The evening world. Newspaper, August 2, 1911, Page 9

NOW LISTEN AXEL~ You CAN UK THE GUY IMaATCHED You ears, TeMnarT~ an! 1 con we Ny bOOSE FRIENDS TON Y FIGHT Like You' HAD, THE RING VP THE HOSPITALS . GOHNSON “TELL we WAS ADAM MARES Mors <S*/. THE EVENING WORLD, WE YEP (7B A PIPE -THIS: WUITE HOPE OF MINE (5 A TERRIOLE GuY-HE FULS. OH FLRA FORGOT TO ASK YOU ~ - sate He Gets His Ma-‘onic Friends to Bet on Axel. | Inside theRing Great Fighters Charley Wi acnnetpaoiaasin “Spider” Weir, After His East- ern Success, Went West and Won Championship from War- ren—How Weight in Feather Class Went from 112 to 122 {Barnes st Louis backed by the Western sports. Wit the support of the York and Boston tans, Weir challenged Warren to fight for the featherweight cham- pionship of the world and the Fox belt, and the mateh was scheduled to take plac Jinneapolis on December 1:, © ail Was hea 1 percentage of Were to weigh in at 117 poun When Weights Katsed. Notice how the weight had shifted Pounds. from 112) pounds, at which wel Lynch ent Finighty, Dan Ha rington and eorge Holden over ‘n) England und in the late London rules away bank to 115 pounds, which Was the limit when Warren and Barnes fought. Now it was boosted another notch and ralsed to 117 pounds. The Warren-Weir bAtle was icld In John Barnes's club in Minneapolis, and | Barnes himself was the referee, It was rumored that a Job was put up on Weir inthis ba’ According to re ports, Warren was given two-ounce gloves, while Weir had to use much larger ones. The battle was very one- sided, Welr simply danced all around Warren with the usual result, that Tommy ‘was almost blind by the twen- eth round. At the end of that round the referee called the fight a draw. Weir was entitled to the decision. The next day he challenged Warren for No. 7— Ike Weir. Coors TOY Noe Dore Worlds HE “all nigh in the woods” fight with Sack Haviin sent Ike Weir's stock soaring again, for Haviin ‘was recognized as a very wicked little e@orapper. Asa clever fighter Weir was moknowledged to be without an equal. He could dancd rings around anfone whe ever faced him. In ducking, dod: ing, fast footwork and feinting I believe he could have held his own with any of the modern fighters. He outclassed Ris opponents so much that he didn't have to be deadly serious in the ring or Gevote all his attention to keeping out of danger. As a result the “Bplie: was a ular clown in the ring. He kept up a running fire of conversation, talking to the people at the side of the ring as well as to the! man in front of him. One of his fav- orite stunts was to crack a joke or do a funny etep that would get his enemy plonship belt recognized Weir's right to tt, trophy became the property of |tle Irishman less than ningcen tm from the time that he set foot America. | Scales Went to 122. and the Mt n Chicagos Fear Brooklyn Pitch- this afternoon. Bill Dahlen and his men are not a bit scared of Chance and his men, even though the locals are lead- jing the procession, for In all of the other clashes this season the Superbas have been able to hold thelr own against the leaders. Brooklyn pitchers more any other bunch of fingers in the big race only | lenite: | up before nightfall if the Brooklyn men put up the same kind of a game that they have been playing here all season. right now and may be proposition for the Dodgers than when they last faced them. and Jimmy Doyle on third {s making all the old-timers in the league take notice of him. The Cub pitcters are all In good form and delivering the goods, | mashed finger as a result of trying to | close the door of his automobile too soon. The big heaver will be out of the | game for some time, possibly a month, another match, but Tommy failed to| but his absence at present w! accept, and Ike clalmed the Fox cham-/a serious one for the leader The donor of the belt | of the other pitchers are in fi tion. when they arrived here, for they have a for the four stra’ Dodgers Not Afraid to Meet Hungry Cubs in: Their Den tackle the Cubs with more determina- tion to-day than they would otherwise show. The weather here has been {deal for the Inst two weeks, and the players have been able to extend themselves to the Hmit. There are plenty of cool breezes from Lake Michigan all the time, which drive away most of the summer heat. Johnny Evers has written to several of his friends in this city that he is rounding Into form fast at his camp on Burden Lake. N. Y., and will be heck with the Cubs In a week or two. The Uttle second baseman has taken on four- teen pounds in the two weeks that he has been in camp, which shows that he is rapidly getting over his nervous dis- order, ers More Than Any Other Club’s in the League. (Spectal to The Brening World.) Chicago} Aug. 2 HE Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cubs will clash in the first of a four-game session at Cub Park > FERRYBOAT PASSENGERS CHEER BRAVE RESCUER. Lighter Captain Has Difficult Time Resciting Freight Handler in River, Capt. Henry Bloom of the) ilghter, Bridgeport, moored near the foot of North First street, Willlamsburg, risked 8 life early to-day to save John Cran- rd, a driver, who had fallen into the East River, Passengers on two Man- hattan-bound ferryboats saw Capt. Bloom plunge into the river and seize Cranford, and were just starting to cheer when they were horrified to see