Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-28

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victory over Joe Rivers, says that
Richie is afraid of him. That, of
course. is child's talk, but Willie
should make his stand clear. As TO
the fight, Champion Richie would
| just about give Welsh a real good
clicking" Welsh could never beat
Richie, although he is a wonderful
clever fellow.
Bob F'itzsimmons has lost his ap-
peal, and he will not be allowed to
| fight in New York. 1t seems a shame
should be in such circumstances at
| Fits age, but he has only himself to
blame. He led a gay life and his
earnings faded. He could beat any
man in the ring in his day, but at
least two women beat him shamefully
in the battle for the coin of the realm.
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Excellent judgment is being dis
played in giving names to the Ameri-
cas- Cup defenders. The Defiance and
ti't iAiSOihit VIC nav Z 20 Idiy Will oilS
more builder to hear from. OF course,
Sir Thomas Upton will come over
here with another Shamrock, but let
us hope he returns with the cup.
IT is a good sport who will say-and
mean it-"Let the best boat Win,"
but we are losing most of our good
sports over here, for the sentiment
seems to be: Let Upton wini" We
don't happen to have that kind of
disposition at all. We wouldn't for
the world wish Sir Thomas any bad
luck, but we hope and we wish that
the Resolute, the Defiance or some
other American yacht is first over
the line in the Americas Cup races.
O.
Princeton oarsmen are down to
earnest work for the seasons events
on the water DR. Spaeth, the coach,
had his men out yesterday on Lake
Carnegie for the first time this year.
1t will be good news, no doubt, to
Princetonians to know that six of the
eight men who So handily defeated
Yale last fall We're in the varsity boat
yesterday. That crew, it will be re-
membered, with very little practise.
rowed a beautiful race, and won when
the odds We're believed to be greatly
| in Yale's favor. In DR.. Spaeth,
Princeton has a valuable coach, and
the crews at Old Nassau are sure to
oh, a
they are not able to defeat every
rival on the water.
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Every mothers son in the u. S. A.
lctes to carry off the honors in the
big Olympic games to be held in Ber-
lin in 1916. That is some time off.
but as there is lots of work ahead
those who are on the job will not be
idle by any means. Colonel Robert
NJ. Thompson, president of the Amer
can Olympic committee, has started
tie ball a-rolling by issuing a call for
meeting. That is the first gun.
The next shot will have to do with
the important money QUESTION. 1t
viii require considerable currency to
produce a winning team, and If our
citizens want to be on the winning
side they will have to do something
in a financial way to make victory
possible. Those who have the spirit
but not the speed will always find
Colonel Thompson and his committee
in receptive mood.
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Frank Shenck, who is being touted
as an opponent for Charley Weinert,
is not a new fellow at the game, ac-
cording to the following letter.
Just a few lines to let the public
know who frankie Shenck is. First
let us correct your little mistake-he
is not from Orange. but from good
old Newark. and he also is a men,
Der of the Madison A. A., of 2S7 Ber-
gen street. which has some of he
best BOYS in the city in the fight
game, namely, Banty Lewis, 10
pounds: Young Gradwell, 1873 pounds;
| Jack Palmer, 145 pounds. and Bat
Ting Shenck, 176 pounds, light heavy
weight.
Now, j. p. ~. we were wishing for
bout between such worthless as
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