New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-16
So Says Jimmy Johnston
Major Domo of Madison
Square Garden.
TALE OF A MAJOR Ann
FOUR PROMOTERS
Matchmaker of Show Corpora.
ton Has Word of Billy Gibson
and Signature, Too.
BY IG0E.

BY IG0E.
Listen. and a tale will unfo6'
So came The bail-bearing voice o,
James Johnston. niajordomo Of Madison
Square Garden, over the phone last
night.
~ have been reading without ia.
least concern for several days pas.
about the mysterious Nr Welimsn and
mysterious Coffey- Moran bout at u,
mysterious 22d Regiment Armory. IN.
plot has ,hickoned. I've just got al as.
founding earful and you might JUS, a.
wei! swell the mysterious cast
at seems that a mysterious Charles
J. Harvey and a mysterious Frank &
O'Neil, all late Of the late myster.ou
Boxing Commission, have Joined hand,
with the mysterious William Ludui,
Wellman and have formed mysteriov,
ring -around-the-rosey that has cor.
pletcly enmeshed a mysterious Jsp
Mcmahon. This Mcmahon man tol
them he has an iron-bound coatrsa
with the armory people which allou
him to run the boxing shows there.
Mysterious 0'Neil, Harvey and Well.
man approached the mysterious Ne.
Mahon and told him that they could
make a lot Of money for the srmo1
people by swinging the Coifey-Moraa
fight from the Garden 20 the armoy.
Major Cement, or whatever Is the name
Of the man in charge up thesc, was
called into the mysterious circle. lie
was told, az had been Mcmahon, tha.
the mysterious trio had that Cofrey.
Moran match all sewed up. lie was n.
formed that the fight would brihg
enough money into the armory Golfers
TO buy equipment for the next six
years, providing the boys subsisted OF
frankfurters in the meantime.
major Cement, or Major Whatever.
he-is, was led 10 believe that the only
thing TO prevent such Golfer filling vas
the lone chance that he might not civ.
the martial nod TO the men OF mystery.
Mcmahon listened TO their promise 70
put up the guarantee money and asked.
Where do / come OFF,
Mysteries O'Neil, Harvey and Well.
man poured lots and lots OF conyera.
ton into the expectant ears Of Msjr
Cement, of the srmory, and me maj9
said: let me see how the boys q
about getting this match for the az.
mory.' Mysterious Mcmahon sudienJ
took fright and said something abo..
being tunnelled. 'Ill have 70 be see.
before you go any further. adm,
that | THINK that you boys are max.
ing humming top out OF me. Before
| run down ] want 10 ask you chaps Il
! am 10 be seen in the promotion o!
this Coffey-Moran thing
"'CERTAINL,' came a mys.eriog.
chorus ranging from O'Neil's choir boz
tenor 10 Havey's Gene Cowles bssso.
"'When and where7' yentured Ne
Mahon.
"Tm-MEAD-itely after tho arnoV
bout for the time and up a little dark
alley FOR the place." urged the trio q
mystery. That seemed 10 still TIE
humping OF McMahon's heart FOR
spell. But he returned 70 the srnoU
several hours later and there found
( Mysterious O'Neil, Harvey and Vel.
man in a head-to-heai caucus with
Corporal Punishment OF the armor.
I'm being undermined and right on h,
camp ground Of the engineering corps
said Mcmahon to himself as he took W
q position behind Calling gun.
$50 far 80 good. Get some nor
copy paper. A little while and !, poe
little Jimmy Johnston, will have do7
Mister Gibson Just called ne W 9
the telephone and said, Jimmy haven't
seen ANYBODY. You tell that Mora,
guy or his manager that II he doesn't
III 49, -
we will get another physical culturis
&c meet Coffey. ri fight for YOU,
Jimmy, and NOBODY else, whethr
ONeil, Harvey and Wellman like Il o;
not. My word is my bond Jimmy, sli
I'm going through for YOU, Jimmy Be,
cause you're nice little fellow and !
can't help liking you Gibson told n:
that. Now I'll add this TO the plot o.
the playdoodle. :,
81, James Johnston, a disciple OF
Pay Tay Bsrnum If you will. have a''
Gibson's signature attached 10 con
tract which SAYS that Mr. James Jo-
seph Coffey will fight Francisco Geof-
Riana Moran for NE and the Snow COR
poration ANY time during the ye"
1915.
81 got that all important bit OF eh'.
Biography from Mr.. Gibson Sunday ~"
after the close of the six-day rae.
Now then. Mr.. Isaac Dorgan Just gO'
me on the wire and said that he va
TO meet Mysteries 0'Neil, Harvey e..
Wellman al the Claridge. He SAID ths'
the mysterious trio had hlnted "a,
cut in their original offer OF slV'v..,
suggesting that an additional per et.'
be added to privileged 20 per cen. ~
stead. Then came Dorgan's voice u -
undertone: -,
Jimmy, will you raise your prS..
"Then went mine BACK in an uh''''
tone-'NO.'
"And there you are. Now I've COZ.
I know that the world at large IS va
ing for the narrowing details. rse''
10 them" -.
OF course the Major Cement and w. ~.
poral Punishment referred 70 oi 80.
irrepressible James Johnston IS -. =.
tenant Colonel +. ". Van c. Lucas e..
commanding officer Of the ga s,,,
cheering Corps, who appeared -. %
the boxing commissioners last VIZ,
deny that Jess Mcmahon or any %. 4,
person was to be the matchmAS"
the armory. I.E
The Engineering Corps receNeo lab
cense 10 conduct bouts under taI,.
name of Engineers Athletic "s''
ton, several weeks ago.