Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
latest situation in the Savage
,weinert controversy

: latest situation in the Savage
t Weinert controversy.
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5 There is lot of good feeling going
t around the town for Jimmy McVeigh,
and everyone who knows him is sorry
for his decisive defeat by Banty
Lewis. Mcyeigh is perhaps the most
popular boy around here He has
fine manner a winning way and ne
makes friends very fast. He has
large following, too, and every time
Jimmy boxes it means a crowded
house. The boy himself is quiet ana
he didn't make much buster AS
result, he fought only at extended in
tervals His last fight was his most
important fight, and he has been
given setback He is taking his
defeat much to heart, but he says ne
will come back and beat Lewis in
few weeks. Perhaps a better plan
would be for McVeigh to fight some-
! one else first and forget Lewis for
awhile. There are several boys
around who would make a good match
for Jimmy. and when he feels he Is
himself. why he might come forth
and tackle Banty To go into retire.
nent and brood over his defeat is,
foolish thing for Mcveigh to do. He
should come right out and get into
the game at once. Gus Troxler would
l | - Ia, nd hn
Bay View Wheelmen would surely be
delighted 10 put him on, for Jimmy
turned them away when he fought
! Lewis at the> Wheelmen's clubhouse.
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I Kid Lewis, the English boxer, who
is now in this country, is being
boosted as a pretty good boy. He is
credited with being the champion
a featherweight of England, but he is
willing to meet the lightweights. Jim
my Johnston is his manager, which,
perhaps, accounts for the statement
that Lewis chased Freddie Welsh, the
worlds lightweight champion, out of
England and that he is now In this
country to force Welsh into a fight.
y Despite all this blow and buster it
!, Is said that Lewis Is there with the
goods, but like most of the foreign
product he is more of clever boxer
- than a fighter. 1t is said that Lewis
: is the youngest champion that ever
. held a title. He knocked out Alex
Lambert in seventeen rounds for the
l..
blematic of the featherweight cham
" pionship of England, and he stopped
- Paul Til, the French champion, in
twelve rounds for the European title
= In Australia he whipped Herb Nc
= Coy, Hughie Meheghan and Joe Shu-
~ grue. In defeating Meheghan he wor
y the lightweight championship of Aus.
y tralia. and in beating Shugrue he per.
10 formed a great feat, for Shugrue 1;
~ certainly one of the best of the Amer
= lean lightweights. Lewis has haS
- 200 fights, of which two We're draw!
ID and two were defeats. He was {
rs champion at eighteen, He wants t.
Il fight Welsh badly, but he will figh
/ anybody.
c. @
Harry Stone--the fighter, not TIL
cigarmaker-is a modest fellow. II
Id doesn't like to talk about himself
d. For instance, in letter to me, Harr,
ne starts off in this fashion:
e, "If Leach Cross will pay a visit t.
ly the Empire A. c. Friday evening
lie October 16, when I box Jack Britton
&, he will see an exhibition of boxing
BY that might improve his style a little
he Ever since 1 whipped Cross in Balti
Id more, some four years ago. he ha
err been afraid to mingle with me. II h
is thinks that he has improved sine
st that time l will give him a chance
Id If he will consent to meet me, tn
Il Mcmahon brothers will put US on. l
ey Leach will agree to meet me / vii
lie. give five hundred dollars to the He
brew Orphan Asylum as soon as h
nd lsteps into the ring with me. Thi
CHI money will be posted with any sport
ey ing editor Cross Names
ne Such talk may help Stones mate
10 with Britton, but it won't do Harr
,rs any good If Cross ever meets him i
is the ring. AS between Cross and Ston
DIS as fighters, Leach ought to be 8 to
an shot If the men come together. Ston
10 is not in the same class with eros
,al and Harry win find it out to bis sol
at row if the opportunity comes up.
he there isn't any strings attached t
lat stones $500 Cross will have it befor
ne long, and he will also add a goo
If whipping for interest.
he O.
= A fight fan. out in Frisco, write
about the game there and has some
thing to say anent Newark boys. H
M says:
- San Francisco. Cal, Sept. 20, 1914.
IT, p. N:
would like to offer a few words (
-. information for Orange Fight Far
regarding Newark boys who are box
ing away from home. As / am a