Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 29-Thit
Bob Mona, the chubby middleweig 1t
of Milwaukee, must be consider
ed as a contender for the champion
ship in that class. was acknowledge
by all the critics after they witnessed
his ten-round contest with Eddie Nc
Goorty before the South Side A. c. of
Milwaukee the past week. 1t was a
clever boxer against a husky, aggreH-
tie there was little to choose between
them. it being good draw. 1t will RE
quire more than ten rounds to bring a
verdict between the two, and if they
are to settle their differences as to who
is who in their claim for the title
they had better negotiate a marathon
contest out in California MSha was a
greatly improved boxer over year
ago, when he fought Billy Papke and
McGoorty in the east. He was also In
excellent condition, having trained
down from It's to 1853, although the
weight was set at $50 pounds at 3
build Mocha Is hard man to box. He Is
as strong as a bull. and can take a
lacing without winking an eyelash. but
he is always there with the come-bacl,,
which is most discouraging to an OPP
ponent. Bob's short, choppy blows
carry much weight, and have more
sting to them than most people i'm
agine, so that when he gets In close
he does considerable damage. Me-
Goorty was handicapped with a ba 4
hand to start with, and in the fifth
round he hurt it again, which fact Pre- :
vented him from doing his best work a
the latter part of the battle.
He had to make fake punches with 1t %
T4r- IL. -
its real condition. However. in the early
part of the contest Eddie did splendi
work with his left hand. jabbing Bob at
will in the face. and keeping him at Ion :
range, but once the chubby boy got int .
close quarters he began to score points
fast. At the clean-hitting game McGoort Y
had by far the best of the points. while
Moha had the best of the infighting an ]
aggressive work In the fourth Bob
drove home short right to the bod, ,
just below the heart that made Eddie
vince, but he never let the others know
it hurt him. Again in the eighth 30 ,
sent left to jaw that made Eddie see
stars for moment. and Re appeare i
which he quickly recovered and fought
back harder than ever. McGoorty's last
three fights have taught him one thing.
that he must cut out all fancy living AMI
attend strictly to business, otherwise he
will not remain strong candidate for
the championship. Ii also means that IL
Bob Mona will keep himself in condition
and work steadily. he will make all TIL 2
middleweight claimants take notice.
Johnny Kilbane is to have real cham
pionship battle at Los Angeles in April i,
his opponent being Johnny Dundee. thu
wee Scotch boy whom Scotty Monteitll
says will surely send Johnny the way OF
all ex-champions. Dundee has come alons,
nicely the past year. and he has put uIp
some great battles. his best work beinG:
against frankie Conley, whom he knocked
out in nineteen rounds He will have Il.
be even better than when he beat Conley
for he will find much different opponent
to box, but who can hit when the occa-
sion demands. Even Atteii, when i'm his
prime, never had much on Johnny wher
it comes to cleverness. With one a !
fighter OF the rugged type and the other |
a scientific boxer and fighter combined |
the contest should be grand one.
One of the most important things in |
connection with the holding of boxing
proper padding of the ring
Is given practically no attention by pro- |
motors or boxers, outside Of some OF the |
country, and most OF the accidents which |
have occurred can be traced TO this de. |
feet
Tho great trouble is that some of the |
would-be promoters want to shine a la |
Tim Coffroth or Tom McCarey from the !
Jump, and they go ahead with their |
plans, but never pay the slightest at
teution to the ring end of it; all they |
figure out is regarding the drawing |
power of the match. They leave the |
ring part of the program to some car
penters who have probably never seen
hoxing match, and don't care whether
the ring has any padding on or not.
they stretch tina CANVAS oyer &c. and