Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-14

Walter Rutt is back in Newark, 50
is Jerry Hunter his faithful trainer.
Rutt is all right He has recovered
from a fall in New Haven and he will
start in to train next week, so Rutt
himself says. His collar bone is
fractured. but that is not a very
rapidly. Rutt hasn't any tempera ture,
Trainer Hunter says, and he will be
able to race in about two weeks.
Jerry says Rutt will be racing two
weeks from Sunday. Rutt feels badly
over the accident, for he was in rare
form and expected to have a success
full season over here. He felt sure
he could beat every rider over here
with the exception of Champion Kra-
mer. and he hadn't given up all hope
Ct beating Kramer Rutt was anxious
to race Jackie Clark, but now Clark
viii be the one to meet Kramer. In
the race scheduled for Sunday at
the Velodrome. Clark says he has
royal chance to beat "old Steve"
jackie writes story for the Even
ing star today giving his views on
the race.
&
Jack Storm. manager of Fred
Kiebler. the Iryington pugilist, de-
clares that Al Mccoy. the middle
weight champion, is lodging his man.
Mccoy, Storm says, was offered a
match with Kiebler at the Broadway
Sporting Club in Brooklyn, but Jack
Dougherty, the champions manager,
turned it down. Kiebler is ready to
fight Mccoy, Storm insists, and he
writes me explaining his position in
the following letter:
J. p. N:
As we all know, there are many
contenders and claimants for the
middlewelght championship and to
think that Jack Dougherty, the
proudest of managers, as spokesman
for his champ. Al Mccoy, Is lost to
obtain a suitable match for his cham
pion, is beyond me- We suppose Nc
Coy has forgotten the method with
which he applied that terrible wallop
to George Chip. Nevertheless he re-
ceived due credit, but to retain such a
title, fight he must John Weis-
mantel, of the Broadway Sporting
Club, attempted TO match AL Mccoy
against Battling kiebler, but Dough-
erty refused. Well, draw your own
conclusions, as Mccoy must still have
in mind the bout Of several months
ago between Mccoy and kiebler at
Browns So it is needless to say
more JACK STORM,
Manager
Kiebler himself paid a visit to the
Evening Star office yesterday after
noon and he seemed to be very anx-
ious to get on a bout with Mccoy.
He talked about their fight at
Browns. and confessed that Mccoy
did about as well as he did. He
knew, he said, that he was a much
better man now than when he met
Mccoy. For one thing, he was sew
eral pounds heavier and weight is
just the thing he wants. He has
been training too much and too hard,
he said, and he was run down to
almost nothing. For the last three
weeks he has been resting up and
building up until now he weighs in
the neighborhood of 158 pounds. He
says that Manager Storm is a hust- |
Ter, and he feels confident that he
will get a chance to meet Mccoy |
before very long He is anxious to |
get the match before Mccoy fights |
Billy Murray, the Pacific coast mar
vel, for, as Kiebler says, you never |
can tell what is going to happen |
when fellow steps into the ring"
It is true, Mccoy may meet his |
master in Murray, but what would
there be to prevent Kiebler from
Murray if he is the winner?
O..
Murray, by the way is to meet Nc
Coy at the Stadium A. c., in New
York. next Thursday night. He is
training very carefully for the con-
test and is confident that he will win
it. His victory over Leo Houck en-
titles him to consideration, and the
fact that he boxed a twenty-round
draw with Jimmy Clabby is more evil
dence Of his class. AS to the Clabby
bout we are informed that Murray
was a pretty lucky fellow to get
draw. The story is told that the
referee became excited and raised the
hands of both men, although Clabby,
it is declared, was the winner by
wide margin
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The Mccoy Murray bout should
prove a pretty good attraction. Nc
Coy is the champion, you know, no
matter how he came by it, and what
class he showed previous to his pos
session OF the title. Results count.
Mccoy beat George Chip, the then
champion, by punch on the jaw 1t
may have been a fluke and it may
have been we'll meant. To prove his
worth as a. champion, he will have
to defend his title. In agreeing to
fight Murray he is not picking out
an easy mark. In fact, Jack Dough-
erty. his manager, has avoided all
the "easy game" Dougherty will tell
you that the suckers" are some
times the hardest kind of game, and
that he would rather take a chance
with the best men in the game. Nc
Gov could not hone for more than