Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-07

P. T. Powers assured me yes
terday afternoon that he woul'
have the ball park in Harrison
ready for the opening game Oh
April 16. He declared that tn,
work was going on rapidly am
| that the structure would be il
apple pie order when the gate
are thrown open for the frs
game. MY observation of tht
ball park is that the Newark fan:
are going TO like the home Of ths
Pops better than any ground:
they have ever been in. 1t i
going to be big field, but th'
stands will be commodious ant
comfortable, and the view of th'
field will be almost entirely un
obstructed by posts. The playing
field is much larger than tht
Polo Grounds, and a home rur
can be made to any field inside
the enclosure. The mammoth
grandstand is made in a sort oi
horseshoe shape, and | know the
fans are going to enjoy seeing G
good game of ball at the New
feds park.
o
Mr.. Powers is jubllant over the wa,
the work on the park is progressing
and he declares that the reports
about the ball team from Manager
Phillips are so favorable that he feels
that the Newfeds are going to gel
off to a good start and that luck Is
TO come his way. Mr.. Powers said
that he had lots Of work on his hands
and lots of worry on his mind, and
he expected he would be criticised
for this thing and for that thing
but he declared he was sure that
once the ball park is erected and the
team is out on the diamond battling
the fans would eventually realize that
he has done everything possible for
the comfort and convenience Of his
patrons.
o
Tickets for the opening game will
be placed on sale in the new Offices
of the Newfeds. In the Kinney build
ing, on Friday, Mr.. Powers said to-
day. The prices will range from
twenty-five cents to 81. The bleach
ers win be twenty-five cents and at
either end of the big grandstand
there will be sections at fifty cents
each. All the other seats will be
seventy-five cents, with the excep.
ton Of the boxes, which are to be
81. These prices, Mr. Powers said,
would always prevail at the New
feds park.
Charley wsinert swears he has a
double somewhere around town.
and said double" Is always getting
him into trouble. Rumors that
Weinert is out cabareting until the
wee small hours are in circulation
much Of the time. only to be strenu-
ously denied by Charley. When the
reports of the accident by which three
boys lost their lives by going through
the Passaic river draw were first
heard Weinert's name was mixed up
in the affair, and it was said that the
boxer had been drowned. So when he
came to the Evening Star office to
prove that he was very much alive
1t gave him a good opportunity to
recall a statement he has made to
me on numerous OCCASIONS state
ment that he doesn't keep late hours
and that he doesn't neglect his train
ing.
o
The truth is. weinert says. he has
been training right along and that
he is in tip-top condition for his
fight next Tuesday night at the
Broadway Sporting Club with Gun
boat Smith. In fact, the young man
declares, he was having his morning
rundown, after long jaunt on the
road when the reporters called at
his residence, on Fairmount avenue
to get his obituary He said he had
not been with the young men whc
met with the fatal accident, and hi
didn't know how his name came tc
be linked with the affair.
"I suppose, though" weinert de.
ciared, In his big boyish way, at,
all right, for I am blamed for every
thing"
0
weinert was rather surprised ct tn
defeat of Jack johnson by Jess VIII
lard and declared he would like moth
ing better than to fight Willard a
any time. He said he didn't want I
knock, above all, champion, bu
from what he had seen of Jess h
thought he was a sort Of boob. Wei
merit is not alone in his thoughts, bu
the chances are that Willard is
greatly improved fighter. and mo-
that he is the champion he will &c
better every day. The desire of We
merit to fight Willard Is on the lev,
and commendable, and the offer {
John Weismantel OF the Broadwa