Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-25
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clash Platts is the English middle
weight who gave Young Kurtze, the
local boy, trimming, and he is said
to be a very good man. Maloney has
had his ups and downs in the ring.
He is said to be at his best just now,
and his friends are touting him to
defeat the Englishman. But Platts,
on his fight with Kurtz, has been
made the favorite and he is liked to
win. other bouts on the card will
bring together Young Brown and
Young Dyson. lghtweights, and Mar
eel Thomas, the Frenchman, and
Young Hickey, weterweights. 1t
is a good card, and the Thomas
Hickey match should be most in
teresting one.
Johnny Coulon is better than most
of the fans believed him to be. His
hard, fast fight with frankie Burns
proves that. The opinion was almost
general that Coulon was 'all DONE
| pugilistically. but, according to the
dispatches, he and Burns put up a
slashing bout. The match was for
ten rounds and it was about even
az the end. Burns has also been |
showing new life in his recent bouts
He has fought Coulon several times
and neither could claim much adj !!
vantage after the contests were over,
although Coulon was always looked |
upon as shade the better boy. He |
is still the champion, but a boy by |
the name of Kid williams is after
him. The kid is fast one and it
may be curtains and a new champion |
if Coulon and Williams ever meet.
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Jack Jeffries, whose right name is |
Charley, by the way, made an at
tempt to come back" like his |
brother Jim, we might add, and, we
must continue, his success was about |
as inglorious. Jack got a good lick |
| ing and remained until the ten-round |
limit, with no decision rendered. His |
opponent was Jack Gilbert, an un-
known, but Jeffries didn't know as
much, so he had to suffer the conse-
quences.
The come back" stunt of Jack |
Jeffries recalls the same efforts on |
the part of Jim Jeffries. 1t was all
on account of Jack, for instance, that
Jim fought Jack johnson. There was
family grudge to square. Johnson
had knocked Jack out in the fifth
round of a fight on the coast. Jim
was in Jacks corner and Jack always
blamed Jim for his defeat. Old Jeff,
it seemed, kept coaching Jack from
the corner and every once in a
while Jack would turn around, anna
flourish like, and listen to the instruc-
tions. He did it once too often. for
johnson copied him on the jaw dur
ing one of his side turns, and Jack
took the count several times before
recovering. After the battle johnson
turned to Jim and said: Come on,
now, Jim, I'll fight you-give you a
chance to avenge Jacks defeat"
Jeff couldn't see it then, and he
never would have seen it, either, if
so much money wasn't in sight. Jeff
could have beaten Johnson man-to-
man, but he was afraid of him, and
lost his nerve at Reno.
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The acquittal of Arthur Pelkey of
the charge of killing Luther McCarty |
was taken for granted in sporting |
circles Odds that the fighter would |
not be held accountable for the death |
were offered with no takers. While
there appears to be considerable mys-
terry over the fatality no blame could
be attached to Pelkey. 1t was said
that McCarty had a weak heart, but
the autopsy didn't show it. The blow,
according to those who saw it, wasn't
hard enough to kill a mosquito. The
| fall was not a hard one, either, ana
there lies the mystery. 1t was one
of those things, no doubt, that will
never be satisfactorily explained. NC
Carly is dead and there is no slayer.
| A neck is sometimes so easily broken
that one wonders so many have sound
heads.
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Jackie Clark was much pleased
when he was informed that Manager
Chapman had decided to run another
fve-mile tandem paced race between
he and Alfred Goullet. In the race
on Sunday, which was fast, but
steady Clark said he was as fresh as
a daisy at the finish, but didn't dare
take a chance because he had a
fiat tire Goullet, on the other hand,
was not anxious to mix it and he
rode very easily during the last lap.
He was tired and knew it and he
was out to save himself at every
turn He didn't know what had hap
pened to Clark, although he must
have felt sure that Jackie was tied
UP or else 1.-The Rocket" would have
raced him; but not knowing, Goullet
played safety. The race tonight may
be an entirely different thing. Goul-
let may be the strong boy and
Clark the tired boy; but whoever is
the fresher at the finish will win to a
certainty, for there is little to chose
speed.
The American golfers didn't do
half-bad in the big golf tourney in
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