Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-04


also tired, but not as tired as Will
lard. didn't know beans and simply
fought as he had fought In the
previous rounds-like truckhorse
Yes, Willard won the fight, but 1t is
a shame to call 1t fight, but well
let it go at that.
@
Young Weinert made such a good
showing In his bout with Battling
Levinsky Tuesday night that the
New York sharpers are out cunning
to do his managerial business. The
boy from Orange surely displayed
rare skill as boxer, and he made
the highly-touted Levinsky appear
foolish on numerous occasions during
the contest. He presented a fighting
pose and fighting method that took
the sports back to the early days
of the clever Jim Corbett. In a way
Weinert looked whole lot like Cor
bett. He assumes about the same
attitude that Corbett used to. and in
other ways, including his pompadour
hair, resembles the old champion
OF course, this reference to Corbett
in talking of Weinert isn't meant to
convey the impression that Weinert
is Corbett by any means. He isn't,
and we will probably never again see
another such fighter as Gentleman
Jim." We will see fighters who are
better men physically, ard who could
beat Corbett in his best day, but such
wonderful speed and cleverness and
brains are not likely to be assem-
bled in any one person with pugilis-
tic tendencies for some time to come.
merit is the nearest approach to him
we have ever seen. He has a clever
left hand and a nifty pair of legs,
but he lacks seriousness He is in
clined to take his ring duties very
lightly, and even against Levinsky,
who was supposed to be able to eat
him up, Weinert was always cool and
at times absolutely careless. He must
forget his kiddish habits when he
goes into battle if he hopes to reach
the top, for fighting is not only bad
for the eyes," but it is serious bust
ness as well.
G
If one fighter ever outpointed an
other fighter in a boxing match, Wei
merit outpointed Levinsky. He landed
his opponent, and he was stronger at
the finish. Neither man showed much
punishment, Weinert being the worst
off in this respect. His upper lip
was swollen as the result of left
hand swing, and blood showed on
Levinsky's mouth during the bout.
AS to Levinsky's aggressiveness, it
went for naught He forced mat tiers,
but his leads were not numerous by
any means, and he missed so often
you couldn't keep track of the blows
that went to waste In the clinches
the Battler was held so tight that
he could do little, and whenever Wei
merit fought him back in the mix
ups the Orange boy beat him sure as
fate. In every way Weinert looked to
be the better man. and if he was sent
in to fight instead of being held back
he would have made Levinsky look
even worse than he did
G
AS an evidence that Weinert's per-
Torrance was attractive, all one had
to do was to listen to the opinions
of the old timers who were at the
Bill Brown show. Everybody was
talking about Weinert Levinsky's
name was drug on the market. The
man who had been gaining fame by
the minute was positively ignored
for the nonce. 1t was Weinert this,
Weinert that, Weinert everything!
Men who know the game at every
turn spoke in high praise of the Jer-
sey boy. Great things in the rapid
fire line of conversation were pre-
dicted for him. Some of the men who
manage fighters were not slow in de-
claring their desire to get the boy
under their wing. Still, with Wei
merit the rage, the hero, the talk of
the crowd, in most quarters he was
declared to have earned only a draw,
and in one quarter he was declared
to be the loser. Naturally, opinions
will differ we know, and everybody
in this free country of ours, is enti-
tied to the honest say-so. Still, know
that in one case Weinert was delib-
erately and Intentionally given the
worst of the verdict because neither
the boy nor his manager is held in
high favor, and in other cases the
powerful influences of Dan Morgan,
manager of Levinsky, were the means
of securing decisions of draw.
O.
In my story OF the fight / gave the
decision to Weinert because he de-
served 1t. Levinsky wasn't even en-
titled to draw. but as for myself
] never give draw decisions. Bouts
may be close and all that, but after
two men fight ten rounds 1t Is my
Iopinion that one of them has done
the better work, and I always do my
best to pick out the one who Is en-
titled to the honors. In the numer-
GUS newspaper decisions rendered It
is very apparent that Levinsky Is
much favored in being awarded a
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