Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

Fights galore were held on New
Years Day, but the biggest fight OF
all was the one at Frisco, in which
Gunboat Smith defeated Arthur Pei
ky in the fifteenth round of what
was to have been Il twenty-round
bout. Smith, by his decisive victory
over Pelky, again proves that he is
entitled to the honor of being pro-
claimed tho best white hope" in the
business. The Gunboat has been
fighting frequently the last year and
he has numbered among his vie
Tins the best men in the game. He
Las beaten Sam Langford, and some
wise men say he beat Langford on
the level and he has beaten Willard,
Rodel and all the good and bad men
who do business in the ring. Smith,
We would think, should be famous
and q hero by this time. but he has
u manager who is not very popular
in New York, and thus his praises
New York is the centre and the well
of publicity, what New York does
and what New York says cuts
great big figure in what the whole
world does and says. 1t is too bad
that such is the case, but it is The
case, and there is now way, appar-
emily, to remedy it.
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The defeat of Bud Anderson at the
hands of Leach Cross was rather eX-
pected. Anderson, once touted as the
coming man., has faded into very
poor proposition indeed. Cross beat
the boy in their previous battle and
yesterday he stopped Bud in the sew
enth round. Tho career of Anderson,
which looked so propitious, was cut
short by an attack of appendicitis.
An operation was necessary and. as
the doctors say, once you cut the
wall of u mans body. that settles
his pugilistic career. When Anderson
fought Cross the first time he was
from appendicitis and he
was operated on for the ailment the
very next day. In his fight yesterday
Anderson was very timid and the
once game fellow made only a feeble
effort to fight back. lie was given
II cruel beating by Cross. who is
noted for his yiciousness in the ring
and Leach is being roasted on the
coast for his actions. Cross is I'M
popular, in way, because of his
does the contemplate little tricks for
the sake of being judged as clever, is
not known, but of the many Kisses
that have come Leach's way he has
deserved about 90 per cent. of them.
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Ad Wolgast came back into promi-
nence again with a victory over Jack
Redmond 1t was Redmond upon
whom Wolgast broke his arm shortly
after winning the championship and
Yesterday AID got even in way by
Jack in the fifth round.
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There were other good fights on the
holiday card and most of them were
won before the scheduled limit of the
Freddy Welsh, in defee ling
Johnny Dundee in their ten-round
oout, showed signs of his once great
self, it is said. The Englshman out
pointed Dundee, 1t is declared, in all
1ut two rounds. and in the last round
he had the better of th2 milling by a
vide margin. Eddie McGoorty's win
)ver Dave Smith, at Sydney. Aus
ralia, was expected. Bob Moha's de-
eat of Freddy Hicks was another
that was anticipated Sap
ger O'Neill, the little English boxer,
made good by whipping Johnny He i
Fey, and Jack Dillon, whom many
leclare to be the best middleweight
II the ring today, scored Il victory
,yer Gus Christie. Battling Levinsky
lad another easy snap, his opponent
,eiug the unheard of Tom DAILY, and
'orky Flynn won from Fred Mckay
II ten rounds. Patsy Kline whipped
Tommy Buck, and the day, all
iround, was a big day from d
,ugilistic standpoint.
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Boxing at Hillside Park is the talk
IN the street. and ii is said that the
4astf
Thursday night January Is. Similar
JUNIORS have been going tine rounds
or months. due mostly to the desire
# Eddie Wood. Il local celebrity, to
make himself prominent. over at the
4 enert-Leyinslty bout. i'll N,ew York,
Wood told everybody he could get to
hat he was going to open Z fight
hub at Hillside. and nov comes the
announcement that Jimmy McNeigh
I'D Young GradWell are to have the
irst match at the park in good old
3elleville Boxing is a g1rd SIT
md we hope that activities at Hill
Idle will eventually come - pass. To
&c u success. though. such affairs
must be we'll managed. and William
rhaler, the park owner, should look !
veil before he leaps. There is no
God reason why I, harmless sport
hould not be permitted to exist if 1t
5 well conducted. but the rae will !
lot last long if 1t is not managed any