Cranford clasp his rescuer around the neck. Both disappeared under water. ‘The passengers were in a frenzy of ept_ big Ed. Reulbach, who has ajexcitement, and many women became hysterical. Bloom and Cranford came to the aur face again, Bloom managed to break | Cranford's grip and stuck him a power- not be ful blow on. the knocking him. une ‘snd. conscious, Just then two men in a boat who had seen the peril of Bloom and Cranford rowed up to them and took both to shore, The Cub batters fear the than they do far this year the Cubs have mone more game than the ae | and the honors may be evened The Cubs are travelling a fast clip Uttle stitter Manager Chance | his new machine working smoothly | hitting the ball with a vengeance. the new man, has fitted into the cy at first base without a hitch, The Dodgers were feeling In fine fettle beaten the Reds in the series in ineinnat!, 3 to 2, which partly made up | ht defeats suffered in nt Kbbets was here | Mey Nabbed as Jewelry Thiet, A man who said he was Herman M ‘oO. 8 Kast Fifty-fifth stre laughing, and, while the laugh was) The new featherweight champlon » team, for he sat on, was locked up at Police He a 4 still on the other fellow's lips, to wipe! came back to New York. He was chal- tors yesterday heare | last night accused of grand larceny. On {t off with a stinging blow. Ofttimes he|lenged by my Lynch to fight for the ing the ein the appeal of 8! J » after locking Charles would suddenly stop fighting and prac- | championsh of the world at wood Maj m the ruling of Presi-[Gordon, a jeweller, at ighth tle a new jig step that he had learned. |Pounds, but for some reason the mate | dent Lyn avenue, in hix own show window, took a| His antics always kept the crowd, as|fel! through. A few weeks later Weir) Yesterday was an off day for the Dah- a diamond pin from the shop, | vel ABAR AAG: ni alealerot kul went back West and was matched to, lenites, as !t was for most of the teams ‘1 ® say Gordon identified Meyer well as his op; nt. he Ge ™ fight Tom: Miller of Oma befor? tn the National League, and they will a thief, ter. John Barnes's club in Minneapolis on Between the times when he Was busy January 2%, 1888. Miller had participated punching the other man he would in many hard battles throughout the amuso himself by aM West, particularly und Chi- Or back flips, around ¢ cago, and he was considered an Al Saale little fighter, being strongly backed by snare peck the Chicago’ sports. Weir's fight w Warren had made him a good drawing e) ard, and @ large crow ight vi * 4 ‘ re ae Sree eee Oe feta eae ie Thin AW. Cor Ata Mt. 1195 Broadway 246-218 W. 125th St vee ke Reboot) being well punished, When Miller was (Open Evenings) Just below 29th St. (Open Evenings) ane ben Re aning in pretty bad shape in the seventh waa in the 6 doin nd, being almost blinded, Weir Trigh dis a fraction © cked him out | tater, | wh Short this fight, Welr went up Minnesota, and fought with i the gelebrated “Iron reached t to be, I of the corners t i to #0 i i # was something like Joo side the ropes, ler that he could ficht a bet that any man he boxed Citar Guan har ookin Teen muss his hair for the first ten rounds, and he won many of these wagers. 1 had another good trick. treat into a corner to lure his o in, When the enemy thought he had Welr bottled up without @ chance of escape he would rush d the little Inishman, tn Mnishing blow, As e in Weir would quickly step aside a the blow meant for bim go sla Up against one of the posts. You imagine how pleasant it must have to slam a soft three-inch post. Always Wore Green. Being a patriotic little Irishman, Ike always wore the color of this land. His ring costume consist wteen trunks, with a green belt a @reen handkerchief stuck tn stockings and biack s) extended to just be! the knee had @ row of five or six pearl but mount of punishment, but in't administer much, The battle was to go twenty-five rounds, but Weir knocked Siddons out In the eleven round. oz Newar 81 484 Providence,, 34 63 “S60 sof Vouterday’s Gan J City, 7. First game, ‘itreal, 8 eal, 10, Second game, ruaning up the outside of each for three or four inches and gre rosettes at the bottom. Af taken America his he wore the American ‘After the Havin fig to Boston and was m Johnny Murphy, the Hoston weight. Murphy, was boxi: at Harvard University a popular with the faculty o dents. He was also extren Mked by the Boston sports. wae born one of the gamest little scrappers that Amerioa has produced. Murphy welghed about 112 pounds, He was mat fight Weir before a club In Sept. 30, 1887, It was to bea n flgh| with three-ounce gloves. Many of the Boston fans thought Murphy would prove to be the better man and the Detting was brisk, Despite the secreoy that was maintained, the Boston police got onto the affair and broke into the Glubhouse while the men were fighting the seventeent!y round, They stopped the fight, and referee called {t a draw But Weir had all the best of {t, Murphy was almost blind and tp very bad A most palatable w New York. Try 't. Stewart Distilling Co. Phila, New York n Johnny nd raised in Boston, He was nt this time Weir was considered un- He tn deatable by the Eastern sports, had cleaned up the best figh New York, Boston and Phil ana he began to look around re elp! r more worlds tg conquer. 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