Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-29

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But such a statement is really laugh
able when one stops to think of the
few people who went to the Broad
way Sporting Club the other night
when Weinert was advertised to box
Sandy Ferguson.
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Julian says that Jack Dillon has
sidestepped several excellent PROPOSE
tions to fight Savage. "Dillon, like
Weinert, has turned down several
good offers to box Jim again." Julian
declared. "I have challenged the win
ner of the Coffey-Smith bout, and if
Smith wins think I will have a
chance to get him, but IL Coffey
should happen to cop am afraid that
the chances of a Savage -Coffey bout
are very slim, because Billy Gibson
has also turned down two good offers
for his man to box Jim. Now there is
a date open at the Pioneer Club. 1t Is
Thursday, December 16. The promo
tors, of whom Charley Doessereck is
one, are very anxious to stage the
Weinert-Savage bout and will give
liberal inducements for the contest.
It's up to Weinert to accept the match
and If he refuses the fight fans of
Jersey can be well assured that he is
afraid of Jim and will never agree
to box him again. Wenert was not
to receive any guarantee or ridicu-
lous percentage at the Broadway
Sporting Club when he was advertised
to box Sandy Ferguson, therefore why
should he demand impossible terms
from promoters to box Jim Savage?"
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The condition of Sandy Ferguson
when he was billed to fight Weinert
the other night at the Broadway
Sporting Club is being investigated,
understand. and John Weismantel,
the club owner, promises to bring the
matter up before the New York Box
ing Commission. Weismantel, 1t is
said, puts the blame for Ferguson's
intoxication up to Manager Bulger
and Weinert. This Is a very serious
charge, and If the fact is proven Bull
ger and Weinert should be punished.
AS far as Weinert Is concerned do
not believe he had anything to do
with it. He acted like a wild man
when he heard that the fight was off.
The house was poor one. but Wei
merit said he didn't care He said he
was in great condition and was WILL
ing to fight for nothing.
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Nate Lewis, manager of Charley
White. the Chicago lightweight, who
is seeking a match for the champion
ship with Freddie Welsh, is proving
himself an adept press agent.
Every now and then Charley White
bobs up with another unexpected and
sensational knockout" Lewis writes
"And just so often the shoes of Cham
pion Freddie Welsh feel their owner
qualzing in their depths. Whites
knockout of Milburn Saylor, the man
who Is generally credited with knock
Ing Welsh cold in bout in Winnipeg
a year ago, Freddie getting the benefit
of the champions doubt and getting
away with q claim of foul, was the
big noise in sporting circles. Just as
the sporting editors were reading a
letter from Ray Bronson. telling Of the
greatness of Millburn Say1or, in comes
the dispatch from Boston telling the
news that Whites deadly left hook
had knocked out Saylor in the first
round. One punch had put Saylor
down for the count of seven, and
when he struggled up a second clip
on the chin flattened him out for the
necessary ten. That's the kind of a
fighter White is. The popular fighter
in the old days was one who could
drop man with a single punch.
White seems to come nearer to the old
ideal than any of the others now
standing in the lightweight lime
light"
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Manager Lewis does well in nagging
Welsh, but how about Ted Lewis, the
fighter that Jimmy Johnston, mana
ger of the Garden, is bringing to the
front. Johnston declares that White
deliberately took the air" in match
arranged between White and Lewis
in Boston, and all reports tend to
prove Johnston's assertion. Lewis is
willing to meet anybody but White