Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21

a sight as a result, he says, of some
high-class elbow work on the part OF
his opponent"
In the above article there isn't
word about the Troxler show, SO
where the knock comes in it is diff
cult for any human to understand
| No. it is not my method to knock
anybody's show. I'm for sports, not
| against them. q statement that can
not be truthfully made in other quar-
| ters. Men connected with sporting
enterprises are criticised by me now
and then, but / never try to keep the
| fans away from any show, unless it
is an out-and-out fake, like profess
sional fencing, for instance.
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As far as the Central Institute is
concerned, Gus Troxler, who con-
ducts the shows there, l consider a
very good friend of mine, and his
boxing entertainments, | understand,
are excellent. / am nor a Monday
night regular, like "Wlsey," as l do
not take kindly to four-round bouts
and | haven't any such strong in
terests there. But I'll be present Mon
day night to see the Weinert- White
bout, and I'm not going to knock the
show. No, for the benefit of those
who are not aware of the fact, l
never knock square sports of any
kind. AS far as Banty Lewis and
Young Kurtz are concerned, they
should have felt honored to have
their names mentioned in these col
them. Lewis is said to have told
very good friend of his that of all
the sights, Kurtz was the worst he
had ever SEEN" and the good friend
told me. I simply printed it as
matter of news, but as "Wisey'' had
published a column or so of an elbow
alibi as a reason for Kurtz's dam
aged face, why he evidently became
peeved when he heard Banty was
quoted so expressively. TIE attack
on this paper by "Wisey," in which
the Ramblers were brought into the
story, was SO far-fetched that II
lacked purpose, and the effort to put
Lewis and Kurtz in a bad light with
me was overdrawn and malicious.
The Troxler shows are all right and
the boys who box there are all right,
as far as / am concerned.
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lave some good news for the
cycle fans this evening. As predict
ed in the Evening Star, Floyd A.
MacFarland will be very much IN
evidence in Madison Square Garden
during the day race, and, in fact,
he will have absolute charge of the
long grind, as far as the track man
agement of the affair is concerned.
P. 7. Powers pulled terrible
Barry" although he declares the
anti-cycling organ not only double
crossed him, but misquoted him. As
between tie two, ! would surely be-
| lieve Mr.. Powers, who says that he
was misunderstood all around. Very
well, P. T., now that you have re-
pented you will be put back on the
| team. I'll confess that l couldn't f1g-
| ure your angle at all, and | know you
| pretty well. The fact is, Powers had
talk with local newspaper man
! in the hope, as Powers put it, of seek
ing peace, but instead, as Powers
soon found out, it created war. Now
| P. T. knows better, and he is sure
to profit by his knowledge. The local
paper in question, now ttat it has
J found itself again beaten and away
off the track, is in a Highly feverish
condition 1t will make statement
today, we are told, that "Mr. Uppercu
fixed matters up between Mr.. Powers
and Mr.. MacFarland.' 1t may say
anything it wants to, but that won't
make it so. AS to the argument be-
tween Messrs. MacFarland and Pow
ers MacFarland was the winner, but
as both men are now friends the bat
tie is over In coming to an under
standing, Mr.. Uppercu sad:
Now it is thoroughly understood,
Mr. Powers, that Mr.. MaeFarland is
To nave lull COHliol OIL tiiC idNC PloP-
!, .er and the riders
p. T.. simply bowed his head in ac-
knowledgement He was too full for
utterance. and, besides, he is diplo-
matist.
From now ON Powers will know just
where he stands. and he and MacFar-
land will get along well together.
p. T. is sore at himself for getting
in a muss With Mac" for the two
have been great friends for years. But
to the credit of both. they are once
!. more just as good friends as ever.
The squabble between Powers and
MaeFarland came about through the
. anti-cycling newspaper. Wisely put
. up a kick to Powers because the Eve
ming Star was getting all the bike
} news. Powers said something to Mac
Farland over the phone about it, and
Mac" told p T. that it was none of
J his business. Powers then gave out
, an interview, in which he claims he
was double CROSSED and misquoted,
which is not an unusual occurrence
nowadays, and he got himself in deep
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