Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30

day night as a gala time for boys
who sell the Evening Star. On that
| occasion the newsboys will be ad-
mitted free of charge. and a large
space in the bleachers will be re-
served for them. In order to secure
admission tickets for the Velodrome
races, Ill the newsboys will have to
DO is to apply to James Gibney, the
circulation manager of the Evening
Star. Mr. Gibney will see that every
boy receives a ticket, and then it will
be up to the boys themselves to have
good time.
Two fighters with 'swelled heads"
were brought to their senses last
night when only small crowd turned
out to see the scheduled ten-round
bout between Freddie Welsh and
Johnny Dundee. The men had been
guaranteed $4,000 in all, $1,000 Welsh
and $1,000 to Dundee, but the total
receipts were only $1,000. Mr.. James
Twyford, the manager of the club,
offered the "swelled heads" the en-
tire amount taken in at the gate if
they could do battle, but, of course,
they wouldn't think of such thing
and the fight was called off. Fight
ers are their own worst enemies and
they do more to injure their own
game than all the other knockers"
in the world. This is also true in
other sports, particularly in cycling.
The fighting game is more to Welsh
and Dundee than it is to the public,
vet these two very ordinary fellows,
swelled up with their own impor-
lance, demand a sum of money they
could not attract to their battle and
then refuse to fight for all the money
that was spent to see the fight. What
harder blow could be hit the game
than those two fellows hit 1t last
night? The fighters are the games
worst enemies. One out of every fifty
has any sense and even smaller
percentage has any principle.
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But the fighters should be called
down off their high horses. They
should not be guaranteed a penny.
Fifty per cent. of the gross receipts
are enough to give to any two
fighters in the world. Those who
give them more are fools, and the
fighters who demand more are
knaves. If there is to be any kicking,
it should come from the public, which
pays the tolls But the old fool pub
lie is itself, in way, to blame. 1t
will take the part of the poor,
abused fighter" if he doesn't get
everything he demands, and it is
always against the promoters, who
are sometimes men with business
knowledge, and know what they
should give the fighters. Then, in the
long run, the foolish public has to
pay, anyway, for the promoter will
increase the prices of admission in
order to take in enough money to pay
the fighters. In the affair of Welsh
and Dundee, however, this was not
the case. and the fighters, looking at
their own measleY interests, refused
to meet for the $1,000 offered. That
was too much for them.
Welsh is a puny boxer, who couldn't
break an egg, and Dundee is a jump
ing jack, with a mosquito punch.
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The sensational stories telling OFF
the serious injuries sustained by
Larry Waterbury. the Polo King
are being strenuously denied by the
player himself Waterbury is all right
and he will be in the thick of the
are on. To lose Larry Waterbury at
this stage of the game would mean
almost certain defeat for the U. S. A.
team. The daring Harry Payne Whit
couldn't spare Larry Waterbury
also and expect to win. 1t was good
news that denied the first reports
about Waterbury, for Larry is one
good polo player, and he is generally
the life of the team.
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While it isn't just positive who
will be on the American team, good
guess would be that Larry Water
bury, Monte Waterbury, Devereaux
Milburn and either II. c. Phipps,
Malcolm Stevenson or Rene La Mon
tagne will make up the four. The
Yankee team, it is promised, will be
announced tomorrow The English
players will arrive here tomorrow
and they will soon get down to
practise. The outcome of the
matches look very favorable for our
side, but the English team is not
to be despised by any means.
a Disguised bike fan writes as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Floyd A. mcfarland,
1j2 Market street,
Newark, N. J.
Dear Sir-I am a disappointed and
Disguised bike fan. After calling up
the Velodrome office Wednesday, and
after reading the latest edition Of the
Newark Evening Star, / found that
the races would take place despite
the downpour of rain. l took car
to the Velodrome, and when 1 got
there they told me that there would
be no races. That simply disguised
me. Why don't you run your races
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