Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-09

ago, he was so fat and slow that the
Quaker city papers roasted the bout
to a turn. AS Levinsky is a Philadel-
phia boy he was given full and de-
served praise for his efforts. but Ross
made a miserable showing. Now
Savage is to get Ross. Jim, SO 1t Is
said. has trained hard for this bout,
and therefore should be in fine shape
He should easily defeat Fat Tony
Ross.
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On Thursday night at Madison
Square Garden the big show of the
week, as far as Newark interest in
such matters is concerned, will be held.
On that occasion Charley weinert,
the West Orange boy, will meet Tom
Gibbons, brother of the famous Mike
Tom is suspposed to be pretty nifty
fellow, but he will likely find his
master In Weinert. Percy Woodruff
has acted wisely in handling the
youngster, and in picking out Glib
bons for Weinert's debut in the Gar
den he couldn't have done much bet
ter. Weinert, 1t is long odds, will
best Gibbons. He may not whip him
to a standstilI or knock him out, but
he is just about as sure as anything
to outpoint him. If he puts up the
kind of battle the New York fans
like, Weinert will be made man. He
has the goods, 1 know, and 1t is Up
to him to deliver them. 1t would be
a big thing for Jersey if this young
man should prove to be the real
article, and, from what have seen of
him. he has royal chance to get to
the top of the heap. He is clever,
and his habits are good, but he is still
a kid. As his victims pile up he will
become used to success, and he will
eventually develop good, sound judy
ment.
Willie Richie is in great demand.
He is wanted everywhere. He is
matched to fight Tommy Murphy in
Frisco in April, but before that bout
Tom Andrews wants the champion
to meet Ad wolgast In Milwaukee,
and the Mcmahon brothers are anx-
ious to get him to box Joe Shugrue
in New York. Meanwhile, Richie is
not In condition to go into the ring.
Although champion for only a short
time he has had considerable hard
luck. He is being severely roasted
from not fighting more. but he seems
to use pretty good Judgment in the
matter. Those who are crying for
Willie to come out and fight would
not likely contribute to his support
If he were to lose his title and his
powers. It's the old
story of one fellow knowing the other
fellows business best. In this case
Richie laughs joyously at his critics,
and then demands a few thousand
dollars more from the promoters for
balm for his injured feelings and also
thanks those who are using the
"sledge" for their kindness. When
Ritchie fights he will be in shape and
he will win.
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The committee in charge of the
smoker to be held at the Ellxs' home
Wednesday night promises to provide
an exceptionally interesting program
for the edifcation of the members.
Howard Williams tells me that the
show is going to be the biggest ever.
Dan Morgan has promised to bring
over his stable of fighters and Jimmy
McVeigh, the popular East Side boxer,
has also promised to be on hand. Be
sides boxing and wrestling there will
be number of vaudeville acts. The
bowlers of Ell1s' Lodge are especial
ly interested in the success of the
affair and they are working hard to
make 1t banner smoker
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Frank Lagay, of this city, showed
class as runner by
finishing second to v. M. Wilkie, of
Yale, in the 600-yard handicap race
at Iue poSJOu n. a. dHuudl games
Saturday night. In the same race
was Willie Kelly, another local boy;
but Kelly did not qualify in his heat.
Other Jersey boys to get in the prize
awards were Ben Adams, Eddie
Pritchard, Wallace Maxfield, Mike
Devaney and Randolph Granger, who
was on the successful Dartmouth re-
lay team. The games, as they are
every year, were huge success, with
Abel Kiviat winning the Hunter
mile" the feature event Of the meet.
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College football will be about the
same as it was last year. The rules
committee made few changes and
none of them important. The big
scheme was to number the players
for identification purposes, but that
didn't go through. One year more,
it is said, and the numbering
of players will be tried. The open
game will still prevail and there
is little hope Of ever going back to the
old scrimmage game, which, while
strenuous, was surely more exciting
and enjoyable than the game in vogue
at the present time.
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Princeton is getting wise to herself
very early this year. She is going to
have one man boss the job and she is
also going to pay more attention to
the forward pass. II she sticks to
those two things-the boss and the
forward pass-she will cut a big