Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
MAC FARLAND

and gives him some sound advice.
Mr.. Keats Is well qualified to discuss
boxing for at one time he was the
amateur champion featherweight of
New York. After the fight he said to
me personally that he had not seen
such grand boxing in years as Vein
ert displayed against .Ashe, and in
his account of the battle in the Eve
ming Sun, which is appended, he
treats the boy handsomely:
Charley Weinert, a sturdy light
heavyweight from Newark, made a
very favorable impression while out
pointing George Ashe at the National
Sporting Club. Weinert is the eigh-
teen-year-ol youth who was the
first to interrupt Battling Levinsky's
winning streak in a recent bout.
This exploit passed almost unnoticed
at the time because 1t happened at
one of the smaller clubs and it Great
ed no such stir as when Bob McAllis-
ter duplicated the feat. If there is
any more of Weinert's record, the
rest of it is unknown, but in the fu-
ture his progress will be watched
with some attention.
Whoever taught the Jersey young
ster what he knows of boxing was
most competent instructor. Already
he is familiar with every trick of the
ring, legitimate and otherwise 1t
takes a great deal less space to men
ton his weak points than his strong
ones. His worst one is a lack of de-
termination ana persisteney in his at
tack With every advantage in his
favor, including nearly ten pounds in
the weights, Weinert outclassed his
opponent and should have. won more
decisively.
Whether he has the ability to with
stand punishment is do,nhtful also,
but otherwise Weinert's work was
most surprising considering that he
Is a comparative novice. His straight
lefts kept Ashes head bobbing until
at times his spinal column seemed in
danger of swapping. Ashe could not
avoid this punch, which carried so
much force that in Several rounds
only the timely intervention Of the
bell saved him.
Ashe was very aggressive, but was
completely baffied by Weinert's de-
Tense. The Jerseyman's judgmentFof
distance was perfect and he pulled
away from the swings and counFered
in great style. Weinert worked
shift with the precision of Fitzsim-
mons, landing either on the head or
body. He always picked his openings
well, seldom wasting a blow. Even
in the heat of the mi ups he shot
them true to the mari, cut he ap-
peared to have no great liking for this
style of fighting.
Had Weinert half the determination
and aggressiveness. shown by Ashe
the bout would not have gone half
the distance. Ashes gameness was
the one thing in his favor, as other
wise he was outelassed at all points.
While severely punished, he never
stopped trying, although the fact that
he could hardly land a blow must
have been most disconcerting. Vein
ert's performance we'll earned him
more pretentious match.
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1t is evident that some Newarkers
are DESTROYS of getting a line on
Weinert, for Charley White, the ia
nous old referee, told me at the fight
Thursday night that he was there at
the request az few Newark friends
to look Weinert over and report on
what he thought of the boy. Several
New York managers are also cast
ing alluring glances at Weinert, SO
there must be something in the boy
But he will very likely use good
sense and stick to Percy Woodruff
the man who is bringing him to the
front.
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The poor crowd at the Weinert-
Ashe show was a surprise and it is
not easy to explain why more per-
sons didn't turn out to see the mill
Opinion was prevalent that it was
because of the tightness of the money
market, but some said that Ashe
didn't have much of a following