New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-16
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
By EGOE

Up hobs the Adonis again. Al Reich
can look like a worlds heavyweight
champion one night and hopeless
counterfeit the next. Nobody ever
seemed able 10 tell what allied the finest
specimen OF a man that ever craWled
through a set of ropes. TREMENDOUS
hitter. clever and fast, he seemed the
best Of the Willard pretenders az times.
lust when Al was expected 10 shine he
would come miserable pugilistic crop
per. Maxey Blumenthal has solved the
problem, he thinks. lie is going to APP
Div some Of Dan Morgan's Levlnsky
urging. and make Adonis fight every
night in the week II he can ma loes
enough to go around. -,
Maxey insists that Al has been al
lowed too much time Tor dolling up
and not enough for actual warfare roll
lowing his determination to make keich
work night ard day. Blumenthal esked
tho Pioneer Sporting Club TO use Al as
a substitute tonight against Jim saw
ace when he learned that Charley wen,
ert sprained his evening dress suit ana
would not be able 20 scamper Tor the
pioneer customers. Martin Julian, for
Savage. was willing, but thought tnat
il was too good bout to sacrifice be-
cause of two days notice.
Martin was voted a member OF the
W +. Club. ". F. standing out boldly
for Wise Fish. SO, first patting Martin
an the hack. the club secured lett-
over GIANT by the name OF Al McClosky
10 meet the Adonis. MeClosky was
nIucked from the mosquito cotes OF
Eew Law. Scotty Montieth VOWS that
McCIoskv is a wonderful blocker, ring
aeset that comes naturally because OF
Years and years of parrylng the darts
md dashes of the native humming olrd:
"Blumenthal saved our show. and
feol a little. guilty" said Scotty last
,,iybt "because ! really thank that
RInmenthal has q notion that McClosky
can't fight. If It won't make Maxey
weaken. you might say that McGlosky
is very, very liable to brow Al down.
John the Barber tells Us that his
Iigbtweight carnival will go to the bat
intact tomorrow night at the harlem
STARTING Club. John had this to say
about the rumor that Ad Wolgast Would
not be able TO appear against Leacn
Cross because of cut received IN
bout at Atlanta. ,, H..
"Larney Lichtenstein phoned from
Atlanta that the cut over Wolgasts eye
was mere trife. He explained thst
AID was going along nicely. winning al
the way. when he ct bump on the
head that opened up an old cut W
course, it looked much worse than II
really was, and Lichtenstein admitted
70 me that he himself was little more
than alarmed when he saw tie flow
from the wound.
"I,arrev talked Il over with Wolgast
in the corner when he came in for air.
They agreed to omit the usual spong-
ing. and AID looked q sorry sight when
he went out for the fourth round. Con-
seauently, when AID quit at the begin
ming of the fifth round, there wasn't a
sound from the audience, not one OF
them having the heart to offer pro-
test. That was the main reason why
Adj stopped. He told Larney that there
wasn't any money in the house, any
way. and the big forfeit posted with
mo didn't warrant his taking chances
of having the cut opened further"
What n "Whoop-ee!" will rend the
air when good little George Lavigne
steps into the ring tomorrow night at
the Harlem Sporting Club to renew old
acquaintance and establish new ones.
A great fighter was the Saginaw boy
in his day. Joe Wolcott is ever ready
to second that motion. OF all the hard
fights that the pugilistic demi-tasse
had, he will tell you that the two that
"Gawdge" waged against him were the
most ferocious. Joe swears that his
head rings yet from some Of the Kids
hard thumps.
John p. Dunn announcing:
81 am loking for the penny-a-liner
who first tackled on Parnell as the
centreboard to my good, honest name.
have a deal of respect for the Honor
able Parnell. and would not utter
word of protest at being called John
Parnell Dunn il II was not for the fact
that my REAL middle name has been
lost sight Of entirely. 1t is Patrick.
I'm not John Parnell Dunn, If you
please, but John Patrick Dunn. I've
never given it out for publication be-
fore, but | am forced to for fear that
when the great history of American
pugilism 10 writ shall appear on the