Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-11

his club any time Tom cared to start
to England with Jim Coffey, who is
under Billy's management Coffey is
matched to fight Bombardier Wells,
and he may get Il crack at Georges
Carpenter if he beats Wells. which
is likely. Gibson says that Coffey
looks like a conner" and that II he
beats Wells he will point" him for
the worlds championship and go
after the winner OF the Jack John
son-Frank Moran fight in pDris.
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AS between Welnert and Coffey as
championship prospects, the Newark
boy appears to have the better
chance. He is not yet nineteen years
of age, and he seems to have nearly
everything q boxer needs but the es-
sential experience against first-class
men of the ring. He has a pretty
eft-hand jab, and he is learning fast
how to use his trusty right. He is
big fellow and he is strong. He can
take q punch and stand up under II
like a major. Both of his ten-round
bouts with Howard proved that. He
is clever and fast with his hands and
his feet, and if he is at all fortunate
he should go on developing until at
the age of twenty, perhaps, he might
be the champion OF the world. He
looks that good to me, and Gus Trox-
Ter, very good Judge, says he Is one
Of the finest built young men he has
ever gazed upon. As Troxlers bust
ness is physical culture, his opinion
is surely worth q whole lot.
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Stadium, but following that bout he
has arranged to meet some good
man" at the Broadway Sporting Club,
In Brooklyn. Manager Messenger IS
also dickering with the new Polo A.
c.. of New York, for a bout, and Tom
had long talk with Jack Hanlon,
the Philadelphia promoter, and a date
for Weinert will be arranged at the
Olympia in a few weeks. Messenger
also has letters asking him for terms
for Weinert's services from Boston,
Buffalo and other clubs. With Vie,
merit now in great shape, he should be
able to do lot of fighting in the next
few months He Is down to stern re-
atty In his habits and he will have TO
be a good boy day in and day out, II
he ever expects to get anywhere In
the pugilistic game, and If he desires
to have Tom Messenger look after his
business.
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The Irish Mahon- Banty Lewis fight
is not on, but 1t may be after to-
night Mahon has signed his part of
the agreement, but Lewis hasn't. He
has promised Jack Mccarthy, the
matchmaker at Browns Gym. to put
his name to a set of articles calling
for thirty per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts. Mahon's share will be twenty
five per cent. If Lewis signs tonight
the fight will be on and the friends Of
both boys will have plenty to talk
about Lewis has big following and
| his eliminates will back him heavily
Mahon, too. has many friends who
will take a chance on him. The opin-
ion among those who are supposed to
know is that Mahon is too much for
| Lewis. Banty, however. must think
any event, and Lewis could go farther
and fare better than taking a long
chance against such tough boy. If
he wins all will be sweet, but If he is
beaten he will find that he hasn't so
many friends after all. The way to
do is TO play safety. But if Lewis
feels that he has good chance to
get away with his bargain he would
be foolish boy not to do so. The
bout should draw big house. and he
ought to get $500 out of it, How
much of 1t he will have to give away
is another thing and his own business,
but it would seem that one manager
would be sufficient.
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Young Gradwell is anxious to get
another crack Ut Jimmy MCNSlBf,
but he says there isn't a chance in
the world for such a thing coming
to pass. Gradwel declares that
Hugh Garland, McVeigh's manager,
will not allow Jimmy to box him for
( the simple reason that if -McVeigh
should be beaten it would be worth
Gartland's life to go down below the
railroad. with the sad news there
ahead OF him. So as anxious as is
Gradwell to meet McVeigh again, he
says he fully realizes that there is
nothing doing.
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Gradwell, like several other boys
is doing his own business now. He
has retired from the management OF
I Dan Morgan, who has more fighters
on his staff than he can well take
care of. As a manager Gradwen
has started out by matching himself
against the sturdy Cy Smith, of Ho-
boken. The boys will meet at Browns
gym next Tuesday night. and a vic.