Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-08

The fight tonight in Madison
Square Garden between Gunboat
Smith and Jim Flynn has awakened
the fans to an enthusiastic pitch.
There has been much talk about the
battle and considerable betting has
been INDUCED In. The outcome
seems to be a question of great
deal of doubt, with both men having
their admirers. Smith, on his record,
is liked to win, but Flynn has shown
himself to be such game fellow
that he is bound to have lots of
hackers. For one thing, Jim is said
to have trained faithfully for the
contest This is not his usual
method, and it looks as if he means
business. Smith. always a hard
worker, has been careful in his
preparation for Flynn. The fight
should be a good one, in any event,
and on what the men have done
Smith is the most likely winner.
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Jack johnson may not be able to
do any fighting in Europe. A cable
dispatch says that there is a plan on
foot to bar him in Paris. Such a
blow would be tho pugilistic finish of
johnson. He is over there now
fugitive from Justice, and he would
have practically no place to fight IL
France shut him out. London doesn't
want him at all, and Johnson him
self has declared that he wouldn't
think of going to Australia, he was
treated so badly out there.
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The Diocesan Union Athletic meet
tomorrow promises to be the biggest
and most enthusiastic in years.
Thanks to few hard workers, the
games have been we'll boosted and the
interest is decidedly keen. There is
so much ado, in fact, that the old, en-
thusiastic days of Tim Cagney, Ed
O'Brien and Pete Smith are being re-
called. 1t was back in the nlneties
that d. u. meet was a meet to con-
jure with. Then 1t was that the East
was secured for the best athletes in
training and there was always a big
scramble to get this crack or that
crack to join the various organiza-
tons. 1t didn't matter who they were,
as long as they showed skill. The
strangers, of course, were given the
names of bona fide members, but they
often forgot who they were supposed
to be and there were high old times
when those absent-minded athletes
toed the mark. Perhaps the rivalry is
not so tremendous now, but it is said
Hillside meet tomorrow who are likely
to forget their names before the day
is over.
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Belleville is taking big hand in the
games this year and the Belleville
girls, as usual. will be out to root for
their favorites. In the old days, l am
told. no matter how Belleville Jared
athletically, the boys who represented
the club up there were always sure of
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story is told of how. years ago,
Belleville and st. Johns were tied
with only one event. the shot-put, to
be decided. 1t looked as If Belleville
would win this event, so somebody
got away with the shot and it looked
as IL the winner would not be decided.
Finally somebody suggested that a
punching bag, left at the old Caledo-
MIA Park by Bob Fitzsimmons, be
used. There was much argument, but
1t was decided to fill the bag with
buckshot and let the event go on.
Even then some of the entrants re-
fused to compete until the bag was
weighed, so a half-dozen men in ath-
letic attire and several of the judges
strolled around to a grocery store in