El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-30

rF present plans do not misearry
there viii be real battle, the first
= # the kind in years, for the pur-
pose OF bringing out some Of the best
Of the lightheavyweigh 1t is pro-
posed to match Cyclone Johnny ThOmp-
son, Of Sycamore, Ill, and Wild Bob
Mona, the Milwaukee chunky boy. be-
fore one of the Milwaukee clubs some
time IN February, the weight to be
placed at 175 pounds A year ago
Mocha was touted as one of the best
I1iddleWeightS in the country, espec-
tally after he had beaten Billy Papke
at Boston, but he simply lost himself
and refused to train for fight foz
several months with the result that
when he stepped on the scales he was
surprises T. ind that ne had Jumped
from $50 to 100. That put Bob out OF
the middleweight class, but he now
announces that he can fight at the
light heavyweight limit of 145 pounds
and step as fast as ever MOha stands
only live feet four inches in height and
h. appears as broad as the famous
George LaBlanche, the marine, before
he fought the late Jack Dempsey.
Johnny Thompson is the same height
and weight at the present time, 1S5, al
Though he says he can make 175 easily.
1t seems remarkable that these two
chubby fighters should take on so
much weight in such a short space OF
time Two years ago Thompson was
boxing as lightweight, at 1913 and 135
pounds; in fact he weighed 133 just
before he went to Australia After
crossing the Pacific ocean and landing
in Australia Johnny began to pick up
in weight and the night he fought
Hughie Michigan ne scaled 162 pounds.
A WceF before the fight he weighed
140, but was advised by Charlie HOlWsy,
the an er1can Splinter who was there,
.arm~ .Hnn~m EmeA Il Sc sann
money. or he would be i'll. Johnny
took his advice and stopped training.
with the result that when he stepped
on the scales he was dumbfOunded
himself to learn that he scaled so
heavily After that the Cyclone fought
as a EliddleWeight instead OF a light
weight.
Jim Flynn is another short man who
has taken on weight rapidly. A year
ago Jim was fighting around 10
pounds, but when he was matched with
Johnson at Las Vegas he began to get
heavy and the day before he boxed the
negro I weighed him myself and found
that he scaled Just 1872 pounds. Many
people could hardly believe that he had
taken on so much weight. 1t is doubt
ful now whether Flynn will be able TO
set down to the us pound mark to
compete with MOha and Thompson for
the commission title.
What has become Of all the middle
weight matches between the near
champions which were suggested some
time ago and which many of the boxing
fans looked forward to with a great
deal of pleasure2 When Billy Papke,
the Illinois thunderbolt, and Frank
Klaus, the Pittsburg bearcat, returned
from France some time ago it was sup
posed that they would have a three
cornered fight with Eddie McOGOrJy
for the 15S pound title All seemed
anxious to bring about some matches,
but the time is at hand now when
Papke and Klaus are returning to that
dear Paris for their little set-tO and
never a sign Of a match has been made.
There is no question about McGoorty's
sincerity in seeking a meeting with the
two above named boxeds, but neither
one made an effort to match up with
the Wisconsin fighter. It would seem
that they were rather anxious to avoid
meeting with Eddie. Perhaps it might
have been good business Judgment as
II there had been a loser their match
abroad would no doubt be Cancelled and
Y is pretty safe money they are get
ting IN Paris, that is the sum paid by
the promoters is away above anything !
Of the kind to be offered on this side [
FOR the same match And at that II !
Papke and Klaus are both in good J
shape it should be a corking good con- !
test and well worth seeing
But getting down to brass tacks I
again, neither one has any right TO 4
claim the championship without con-
sulting one, Edward McGOorty. OF Osh- /
kosh. Wis. The Wisconsin boy has /
earned his right to claim the title for /
America at 15S pounds ringside, for I 4
do not believe that either Papke or ]
Klaus can make that weight
Mike Gibbons received a great deal !
of boosting for the middIeweight hon