Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-06
Charley Weinert Gives Jack Curphy a
Severe Drubbing and Has Enslishman
in Very Bad Way al Finish.

Charley Weinert. who is now max
ing his home in Newark. showed con-
siderable class in his bout with Jack
Curphy at Bill Browns Gym, New
York, last night. Weinert Won
won all the way-and he came within
the proverbial ace of knocking his OPP
ponent out. That he didn't admins
ter the *. O." was due more to his
lack of aggressiveness and fighting
spirit than to his lack of skill. He
had Curphy in a bad way from the
fifth round on to the tenth and last
round, yet he never made a supreme
effort to stop his man. Weinert, all
in all, did well. He shows improve
ment with every fight, and he is
bound to improve more now that he
is going to fight more. The trouble
with Weinert has been that he hasn't
had enough actual ring fighting. His
bouts have been too far apart, but
now Manager Tom Messenger is 60
ing to send him to the front at every
opportunity. Weinert has every
thing in his favor. and he ought to
make a champion 1t will take some
time and considerable hard work to
do it. but if the boy will only per
Ira Of III he &c
sure to be we'll rewarded for his
efforts.
Weinert fought well with both |
hands last night and his right hand is |
getting better all the while. He jab I
bed Curphy's face into a pulp and the I
fellow who halls from England by the |
way, and who has met some pretty |
good men, needed medical attention I
after the contest. Weinert pounded |
Curphy to the body so hard at times I
that he looked sick at heart. He took |
an awful clicking" and he Just did /
manage to stick it out in the final (
round Weinert had his man on the 7
floor three times in the tenth round /
and he got up the last time as the bell /
sounded.
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The fight, though one-sided, was
rather interesting, in that Curphy,
while taking all kinds of punishment,
looked dangerous now and then. It |
was said of him that cleverness was
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him at every turn in their bout, At |
fighting, too Weinert eXcelled, and he |
gave the Enghshman, beating he will
not forget in hurry. outside of the
second round, in which Curphy landed (
two hard punches to the jaw, and |
that Weinrett took by the bye, with /
out showing the least sign or effect, !
the Englishman never had a show.
To his credit, he did his best while
he was strong and able, but the pun
ishing left jabs of Weinert and his
right crosses and his right-hand up
percuts, put the man in such distress
that only his great gameness carried |
him through the slaughter.
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Weinert looked pretty good and ne |
seemed to be strong. He weighed 172 |
pounds, to III for Curphy. 1t is said !
that Weinert doesn't stick strictly to |
his training. This is a shame, if 1t |
is true, for the boy looks like such a !
grand prospect that he ought to give
himself a fair show at least. The best
way to tame him, it would seem, is to |
keep sending him into the ring, and
perhaps Manager Messenger will be
able to make a champion out of the
kid in spite of himself. He is only
eighteen years old and there never
was a heavyweight boxer of the same
age in all the world who could hold
a candle to him. ~~He showed me
last night that he was a. very punish
ing hitter with his left hand, and that
he was beginning to use his right
hand very we'll At times, of course,
he was rather awkward, and some
said he couldn't punch. 1t Is easy to
say knock him out, but it is one
of the hardest things in the world
sometimes for the best man in the
world to knock out a sucker" as the
boys say True, Weinert should
have stopped Curphy, but there are
times when such things do not come
about. He fought we'll throughout,
and he fought like a champion in
spots. He is still the best heavy
weight around here, and I, for one,
am going to give him full credit.
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Though usually very cool, Weinert
lost his head in the fifth round, He
struck two foul blows while Curphy
was resting one knee on the floor of
the ring as the result of a knock
down. The blows didn't do bit of
damage. When Curphy got up he
clinched, but Weinert managed to
land several hard lefts to the face,
which, by the way, was sight. 1t
was bad ring manners, of course, for
Weinert to strike Curphy when the
Englishman was down, and he might
have lost the bout then and there.
However, the best man won, and
that is the idea, generally, rules or
no rules.
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If Wenert hit Curply when he was
down, Curply did even worse than
that. Throughout the contest at
every opportunity he would rush
y1yaipart to tho rones and bend his