Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

George Ashe, naturally thinks pretty
well of his mans ability. writes ms
something about the conditions of the
match between Charley Weinert and
Ashe. which is to be held at the Ma
tional Sporting Club, in New York, on
Thursday, January 30. Mr.. O'Rourke's
letter follows,
]. P. N:
Friend Joe-The coming fight be-
tween your local favorite, Charley
Weinert, and George Ashe is going to
| be a great bout, believe This is the
second meeting of these boys and both
claim credit for victory In the other
bout, which, they tell me, was a
| great one. As | was in Europe at the
| time / did not witness IL.
The bout this time is at catch
weights. as Weinert could not get
within the middleweight limit, 1853.
Ashe agreed to take him on at the
| same weight Levinsky fought him,
which was catchweight. Ashe will
| build up for this contest and will pos.
sibly weigh about 1f0 pounds. He is
one of the best middleweigths we
have in the East, although he does
not get the notoriety that Levinsky
paper champion" He has fought
twelye-round draw with Jack Dillon,
and had the latter on he floor for the
count in the third round. Never could
he get Dillon to accept a return
match Have also tried all manner
of means to get Jimmy Dime to let
George Chip come here and box Ashe,
having offered him a fair guarantee,
with a privilege of percentage, but
with no result.
Trusting you are well, l remain,
TOM O'ROURKE.
The bout between Weinert and
Ashe ought to be slashing one, and
the outcome will mean everything to
the Jersey champion. Ashe is good
enough to give Weinert the right kind
of a test and If he defeats O'Rcurke's
man he will win back all the prestige
he lost in his fight with Roy Kenny
OF course. it was no criminal fault of
Weinert that Kenny put up such
miserable exhibition, but where /
blame him is that he didn't make
more clean-cut showing himself. His
mistake was in not taking the bout
nlOTe EtIlOuoiy WHICH lAC oeNN tA4N
Kenny was a lemon" In some clubs
the bout would have been stopped
because of Kenny's miserable cxhibi-
ton, but Weinert might have stopped
his man il he went the right way
about. However. the Kid has learned
a good lesson, no doubt, and he will
be more vicious. I am told, when he
again enters the ring.
o
In preparation for the fight next
Thursday night Weinert is preparing
as he has never prepared before, and
Percy Woodruff, his manager, is see
ing to it that the Kid gets everything
he wants and that he does everything
he ought to do. Woodruff realizes, of
course, that Charley's bout with
Kenny was a poor one, and he is
anxious to have the boy come back
with flying colors. Weinert himself
is right on his toes and he has be-
come more desperate fighter entirely
since the Kenny bout. He is boxing
very cIeverly in his training. and he
Is hitting harder with his left lab |
than ever. tbs right hand, which has |
been out of commission, more or
less, for months, Is healing nicely. |
and II he doesn't meet with a setback |
he will have two good hands the night |
he clashes with Ashe. In saving his
right hand, Weinert lost great deal |
of his hitting power. but in his next |
bout, II all goes well, he declares he |
will show the fans that he has a |
wallop as we'll as being clever.
@
AS to Ashe, he is working like a
Trojan. according to Manager
o'Rourke. He wants to be right and
he wants to win when he meets Wei |
merit for in their last battle he is said
to have had several very painful mo-
ments. However, IN his record he
claims a win over Weinert, while Wei
merit declares that he had the better
of the bout beyond doubt. How
ever that may be, the fight Is said 70
have been a good one, with both
claiming victory at the end. although
Manager Woodruff says It is a shame
what the Jersey champion did to
O'Rourke's man. Time only. 1t seems,
will settle the question, and the Wei
nert-Ashe bout at the National Sport
ing Club is sure to be a hummer.
@
Manager O'Rourke has kindly fur
nished us with a record of Ashe and
peek at the list is evidence that the
man has done some fighting In his
day. Among his adversaries, too, are
several scrappers Of note among them
Jack Dillon. Battling Levinsky, Joe
Borrell and Dave Smith. with all of
whom he Jared no worse than a draw.
AS there is great interest in this
vicinity in the bout, perhaps the COM
plete record of Ashe, herewith pub
lished, is sure to De appreciated by the
devotees of the boxing game:
Jimmy O'Brien, six rounds, no deci-
sion.
Chic Carney, six ROUNDS, won.
Bull Bessler, six rounds, knockout
Dixie Gray, three rounds, knockout
Henry Hauber, six rounds. no deci-
sion.
Barney Ford, six rounds, no deci-
sion.
Eddie Hayes. four rounds, knock
out.
Jimmy Glavin, fifteen rounds, draw
Larry Williams, six rounds, no de-
cision.
Fritz White, six rounds, no decision
Jim Hosic six rounds, won.
Joe Borrell, ten rounds, won.
Eddie Palmer, two rounds. knock
off