Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10


expects to cut somewhat of figure II
the lightweight ranks before very
couple Of weeks after his trip to tn.
coast and back, but now he is goinl
to start in training and prepare him.
self for a strenuous campaign. He
expects to get on several fights be-
fore long, and he already has been
promised matches with Carl Victor
and Young Gradwell. His bout with
Victor is to be held at Gus Troxler's
Central Institute a week from next
Monday night, but just when and
where he will meet Young Gradwell
Is to be decided upon. Perhaps the
boys will clash over In Bill Browns,
where bouts between Jersey boys seem
to attract large crowds.
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In a way, McVeigh, who is a very
clever boxer. is up against it in re-
gard to weight. He can do 100 han
Oily, while most of the boys around
here who will fight him are 1876 pound
ers. Five pounds doesn't make a bit
of difference sometimes, but other
the world. However, McVeigh said
he was open to fight any of the boys
who could make 1873 pounds; but he
may have to take on Gradwell if he
desires to fight him at 1875 pounds. A
McVeigh- Gradwell match, it seems, is
much in demand, but McVeigh told
me that while he was anxious to meet
Gradwell in the ring he would insist
on him making 1873 pounds.
G
Jersey sports are sure to turn out
in large numbers at Bill Browns
Gym next Tuesday night when
Charley Weinert and Roy Kenny will
meet in the star bout of the night.
Kenny, who halls from Australia, is
said to be a good r1an and is ex-
pected to give Weinert a real test.
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Packey Mcfarland and Mike Glib
bons are all but matched to fight in
Madison Square Garden, according
to dispatch from st. Paul This is
good news. But what if Mike is beat
en- by Bob McAllister-what then!
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A cable dispatch to the Evening
Star from Frank Million, the Newark
cycling promoter, contains the in
formation that Floyd mcfarland, the
general manager of the Mihlon-Up-
percu enterprises, has signed Hour
lier, the French sprinter, to ride at
the Newark Velodrome during August
and September. Million also says
that twenty teams will start in the
Paris six-day race and that several
of the teams have been rearranged.
The cable also contains the informa-
ton that Bobby Walthour, who rode
SO well in the Paris race last year
and who was in such good form in
the recent New York race, will be
among the starters.
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In letter from Mr.. Million, re-
ceived yesterday, the local impresario
states that it will not be very diff
ficult matter to sign up the best men
in Europe to ride in Newark during
the coming season.
''MacFarland is doing all the bust
ness with the riders" Mr.. Million
writes, land he is not sparing any
expense to get the best. He already
has Rutt's promise to sign, and he
Bill Bailey, too, may be seen at the
Velodrome as pro next season. AS
1 wrote you in my last letter, Bailey
has turned pro and will ride his first
race here on March 25. He has signed
a contract with Victor Breyer and if
he makes good as a pro MacFarland
will sign him for our tracks in
America
In discussing Bailey as a pro, Mr.
Million, in his letter, goes on to say:
"You remember how anxious Bailey
was to turn and race Kramer while
he was in America. Well, Victor
Breyer found him in just such a
mood, and his price wasn't anywhere
near as high. Bailey wanted as much
as we were giving Champion Kramer
to sign a contract with us, but we
couldn't see it at all. His price here
mill dC
as well by him if he wishes to ride in
America All will depend, of course,
on how he makes out, but the fact
that Bailey has turned pro over here
makes me laugh heartily. The knock
ers in Newark tried to convince the
public that the bold, bad promoters
of the Velodrome were just crushing
Bailey to turn professional, whereas
both mcfarland and myself advised
him to remain an amateur for another
year and we would give him a. con-
tract. But Bill was anxious to become
pro, and now he is a pro-"
o
The big league" basketball game
put On at inc Edldce w euleSudy might
in order to get a line as to how the
Newark followers of the sport would
support such high-class contests
proved a success in every way. The
crowd was as large, the promoters
say, as expected, and the game, it is
said on all sides, was about the best
ever played in this city. Among the
spectators were some of the best
people in Newark, and the game was
so clean that not single objection