Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

chief claim to recognition is the fact
that he has been on more losing ends
in his numerous bouts than any other
white hope in the business. we may
expect to hear a boom for Morris
in the Metropolitan district. Carl
still has ambitions to get to the top
of the pugilistic heap, but he is too
slow and too awkward to ever land
there. He can beat a lot of the selling
platers who are seeking attention in
the white hope" ranks, but he is
about as close to the throne now as
he will ever be. He may come on to
New York, where he once upon a time
created quite stir, but he'll be lucky
if he receives more than passing at
tention.
Bombardier Wells is going to fight
again, but not in America, thank
goodness.
Unable to get work" on the coast,
Sam Langford, the colored fighter,
is on his way to New York, where
he is billed to fight somebody"
a dispatch says, on August 20.
Maybe he has, but Langford al
though a great fighter, will find it
difficult to show in Gotham. He is
in bad repute over there and the
Boxing Commission doesn't like him
anyway. 1t may be that Langford
is a much abused fellow, but his
performances in the ring on several
occasions were rather below the
standard. Langford is just back
from Australia, where he spent two
years, and it is said that his long
stay over there was really meant to
give the American sports plenty of
time to forget his past career. Now
that he is back, though, he finds that
two years time isn't any longer than
minute with some persons. Who
Langford is supposed to be matched
against in New York is not known,
but certain it is that his opponent
will not be a white hope"
@
j. P. N:
AS patron of the Velodrome. l
would like to know why Willie
Bowen, the colored rider, of East
Orange, was not permitted to ride
in the championship race Wednes-
day night. l have noticed his APP
pearance on the track twice this
season and he put up a good, clean
race each time. The first was on a
Sunday, when he made runaway
in his heat and would have shown
himself in the final had it not been
for fall which was caused by some
dirty work, In which MacDougall
was disqualified. His second race
was Sunday the 20th when he rode
good, clean race and made Mac
Dougall ride his hardest If it is
not too much trouble. / would like
to get an answer as to why Manager
Chapman barred him from the track.
1t looks to me as if he was too fast
for MacDougall Yours truly,
w w. G.
Didn't hear that Bowen had been
barred; but. as you say, the boy
may be too fast for MacDougall.
j. p. NJ:
Just a few words to you in refer
ence to my name appearing in the
Evening Star last night. Now, If you
don't know who sent you that letter
about the running races at the Mo-
tordrome, l don't want you. to use
my name as cover for
some one else. Please under
stand that have retired from active
athletics and that is nobody's bust
ness. If / write a letter to any one
1 generally always sign my name.
l am not afraid to sign it to any let
| ter, so let the man who wrote the let
ter be a man and come out with his
own name. But don't use mine again.
| That letter sounds as if it was from
sorehead, and that is something
that I am not. You can publish this
letter if you like just as it is.
Yours respectfully,
M. GEO. C. BENFER.
rs Newton street, city.
George, l beg your pardon, but 1t
did sound so like you that couldn't