Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-24

dent, and, besides, strike would
have been just as Injurious to the
menwho pay them to play the game.
Now, however. the players are choek-
full of their Importance, and they will
take more than one beating before
they give in. That, anyway, is the
way some pretty shrewd baseball
men now size up the situation.
o.
Discussion over the decision of
Referee Ross in the first heat of the
Criterion stakes on Wednesday night
seems to be particularly lively. The
| claim is made that Ross erred in or
dering the heat rerun after Moretti
had finished first. while others declare
the referee did perfectly right. Com
parisons are being made and old
cases are being brought forth to prove
that the referee was not consistent,
but the race in point was nothing
like the races that are being used in
a comparative way. The race In
question was different in every way.
1t was suspicious and Referee Ross
evidently felt that it called for the
action he took. We will find many
to dispute him and many to agree
with him, but his ruling was honest in
any event. That is great deal. more
than you can say about some of the
criticism. tlf a
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Some time ago Jim Savage, the Or
ange boxer, was matched to fight
Battling Levinsky, but day or SO
ago Jack Mccarthy. the matchmaker
of Bill Browns A. A.. called off the
| bout, giving no reason, Savage says,
for his action. But Mccarthy evil
IDENTIFY had 8. reason, for he wanted
Savage to meet Porky Flynn, which
Jim refused to do. That is tthe story
as told by Danny Savage, brother OF
Jim Savage, and it leaves Jim with
out an engagement at a time when,
1t is said, he is so well prepared to
battle. Savage would be doing lot
of fighting around New York If 1t
wasn't for the fact that he Is tied
up with Leo Flynn as his manager.
Jim has contract whereby he
(F1ynn) receives 80 1-3 per cent. of his
share of all purses, and 1t is said that
the tighter is not very well pleased
with these arrangements. He is
anxious to fight now that he is in
shape, and he says he is going to do
some fighting, but that he will not
depend on Flynn to do his business.
Instead Brother Danny is to act as
his manager, but Jim is going to give
Flynn his share, only he will not
allow him in his corner 1884 a,4a
Savage was anxious to fight Lee
whisky, who is under the management
of Dan Morgan, who used to manage
Jim, because he felt that the Battler
was a good drawing card. He got
this idea into his head from the stories
told him about the big crowd at the
fight between, Levinsky and Charley
| Weinert.,., The crowd was big, but
| the fighters share wasn't anywhere
near as big as claimed. The Broad
way Sporting Club was comfortably
filed on that occasion, but Weinert
didn't get anywhere near 81, 900, the
sum reported. He received few
hundred, however, and he hasn't had |
the inclination to fight since, and he
apparently isn't anxious to do battle
for awhile. His fight against Lee |
Whisky was a good one, and he both |
outboxed. and outfought his man, yet
he didn't take advantage of his show
ing, and hasn't put on the gloves
since. ~ -.lsf
A business career Is the aim of
Weinert, i understand. He has un-
earthed an angel. 1t is said. and in
tends to branch out as butcher. He
has been hobnobbing up around his
old haunts in the Oranges and he is
a. frequent caller on Percy Woodruff,
his old manager. In fact, Weinert
has said that maybe Percy will do
my business In the future" But as
far as Woodruff is concerned Weinert
will likely have to guess again Now
that Weinert Is to be a butcher, the
Butcher Boy would not be bad
ring name for him. 1t has fighting
sound and might throw scare into
the other fellow. hel.4 fefao
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Percy Woodruff doesn't want any
more lighters on his staff He has
had his fill. Weinert was the last
straw Kid Boonton was anxious to-
have Percyedo business for him, but
In a conversation over the telephone
Woodruff said nothing doing"
Boonton is really lost without a man
ager, for he can get lots of fights, but
he doesn't seem willing to do his own
business. He is pretty good boy
and might be made something of If
'cleverly handled. He says he Is will
ing to fight anybody, but he doesn't,
apparently, know just where he is at.
o
Boonton may eventually have a
New York manager. He has been
negotiating with Jimmy Johnston,
who has a large stable of fighters,
and Johnston called me up on the
phone yesterday and asked me to
/ have Boonton call up. his number
Johnston thinks pretty we'll of the
4 Kid He saw him fight Harlem
Tommy Hopkins at the Stadium not
long ago and he was very much i'm
| pressed with his cleverness. John