The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
CHARLIE WEINERT STAGING 4 GREAT
 COMEBACK IN RING
Big Guns'' In Boxing Dodging Hard-Hitting Veteran, Says
 Billy MCCarney
By JAMES J. coRBETT


 Charlie Weinert. long -heralded as "the performing rather startling ring come back under the piloting of Billy McCar- ney. who dug him out of the pugilistic scrap heap six months ago.
 Focus your optics on Weinert and you'll see the man who will whip Jack Dempsey-if Dempsey ever gives him the chance" insists McCarney.
 lnasmuch as McCarney managed Luther McCarty to the pugilistic crest, helped to handle Dempsey assisted in bringing Bob Martin to the front and ranks as one of the greatest judges of pugilstic talent in the country his opin- ion carrier considerable weight. Hast summer when the folks were trying to uncover somebody to give Dempsey a battle. hunted around for Weinert and found him buried in his machine shop in Newark, N. J., re- counts McCarney. 'I had seen Weinert in many of his ring battles before his voluntary retirement and always felt he had a glorious ring future But ap- rarently he was handled poorly and an effort was made to race him to the front without giving him sufficient experience. DECIDES ON COMEBACK" q told Weinert I thought there was a i big chance for him if he would get back I into ring harness He couldn't agree with me at first. He seemed to have had enough of ring warfare, Nalthough the 1 love of fighting never had died within him. noticed that Weinert had picked up considerably in weight during his lay off and he was then as hard as nails. l Physical condition was something of a religion with him and although he wasn' [ fighting, he kept working out in little | A<>~ s,, f1ra xypa T coaxed and pleaded with Weinert l to resume ring warfare and at last he yielded.
 Tn sending weinert back into the ring I was careful not to make the same mis-
 take that his other handlers had made. knew he was a little rusty from ring inactivity and I didn't pit him against
 the toughest men at the outset. placed 8 few soft ones for him and he knocked | them over in a hurry. Then sliced him on to some of the tougher boys and
 he polished them off in spectacular fash
 ion. Ray Smith. Dick O'Brien. Bartley
 Madden. Willie Meehan--all have been whipped by Weinert in the last few
 months.
 THEY AVOID WEINERT
 "Bill Brennan studiously avoids Vein ert Bill has refused offers from Bos- ton, St. Louis. Detroit. Newark and Tul- sa to box Charlie. I personally offered
 Leo P. Flynn, manager of Brennan, &5,- l 900 if he would match Weinert for. a
 fight with Brennan in Madison Square
 Garden and told Flynn I would take 5 per cent of the gate to reimburse me
 for the 900 as well as Weinert' s share. But Flynn said no.
 ] Billy Miske refused to meet Weinert. l All the other tough heavyweights l throughout the country are now passing
 up offers to try conclusions with Vein ert who was 9 years old last October.
 What's the answer?
 ''Weinert wants to meet Jess Willard before Willard meets Dempsey so Jess can prove to tho boxing public that he is
 a fit opponent for the man who slaugn- tered him in Toledo.
 "Weinert is the only heavyweight now i performing who is complete master .ot