Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02

as a fighter more and more every
day, and he should come right back
from the coast and fight AL Mccoy
and blot that black mark off his repu-
tation. Everything is fair in love or
war, they say, but Mccoy was the
luckiest man in the world when he
put over the punch that put Chip out
and made Mccoy the recognized mid
dleweight champion. Since then Nc
Coy has been more or less of joke.
He had two fights with Billy Murray
and he was clearly outpointed on
both occasions, and he doesn't seem
to amount to much. Murray. who is
a Californian, made only a fair i'm
preston. and since then he has been
beaten twice by Chip. In the fight
Wednesday night Chip gave Murray
a terrific beating and sent him down
and out in the fourth round.
o
When Madison Square Garden
opens for boxing Chip is sure to be
among those who win perform there.
His fight with Mccoy was the only
one he ever had in New York, and
that was an unfortunate failure. He
may look upon Gotham as Jonah to
him, and he may not want to come
back, but to be a great man in the
pugilistic line it is well to have the
stamp of approval of New York.
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will also be at the Garden during the
winter months. Willie Richie has
promised to get into action and so
has Kilbane and Freddie Welsh. The
big fellows, too, will come to life
Gunboat Smith will want to meet
some soft mark, and Battling Levin
sky, Al Reich and Sailor Fritz will be
looking for easy game. For one of
his early shows, Jimmy Johnston, the
manager, would do we'll to put on a
couple of bouts between Jersey boys,
and / am certainly going to use my
influence to have Jimmy stage q ten
round "go'' with Jim Savage and
Charley Weinert as the principals.
Percy Woodruff will produce. Savage
all right at the appointed time, but
Weinert is just as likely as not to
have a date up in the mountains at
that particular moment. We shall
wait and see. though, before accusing
Weinert of having frigid feet. He
has swelled head, we know. but that
he is game and not afraid we still be- |
lieve.
Goats are rampant, they tell
me, up in the Oranges. Let us see
what this one has to say:
Orange, September 80, 1914.
]. P. NJ.
Just few remarks about this
business First of |
all, how is 1t that you favor Savage |
in this match? Only a few months
ago when Weinert was under the |
of Percy Woodruff you
stated in your columns that the kid |
had it on Jim This was when Vein.
ert was just beginning to bloom up, |
and now your opinion of the match |
is altogether different Weinert !
beat Levinsky and Howard, and |
savage Wtlen ne Ulct IOihy It lynn, |
only got a draw. What do you |
mean, j. p. N, Weinert runs to the |
The point that l would like to |
know is why you changed from |
Weinert to Savage since Percy |
Woodruff began to manage Savage? |
Do you like Percy, or did Savage try
to make a match with you when you
were saying all the nice things
about him few months ago?
Hoping that you will print and an.
swer my letter / am.
ORANGE SPORT,
You're a sport all right, but you've
got your cuff links twisted. l have
never said that Savage could whip
Weinert, but did say Weinert
was afraid of Jim. What
said in my columns a few
months ago may come to pass,
and, begging your pardon. haven't
changed my views one iota. By say
ing that ''Weinert runs to the noun
tains" is meant that he is sidestep-