Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
thrust upon him for his pugilistic

thrust upon him for his pugilistic
efforts.
G.
The Richie Murphy bout is now
off for good. although an attempt
will be made to stage the fight in
Frisco on Washington's Birthday In
the meantime Murphy is claiming the
lightweight championship and on top
of 1t is declaring that Richie. who
is suffering from nasal trouble, ran
out of the match. which was post
poned on account of rain. We can
imagine q whole lot of things, but we
could never imagine Tommy Murphy
a champion of the world.
O.
Tom O'Rourke is angling to bring
Carpenter, the French boxer, to this
country. and has offered him $4,000
Sporting Club of New York with
Perky Flynn. OF course, Flynn isn't
much. but he would be a great trial
horse for Carpenter. who might find
more worthy foemen later on.
O'Rourke promes to secure some ex-
cellent matches for his club, and he
will do we'll to get Carpenter for a
starter.
O.
Percy Woodruff is going to give
Charley Weinert little rest and then
put him on at Troxler's. Later on,
Manager Woodruff says he will ask
Tom O'Rourke, of the National Sport
ing Club, to give Weinert bout with
one OF the more pretentious heavy
weights. Percy has two offers from
Philadelphia, but neither of them is
satisfactory. II the meantime
Weinert is resting and putting on
weight. and when he develops it will
take some fighter to beat him. Jimmy
Johnston. the New York promoter,
said last night at Madison Square
Garden that Weinert was the best
prospect he had seen in years.
O.
Poke Freeman, the greatest press
agent that we know of. has a heap
of friends and he doesn't win them
with other peoples tickets, either.
One fan wants to know about Poke
and writes as follows:
]. P. N:
Just for a little information. What
has become of our friend. Howard
Poke Freeman? You are writing
lot of news about everybody con-
nected with the six-day bike race, so
isn't he entitled to a little prestige?
And besides, he is some cartoonist.
Hoping to see the above in your
sport topics" / remain, respectfully
yours, j. S.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 10, 1918.
Yes. Poke is entitled to all the
prestige in the world, and, as you
say, he is some cartoonist. We say
he is a wonder, but his own modesty
is his greatest drawback.
@
Irish" Mahon, the Newark boxer,
and claimant of the "featherweight
championship of New Jersey" has
become letter writer of some speed.
He has dashed off the following:J
j. P. NJ:
A few lines to advise you that | am
leaving today for the training camp
of my manager, Jimmy De Forest. at
Allenhurst, N. j.. where l will put the
finishing touches to my training for
the coming bout with Walter Brooks,
Thea sensational New York feather
weight, which is scheduled to take
place at the Sharkey Athletic Club
next Saturday night.
| fully realize that in meeting
Brooks / am stacking up against
probably the classiest opponent 1
have ever met, but I am perfectly
confident that I will emerge from the
contest the winner of the mill My
confidence is increased by the fact
that | will have the best handling
possible and the important advice OF
Jimmy De Forest, who will act as
my adviser.
In the event of my winning from
Brooks, I will go after the best boys
in the featherweight division until
I have established claim to a match
with Champion Johnny Kilbane, but
by that time I hope to gather a rep
utation together which will compel
1<ilbane to meet me at even weights
and not being forced to give away
ten to twelve pounds, as others have
been doing, just because Kilbane is
weight champion he can meet me at
the featherweight limit.
Thanking you for past favors. | am
Yours very truly.
Irish" MAHON,
Featherweight Champion of New Jer-
sey.
A correspondent, signing himself or
herself. Thorough American" takes
exception to the remarks of IS. o. and
Co." relative to Verri and Frank Kra-
mer and with gentle sarcasm inquiries
IS. o. and Co.'S nationality. The
missive follows,
]. p. N:
have observed the criticisms OF IS.
o. and CO. and would like to know
their nationality, From what | have
read In your columns in relation to
their criticisms. l. for one, wish that
they would not term themselves as
1--WE Americans" and think il would
be appropriate for them TO speak as
1--WE Italians" No doubt, ]. p. NJ,
you still have in mind their criticisms
on the four-cornered match race in
which Kramer was a victor. They
also remark that the best man will
win. referring to their coming match
in Berlin We all know that the best
man will win and he is no other than