Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-25

to fight in England unless he meet
Langford in London. So perhaps {
Johnson-Langford bout is the sensa
ton promised.
Though Mike Gibbons is considered
a wonderful boxer, his performances
in the ring are not always liked
] There are times when Gibbons is APP
plauded to the roof for his cleverness
and his aggressiveness, but there are
other times when he is Kissed "stiff''
for his stalling tactics. Gibbons or NO
| Gibbons, it is hard to please the fight
fans. One night they will hiss Mike
for beating up some por boob who has
very next night they will hiss the
same Mike If he goes along and boxes
with an opponent and doesn't try to
murder him." as the ringside saying
goes. So, for doing his best a boxer
is Missed and declared brutal. and
for being kind to an opponent and
! eliminating the brutal elements of the
sport is also given a raking over the
GOALS. Under the circumstances, it is
| hard thing to know what to do. The
he is condemned If he doesn't. 1t is
not always Gibbons. only Gibbons, it
seems, is mark for attack.
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hammered for his performances in the
ring. 1t is said that Mcfarland has
been a welterweight for ever so long
and that he has been fighting light
weights. 1t is also said that Packey
has a habit of being kind to his OPP
ponents. All this may be true, but
really it is not Mcfarland, but the
club promoters who are to blame.
Packey doesn't stage the bouts, but
simply takes part in them. A pro-
moter asks him IL he will fight So
and-So and he says yes If he feels so
disposed. The promoter, if he knows
anything, should know just about
how good Mcfarland Is as a fighter
and he should learn at least some
thing of the ability of his opponent
to-be If the match is a good one
let him stage it, but if it looks as if
it is going to be a one-sided affair
let him not arrange the bout. This
business of good bouts and bad bouts
is really up to the promoters and it
is also up to the patrons of the game.
no III
sucker or Mike Gibbons against a
sucker should never be. But don't
blame the fighters if the promoters
favor them with soft pickings. Just
place yourself in their shoes and see
IL you wouldn't be looking around for
the softest snaps in the world.
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Talk about being hanged if you do
and hanged if you don't" take two
recent fights in Wisconsin as an ex-
ample. Packey Mcfarland and Jack
Britton INDUCED in ten-round bout
out there not long ago, and it was
pronounced a very tame affair by the
fans and by the press. There is
Boxing Commission in Wisconsin, so
the commissioners decided to pun
ish Mcfarland for his poor exhi-
bition. Nothing was said about Brit
toms work in the ring, although
everybody there, including the news
paper men, said that Mcfarland had
won the decision. Anyway, Packey
was barred in the State of Wisconsin
for not giving a satisfactory exhibit
ton. He also refused to weigh in, for
which he was duly panned. Later Ad
opponent was Joe Rivers. Wolgast,
1t seems, was very rough and gave
Rivers plumb good licking. The
Boxing Commission became indignant
over the enthusiasm Wolgast put in
his work, so the gentlemen on the
commission barred Ad from further
competition in the State. OF course,
the commission could be right in both
cases, but everybody knows how Nc
Farland fights and how Wolgast
fights, and there shouldn't be any dis
appointment. 1t is still up to the
promoters. If they want a lesson in
artistic boxing let them hire Packey.
If they want some rough-house ring
manners displayed, let them engage
Ad.
O.
The Federal League promises to
| open April %.
C.
The Brooklyn Club, of the Federal
League, is said to have asked Christy
| Mathewson to name his own price as
the manager of the Tip Tops, the
name given to the Brooklyn "out-
laws"
James A. Gilmore, president of the
Federal League, is still in New York
He may visit Newark before the
week is out.
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John McGraw and the worlds tour
ball players are being panned in
England. The London critics say
that the tourists are not sports be.
cause they disappointed 700 fans by
not playing a game in the rain. Nc.
Graw is also coming in for some hot
criticism, but those who know JohI
knows he can take il like major
England says good radiance to play.
ers and hopes they will never re.
turn. How unkind.
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Charley Murphy is happy because
he is out of the Chicago Cubs. So