Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-21

tournaments closely. The ranking
of the first ten pairs follows:
]. NJ. e. Mclaughlin and T. c.
Bundy,
>. G. NJ. Church and Dean Mathey.
g., X. II. Behr and T. r. Pell.
4. W. NJ. Johnston and C. j. Griffin.
). II. II. Hackett and f. B. AleXan-
der.
6. Nat Browne and Claude Wayne.
IN. W. Niles and A. S. Dabney.
s. w. ]. Clothier and G. p. Gard
ner.
9. G. {. Shafer and King Smith.
10. r. d. Little and f. c. Inman
g
1t looks as if Charley Weinert's next
opponent will be Jim Flynn, and that
they will meet in the Madison Square
Garden ring in the near future.
Jimmy Johnston, Weinerts manager,
has been seeking good man to meet
Weinert, but Flynn seems to be the
only one willing TO take a chance.
Jim Coffey. who was given a good
lacjng by Weinert not so long ago at
Philadelphia, doesn't appear anxious
for the opportunity to regain his losi
reputation, and the other heaVyweignts
are lodging the issue of chance with
a "mere boy" 1t is true that Weinert
is only in his nineteenth year, and Is
a kid in more ways than one, yet, with
careful handling. it would not be sur
prising to some day see him the cham
pion of the world. He seems to be
getting more sense every day, and he
has surely displayed great cleverness
for a youngster. He has quit his OLD
associates and is making new and bet
ter friends every day If he beats
Flynn, Manager Johnston says, he
will force Gunboat Smith to meet
him. If there is any one man in the
game who Weinert believes he can de-
feat. it is Gunboat Smith. Such a
performance would make the young
man, and lunches like that become
a reality more times than they fail.
C
The fact that Sam McVea defeated
Harry Wills. the promising negro
pugilist, at New Orleans on Sunday,
more than surprised those who wit
messed the McVea-Jim Johnston bout
in New York a week ago. On that
occasion McVea put up a miserable
exhibition. Though outpointed, 1t is
said that Wills is the better man and
lost simply because he lacked expert
ence. Not long ago Wills had Sam
Langford beaten to certainty, but
he became careless and Langford
knocked him out. On that fight he
should have beaten McVea.
C
On his showing against Freddy
Welsh. Joe Shugrue has been matched
to fight Charley White in Madison
Square Garden on December rs. A
victory for Shugrue over White would
insure him a return bout with Welsh,
who claims he was not in condition
for his fight with Shugrue. That Is
more or less true, for at best Welsh
isn't a very strong fellow and he was
doing entirely too much milling to be
In form. But this fact shouldn't de-
tract from Shugrue's showing. On
what they did in the ring, Shugrue
was the better man, and until Welsh,
champion and all, shows he can whip
Shugrue, Joe will always have that
victory to his credit.
@
Jack Skelly, who was one of the best
little bantamweight fighters of his day,
and who is now a boxing specialist on
the Yonkers Herald, is sending out
unique holiday greetings of his
friends the country over. Shelly, by
the way, has many friends in New
ark, among them Mark Phillips.
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j. p N:
Where are the remains of Robert
Fulton, the inventor, buried?
ALLAN s.
Robert Fulton is buried in the
churchyard of Trinity Church, on
Broadway, opposite Wall street, New
York city.
J. p. N:
Some time ago a question was
asked of Grantland Rice as to which
of the following was the greater
man:
The fellow who is born with talent
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