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

too much to expect Jerry to win owe
there. There will be a desire, Of
course, to see Ouimet, and if h'
doesn't show big his victory ovel
vardon and Ray. is sure to be looket
upon as a fiuke.
Charley Weinert, the fighter, is IN
big demand. The New York fight clut
promoters are after Percy Woodruff,
Weinert's manager, to sign the boy
up to meet some good men over IN
Gotham. AS yet Woodruff hasn't de-
cided just what he will do. He is par
ticularly anxious to get on bout
with Bob McAllister, and he will have
a talk with Billy Gibson, manager OF
the Garden A. c., In regard to such a
match. That is the particular bout
that woodruff is after, so other offers
will have to hang fire until the Nc
Allister affair Is settled.
O.
! Manager Woodruff, by the way, is
considering a match with Johnny
! Howard Bill Brown wants to stage
a Weinert-Howard fight, and let us
remark that the same Bill Brown
has a keen eye to business. Such a
battle would pack Browns and the
boys might get more money there
than they would at some of the big
ger clubs, for the Jersey sports know
Brown and they like Brown and they
go there in large numbers. Just as
soon as Woodruff finds out about the
proposed match with McAllister he
will talk business with Howard.
O.
Weinert has been offered a bout
with Battling Levinsky at the At
lantic Garden A. c. Manager Wood
ruff isn't very keen on making such
a match. Percy says the Kids next
bout will be at Gus Troxler's, but
doesn't know who his opponent will
be. He is anxious to get McAllister
and then Howard, and after those
two fights, II successful, he will go
after more pretentious opponents.
O.
During the week just passed a cor
respondent signing himself "Frenchy''
wrote me letter accusing everybody
of being crook. The letter, needless
to say, was not printed. Now, along
comes "Frenchy the Second with a
letter. He is not SO careless as his
dad, but at that his letter has been
tanned somewhat. He writes about
the Central High East Orange High
basketball game, and he Is very
strong for the Irish. His-letter, some
what modified, follows
East Orange, Feb. =, 1914
j. P. NJ:
Upon reading your sport Topics
of the Hour" I find that nearly
everyone has had his little say con-
corning the Central High East Or
ange High School game. However, 1
wish to make my little say final
l think pretty much everything
concerning the game has been COW
cred by the numerous letters sent to
you. But about the argument that
tOS4N RtcVSO CdeSioO L WISH ~ Sdy llidL
East Orange players had nothing
whatever to do with 1t. 1t was main
ly due to Lerhoff and his bunch.
The honest sportsman who wrote to
you the other night says that 1t was
a shame what was done to Cava-
naugh. but If Cavanaugh had half
the help the other fellows had there
wouldn't be one of them able to write
a letter to you, and possibly there
would be rush in the undertakers
business.
FRENCHY THE SECOND.
Cavanaugh, I understand, got a
good beating against odds, but Nc
Dermit made a great getaway, 1t is
said. A particular friend Of McDer-
mit's called up the Evening Star Of
flee on the telephone to say that Nc
Dermtt didn't run away. but person
who witnessed the whole squabble
declares that If Mel Sheppard had
half the speed of McDermit In the
race Saturday night at the First
Regiment Armory he would have
won eased up over Homer Baker. Nc
Dermit also proved himself q. great
hurdler, 1t is said, in his escape. It
is no disgrace to run when the odds
are so much against you. 1t is we'll
said that "he who fights and runs
away lives to fight another day."
McDerTnit, single-handed, they tell
me, can hold his own in any emer-
gency, but under the circumstances
in question he showed rare Judgment.
Tomorrow is another day, is said to
be McDermit's motto.
o
One good turn deserves another, but
in the case of the Central High-Eas
Orange High argument a Central
partisan seems to think that the ST.
Benedict College boys didn't use good
judgment in the roofing. We use
the following letter. which attacks
the st. Benedicts' sportsmanship:
j. P. N:
Referring to the recent game of
basketball between Central and East
Orange, 1 think it was a shame to
see the way two players of the St
Benedict basketball team were roast
hiB INC NShtioi PidySIb. II you Cali
recall the time when the Newark High
School Basketball League was formed
Mr.. Wiener, principal Of the Central
School, worked hard to get them In
this league, but Barringer and East
| Side were against the st. Benedict
School and would not let them In.
Instead of the st. Benedict players
roofing for the Centrals they roasted
them. What do you think of this for
| sportsmanship? p. L. w.
Mr.. Wiener did work hard for st.
Benedict, but st. Benedict never had
a chance to get in the league. My
good offices were asked IN the mat