Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11

The finish of the Berlin six-day race
furnished another surprise. over here
it was expected that Walter Rutt
would win. but the victor turned up
in Willie Lorenz. John Stol was sec
ond and Rutt finished third Eddie
Root. who teamed with Jimmy Moran,
! came in fourth. Only four teams were
| tied at the finish, and Rutt was the
favorite. Lorenz is good six day
man. and he rode with Karl Saldow,
with whom he teamed in the New
York six-day race three years ago.
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( The Federal Leaguers have declared
| open war, and they will have a bet
! ter chance in 50 doing President
Gilmore has announced that the out
laws" will dicker with ball players
whether they have signed contracts
or not This will mean much trouble
from now on, and throughout the
playing season there will be merry
time. The old saying, here today and
some place else tomorrow, will come
into constant use. The Feds are des-
perate and say they win win at any
cost. They declare that the "regu-
lars" started the trouble by refusing
to give up Killifer, Of the Phillies.
The regulars" haven't made any re-
ply, and they are probably cooking
up a new pill to offset the work of
the outlaws" The fight is getting
bitter 1t will come right down to
case of money, and the side with the
biggest bankroll will win out, pro-
viding, of course. both sides do not
get together before too much wealth
is squandered. a turn of affairs that
is more than likely to happen
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AS n boxer in his day, Jimmy Britt,
who broke into pugilism in his native
state of California, was so close to-
the top that only the champions STOOD
between him and the lightweight tltle
That is saying n whole lot for young
man who was in the game when Joe
Cans, Young Corbett, Battling Mel
son. Eddie Hanlon and others of such
ike We're grazing the profession
by their presence. Now, though,
Britt is out of the game, but he can
still talk about it, and he talks about
II in a most interesting manner.
When Jimmy was n fighter he always
had a soft spot in his heart for the
footlights, and when his days as
boxer drew near he began to prepare
himself for the stage. How well he
has done his work we will be able to
iudee better after his stay of three
DAYS. beginning tomorrow, at thel
washington Theatre. As a monoloslst,
Britt Is said to be very clever. lie
tells stories with a punch in Them
and most Of his yarns have to do with
his own career, a la Jim Corbett. Ac-
TORS are not very sweet ON one an
other. as u general thing, but Ben
Smith. the Newark comedian, says
that Jimmy Britt is great" Ben
even tells some of Jimmy's stories,
the men having played together on
the coast.
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you'll like Britt when you see
him" Smith said. "He does fine. His
stories are on himself and he can sing |
n bit, too, can tell you. I saw him
several years ago when he first start
ed out. and he was good then. At |
that time Jimmy used to train for MS
monologue Just before he went out
before the audience he would do shad-
ow boxing, talk to himself and get all |
worked up to a pitch for his act. l
don't know whether he does that sort
of preparatory training now, but In
the old days it was great to watch
him.
Dave Kurtz. the Newark boxer,
telegraphs me as follows from Man
chester, N. H:
After twelve rounds boxing l was
robbed byreferee on his decision. When
l made the match my opponent was
supposed to he a welterweight He
weighed 175 pounds rngside. Referee
continually showed prejudice by get
ting in my way and pushing me on
ropes. When the decision was given
he was Kissed by the crowd"
That's the way Kurt2 tells the story
and it looks as if Kurtz hasn't given
himself any the worst of it. This is
the way the story of the bout came
over the wire:
Manchester. N H., March H.
Terry Martin. of Philadelphia, won
the decision over Dave Kurtz, of
Newark. n. j., in the main bout of
| twelve rounds at McElwain Club last
night In the fourth Kurtz lost his
balance and slipped to the floor as
the result Of n glancing blow, but took
too long to rise and was counted out,
though he was uninjured. Rather
than disappoint the fans Martin re-
turned to the ring and finished the
bout"
! Gentlemen, you can take you choice
the Kurtz version or the wire YER
sion 1t is history that the loser is
generally robbed. according to the