The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-15
NACKEY WILL GIVE
MONDAY GOOD RUB
Expects tc Weigh $50
Pounds Tomorrow Night.
ITALIAN TRAINING DOWN
Winner Of the Match Hopes to Meet
Joe Grant for the Cham
pionship.

Rob Roy Mackey still insists that he
believes that Young Monday has framed
II up TO be overweight tomorrow night
when they meet in their finish wrestling
match st Concordia Hall. sIorifice tho
Io-teit money i'm the hands of Ristie
Leonard and trust to making il u0 in
the large end of the purse.
Mackey states in q letter to The Times
tEat he viii weigh 10 pounds, while
Monday is stin lowering around the 1G0
mark
II Mackey does weigh $50 pounds when
he goes on the mat tomorrow he viii
be a formidable opponent FOR Monday.
who, although he is naturally the
heavier man is not as scientific as the
Man OF Many Words" In their last
match. when Monday IA ed to throw
Mackey at all in an hour when he
promised TO do so twice in that time, the
Man of Many Words" proved that he
could pick up the Brooklyn Italian and
toss him around as II he we're a light
weight. Monday claimed that he did not
make a more aggressive defense be-
cause he had a bad shoulder, which was
more or less true, as his right wing
had been put out OF commission while
giving exhibitions with Leo PaTdello,
the Italian heavyweight. who was TO
meet Shad Link in Washington. but DID
not appear.
Mackey's Special Training.
In their last match the general opln-
ion of the audience was that il 1t had
gone TO a finish Monday would have
won MacEey resented that and declared
that the Italian did not know enough TO
in q finish match it would be the same
story over again, with the son of Italy
eventually getting the short cad or The
purse.
MacIxey has been following a special
line of training TO fit him TO meet
heavier opponent according TO his YER
taking on men who weighed 10 pounds
and has been making special efforts 10
throw them rapidly in order TO get him
self ready for Monday, who viii have
the avoirdupois on him by from five to
ten pounds
Mondays ambition to meet Joe Grant
again and settle that contention between
them which was abruptly ended at their
last meeting. when they were both ar
rested for rough work has been blocked
temporarily until he proves in his match
with Mackey whether he is good enough
TO go against the champion middle
weight of the South. The winner of the
match tomorrow is ALMOST sure to meet
Grant, and as Monday Us the larger man
it is UP to him TO deliver the goods.
Philips yrreH Bout
AprOpos of the Mackey-Y Dung Monday
wrestling match, which is scheduled for
next F-iday night at Concordia Han,
comes the announcement that. Owens
Philips. the Terrible Soldier" and Har-
vey Tyrrell have been matched for a
finish bout. winner to take ali.
Those who are in charge of the affair
had hoped to put on the Soldier-TyrreIl
bout as a preliminary on Friday even
ing, but this match was definitely set
last night when Philips and Tyrrell met
and arranged to meet at the same place
on Wednesday March q. Philips in the
articles. agrees TO throw TyrreH twice
in an hour or forfeit. J. J. O'ConnOr
has been asked 40 officiate on the DIST
The arrangement of the match be-
tween Tyrrell and Philips seems TO knock
the aspirations Of BObbie Baker in the
head. for the present at least BQbbie
had hoped to TX matters up with Mack
eyS late opponent for A curtain raiser
to the exhibition on the 18th. Baker has
not given up hopes yet. though and ex-
poets that he will be able 10 bring his
foe 10 terms some time In the near
future.
Accepts Ross Challenge.
Since Baker has been deprived of a
chance to meet Tyrren next Friday he
has accepted the challenge OF Nick Ross.
and the match will be arranged for the
same evening. If this is done wrestling
fans in this city will be given the treat
of the season, as such an all-star pro
gram should satisfy the most particular