Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-06

| IN securing match WIFI ION Nlh
bons, Charley Weinert must be loolSe'
upon as a very lucky boy. OF course
he can thank Percy Woodruff, hi
manager, for such a golden opportu
nifty to show himself before a metro
nolltan tight crowd at Madison
Square Garden, And when the Gar
den patrons see Weinert they will lik'
him and they viii praise him. for HI
has the goods. and he knows how t.
produce them. THERE is only on'
thing that will stop Weinert from
going right up to the top of the heal
that is a "swelled head" and l hops
the Kid escapes that much dreaded
disease. He is fresh. know, but thai
is a good trait, and If be keeps his
head he will be somebody some day
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Weinert and Gibbons are to make
weight for their bout on February
L. This Gibbons insisted upon. AT
first Woodruff refused to agree to &c
on the scales, but under the per-
suasive charm of Billy Gibson, man
ager of the Garden A. c., Percy told
me he couldn't refuse. 1t is all right,
though for the weight-t70 pounds
ringside-is easy for Weinert to make
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Lucky, lucky Welnert! lie is to
come into his own sooner than eH-
pected. He is to fight in the Garden
and his opponent is to be a Gibbons,
of the noble family of Mike Gibbons.
Weinert is just about as sure as any
thing to win and then will come
glory and honor and perhaps pugilis-
| tic greatness will follow.
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| The New York sporting writer's who
had Packey Mcfarland in New York
yesterday got fooled badly. PaclSey
| didn't arrive, and the fake interviews
with him make the authors appear
| ridiculous. It's we'll, of course, to
| jump on fighters who fake. but how
about the sporting writer's who fake
I Mcfarland, it is said, is coming to
| New York to see about his match
with Mike Gibbons, which has been
! postponed. AS far as Mcfarland is
concerned. the fight can go on, but
| Packey, naturally, is insisting on the
| $4,000 that has been guaranteed him
fnr 10 ha
| promise and there may not be a fight
| at all. 1t is doubtful if Gibbons can
do the weight, and it is said that
the Garden management will not give
the fighters more than 80 per cent. OF
the gross receipts to fight on per-
centage basis. Packey. it is under
stood. will agree TO accept 30 per
cent. but Gibbons. of course, wouldn't
think of taking 10 per cent. Don't
bank on the fight, though. until you
see the men in the ring
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Jack Johnson may fight Sam Lang
ford. we hope he does. Langford has
been claiming for years that John
son was afraid of him. and he made a
I lot of people believe him. In good
condition Johnson would beat Lang
ford sure. How Jack is | do not
know, but as Langford has plainly
shown that he is about all in. why.
as far as condition goes. it is likely to
te six Of one and half dozen of the
other The talk Of johnson and Lang
ford fighting comes from London. and
it is said that the men may meet on
June !.
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AID Nolgast has agreed 10 fight
( Johnny Dundee in New York We
hope the bout viii take place. for il
/ there is one fighter we like to see
perform better than another it is the
same Ad Wolgast. He is a fighter,
and while he may not be as good as
he used to be. and Dundee is a Won
derfully strong young fellow, his class
alone ought to carry him through.
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The Federal League must be max
ing some kind o. an impression,
Judging by the secret meetings being
held lately by the REGULARS" Time
was. and not long age. either, when
Z Ban Johnson. president of the Amer
lean League. laughed to seorn the
mention Of the outlaws" Now the
noble Fan is very busy in framing
angles TO illustrate the movements
of the plans of the Feds. TO repeat, q
short time ago most OF US thought as
johnson did-that the ''outlaws'' were
a joke But things have changed.
have learned so much about the
strength of the Feds in the last week
or so that it begins TO look as if they
would not only get by, but would be
vieins in every way with the Amer.
/ lean League and the National League
before three more years have passed
over our heads. It is nothing to mt
whether the OUTLAWS" succeed OF
fail Personally I am for the "regu'
/ lars" But If there is chance fol
! Newark to become big league city
and the only way TO bring 1t about Il
for the Federals to come in here an(
make good. then, I'll confess, ] woulC
be for the outlaws" and Newark
would be for the outlaws" other.
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