Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-30


Now will come the arguments as Il
the winner, and opinion is very mucf
more divided than 1t was last year
Then the Athletics were strong favor
ties over the Braves A few tool
a chance and got on the winner. II
the case this year the Red Sox are
the favorites, but the Phillies, witt
Alexander, figure very formidable
The Moran team played steady, con-
sistent ball all season. The boys stooo
the strain and didn't crack. Tht
Phillies are becoming more in favor
every day, too, and they may be an
even money shot before the first game
is played.
Jim Savage is ready for his battle
with Jack Dillon tomorrow night. He
has trained hard, his friends say, ano
he hasn't partaken Of any buttermilk
which was the case when he was
working for his bout with Charley
Weinert. No more buttermilk toi
Jim. Once was enough for him, All
his hard labor was spoiled because
the milk interfered with his wind, and
during the last few days before the
fight he swelled up like toad and
gained rapidly in weight. Four days
before Savage boxed Weinert he told
me he weighed 1877 pounds. l didn't
see him scaled. The night of the fight
he weighed 1914 pounds. Buttermilk-
sour, old buttermilk-did it. This
time, however, there will be no but
termilk and no occasion for an alibi.
Goodness knows, | have done my best
TO make Savage's defeat by Weinert
as easy as possible for Jim. will
even make his bed a rosy one II he Is
beaten by Dillon. Still there are some
good sports up around the Oranges
who contend that "Jim Savage never
gets fair show" Well, Jim is the
one who does the fighting. Surely
there is no two-pluck-one in the ring.
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Dillon, in way, is like Savage
He is an in-and-outer. Jack will
fight a streak one night, and the next
time he looks like a truck horse In
action. His fight with Frank Klaus
at Madison Square Garden was a
shady affair. He has fought around
New York often since. He couldn't
whip Johnny Howard in ten rounds,
though he gave him good beating.
He fought him again and Howard
lasted the limit. He fought Tom Nc
Carly and Porky Flynn and the Zulu
Kid, and he didn't do any great
wonders. II Savage is a real good
heavyweight he ought to beat Dillon,
but Jack Is a big favorite, and about
everybody thinks he will win hands
down.
Figuring out fights is a peculiar
proposition. Take, for instance, Dillon.
Jack beat Weinert In two rounds.
That gives him the CALL But Dillon
In his fights against Johnny Howard
Porlty Flynn and Tom McCarty,
didn't do as well as did Weinert
against those same men. Weinert
stopped Howard in seven rounds, and
he gave both Flynn and McCarty
much worse beatings than did Dillon.
McCarty also beat Savage and Vein
ert beat Savage. So, as far as figures
go, Jim hasn't very much to boast
about. But be that as 1t may, IL Saw
age makes a good showing against
Dillon he will be given all due credit
He is taking long chance and for
tune may be on his side.
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Declaring that he has trained
hard for his fight with Larry Han
sen, whom he meets in the semi-flna
bout to the Savage-Dillon battle
Mickey Donley vouched the informa
ton that he was in wonderful con.
dition for the go. He said he was
going to try his best to put his op-
ponent out, in the hope, no explained
that he might be able to get on g
match with Johnny Kilbane, the
featherweight champion. Mickey il
sure that he can whip Hansen, and
he believes that he will eventually
get on a fight with Kilbane. Johr
Reisler, who is managing Donley. Il
pulling strings for bout with XII
bane, and il Mickey displays class a
Ebbets Field tomorrow night he will
be in a position to press his claim
for q right to contest for Kilbane''
title.
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Another heavyweight is to invad
the East. big Bill" Sloane is the fel
low, and nobody but dapper Harr.
Pollok-without the 90" please-is t
have charge of the new un's affairs
That is sufficient evidence tha
sloane will be given a respectable op
portunity to show his wares, "Bi
BILL" to begin with, halls from tn
wilds of Nevada, according to Man
ager Pollok, and Is a giant In con
struotion. He is six feet two in hi
stocking feet, and he has been knock
ing out all comers In one and tw