El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-01
MiddIeweight Contender
MOha Is Strong
Billy Nolan Manager of Rgide Cor
POundage for Lightweghts
b q. S. ANDREWS.

" HAT Bob Moha, the chubby mid
dIeweight of Milwaukee, must
be considered as a contender for
! the championship in that class. was
acknowledged by all the critics after
they witnessed his ten round contest
with Eddie McGOorty It was a clever
oo&er against a husky, aggressive
Ilghter and at the end of the battle
there was little to choose between
L them, 1t being a good draw It Will
require 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.
Mona was greatly improved boxer
over a year ago when he fought Billy
Papke and McGOOrty in the east He
was also IN excellent condition, having
trained down from rs to 15S, although
the verdict was set at 100 pounds at )
O'CLOCK Owing to his short and chunky
Guild, Mona is a hard man to box. He
IS as strong as bull and can take a
facing without winking an eyelash,
but he IS always there with the come
pack. which is most discOuraging to
an opponent BOb's short, chOppy
blows carry much weight and have
more sting to them than most people
imagine, so that when he gets in close
he does considerable damage Nc
GoOrty was handicapped with a bad
hand to start with and in the fifth
round he hurt 1t again. which fact pre-
vented him doing his best work in the
latter part of the battle. He had to
make fake punches with it to try and
throw Mona off his guard as to its
real condition However, in the early
part OF the contest Eddie did splendid
work with his left hand, jabbing Bob
at viii in the face and keeping him at
long range, but once the chubby boy
got into close quarters he began 10
score points fast At the clean hitting
game McGOorty had by far the best
OF the points. while Moha had the best
Of the lnflghting and aggressive work
In the fourth, Bob drove home a short
right to the body, just below the heart
that made Eddie vince. but he never
let the other know ii hurt him. Again,
in the eighth, Bob sent q left to the
Jaw that made Eddie see stars for a
moment and he appeared daZed. bur
just for a moment. after 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 and attend
strictly to uSineSs-OtherWis he will
not remain a strong candidate for the
championship 1t also means that II
Bob Mona viii keep himself in cOndi-
ton and work steadily he will make
ali the middleweight claimants take
notice.
Johnny kilbane is to have a real
championship battle at Los Angeles
in April, his opponent being johnny
Dundee, the wee Scotch boy. who Scot
~ MonteIth says viii surely send
Johnny the way Of all eX-champiOns-
Dundee has come along nicely the
past year and he has put up some
great battles his best work being
against frankie COnley, whom he
knocked out in 19 rounds He will
have to be even better than when he
beat COnley, for he viii find a much I
different opponent in Kilbane, one who (
not only knows how to box, but who I
rur Thn "a 81,
Even Attell, when in his prime, never !
had much on Johnny when it comes to 4
cleverneSs. With one a fighter of the /
rugged type and the other a scientific 4
boxer and fighter combined, the con-
test should be grand one.
'TO my way Of thinking, 135 pounds 4
ringside or 1873 at o'clock the day of I
the contest is the correct weight for
an international scale" remarked /
Billy Nolan, manager of Willie Richie, /
the champion. while discussing the 1
matter with the writer.
There never has been an interna-
uCnal scale Of weights" continued No
Ian, although it would be a good thing
established. OF course, the American /
weight has been set at 135 ringside
Tor good many years, but now that
there are so many. different countries
coming into the field of boxing why
they are entitled 20 some oonsidera-
ton, especially AUSTRALIA. an1 England,
Where boxing abO1nds; in fact, Eng
land is the home OF all boxing. 1t
seems that 135 pounds, weigh "a at
or O'clock IS the recognized weight !
IN most of the countries except AUS /
u ana, where the IghtWeiguI limit !
IS l4O at r1ngside. However, I think !
the best weight for lghtweights is
$50 rlngslde or 1913 at s o'clock. which I
IS considerably above the feather
weight class OF 122 pounds, and the /
next 10 the l53 Founders. I don't want Z
20 act as dictator or anything of the I
kind when il comes to arranging a !
scale OF weights for the lightweights. |
put L honestly JelieVe that the above |
IS about the best that can be agreed |
on The foreign countries should be
willing to compromise with US on the
matter.
AS to Packey Mcfarland meeting
Richie for the title. why there seems /
to be no chance. Emil Thirty. manager
for Mcfarland, has admitted that
Packey cannot make 1S5 rinesfde let
alone 1873 We offered TO let nfrn scale /
1875 ringside, which is two pounds
above the limit, but he wanted IS at
or o'clock, when would let him
enter the ring At absut I3S f. 14O.
he had admitted that ne is no longer
a lightweight, so why should he both
Pr Rltch1e about a match? II is un- I
fortunate that Mcfarland is between
he two classes-hghtweigh and vel
-er-out that does not f rec US &c take
him on at any weight he demands ! !
You know the champion dictates such I
matters, but We a-e not out to impose |
lnreaSOna bic terms as regards weight !