Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-05

to avoid for a while. Later on. when
he takes on more weight, Weinert will
be ready for any of the big fellows.
Just now he is displaying rare judg-
ment in following the advice of Man
ager Woodruff.
O.
Gus Troxler, it is said, is looking
around for some 100-pounder to meet
weinert at one of his Central Insti-
tute shows In the near future. Trox-
Ter realizes that Weinert is a good
card and he is naturally anxious to
work him whenever he can secure a
suitable opponent. Percy Woodruff
says that he will match Weinert
against anybody his weight and would
like particularly to have Johnny
Howard come forward and do BUSH
ness. A weinert-H Howard fight would
draw a tremendous crowd at Trox-
ler's and Gus would put 1t on In a
minute. As victor over Young
Kurtz, Howard came in for consider
able notoriety not long ago, but lately
he hasn't been doing much, and he
has been more or less on the bach
shelf. Now is the time, though, for
Howard to come forward and say
whether he will fight Weinert. From
what we can learn the match is open
for him.
G
With all the great fighters of the
day breaking their necks to avoid a
meeting with him, Jim Savage is to
be pitied, and he shouldn't be too Sc
verely criticised for his underhand
attacks on Charley Weinert. Just
yearning for fight with the worlds
best and being unable to induce a
single one of them to come forward
and meet him is enough to make any
man do a lot of queer talking, es-
pecially when he has some one to
lure him on and pull the words out
of his mouth. The efforts to knock
Weinert are not taking very well and
the boosts for Savage are joke. AS
between the two men, Weinert has a
future and Savage has past; and
right today, with the great difference
in age and weight and experience in
Savage's favor, Weinert, on game
ness and cleverness, would beat his
man.
Bob Fitzsimmons, who has been
making Newark his home for some
time past, expects to spend few
weeks in Philadelphia in the hope of
getting on a match with Jack O'Brien
in the Quaker City. While such a
bout might not do the game any good,
it would not do it any particular
harm. AS to the merits of such con-
test, why that would be just as one
cared to view it. Fitz, as understand
it, could use the money, and O'Brien,
it is declared, has lost nearly all his
savings in investments, and yearns
to replenish his bankroll. Over in
Philadelphia an enthusiasm might be
worked up to see these grand old
form in the ring, but in New York,
where Fitz was DESTROYS Of reopening
his career at fifty-one years of age,
it would never never do. A fight in
which Fitzsimmons would have a
possible show-say in a fight with
O'Brien-the interest would be nil, and
if Fitz were allowed to go into the
arena against one of the youthful
white hopes" no matter how really
poor such white hope might be, it
would be q shame. "Old Bob" is still
full of fire, and he talks with great
fervor of his past and of what he be-
lieves he can do right now in the ring.
1t is not any pleasure to rail against
such a great old fighter as Fitz used
to be, but he should realize himself
that it is all mistake.
O.
In defeating Bud Anderson in their
bout on the coast New Years Day,
Leach Cross treated the fans to a bit
of his clever acting. With the fight
his own way, Cross now and then as
sumed to be groggy after mix-ur
or a clinch, and the fans would sc
into a frenzy in anticipation of an
Anderson victory. Then Cross would
come out of his lambs clothes ahd
sail into Anderson like wolf. The
ans who knew Cross were on III a
moment, but those who had never
seen Leach cut up his didoes were
rather bewildered at his antics. After
the bout Cross came in for much
praise for his craftiness, but not g
few criticised him for his cruel meth
DDS From all appearances Leach
could have beaten Anderson long be
fore he did, but cat-like, it Is claimed
Cross pecked away at his opponen
and battered him unnecessarily a
every show of life. Leach is a pecu
liar fighter and no mistake. He l!
widely popular in a way, but he doe
many things in the ring that get thu
fans sore on him. He is a trickste
and a craftsman, and when an op
ponent gives evidence of lacking RIM
experience, Cross plays him for al
| he is worth. He tricks his man int,
shaking hands, and then, when in tn
act, Leach will send over one of hi
mighty rights for the jaw. But n
matter what he does or how he /
roasted he is a pretty nifty fighte
just the same, and he is one of tn
best drawing cards in the business
He will never be champion, becaus
he lacks the particular essential
which would make him a champion