Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11

not huCn TAME But Mickey they
say, is a great little boy. His par
ticular ring asset is cleverness, but
he also has a healthy wallop for a
boy of his size In appearance he is
a clean-cut and smiling kid and he
looks in real life more like Donley
than a Stanzo. He has been winning
all his bouts lately. and he has a
future If he tends strictly to his knit
ting. The first thing he will have to
do is to get rid of the crap-shooter
with the crooked dice. If not, he will
neither have good luck nor a respect
able following.
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| A story is printed in a New York
paper this morning that Jim Corbetr
is sweet on Jim Coffey and is going
to take the Dublin Giant" under his
wing. Maybe this is so, but if Cor
bett thinks that Coffey is a prospect
he ought to take peek at Charley
| Weinert before wasting his time on
loser. AS between Weinert and Cof-
| fey there is only one chance, and
when Corbett sees Weinert box,
which SIS to be very soon, he'll forget
all about such a fellow as Coffey.
Although the dublin Giant" is much
bigger in every way than Weinert
and has had considerably more big
league" experience, Charley says he
is positive he can beat Coffey. He
he hafaPp
long, for Billy Gibson has charge OF
the dublin Giant" and win probably
want to match the men for bout a
his Fairmont Club. Then Corbett
will be able to judge for himself.
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Willie Richie promises to fight
again in New York soon. We hope he
will, for he is one great little fighter
fighter who is willing to fight when
he is in the ring and who is not
always thinking of his championship.
His opponent-to-b is Jack Britton,
who couldn't break an egg with his
best punch, who is not only clever
with his hands, but who is clever
enough to get the money Richie
against anyone would be a treat, but
against a better man than Britton
he would be luxurJ
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The secretary of the Puritan A.
C, which did so we'll in the State
championship boxing tourney con-
Quoted by the National Turner's,
seems to think that all the decisions
should have been given to members
of his club. The secretary's letter,
which follows, does not agree with
the opinions of other good judges
who We're there:
]. Z. N:
/ have just a few remarks to make
about the decisions of the judges in
the lis and 125-pound State champion
ships held at the National Turner's
last Monday evening. In the first
case, l think Joe Burns, Of the Puri-
tan \. c., should have had the de-
cision over Hennessy, of Hoboken.
OF course, Hennessy jabbed Burns
several times, but Burns eluded many
blows and delivered many more, and
the judges should have at least or
dered another round, and there would
ildNt btNil ito adtolioll' SATURDAY
night a certain party connected with
the A. A. u. said to James Nc
Greevy, the hustling manager of the |
Puritan fighters:
Don't bet on Burns if he fights
Hennessy, because a judge brought
him from .Hoboken, and Burns will
have to fight pretty hard to get the
decision"
So there you are and so much for
the 115-pound class.
In the 125-pound class Tom Quig-
ley, of the Puritan a. c., won hands
down and should have had the deci-
sion over Touhy, of Paterson, with
out any disagreement. Mr.. Kirchner,
one of the squarest referees that ever
put his foot in the ring. shook his
head when the judges awarded the
bout to Touhy. The crowd present,
which was a record breaker, also
showed it's displeasure over the de-
cision., A good many present said
that Quigley was the classiest and
cleanest fighter they ever saw.
In the 15S-pound class Eddie Graney
showed the feather when he met
John Martin, of the Puritan A. c.
Graney previous to this bout, which
was the final of the evening, knocked
out two men, and when he lost the
decision to Martin he claimed Mar
tin was a professional, under an as
sumed name. When he did this, ]. p.
N, don't you think it was poor sports
manship on Graneys part? Why
didn't he protest Martin at the start
and not wait till he found out he lost
the bout? J. p N. I am not sore
head. The judges decision went fsd
| | or no one else can change it.
write this letter because l feel it my
duty. With all the hard luck the
Puritan A. c. finished first in points.
Look this over and see if this is not
a dandy record for a club to have:
115-pound, Baldwin and Burns sec
ond and third respectively.
125-pound, Quigley second.
1885, pound-Eessle second.
158-pound, our Champ" John Mar
| tin.
1t should have gone this way with
little thinking on the judges part.
! Burns and Baldwin first and Sec
ond. respectively, in 115-pound.
Quigley first in the 125-pound class.
Kessler second in the 135-pound
| Martin. who was charged with pro-
fessionalism (still he had to borrow
everything he had on in the ring),
first in the 15S-pound class.
Look over the champs" from previ-
Gus tournaments, as follows George
/ Gaffeny. 110-DOund i'm January: Joe