Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-05

ing editors are plugging Willie's
game by plugging him because he
refuses to go into the ring when he
isn't At and hand over his title tc
some bush Lacquer. However. Richie
has keen common sense and great
business tact and the pitiless pub
licity he is now getting throughout
the country is doing him more good
than harm. He will come out and
fight when he is ready and he will
win and he will get big price for
his services. Where he is knocked the
most he will draw the best and when
his ring career is over, he will have
pretty good nest egg and his as
sailers will have their job-if they
are lucky.
Why Ritchie doesn't fight I do not
know. That he is afraid of Tommy
Murphy is the biggest joke in the
world. AS a fighter, Richie is real
champion. His exhibition against
Leach Cross proved that. He will
fight again and he will show his class
and no Tommy Murphy will ever put
fear in his heart.
c.
The following communication takes
up much space, says many things
that are not SO, and is published to
show how unfair a sport can be when
his favorite is beaten in a boxing
match:
j. P. NJ.
1 was a spectator at the Gradwell-
McVeigh bout at Browns Gym
nasium Tuesday, February 8. and
when 1 read your decision of the
affair in Wednesday evenings Star
was dumbfounded. Why, Jimmy Nc
Weigh never was beaten worse in his
ring career, and I must say that in
justice to Young Gradwell your paper
| didn't give him square deal. He
was the aggressor all through the
bout. His blows were clean and with
some force behind them. He scored
all the infighting and was always
ramming away at McVeigh's stom-
ach when on the ropes. Gradwell out
olassed him at every angle of the
game. From the second round on
McVeigh always managed to run
into Gradwell's left, and was bleed
lliS oil lilIOuEll LILO n6lI AtOlA1 uO50
and mouth. He was a miserable
sight at the finish. GradwelI had q
little scar on the nose before the bout,
and during the bout 1t opened and
bled little; but outside of that he
was without a mark.
Where in Gods name did McVeigh
outpoint and Outright Young Grad
well? Tell me that, will you? Nc
Weigh lacked steam behind his blows,
and in the fifth round was so weak
from exhaustion he partly fell
through the ropes. Another time he
fell through, and Gradwell helped
him to his feet. Is that rough tao
tics? When they both went to the
floor it was McVeigh who was falling,
and he pulled Gradwell with him.
see you mention he played for Grad
wells wind and had him so he
couldn't get to his corner. You're
terribly MIXED up. 1t was just the
opposite. Didn't Young Gradwell
have him on the ropes in the fourth,
fifth, seventh and ninth rounds, bor-
ing away at McVeigh's stomach with
lefts and rights? Where did he ad-
minister severe punishment to Grad
well?. Gradwell mentioned after the
bout to gentleman who came thirty
miles to see him that he was fresher
after the mill than when he started.
don't understand your decision.
Surely you are away off in this af-
fair. Gradwell may have been a little
rough, but what about McVeigh?
Nothing is mentioned of this boy.
Didn't you see him bore under Grad.
wells chin with his head repeatedly?
In clinches when Referee Brown
tapped Bill on the shoulder to break
he broke Immediately. Give the boy
Iat L..
served to win.
The reporter that wrote the en-
counter may have been led on by the
cheering of McVeigh's followers. He
had large delegation with him, all
club members. They yelled for
Jimmy when Gradwell scored a blow
to offset the onesidedness, for they
knew Gradwell was decisive win
ner. They yelled every time Jimmy
scored light blow in the clinches.
They would have rooted for Jimmy
even though he was being counted
out.
Gradwell won squarely and hon.
estly, as expressed by hundreds Of
ringsiders who attend fights over
there regularly. They were not par
ticularly interested which one of the
boys won, but you could hear all
around that the sentiment was in
Gradwelrs favor. Gradwell didn't get
quite as much cheering as McVeigh
He has been winning too regularly
for them. They seem to be afraid Of
him-that he is probably rising in the
boxing world too quickly. Instead Of
Bill Gradwell not being able to- see
his corner, 1t was Jimmy McVeigh
who couldn't do that. In one of the
last rounds Gradwell clipped Nc
Weigh one on the jaw so hard that
when the gong rang to end the round
he turned completely around, then
ran 10 his corner. He was dazed and
didn't know where he was at. Give
the credit where it belongs; do not
be prejudiced
Young Gradwell hadn't fought IN
the last six weeks. He has been sick
during that time, and, another thing,
| he was down too fine In weight.
1 want to say that your paper can
rot be relied on to give just decisions.
The sporting public of Newark should
look to the New York papers for fair
decisions.
It's too bad such a gentiemanly
| fellow as William Gradwell cannot
be treated squarely in his home town.
C. F. SIMMONS.
P. s.--I am giving you details OF
the bout just as saw them.
You are all wrong, and I doubt II
Gradwell himself would bear you out
Bill, as you call him, said he thought
he had won the bout, but he also ad-
mitted that he wasn't In very good
shape, having been sick, as you have
stated. Your view OF the affair IL
entirely out of order, and 1t takes
you a long while to explain yourself
McVeigh defeated Gradwell. There