Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-15

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ers. that he doesn't care whether he
ever fights in the old town any more.
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Out on the coast is where they will
stand for the real bunk in a pugilistic
way. We get the shady bouts once
in while, but Frisco and Los Angeles
cater to fights that look so one-sided
beforehand that the outcome is al
most as certain as can be. Some
times, of course, there is an upset,
and then the cry of fake rents the
air, but the promoters out in-the Col
den Gate. as a general thing, fall for
some pretty raw matches. Right at
this moment two fights are scheduled
for California that would seem a
shame to stage. One has Johnny Kill
bane, the featherweight champion,
young. strong and healthy, at one end
/ and Abe Attell, former champion,
who is believed to be ''all in" at the
other end. kilbane against Attell in
the East would be looked upon as a
crime, yet out on the coast the bout
will likely draw tremendous crowd.
Kilbane will win, of course and Atten
will get u large piece of change for
the losers end. The betting on the
contest is likely to be brisk; for bet
ting in California on fights is second
nature AtteIl will be touted as COM
ing back and as good as ever and Just
so many "Rubes" fall for that kind of
gush every so often. Some one" will
bet on Kilbane and that some one
Will cash in.
Another fight that doesn't figure as
the coast. 1t. too. has champion at
one end and n reputed "has-been" at
the other end. Reference is made to
the bout between Willie Richie, the
lightweight champion, and Tommy
Murphy, the pride of Harlem"
After the way Packey Mcfarland
handled Murphy at Madison Square
Garden not long ago, Tommy. 1t would
seem, should take out his retirement
papers. Instead, however. he has ac-
cepted an engagement to meet Richie
in California on December 10. This is
more evidence that those Western
fight fans like something that looks
easy to pick. According to the opinion
in the East, the betting on the
Rltchie- Murphy bout would BIO about
1000 to 1000, with trading stamps
going to the short end as a special
inducement Yet the battle is sure
to draw big, especially as Murphy
has fought so well out there. Tommy
gave Ad Wogast beating. and At
tell beating, and he gave Mcfarland
one of the hardest bouts of that clever
fellows career, so 1t is presumed that
he will not lack for followers, al
though beforehand IL looks like a reg
ular slaughter-to-be.
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Los Angeles is going to have a
real fight, and n fight we would like
very much to see. 1t will have as
principals none other than our
worthy Eastern representative, Mr..
Leach Cross, and that other great
little battler, Joe Rivers. These boys
will come together on Thanksgiving
Day, and it will be their third meet /
ing. Twice in New York Rivers and |
Cross fought like two wildcats, On
both occasions Rivers had q slight |
margin at the finish, but Cross, like |
in his bout with Richie. fought |
every step of the way. Those We're
ten-round contests. The one on
Thanksgiving Day calls for twenty
rounds. and to see 1t more than one
his turkey dinner. Cross viii have
q strong backing against Rivers be-
cause of his showing with Richie,
and as they say out on the coast
that the Mexican isn't any too game,
Leachie is just as likely as not to
give him good clicking" in the
tail end Of the bout.
c.
France has taken to wrestling. A
tournament has been on the board in
Paris for some time. All kinds of
mat artists are taking part in the
exhibitions. There are the biggest
ones you ever saw, according to the
French exchanges, and there are some
clever little fellows, as the classes
range from bantam to heavyweight.
forming are Zbyszko, tho Polish
lehampion; his brother, WadleclS
lCyganiewicz; Raoul de Rouen, Joe
Rogers, the American, and other
Observation-Disclosures opponents of the
mat game from India, Africa, Eng
land. Scotland, Belgium. Siberia,
Switzerland, Germany. China, Japan
and France were battling for the
honors. The Chinese champion, q
fierce-looking Monaghan. weighing in
the neighborhood of 30 pounds,
named Ii Hung Po Fou Tschiju, won
In one of the semi-finals, beating
Urbach, the German. Zbyszko also
won one of the semi-flnals from
Speicht, native from Austria. Four
lnier. France. beat Bellingrad. Ger
many; Billy Wood, England, beat
Bowman England; Myake, Japan,
beat Simonen. Belgium; Joe Rogers,
America, won from Hissmann. Ger
many; Baby Gobar, Hindoostan
threw Krauss, Bavaria; Jimmy Es-
son, Scotland, beat Constant de Paris
4 France, and waldeel1 Cyganiewicz
Poland. won in his bout from Gallon
THE Luxembourg wrestler.
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