Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

bout to Kurtz and Britton 1 am will
inging to let Jack Goldie fight Pa
Hese. winner take all. 1 hope Jack
| Bfyon will agree to this PROPOSE
| ton. Respectfully,
JACK MURRAY.
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Young Gradwell evidently doesn't
like the idea of Jimmy McVeigh die
tating terms for a return match be-
tween these boys. He writes me a
letter to this effect, but goes right on
himself doing the debating. Grad
we'll bubbles over in his answer to a
story that appeared in these columns
yesterday. He presumes to say what
| McNeigh should receive for his SER
vices, although McVeigh, as a winner
over Gradwell in their last bout, is
really entitled to name the terms.
However, we print the Gradwell let
ter in full
J. p. N:
Just few lines in regard to the
! statements made by Mickey O'Brien
in the Evening Star last night. They
don't look very good, or, at least,
they don't come from u fellow who
has done much matchmaking or man.
| aging.
Now, IL O'Brien or McYeigh's man.
| ager comes around with such talk
they might as well say he doesn't
want to fight me any more. 1 know
he doesn't want to fight me, but II
! he does he ought to get 60 per cent.
| to take the beating he got the last
time. Now, J. p. N, if | thought |
had to sign articles for less percent
age than McYeigh, l would quit the
! game.
If McVeigh fights me again he will
! get the end of the purse that belongs
to him--the short end-and if he will
only fight winner take-all, he will go
| home via the Edward Payson Wes
| ton" route, or, in other words, hoof
/ it home. If McVeigh's hackers will
keep loyal to him and bet some of the
money they talk about, no doubt my
friend MIR. Simmons" will come to
| their rescue.
As TO the percentage in the last
bout / had nothing to say about what
he got. l did not know whether he
got more or less than [ did. I left
those particulars to my manager. 80,
Trainer O'Brien, don't go out of yollr
class, managing and training, be-
cause they don't go good together, ut
Now, Mickey, if that is the way you
try to make matches you will have
great difficulty in getting matches
If McVeigh wants to fight me
will fight on the -take-all ba-
sis or on percentage Of the gate, the
weight to be 1874 pounds ringside, the
same as when we fought the last time.
Hoping you will print this in your
valuable columns, l remain
YOUNG GRADWELL.
Strange what large ideas these lit
tie fighters have. For instance, Nc
Weigh wanted SO per cent. of the gross
receipts to be put up for the bout. of
which he was to receive 80 per cent,
Instead of simply asking for his 80
per cent. and allow Gradwell to do
his own bargain making. But Grad
we'll seems to be just as important.
He insists that McVeigh is not en-
titled to more money than he receives,
Instead of getting all he can and al
lowing the other fellow to do the
same. Really some of the fighters
around here ought to be Gagged. When
they are unable to get bout they
1 IGtl aS IL LiiSy tti bSAAAS
abused but when there is profita-
BILE match in sight they hobble around
on one leg and make all kinds of
lame excuses.
G
am rather surprised at Gradwelfs
letter after the way he talked to me
the other night. He said he could
beat McVeigh, and just hankered for
chance. Now, when the chance
comes, he backs off and demands
that McVeigh accept the short end
of the purse. If Gradwell will manage
his own affairs, go over to Browns
and get what he can for q bout with
MeVeigh and allow McVeigh to do
the same thing, we will soon find out
Il there, is any four-fushing on the
part of either boy. OF the two,
Gradwell should have the least to
say. He was beaten by McVeigh in
their last bout, and he should be
willing to almost pay for a return
engagement. His letter indicates,
though, that he wants to be well paid
for his boxing. whether he is worth it
or not. To both boys l would say:
Good luck to you; get all you cam
! but if there is to be difference in
the size of the purse it should be in
McVeigh's favor. 1t is kind of
Jimmy to give Gradwell another
chance. Under the circumstances, so
per cent. for McVeigh and 20 per
cent, say, for Gradwill, would be
about q just division. Such a con-
test would jam Browns Gym, and
Jack Mccarthy, the matchmaker,
could afford to give the boys q liberal
deal.
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: This telling the other fellow what
to do is getting to be a habit around
here. Trainer O'Brien came down from
Easton with orders from McVeigh
that Jimmy would not only demand
80 per cent. for his share, but that he
would insist on Gradwell being all
lowed only 20 per cent. Gradwell
comes right back, all swelled UP, and
insists that he is the big fellow in
the discussion and is entitled to the
big end. A good plan-if these boys
really want to fight-would be to
bump their heads together and wake
them up. 1t takes two to make a
battle, and each is worth just so
much. In this case McVelgh seems
to be the one to be most considered.
g
j. p. N:
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