as Coates would
lead the public to believe. Lagay at
his best, is only a, second-class man
and would perhaps accede to Kelly
only ten yards handicap. The only
reason that 1 can see for Central High
School announcing Kelly as a starter
is that he is big local attraction
and all the Prudential turns out I'M
der the delusion that he is q cham
per" Coates seems to share this de-
fusion. "A near-trainer - pick a
near champ"
Harry Hillmcz, who is a regular
trainer-by that I mean he gets the
hard coin for his advice-doesn't
think the Central High race would
put his man Lagay on the list of has
beens." why should Coates?
I'm one of the boobs that would
ante up the shekels to see Kelly race
Lagay, merely because of the rivalry.
and not because they are champers.
Here's hoping TO see Kelly in Sthe
coming race, which is a handicap,
mind you. j. p N, and not a match
or argument affair.
Maybe Coates will be on the track
trying to initiate MacFarland when
the latter handled Jackie Clark
Cordially, TAPA.
As to the merits of Kelly and La
gay, that is question, and as to
their rating as athletes, that is also
a contention. AS to Coates, Kelly, the
one most interested, seems to be thor
oughly satisfied so why should
"Tapa" worry. One thing. if this
self-same Coates is half as valuable
an asset to Kelly as Floyd MacFar-
land was to Jackie Clark, Kelly has