Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
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The conference of the magnates ant
the players was a peace-fest and on
of it came a feeling of harmony il
every sense. The players were treat
ed with consideration, and While the.
didn't get everything they asked, the
| got enough to make them feel tina
! their efforts did not go unrewarded
The best card the players played call
/ for the declaring of them free agent
after ten years service in the bis
leagues, providing, of course, no clul
in either league desires their services
| It gives the men a chance when the,
are going back" to barter for theil
own destiny. This is fair PROPOSE
tion and the players won their big
gest victory when they got 1
| through.
The "hard times" we hear so much
about don't seem to be in much evil
dence when a promised good seraI
is on tap. The fans expected some
thing real exciting at the Garden
Monday night when Bob McAlllstel
and Battling Levinsky met and they
unloaded just s7,02750 into the boz
Office. That is pretty big sum Of
money nowadays for a fight between
what are termed hopes" because The
fans have been fooled so often and sc
badly that something real special will
have to be sprung to lure them on
However, the McAllister- Levinsky
bout was most satisfying affair and
it will tend to wean back many of the
thoroughly Disguised fellows who
enjoy the game of fisticuffs between
well-matched men.
G.
The cAllister-Levinsky battle has
aroused great interest in the boxing
situation and every fight club man
ager in New York is rushing arounc
in an effort to secure a suitable OPP
ponent for McAllister, whose great
cleverness has Won for him a vast
army of admirers. No sooner had
the fight been over than the fans be-
gan to suggest a bout between Nc
Allister and Mike Gibbons. and such
a match has been the topic ever since
Whether the fight will come to pass
is vet uncertain, but it seems to be
all up to Gibbons. As there is con-
siderable difference in the weights
Gibbons. being at his best at Isl
pounds and McAllister being just
about right at $50, why it may strike
Gibbons as being too much poundage
to give away against such a clever
fellow as McAllister has proved him
self to be. If the match is made
however, it would furnish much in
teresting discussion. and if it does
come off, let us hope that it doesn't
result In the same unsatisfactory
manner as did the Gibbons McGoorty
fiasco.
With all due respect to Mike Glib
bons, it is my firm opinion that
Charley Weinert, the West Orange
boy, would make a better match for
McAllister and would make a better
showing than Michael. OF course
Weinert is only a kid yet, and he has
a long way to go before he is any,
where near his best. but it looked to
nh cts
of boxing that Weinert would not
only be able to solve him success
fully, but would be likely to give him
a good sound trouncing in the bar
gain. AS far as cleverness goes
Weinert is as handy with his hands
and more handy with his feet than
McAllister He is, too, a bigger man
and a stronger man, and it is dollars
to doughnuts that he can hit seven
teen times as hard a blow as Nc
Allister There are other things in
ring cleverness in which Weinert is
almost positive to excel the Cali
fornian, and and one of them is foot.
work. McAllister has a pair of hands
that holds off an opponent and beats
off an opponent, but when the bat.
tie is fierce he stands and mixes, just
the same as the most ordinary boxer
That is his one big drawback. His
has mastered many things, but HI
hasn't, apparently, practised foot
work. He stands almost straight and
assumes a pose with hands and body
quite similar to the methods EN-
ployed by the good timers in thu
olden days. But the clever boy,
since Jim Corbett's time have learned
to manipulate their feet as we'll al
their hands, and that is one accom-
plishment in which the otherwis
clever McAllister is lacking
G
! Weinert as an opponent for Nc
/ Allister would be the best match il
sight, but the New York club pro
moters have no way of knowing II
| Before long, however, Weinert is sur
! to be in the public glow, and then h
will be a much-sought boxer. Perc,
| Woodruff, the West Orange boy
manager, is quite willing tina
Weinert should fight McAllister, an
the prospects for such a bout ar
very rosy, judging from a converse