Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-13

hundred or so vacuum cleaners and
take them over to the Garden during
the week of December 8. The sug-
gestion is not only a laugh, but II
would be a good idea. With J. Clark
admitting he ''laid down" to Walter
Rntt and with r. Root acknowledging
that he "double-crossed" ]. Clark,
and with p. Powers and the anti
cycling organ boosting Clark and
Root as "reformers" the six-day game
! surely needs something to purify 1t
and why not the vacuum washers
| O.
George Chips sensational victory
over Frank Klaus hasn't earned for
him as much notorlety as 1t should
have. In extenuation, it might be
mentioned that Chip was rather un-
fortunate in accomplishing his task
just at time when the worlds series
was in operation. OF course, every
sporting writer for miles around was
chock full of the baseball spirit and
when Chip came along W tn the unex-
pected K o. on Mr.. Klaus no one
seemed to have the time to give 1t any
attention. BY the time the baseball
enthusiasm was over the fight news
was almost too stale for resurrection.
and a delayed pass was given the
event until Chip would come up for
attention again. And since he made
Klaus take the count Chip got his
name in the papers. That was when
he announced that he was going to
Europe. He didn't go and he got his
name in the papers again for not go
Ing. Now he is being talked about
agafn--but not much. The fact may
be that George Is escaping publicity
because he has hidden himself away
in a match down In Philadelphia with
the old warhorse Leo Houck For
that Chip, perhaps, is not to be
blamed but IL he comes out of 1t
brand-new and victorious he will
likely receive q few more lines of at
tention. Chip and Houck will fight
six rounds at the National A. G. Sat
urday night and the bout will mean
much to George, who Is rather looked
upon as mistake In his profession.
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It is observed frequently how diff
cult 1t is for some persons to save
money while the coin Of the realm
just grows on others. Wen take Chip
as an instance Ordinarily, fighter
who could knock out such a preten-
tious fellow as Klaus, would be lion
lied. Not so with Chip. Maybe If the
fight had occurred In New York, where
men are made today and shattered
tomorrow, things might have been
different; but as we must take things
as they are, we find Chip meeting
Houck as the star number of cheap
show In the slowest town in the
world-always, of course, with apollo
giles to It's baseball team. How that
fight comes out doesn't matter so
much, as long as Chip Is not decisive
ly beaten. George, when he so elects
and when his brainless manager
wakes mp, will come on to New York
and glory in some much needed pub
licity. He can stand a whole lot of
nice things about himself and he will
be able to secure an alluring match
II he is well handled. He can make
15S pounds ringside, 1t is said, In
which event, perhaps, Mike Gibbons
would take a chance with him. Ed
die McGoorty, too, doesn't seem to
be so busy lately, and he might give
George chance to collect some mug
gets at the box office. Chip would
not be bad card at all for the Gar
den and the fact that he has put
Klaus to sleep viii give him a large
amount of prestige. Whether 1t was
a mistake or not, 1t has not been
pointed out and Chip will cherish the
honor for all 1t is worth. Klaus was
well liked as fighter and as q fell
low, and while there was always
some dispute as to who was entitled
to the middleweight championship,
Frank, as a general thing, was 40
cepted by the experts as the best man
! In his class And Chip defeated the
''best man" Now let us see what
Chip can do.
/ c.
Out In the West, the experts have
their own views about pugilistie
ability, and from what one reads, /,
would seem that Jack Dillon is be-
lieved to be the best man In the
middleweight ranks. Maybe so. We
have heard much OF Dillon and we
saw him twice--once in a bout with
/ his brother in his training camp and
again in ten-round go with Klaus
in Madison Square Garden. The
stories told about Dillon rang with
Law sh praise, the exhibition with his
brother smacked of ability, but the
fight with Klaus was about tbs
poorest exhibition imaginable. IL
get faint idea how really putrid tn,
Klaus-Dillon bout was just recall thu
worst bout you ever saw and multi
ply it by seven or eight. Dillon sinc'
then has claimed considerable atten
ton by his performances In the rinl
and 1t Is about time that he cam
back to New York and gave US an
other look at him. It is declared tina
the Klaus-D Dillon fight was positive
ly on the level. yet it had mos