Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-05

before they get so far. A lesson has
no doubt been learned from the ex-
perience of Wood and Snyder.
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Boosting George Ashe, the fighter,
and building up his record, an ad-
mirer writes:
J. P. N:
Just few lines in regard to
George Ashe, the crack Philadelphia
middieweight. l read an article the
other day in this paper about Al
Rogers, the Buffalo boy, stating that
he held his own with Ashe. Why,
Ashe knocked him all over the ring
during the fight. The bell was a
welcome to him. Ashe has met
and defeated the best boys OF his
weight, including Charley Weinert,
Johnny Howard. Tommy league,
three times lin their last fight stop
ping him in six rounds), Billy Grupp,
Kid Wagner, twice; Buck Grouse,
stopped Walter McGirr in three
rounds, beat Tommy Coleman. Bat
Ting Levinsky Ctwice when he was
under the management of Barney
Williams), and fought the great Jack
Dillon, the conqueror of Charley
Weinert, a slashing twelve-round
draw in Montreal, Canada Ashe
scored the only knockdown of the
fight He dropped him for the count
of four That was the first knock
down Dillon ever suffered in his long
career. Some wallop he has. Ashe
made a great hit up in Montreal
He was Immediately signed for a
fight the following week and put
the man to sleep. In his last fight
with McCarty, he was very sick.
Rather than disappoint the big
crowd on hand he went in and
fought. Even at that he was just
shaded. Ashe is more than anxious
to get on match with Weinert,
Savage, McCarty and many Others
Take notice Newark promoters. He'll
give the Newark fans run for their
money once he gets agoing. His
manager is Charley Dosserick, 1903
Broadway. Room 203, Yours,
A. B.
One correction, at least, must be
made in Ashes record as presented
above. In his fight with Weinert,
Ashe was beaten in every round.
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Leon Hourlier, the famous French
cyolist, writes a most interesting
letter to Floyd A. MacFarland, gen.
eral manager of the Cycle Racing
Association. The letter follows:
Ny Dear Mac:
The terrible events that have taken
place during the three months past
have kept me occupied or l would
have written you an explanation Of
my failure to come to Newark during
the month of August In fact, have
no time for anything but the war,
about which you no doubt receive
considerable news in America. I
hope the terrible affair will soon
come to an end and / am spared to
again be a cyclist and have as much
success as / did before the war
started.
! hope you will excuse me for not
sailing for America at the time
originally agreed upon, but / wished
to add the worlds championship to
my other victories of this year, and
in the form in which l was riding,
felt certain that / would have won
the title, as / did the Paris siX-day
race, the Grand Prize of Paris, the
championship of France and the
Grand Prize of Europe.
No doubt Bill Bailey told you of
the bad trip we had from Berlin to
Copenhagen just as the war clouds
broke and the trouble we had in
getting back to France by way of
England. 1t required two weeks to
get back to Paris and my family and
friends were much worried about
me- | regret very much that I could
not come to America, as I have al
ways hoped to see your wonderful
country, and I positively believe I
would have been able to beat Kramer
in a series of match races. My sue
cess in the big races here gave me
a world of confidence-more conf
dence than ] ever had beforehand
] would have faced Kramer believ-
ing that / was his master.
/ hope, in the event that God spares
me, and my service in the army