Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

With an eye to business, Bill
Brown is making New Jersey boys
feature of his boxing shows. Tn
Skeeters seem to draw the crowd
as well as the blood. and as a re
suit the mitt artists from this Stat
are much in demand at the Twenty
third street gymnasium In New V X
There have been a number of excel
lent bouts in which Jersey boys hav'
figured over In Browns lately ant
tomorrow night card has been ar
ranged that should attract wide at
tention. Reference Is made to th'
Jack Coyne-Y Young Gradwell con
test, which is scheduled to go tel
rounds Whether 1t will or not, o
course, Is a question, but from al
indications 1t Is likely to. Coyne
who halls from Orange, Is yer,
clever fellow. and It is doubtful /
Gradwell will be able to get to hin
in a damaging way in ten rounds
Maybe he will, which would NEAR
that Gradwell would be likely to win
However, the fight promises to be one
of those clever affairs with a close.
ness as to the winner at the finish.
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Coyne, looking the picture of health
and declaring himself to be In grand
condition for the battle. visited the
Evening Star office this morning. He
talked rather confidently of his abil-
ity, but he didn't underestimate the
prowess of his opponent in the least
I'VE are to make 1876 pounds for
our fight at Browns tomorrow night, >
Coyne said, in discussing the bout
land 1 for one am down to weight
and In good shape. Gradwell, pre-
sumo, will also be in fine condition
and expect him to give me a hard
fight. I have been very successful
so far and expect to go on winning.
have had sixty fights and I have
never lost decision and have never
been knocked down. Tom O'Rourke
is my manager now and I am emit er-
tanning great prospects for tine future
A victory over Gradwell would give
me the biggest boost OF my career
and I am going to make good, hard
try to get the verdict"
G.
Coyne talked in a serious, though
not boastful, vein and he admits that
his ambition is to reach the top of
his profession. I saw him box once
at Hillside Park and he impressed
me as being q clever boy, but lacking
in punching powers. Since then, !
understand, he has developed a
punch and still maintains his clever
ness. With a man like Tom O'Rourke
back of him, Coyne, II the goods are
In him, will be developed. OF all the
managers amid the present time,
O'Rourke Is so far ahead OF the
others that there isn't any second.
So 1t is up to Coyne.
G.
Getting right down to brass tacks,
Jersey has much to crow over when
1t comes to boxing. In the various
classes there are any number of
worthy representatives from this
State. Perhaps the most talked about
Jersey tighter today is Charley Vein
ert, of Orange. His victory over Bat
thing Levinsky has given him much
fame, and has driven Dan Morgan to
tears. To make good with Levinsly
Dan will have to install a few more
plants" for the Battler. and 1t was
The talk over in the six-day race last
night that 1t would not be surprising
II Jim Flynn, who Is billed to meet
Levinsky at the Atlantic Garden to-
morrow night, was a prepared NOR
sci for Levinsky. Something must be
done to bring the Battler back to the
front, and Morgan knows how to do
1t. His experience is wide and he
has been doing so much planting
that he Is now full-fiedged gar
dener. Yes, Weinert Is the best boy
In the State just now, and he is a
likely prospect for future greatness.
He has the makings and IL he takes
his time and Is we'll managed he Is
sure to show to the front. He has
cleverness, the punch and the in
clination. All he lacks is the weight
and he has a frame that will stand
FOR twenty pounds more, which would
bring him UP In the 1SO-pound class.
Much, of course, depends on the kid
himself. II he tends strictly to his
knitting, minds his manager and
takes slow train, with plenty of
stop-overs, weinert has a grand
chance to make good.
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If one were to go down the line of
Jersey pugilists he would encounter
any number of good boys. As to
heavyweights, Sailor White is about
the best we have. but the Sailor is an
awful apology of scrapper at present.
Jim Savage has been boosted as being
an able fighter. but he follows every
good bout with bad one and that
makes him a very uncertain quantity.
thing. Jim retires so often
that it is not easy to keep track of
him. AT the Weinert-Levinsky fight
last week Dan Morgan, Savage's man
ager, had Jim introduced as willing to
meet ANY man in the world" Jim
accepted the introduction and made
the bow, while Morgan was giving
him the laugh. 1t is said of Savage
that he is the greatest exponent Of
the many art of self defense that ever