Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-09


than either Ad or Bat. but still in
every bout he gets his knocks as well
as the other fellow. In his fight with
Leach Cross in New York Willie re-
celycd not a little punishment, and
poor old Tommy Murphy gave the
champion a healthy drubbing even if
Ritchie was the winner. In his bout
with Charley White, Willie was again
badly punished, and this time he was
even bested, not so much, though,
as the prejudiced accounts from the
West at first stated. Later news from
Milwaukee, where the contest was
held, has it that Ritchie played in
tough luck. He ran into a hard punch
in the first round and he was butted
between the eyes in the second
round, yet he came on and at the
finish he was fighting like a little
demon and besting White at every
turn. These two boys are to meet
again, and we shall see how the af-
rair comes out
G
Richie has a fight on now in which
it will be a hard job for him to be
beaten up. His next opponent will
be Freddie Welsh the English cham
pion, who is awfully clever, but "a
decidedly weak hitter. In that fight,
which is to be held in England on
July 4. Ritchie may be beaten, but
if SO, it will be on points, for Welsh
as the saying goes, couldn't break an
egg.
Friends of Jimmy Taggert. the
Newark boy, who is playing with the
Pittsburgh Pirates under the name of
Jimmy Kelly, are working diligently
to make the celebration in his honor
at the Polo Grounds next Monday
huge success. The leading spirit in
the affair is George J. Motzenbecker,
who has accomplished very satisfac-
tory results in short time. Mr..
Mctzenbecker visited Frank Million,
president of the Cycle Racing Asso-
ciation, which controls the Newark
Nelodrome, yesterday, and Mr.. Min
Ion contributed to the fund that is
being raised to buy the ball player a
present. The Pirates will meet the
Giants next Monday and Manager
Fred Clarke has sent word that Tag
gart will play in the outfield. At
present he is a substitute and has
been starring as a pinch hitter, but
he is likely to become a regular at
any time He was there strong yes
tcrday for the Pirates. With the score
tie, Jimmy walloped the ball for
two bases with two men on and
Pittsburgh came through the winner.
Q
The following letter is from a New
ark business man of high standing,
who signs his name in full:
J. 2. N.
my opinion of the races last Sunday
and also to criticize "Our Friends
Down the Street.
When Kramer beat Clark they said
that Kramer used his old tactics
again, of switching a man when he
couldn't beat him. Now they say
that Kramer and Goullet teamed to
beat Spears. If Kramer can team
and also switch and do the last
eighth in II 3-5 and IL As, respective
ly, why does he ever ride; why don't
they let him win by honor? Why
doesn't that paper come out and give
man credit when he goes out and
breaks a record to win a race? To
read that paper you would think it
was printed by anarchists. Is it
sore on Kramer, or is it just sore on
the Star?
If they don't like the races and
know that the men fake and frame
up" why don't they give up their
passes to someone who knows some
thing about races and go to Hillside
Park and watch the balloon go up,
for with all their knocking you no
tice that the Velodrome is continual
ly hanging out the sign standing
room only" AN UNBIASED FAN.
Another fan has suggested that
"our friends down the street. have
one of their church editors report the
races Reformer Douglas, for in
stance would have given the fans an
honest opinion of the doings at the
Velodrome. 1t is too bad he skipped
before he Cleaned up" our city.
Your balloon idea is a good one, but
what if it should bust?
6
After seeing the bike races a clever
fanness tells what happened at the
Velodrome in the following manner:
J. p. N:
I have been a bike fanness for three
years, but not until Wednesday night
did I ever see such classy riding. This
is the first time / have ever taken
enough interest in the races to write
about them, consequently, like the
other literary fans and fannesses, l
would like to air my opinions in print
Kramer's victory over Fogler and
Grenda was elegant. His opponents
| put up a hard fight, especially Fogler
| who used his wits to the utmost.
| Goullet was a good winner over Clark.
although Jackie rode him down on
/ the fiat This was the only msde-
| meanor in the three events, but per-
| haps Jackie was too excited to know
what he was doing. At any rate,
Goullet wasn't too excited to ward
i him off, which completed the victory
! for "Goullie.''
think Cavanagh deserves all the
praise I heard him getting after the
race. He rode with energy and speed
! and gave the fans the opinion that
perhaps there is more to him than lots
| of people think. If he would only be
consistent and give US few more of
these exhibitions, | am sure he would