New-York tribune., 1914-03-31
Vanquisher of Levinsky
Has No Light Task in
Facing "Gunboat."
PLAN BIG CONTESTS
AT CONEY ISLAND
McMahOns Seeking to Match
Willie Richie and Dundee for
Ten-ROund Go.

Bob Mona, of Milwaukee, who has
leaped into prominence by his victory
over Battling" Levnsky, will have a
chance to make good the statements Of
his friends that he is the best of the
white hopes during the latter part of next
month. Moha has been matched to meet
"Gunboat' Smith. Jim BuckIey's cham
pion, i'm "A ten-round contest at the Audi
torium Athletic Club, Of Milwaukee.
With that peculiar modesty common to
boxers, Noha actually believes that he
will be able TO give the hard hitting
Smith some seven inches in height and
reach, with about fifteen pounds the best
of weight. and still win.
Whatever Moha may or may not do
against Smith, and every outward indica-
tion points to his defeat the fact remains
that few OF the first rate middle and light
heavyweights care to risk a battle with
him. lie has defeated, among others,
Jack Dillon. who is now making bid for
honors in the heavyweight division, Billy
Papke and numerous others.
He gave Eddie McGoorty hard time Of
it IN Milwaukee for ten rounds, and in
the minds of many earned the honors.
Moha incidentally. is one of the few
white men who are willing TO box Sam
Langford
The McMahon brothers, managers Cf
the Empire and Olympic Athletic club.
are planning a busy summer for the box
ing enthusiasts of this city. 1t is their
intention to open q club at Coney Island
ola HOY inn atst,
In all probability the match between
"Gunboat" Smith and Battling Levin
sky on May will he held there. instead
of at the present quarters Of the club,
which. it is thought. are entirely too
small to accommodate the crowd which
will be on hand for the occasion.
A match is pending, the McMahons
announced yesterday, between Willie
Ritchie. lightweight champion of the
world, and Johnny Dundee. who has his
eye on the featherweight title, now held
by Johnny Kilbanc. Richie has been
offered a guarantee of $4,000, while Dun
dee will box OH a percentage basis, pro
viding that an agreement can he reached
with the champion.
mento, who met Jimmy Clabby in a TWEEN
ty-round bout in Jimmy Coffroths arena
in California i'm what the promoters have
been pleased to term the middleweight
championship. has been likened to the
great and only Stanley ketchell.
Murray. unheard of few months ago,
Ieaped into prominence by defeating Leo
Houck in fourteen rounds. lie is now
proclaimed a coming champion. lie Is
just a natural fighter. and there are many
who believe that he will trounce the
clever Clabby as handily as ne did Houck.
Battling Levinsky, entirely recovered
from that Chicago water, Milwaukee
corned beef and cabbage and sundry
punches in the stomach" will meet Sail
mas Jack" Burns in ten rounds at the
Olympic Athletic club, of Harlem. to-
morrow night Burns is not what might
be termed a champion and the probabili-
ties are that he will fall an easy victim
to the star of Morgan's stable.
Leach Cross and his family. with Patsey
Kline. the featherweight. left for the Pa
cifc Coast yesterday. Cross is matched
TO box Freddie Welsh twenty rounds on
April g, while Kline hopes to secure en-
gagements among the featherweghts
Young" Weinert. Of Newark, who out
pointed Battling Leynsky not long ago,
will box ten rounds with Johnny Howard
at Browns Gympasium tonight. At the
Broadway Sporting Club Eddie Wallace
and Phil Bloom will meet for ten rounds
or less, while an all-star entertainment
will be held at the Atlantic Garden Ath-
letic Club