Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-25

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Snyder's complaint is that the true
story of what Weinert and Savage
were to receive was printed in these
columns. Weinert told the story him
self. He said that he was to get
33 1-3 per cent. for boxing Savage,
but the club promoters were going
to announce in the newspapers that
| Weinert was to receive only 20 per
cent. We fail to see much in that,
but there must have been something
back Of it to get Mr.. Snyder's
goat" However, there are numer.
GUS goats" on our list and Mr.
| Snyder might just as well be one
of them as long as he has brought
the matter to an issue.
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Jimmy Johnston's opinion OF Eddie
Wood as a matchmaker wouldn't look
well in print. Johnston says that
Wood had made engagements for his
boys to box at the Olympic Club, but
has never made good. Wood, John
ston says. called off the bout he had
arranged for Eddie Morgan and that
he has been fussing around with Kid
Boonton, another of Johnstons men,
with an offer of 225a per cent. for his
services Johnston says he wouldn't
allow Boonton to box for less than %
per cent. and that all Newark match
makers will have to have ticket to
get in to see the Madison Square
Garden bouts from now on.
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Dan McKetrick expects TO match
Young Ahearn, the American boxer
who made good in Europe against
Jimmy Clabby who is considered
about the best man in the middle
weight class, sometime before the new
year comes around. McKetrick, who
is managing Ahearn, writes me that
Ahearn is the coming champion and
that he will show it before very long.
Clubs in Philadelphia and Milwaukee
are bidding for Ahearn's services. In
Philly they want him to box Buck
Grouse and later to meet George Chip.
Then an Ahearn bout with Clabby is
suggested for the Olympic Club. The
Milwaukee A. C. is also after an
Ahearn- -Clabby fight and has suggest
ed an early date in December. Man
ager McKetrick declares that Ahearn
will be the idol of the fans when they
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Funny thing about Ahearn. AS a
featherweight he was known as the
Dancing Master" and he couldn't
break an egg with his punch. As
lightweight he was about the same.
He finally went over to Europe, filled
out and took on weight and eventu-
ally developed a punch. He is now
not only clever, but he can hit. He
would make a good match for Clabby,
but why not hold the bout in New
York. where we all can see it, as the
fellow says.
Jack Johnson insists on living right
up to his American citizenship. For
a time it was believed that Johnson
displayed tendency to become a
French subject, but the big Smoke"
evidently felt war in the air and
stuck to the Stars and Stripes. Only
yesterday Johnson, along with his
white wife and number of men,
visited the American embassy in Lon
don and asked to have his map
stamped This was Greek to the
Englishman in charge, but Johnson
soon made himself understood. To
secure passports, it seems, you must
have your photograph attached, and
1t is essential that the picture be
stamped with the government seal.
BY map, it was explained, Johnson
meant his face, and his wants were
cared for.
Johnson is coming back to America
and intends to do considerable fight
ing He has been matched to meet
Jess Willard and Sam McVey also
claims bout with the champion.
Sam Langford is just Laying low
for johnson, and Gunboat Smith
would take a chance in q minute
against the Smoke" The opinion is
prevalent that Johnson is "all in,"
but McKetrick told me that he knew
better. and Dan ought to know. Nc
Ketrick said that he expected to beat
johnson with Frank Moran, and that
In making the match he acted for
Johnson as well as Moran, and that
he gave the champion all the worst
of it in signing the articles. Dan
declared that johnson had signed to
fight clean break and no hitting IN
the clinches, but he didn't know 1t
until he had fought the first round.
johnson was wise to the double
cross,r McKetrick admitted, and Dan
says that the "Blg Smoke" fought a
great battle under a great handicap.
Jack was afraid he would hit Moran
in the clinches and get disqualified,
for Moran was doing everything TO
make him hit. The champion was
very cautious, according to McKet-
rick, and he is far from "all in," and
still a wonderful fighter, is the way
Dan speaks about the Smoke"
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If it isn't an out-and-out press
yarn, Freddie Welsh, the light
weight champion, holds Joe Shugrue
J in very high respect, and their fight
scheduled for Madison Square Gar
den for December 2, may not be held
Welsh, after agreeing to meet Shu.