Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-06

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Mahon, if he defeats Banty Lewis
would not mind taking Kline on.
Tom Messenger has been offered
several matches for Charley Weinert,
but he is not going to work his man
for at least two weeks. Tom may
match Weinert against Al McCloskey
and then again Tom Kennedy may
he the fellow. In the meantime
Weinert is working out at Gus Trox-
ler's CentEal Institute, and he is at
tending strictly to business
G.
France Is assuming whole lot
of authority in presenting list OF
pugihstic champions. An organiza-
ton known as the international Box
ing Union has decided that Jack
Johnson is not the absolute owner of
the heavyweight championship, and
In order to be recognized as such he
will have to defeat Sam Langford.
That is Frances view of the situa-
ton, but It won't hold over here.
Johnson is the champion. 9nd he viii
be recognized as such whether he
meets Langford or not. The Boxing
Union says Jack must fight Sam be-
fore August 5. and If he refuses, the
title will go to Langford. That isn't
the way titles are generally disposed
of. and the sports won't stand for
that method even If Johnson Is very
unpopular.
In explaining it's attitude on the
championships, the Boxing Union al
lows that Frank Moran has a chance
to become the king, but 1t has set him
such a stupendous task that 1t will
be sometime before he is able to
make good. If he defeats Johnson in
their scheduled battle and then whips
Langford before August 5, Moran will
be the worlds heavyweight champion,
the Boxing Union tells us. That is all
fine. but why all this interest in
heavyweight champion, although
Gunboat Smith beat him in Boston,
and he is given claim on the heavy
weight title along with Johnson, al
though Jack has beaten Sam and
is considered a better man. Johnson
doesn't want to fight Langford. and
he may not fight him, but if Jack
whips Moran, he will still be the
champion, Notwithstanding the rul-
ings of the International Boxing
Union.
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After juggling with the heavyweight
title, the Boxing Union surprises us
by not taking the bantamweight
championship away from Johnny Cou-
lon and give it to Kid Williams.
There might be a grain of sense in
that, because Williams has beaten
every boy he has met, and he out
pointed Coul6n in a ten-round bout
at Madison Square Garden. He has
defled Coulon to fight him to deci-
sion and Johnny has been careful to
avoid him. They are matched now,
to fight later. and Williams will prob
ably make it very hot for the title
holder. Yes, the Frenchmen might,
in a pinch, have given Williams the
Coulon championship, but 1t is to
laugh when they threaten to take
Johnsons title away.
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Billy Ambry. who managed Banty
Lewis a few years ago, takes excep-
ton to some of the statements made
by Lewis in a communication to this
newspaper The Ambry letter says.
j. p. ny
Reading in your valuable paper a
statement by Banty Lewis that / gave
him up as manager because l did not
have enough influence to get him
bouts, / beg to state / might have
said at that time something about the
same, but | was handicapped to a
certain extent. Sorry to say he was
hard boy to handle. He has only
spoken one word in a year and that
was Hello"
Under my management he boxed all
the best bantams at the largest clubs
around New York. l was also hand
icapped in getting him on top where
he is today. He was frail boy and
working in a shoe shop, only going to
my gymnasium in the evenings. 1
worked night and day for him and
never spared a cent to do him justice.
1t was my influence that sent him
over to Paris and also put him right
with the matchmakers over in New
York / always handle my boys diff
ferent from the other managers. They
only tap the boy on the back and tell
him he is booked in two weeks and to
go ahead and train for the bout. The
most interest they take is the finan-
cial end of it. l do all training and
booking dates myself, and you can
count the managers who are doing
the same today. l will be the same
in the future as in the past-always
friendly and honest
Thanking you if you will put this
in your valuable paper, yours in sport.
BILLY AMBRY.
6 Canal street Jersey City, N. j.
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Maybe the correspondent who wrote
the following letter isn't Newton
Street School team rooter and maybe
he is, yet he presents his case in a
rather doubtful manner:
j. p. N:
While reading the Evening Star the
other evening l ran across a COM
munication concerning the champion