Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-05

the weight in our two meetings, but
if he wants to fight me again, as his
manager says, why I'll let him do
$50 pounds at o'clock on the day of
the contest and agree TO a winner
take-all basis. Hereafter I'm not
going to fight those big middle
weights. | can do las pounds, but
I'm satisfied to meet men at $50
pounds and under. If Howard wants
to battle at that weight he can
name all the other conditions"
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Kurtz didn't have a line at all on
his opponent for tonight He said
all he knew was that Plattts came
over here only recently from Eng
land and that Manager Johnston had
boosted him to the skies.
But if Platts can't fight any bet
ter than the other foreigners who
have come over here lately" said
Kurtz. there isn't much to be afraid
of. I've trained hard for this bout
and for two reasons. One Is that 1
need the money and the other is
that if defeat Platts know I'll get
on other matches at the Garden with
some good men,"
Percy Woodruff, the manager of
Young Weinert was at The Stan
Office when Young Kurtz arrived,
and naturally there were "a few
kind words" exchanged. Woodruff
believes he has a champion in Vein
ert and Kurtz didn't know so much
about that" Kurtz did say, though,
that in his opinion, and from what he
had seen and heard of the boy, he
was pretty nifty fellow.
"Weinert is a middleweight, you
understand" said Kurtz, land he is
much too big for me. He is clever,
as Percy says, and he can hit some,
too, l believe"
you believe he can HIT" suddenly
iultTJeCleu mdHdSei WOouFulA. wen,
you'll be certain of that fact if you
ever get one of his right clouts any
where near the Jaw"
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That little passage was a laughter
tablet for Kurtz. who suggested that
Woodruff match Weinert against
Howard IL he was anxious for
trouble.
The name of Howard linked with
that of Weinert acted like magic on
Manager Woodruff.
Now, you're talking" Percy said.
That's what I'm down here for-all
the way from Orange. / am here TO
reply to the statement made by Man
ager Fitzpatrick. who is looking
after Towards interests. We want
to fight Howard, and will fight him
anyway he wants, but I have hard
old bunch that Wen never get the
match. Howard knows a whole lot
about Weinert, for the boys have
trained together. Johnny can have
a match in a minute, but, unless 1
miss my guess, he won't make It,"
C
Woodruff stopped a moment to
catch his breath. He was talking so
fast that Young Kurtz couldn't fol-
low him and Interruptions were
sometimes in order. But to resume,
Percy went on to say.
"Weinert wants to meet Howard
in Newark, in New York, anywhere,
but when the match is made we
want him to go through with it.
Johnny has been making numerous
matches lately and then not keeping
the appointments. With us he'll have
to work differently. A substantial
forfeit win be exacted, and if he
comes around on the day of the fight
with q sore leg or a sore arm, as
has been the case on more than one
occasion, why, we'll take his forfeit
money and consider ourselves partly
paid for our troubles. Howard can
have Weinert for the asking, and he
needn't insinuate in communications
to the press that my boy is afraid
of him. Only if Howard wants to
make match he'll have to go
through with it. No Doctors certi-
ficate will do for an excuse to avoid
the meeting. And, incidentally, !
might remark" Woodruff said with
much sarcasm, I'm not doing bust
ness with managers who have only
preliminary boys on their staff. If
Fitzpatrick is looking after Howard
let him come to me and not send an
Objectionable substitute"
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j. P. NJ:
To decide bet will you tell me
what the small flag with stripes run
ming up and down which flies under
the American flag on the postoffice
building means? A says it is a storm
flag. b says it merely denotes that
the building on which it flies con-
tains federal offices.
POSTOFFICE.
You're both wrong. 1t is the flag
of the collector of the port.
j. P. N;
All xrrI,. 4 II.