Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-16

Owen Moran. All of them are classy Il
fighting unde the lightweight class,
innate lightweight. / agree with Damn
In a way There ought to be some ella
weight for just such men as McFar
will ever give Mcfarland a chance to
get HI title while he holds 1t, and 1t
Is pretty hard to see how he could be-
come the champion of this class.
Mcfarland asks more in the matter
Of weight from a lightweight in the
matter of pounds than he himself
would be giving II he were fighting In
the w~elterweight class ordinarily. For
Instance Mcfarland weighs 159 pounds,
or Whereabouts, when he steps into the
ring The weller limit is 142 pounds.
He would be giving only three pounds
were he 70 fight in the latter class, yet
when he fights NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1. mean-he demands more from them
than he would be giving h well
teis. Moran weighed in the other night
at i2S pounds, SO you can see the diff
ference.
Wolgast Is a tough customer, but his
ability to hold the title will lie In
making opponents meet him in long
lights, in which he can outgame them
and offset their superior boxing ability.
ANY Oh the other lightweights named
above might uutpoint him In a limited
number of rounds, but Wolgast will
prove a mighty hard customer to beat
ma finish fight. Owen Moran Is q
good boy-is rugged and tough and
~G1everer than the champion, but / douot
,if he can beat down Wolgast's great
endurance.
Hogan, Brown, Welsh and Wells are
on a pretty even footing, but ] doubt
il any Of them can wrest the title from
Wolgast. Perhaps it will be q contin-
iiation Of the usual order of tltieholders
in, the lightweight class. Wolgast de-
feated Nelson when he was going back.
Nelson took The title when Cans vas
slipping, and Cans got Lavigne when
Layigne was falling. There is a lot Of
luck IN fighting, and no matter how
good a man Is he cannot beat the cards.
Ina way I am a fatalist.
whatsoever Is Essential.
Anyone who has sat in the Newark
Theatre this week and heard my YER
sion of the Jeffries-Johnson tight must
be convinced OF the terrific strain a
lighter must undergo before the day
OF the big battle. The success of the
tighter In fighting off that feeling Of
nervousness is dependent a whole lot
on his. makeup. There are d lot of
things which go to making up a real
champion, and w~ill-power Is one OF the
most essential. Jeffries was, his own
worst enemy, because he would no
admit to himself, let alone other peo-
pie, that he was nervous
In the past, when l was training for
big battles, | felt the same nervous
ness. 1t is not coward.ce. II is only
natural to humankind. Great actors
will tell you that they are on the verge
Of q collapse on the first night of their
play, but they fight that feeling of,
and are successful. Jeffries grew nerv-
GUS two weeks before the big light and
started to brood, yet he would not give
in to anyone that he felt the least bill
doubtful or his nerves were the least
bit a
Just one instance: One warm night
at the camp, after everyone else had
retired, l. could not sleep and decided
TO take a little stroll. Imag ne my
surprise on seeing Jeffries st9u3in5 In
the window of his room gazing a''sent-
mindedly at the stars. / said nota' W,
but the next day / tried to sAeak Il
him on the matter. Come on, JeT,
r said. you're feeling a little bit neiy-
u | know how / felt before my big
fights. / used to take someone with
me and we would go off on he 0
and together we would fight that feel
ing off," AS ~delicately as possible
limited that sometimes at night the big
fight would get on my nerves. | could
not sleep. But jeff was stubborn.
9Pahaw,'' he said, ut never affects me
like that and yet l knew that he was
worrying all Of the time. | still had
hope for him. because | figured that he
might be able. as I had done, to fgh.
that feeling off once he got into the
ring, but such was not the case. Jack
Johnson deserves no credit for beating
Ieffrics.
I have told this story to audiences
all over the country, and all agree that
/ am right, 1t Is surprising to notice,
eyen at this late date. the interest
people display in the big bout, and
have the m sitting on the edge of their
seats end keyed up to a high pitch
when my monologue is finished.
MY return to this locality reminds me
of an incident that happened here IN
1894. Few people know that | posed
Tor the first moving-picture exhibition
of a knockout ever taken, In Orange
on September 7, 1894. My opponent was
4 Peter Courtney. an unknown who be
ifeved he had a chance against me AND
understood the bout was to go eight
rounds. We fought before the moving
picture man for six rounds, and ther
Il knocked him cold. having an under
standing with the picture people te
catch him unawares In order to make
III look more natural. / never heard
any more Of Courtney, but the bout Il
duly recorded in the record books, anc
many people ask how ! came to fighi
in Orange. 1t was for the Edison peo'
ple, who were and are still the owners
Of the kaleidoscope. one of h first
moving picture machines perfected.
The pictures were shown all over the
country and were q novelty at the time
II is surprising to see how the moving
picture a been perfected since, and
how the people raw about the picture
plays now.