Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

weight and he isn't looking for tn,
best of the weights.
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If Young Kurtz is after somebody
somebody is after Kurtz, so 1t is al
square on that point. While Kurt;
is waiting to get big enough to fight
Weinert he might in the meantime
take on Italian Joe Cans, who is red.
hot after bout with the Newark
boy. The challenge from Cans tc
Kurtz, which appears below, reads as
If Kurtz need not bark at Weinert
wheHp he can take bite at Cans.
Brooklyn, Jan. s, 1914.
Seeing in the papers where Lew
Raymond, the manager of Dave
Kurtz, of Newark, claims that none
of the welterweights would box his
man, I wish to say 1t is not so, as
am willing to match Italian Joe
Cans against Kurtz at any time and
before any club in the country, and
will put up 500 as a forfeit for
weight and appearance for Cans to
box Kurtz at 145 pounds ringside. /
| loNG bCcll blyillS lOT lne past IWO
months to match Cans against Kurtz
and have had two offers from local
clubs, but Lew Raymond would not
sign his man up. AS Cans has boxed
some of the best men in the country,
I am sure that he is the best man in
the welterweight class, as he has
proven in his bouts with Joe Stein,
of New York, and Tommy Howell, of
Philadelphia, both of whom he has
defeated decisivelY. So if Lew Ray
mond means business, let him come
and make the match and cover the
money. l am willing to let Cans box
KurtZ on a -take-all or bet
any amount of money that Lew Ray
mond wants on the result. Cans is
ready to meet Kurtz or any other
weterweight in the country at >145
pounds. He bars none. remain,
yours, DOMINICK RAYMOND,
Manager Italian Joe Cans.
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This question doesn't require much
study to answer, yet it may create
some discussion at that:
]. P. N:
Who do you consider the better
boxer Jim Savage or Battling Levin
sky? That is, the most scientific in
the art of self-defense. w A. S. H.
Savage is clever fellow when he
is clever, and he is more clever than
is Levinsky at any time. 1t is said
of Savage that at his best he looks
like a champion, and at other times
he looks like dub. He is moody
and inconsistent, yet if he had been
we'll handled and well bossed from
the start he might have amounted to
something big pugilistically Just
now he is wasting his time seeking a
match with Charley Weinert, when
he might be devoting his energies in
securing a bout with some of the
numerous white hopes" before one
of the New York clubs.
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Johnny Burns, the local scrapper,
is back with a "thank-you" letter.
and he also has few things to say
on the side as follows:
J.. P. NJ:
| thank you for speaking so well of
me in your paper and also for stating
that Percy Woodruff would see that
got square uedi WISH 10 Stdle
that he is the man whose charge
would like to be in. First, because he
is square in all his business affairs
with all the men he deals, and he
won't take a bluff from the live ones
and he leaves all the dead ones talk
their heads off. / don't blame him
for not letting Weinert fight Jim
Savage, as Weinert has everything
to lose and nothing to gain in fight
with Jim, and Jim now has every
thing to win and nothing to lose, By
Jim beating Weinert he would gain a
new start, and by Weinert losing he
would be as good as done, and by
Weinert winning the public would
say he is looking for "has-beens." Let
| Savage beat some of the others in his
| own class and then Woodruff will
give him a chance at Weinert. Well,
| I hope to hear shortly that Percy will
| look after my interest. Then | will
feel safe and my mind will rest easy,
as know everything he does for me
will be square and on the level
Thanking you, I remain,
| JOHNNY BURNS.
237 Mulberry street, Newark N. J.
p. ST. still challenge any boy at
1870 or 1873 pounds for any number of
rounds, the winner to take all or split
the purse.
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The fact that the New York six
day race ended in Madison Square
Garden more than a month ago does
not bother Eddie Cook, who has some
pertinent remarks to make regarding
Clark, Goullet, Grenda and others.
Here's what Eddie thinks of it:
IL. P. NJ:
As everybody else has had their
| little fling at the bicycle game in
your columns, / thought l would drop
you a line as to my opinion of the
recent six-day race. / see you picked
Goullie and the Brooklyn terror, Joe
| Fogler, and they landed, with the
assistance of Eddie Root and Fred
Hill. Another one worthy of mention
was the partner of that much-abused
Jackie Clark. In the first place, Pad
4 dy Hehir was in no condition to start
in the race and had to quit, but
think ALI Grenda deliberately laic
down on Clark. You know as we'll as
I do that Grenda was more than in
innate with Goullet, as he boarded
in the same house with him and trav.
eled around in general with him. Il
is my candid opinion that when Clarl
would start q jam Grenda would not
half try | know from what | saw
which amounted to about thirty hours
divided among three days, that Gren.
da did not hold any of the ground
that Clark gained when he started {
Jam. 1t looked as if Grenda did no
want to see Clark get up with thu
leaders As Goullie says, there is too
much jealousy among the Austria
lians. Clark Is a little too popular II
Newark for the rest of the bunch
EDDIE COOK
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