Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-09

with it in his last few bouts, being
content to outlook his men.
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Tom O'Rourke, the New York pro-
moter evidently figures that Welnert
is a pretty good man, for he has
promised him bout with Bob Nc
lsAllister, who, like Weinert, has
touted Levinsky. But O'Rourlle says
that Weinert must show him just
how good he is by defeating George
Ashe, who, by the way, is under
O'Rourke's management. If he
proves he is a better man than Ashe,
O'Rourke declares he will match him
against McAllister, on whose services
O'Rourke has an option for a bout
at the National Sporting Club a little
later on. In order to bring about the
match between Weinert and Ashe
and talk over the proposed contest
with McAllister, Manager Woodruff
had long conference with O'Rourke
in New York on Tuesday. After the
session was at en- end, Weinert had
been matched with Ashe for January
29, and O'Rourke told Percy he would
secure Weinert a bout with Nc
Allister If the Jersey champion made
good against Ashe Woodruff spoke
highly OF. the manner in which he was
treated by ORourke, and said that
all he wanted was a fair chance to
show what Weinert can do. O'Rourke
| promises to give him such a chance,
and both Woodruff and Weinert are
as happy as larks.
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With his pugilistic outlook so pro-
pitious. Weinert is delighted boy
these days. Everything is business
with him and he is going to work
hard, apparently. to get to the top of
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kid, and he will have to be we'll
managed and tanned once in a while.
| He is ambitious, though, and he
seems to be losing some of his boyish
pranks already. At eighteen, of course,
a boy is not expected to be any too
serious, but it can be truthfully stat
ed that Weinert is getting down to
stern reality and doing everything
possible to boost his own stock. He
| is learning every day and he is show
| ing tendency to put on weight.
may be over-enthusiastic about the
boy. and may see more ability in him
than he really possesses but If he is
carefully handled for year or so
and puts on about twenty pounds in
weight he will, in my opinion, beat
all the white hopes in the market
That is the way feel about it. yet
he is Just as likely as not to get a
clip in the jaw from the very first
man he meets and thereby put a
check to his career
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Weinert's success so far is due, be-
yond doubt, to the efforts of Percy
Woodruff, and the Kid should realize
this when what might seem like more
tempting offers are made to him from
other managers. Just at present one
appears to have explicit confidence
in the other. The other day one OF
Woodruff's friends said to him:
Say, Percy, haven't you contract
with Weinert?"
"A contract" Percy replied. "No
haven't a contract, and [ DOM
want contract, The Kid is free. II
he ever wants to leave me I'll never
try to stop him. He is old enough to
think for himself and act for himself
and he has seen enough of the way
fighters are being handled to know
which side his bread Is 5uttered on
When the question was put up tc
| Weinert as to what he would do II
he ever became the champion of the
world, the Kid blurted out
well, if I become the champion
you can bet your last dollar thai
Percy Woodruff will be my manager
If that's what you mean. He ha:
stood by me, and I'm going to sticl
to him. The championship is Ions
way off, but know If ever win the
title whole lot of the credit win b,
due to Percy"
The way the yuen talk there doesn'i