Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-27


has said that he doesn't have to fol-
low the fight game for existence, but
what is the poor, old, much-abused
fight game to do when such things
happen. AS to Mr.. Snyders asser-
ton that his fight club in Irvington
cannot be closed, he is only inviting
trouble for himself. No one, that 1
know of, would like to see boxing at
cannot last very long under its pres
ent regime. 1t is q strange fact that
men who are not particularly noted
for their business brilliancy believe
they will make a huge success in
sporting ventures. That's why we
have so many failures around here.
0
In answer to my remarks about the
opinion Jimmy Johnston, the man
ager of the Madison Square Garden
fight club, entertained of Eddie
Wood, the manager of the Olympic
Club, Mr.. Wood writes me a letter
setting forth his side of the story.
He says:
Regarding Jimmy Johnston's boys
boxing at the Olympic Club, would
say that I have tried to match
Young Gradwell with Young Brown
and Gene Moriarty, two of Mr.
Johnston's boys, with the result that
Gradwell refused to box either boy
offering an alibi that what could he
(GradwelD get boxing boys that
would not draw, so l had to pass up
Young Brown and Moriarty. Re
garding Eddie Morgan, 1 called off
the entire card on account of the
bicycle race. That is my privilege,
the same as number of New YORK
promoters did on account OF the
race Eddie Morgan can box at the
Olympic Club if Mr.. Johnston cares
to show him here at a future date,
meeting some good local boy to be
selected later; furthermore, would
saw that I tried to match Young
| Gradwell to meet Harry Stone for the
/ OLYMPIC show on December 1. l called
I'D Mr.. Johnston and offered him for
| Stone 271s per cent, and he refused
to let Stone box Gradwel for less
| than 80 per cent. / offered Gradwell
| % per cent. to box Stone, making a
total of SO per cent, which was my
| limit for the bout. Gradwell refused
to box for less than 2719 per cent, so
there was another hitch to
this bout. Mr.. Johnston was
again consulted by phone and he
! said that 80 per cent. was the best
| that he would accept for Stone.
Later he did say that 20 per cent,
would be his bottom figure. SO Mr.
! Gradwell still wanted his 2712 per
cent, so I passed it up, as l figured
| that So per cent. was Dig 1or stone
and Gradwell."
II makes no difference to me the
troubles of these matchmakers and
managers and promoters, only when
Won are able to get all the news and
both sides Of the question you are in
a fair way of keeping the public well
posted, and the sporting game hon
est, Mr.. Wood hasn't shown me any
cleyerness as a matchmaker, and
| his "anger' partner is an awful joke,
I would say.
Wood, in his letter, also said that
he contemplated matching Kid Boon
ton, a Johnston protege, against Jim
nv McVeigh, for the Olympic A. c.,
| on December s, and that he had con-
scented, on the request of Jimmy Saw
age, to postpone the Jim Savage
| Weinert fight from December to De-
cember Is. This is done, Wood says,
in order to give Savage an opportuni-
ty to get in the best possible condition.
What the fighters will get, Wood
writes, will be decided upon later. He
might make this show a regular
Corse Payton popular affair and
charge the fans ten, twenty and thirty
for admission. OF course, from the
promoters standpoint and from the
fighters standpoint, this would be
too much of a good thing, but the
public may not fall as strong for this
Savage weinert fight as figures would
seem to indicate.
O.
Newark is TO have a three day peek
at Alfred Goullet and Alfred Grenda
the winners of the New York six-day
race, as actors. These two now IA
NOUS cyclists are coming to Keeney's
Theatre for the first three days OF
next week, directly from Hammer
STEMS, New York. where they headed
the BILL" according to DOC" Oliver
the publicity man OF Keeney's. We
say according to Doc Oliver, be
cause he said so, and when he say
so we know ut is So And it is 81
Goullet and Grenda played to biz
week at Hammerstein's, and the!
should show here, where they are 81
We'll known and popular, to larg
crowds. With this act, which con
sists of exhibitions and races on
home trainer, is the ubiquitous Jo
Fogler. Joe, who is a sort of Genera