Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22

He has engaged Billy Nolan, who
Battling Nelson, to handle his at
fairs. This shows weakness on
Packey's part. for Packey generally
did his own business, although he
relied on Emil Thiery, his trainer,
for some things. Now, though, Nc
Farland evidently feels that he needs
a man like Nolan to see him through
| 1t may be, too, that Packey has lost
his cunning since taking unto him
self a wife, but this can't be SO, for
he has used rare Judgment in his
selection of Nolan as his manager.
OF all men, Nolan will get the last
cent, and 1t is said that Mcfarland
is pretty strong for that last cent"
stuff.
The fans will want to see the
Welsh Wolgast fight and most of
them will not care who wins. But in
the case of Mcfarland it is different.
There is a lot of sentiment attached
to Packey. He has been a wonder
full boxer and he is, perhaps the best
liked man in the business. He has
lived clean life and an honest life,
though his efforts in the ring at
stance, it has been said that PaclSey
takes ON soft matches. This may be
so, for everybody seems easy for him.
It is said, too, that he allows his op-
ponents to stay the limit with him
This also may be true, though Nc
Farland is not sknocker out He
will tell you himself that he is only
a boxer and that he never goes into
the ring with the intention of scor-
ing a quick or decisive victory. He
has told me on several occasions that
he wouldn't knock an opponent out
unless he had to, maintaining all the
while that that was the way he
looked at things and that he wanted
the public to understand that when
he was In bout that only the best
he had in boxing was to be expected
of him. He was very strong to let
the public know his feelings in the
matter.
@
Eddie Wood, manager of the Olym-
pic A. c.. says that Joe Cassidy and
Young Kelly will meet in the semi
final bout to the Banty Lewis Mickey
Donley match, scheduled to be held at
the Olympic Club on Wednesday
night. October 2S, In writing me about
the Lewls-Donley contest Wood says
that Patsy Kline posted $50 forfeit
for Donley and also signed the con-
tract. Lewis. Wood says. did his own
business The boys will fight at 1875
pounds ringside
Banty Lewis is in hard training for
his scheduled fight with Mickey Dom
ley. but before the match was clinched
Lewis had mailed me the following
letter:
j. p. NJ:
Mr.. Ed. Wood, matchmaker of the
Olympic A. c., telephoned to me last
night regarding a bout with Mickey
Donley, to be held at his next weeks
show. He informed me he had Don
ley signed up, and he offered me 25
per cent. for my end of the purse, and
this was not agreeable to me, as II
was an understood fact that because
did him a favor for his opening
show by not asking for any kind of a
fiat guarantee, with a privilege of a
per cent. on the gross receipts, and /
agree to fight for 20 per cent. of the
gross receipts, / did this to help him
out, as it was his opening show, in
return for which he promised to do
better for my next bout. Now that /
am offered my second bout, he is not
living up to his promise. l do not
think that l am holding out on Mr..
Wood. as am only insisting that he
live up to his promise.
! do not think my terms are UNI
reasonable, as / am only asking for 80
per cent. of the gross receipts, without
fiat guarantee.
If Mr. Wood does not agree to my
terms, will try to arrange a bout at
some other club Why doesn't Mickey
Donley agree to terms with Prof. Gus
Troxler, who Is willing to stage this
bout2
After reading a challenge of Jimmy
MeVeigh in your last nights Star, l
am willing to give him a return match
over at Browns gym, New York; at
Prof. Gus Troxler's or at the Bay
View Wheelmen.
Thanking you for past favors, and
hoping you will publish this letter,
remain, respectfully,
BANTY LEWIS.
Now that the Olympic Club has nc
cepted I.ewiss terms, that worry is
over, but Banty's reference TO Jimmy
Mcveigh is interesting. That is one
| bout all the boys would like to see.
Hugh Garland, who takes a keen in
terest In McVeigh. told me over the
| phone the other day that Jimmy was
all right again, and would like to get
another chance at Lewis The fact
was published and Immediately Banty
says he is willing. 1t means, then,
that we are to see another Lewis
Mcveigh contest. and it promises to
| be the most interesting affair that
could possibly be staged. Though
rivals In the ring, Lewis and Mcveigh
are very friendly otherwise. Both are
gentlemanly little fellows and follow
the boxing game because they are
clever at it.
| A fighter named McGraw wants to
meet fighter named .seidel, so let
them at it. This letter might start
something:
J. p. N.
1 Just a few lines in regard to Fred
die Seidel. In the early part OF the
summer, when Seidel was matched
| with Young McGraw at Troxler's, i'm.
| mediateiy after McGraw's fight will
| Kid Black, of Harrison. Seidel sale
i that Il he ever met McGraw In thu