Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-30

more money to fight the Kid than he
demanded to meet Wolgast, That
tends to show that Welsh at least
respects Lewis, and when the fighter
on top respects the fellow coming up
1t Is not an easy matter to bring
them together.
Az to the Welsh Wolgast fight, the
talent is picking the champion to win
on his cleverness, Then too, VOL
CAST Is not the Ad Of old by long
shot. and it is said he can neither
take such a beating nor give such a
beating IA was his wont In his cham
Iplonship days, From fierce, du-
rable fighter he has become Just an
ordinary sluRger He fights and
lights, as OF yore, but he Isn't there
with the effective wallop or the keen
Judgment any more, He has lost
much OF his confidence and he has
hls own troubles winning, no matter
who hls opponent La. Against Welsh
he will not have to worry about get
ting a beating, for Freddie Isn't that
kind OF fellow, He Is all oloverneSs
but lacks the punch, yet he has the
speed to win from almost any one.
His victory over Willie Richie came
as surprise, and the decision has
lbeen condemned on this side Of the
ocean, but those who witnessed the
bout say that the referee didn't make
any mistake, He IL taking big
chance In his fight with Wolgast, for
AID Is just as liable as not to knock
him out. II he. gets to him he will.
for wolgast is a relentless battler
and follows up an advantage quicker
and more viclously than any other
man In the ring. As Champion Welsh
Is only y fair drawing card he would
be worth very little as an attraction
II he wore to lose his crown. and he
viii have to DO at himself and be
there with all his cleverness In order
to score on Monday night,
| o
Some idea OF what a wonderful
boxer Mike Gibbons is may be-
CLEANED from his fight the other
night with Billy Maxwell. Mike
simply made a toy out OF Maxwell,
who was several pounds the heavier.
The mill was so one-sided that 1t
was ridiculous. but Gibbons was un-
able to knock him out. because of
his lodging ability. As this battle
waged nothing but praise for Gibbons
could be heard around the ringside.
yet when Charley Welnert fought
Maxwell and treated him Just about
| as handsomely as did Gibbons he
was booed for further orders. This
was so because, no doubt, Of the fact
i that Weinert was head and shoulders
over Maxwell and pounds heavier.
| times Gibbons Is known as Won
der and his cleverness is applauded.
weinert Is just breaking out and he
Will have TO wait until the fans get
acquainted before he can expect to
be received like q Gibbons
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| Weinert, by the way, is said to be In
| great demand, and he is receiving
| offers from all parts of the country
his services. Over the telegraph
IS this morning came a dispatch
n Indianapolis saying that Jack
Dillon, the "Hoosier Bear-Cat," was
ON his way East, and that he would
meet weinert at Philadelphia on Mo-
1 Go
! that fight will be the best test in the
! world for Weinert Jack Is just the
sort of fellow to try Charley out, and
IL Weinert is able to get away with
him or even hold his own, it will be a
big feather IN mis- cap.
O.
| The victory over Jim Coffey has
given Weinert considerable notoriety
throughout the country, for Coffey
was counted as being among the best
of the bad lot Of white hopes" The
manner In which Weinert trimmed
Coffey is the talk in pugilistic circles
In Philadelphia, and he can get a bout
on there any time. What he should
do, though, is to show himself In New
York. Jimmy Johnston, the match
den Club, is willing to give him a
chance, but weinert hasn't paid much
attention to the matter. Johnston is
DESTROYS of putting him on in a re-
turn bout with Coffey, and this would
be a grand opportunity for Welnert
to show New Workers just how really
good he Is. The more he fights the
better off he will be, and now Is the
time to reap the harvest when the
sun is shining brightly. The dark
DAYS come around soon enough, and
dark days for a fighter are dark days
indeed, especially IL he hasn't sown
Well the seeds OF his labor
O.
Poor Gunboat Smith What has
become Of him7 1t is not SO very
long ago that he was the lion of the
hour. yet since Sam Langford
knocked him out in Boston last week
he has been reiegated to the pugilis-
tic scrap heap. 1t was a sad awaken
ing, the defeat of Smith. He was in
for a large season, for there are any
number of heavyweights around here
who would be dead willing to take a
chance with the Gunner. Yet since
he took the count as the result of one
J Of Langford's terrific blows the dogs
in the street, as the saying goes, re-
fuse to bark at him.
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The sports are saying that Smith
..ao N hio mistake In fiRhting Lang