New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-11
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
By IGOE

That the Moran Coffey fight is an as
sured thing seems certain at TINS ICY
hour. Last night Jimmy Johnston prac-
ticallv admitted that he was ready TO
make up the difference of one and two
thirds percent Of the gross that prevent
ed Ike Dorgan and Billy Gibson from
signing up for Moran and Coifey' re-
spectively. Jimmy vaulted into Texas
cab last night right il. the middle oil
thrilling six-day race sprint ana went
on a Cooks tour in quest OF Dorgah'
James doesn't want that match 10 get
away from him with so many rivals IN
the field, hence the mad dash TO locate
Ike.
Jimmy's hunt was in vain, for he was
told at Moran's hotel that both Ike ana
Francis Charles were IN Saratoga on
a hunting trip. Ike left town 10 JOIN
Moran Immediately after the Midnight
conference with Gibson at the Garden
on last Tuesday night. When Dorgan
dashed out of the Garden to catch his
train he said he would lay his old dou-
ble-barrel bunderbuss in the corner
long enough 10 be in at the hnal pow
WOW at Considine's on Monday alter
noon. When Johnston found that the
bird had flown he tried to find out the
exact location of the Mcran-Dorgan
hunting ground, with q view Of Landing
a telegram right IN the middle OF
shower of No. 8 shot.
All attempts to have Johnston admit
that he would make up the difference
in the argument proved useless. John-
ston is the original tOngue-ted man
when he has a secret locked IN ms
breast. lust as close about 1t, in fact, as
he is about mis- pugilistic past, phase
of mis- life that is not even mentioned
by any Of his nine bouncing klddles.
If Dorgan can be located by wire
perhaps the only thing to be done
Monday afternoon will be to select a
referee. Right here quaint litt'" 70"
will crop up, too. Ike IS strong LOT
Bill Brown. He feels that Blown mas
been uniustly treated in being prac-
tically removed as the official referee
of the Garden shows. Ike hints that
il came about because Gibson believed
that Brown should not have stopped
the Moran-Coffey fight while the Dig
Irishman was on his feet. Gibson VIII
unuuestionably balk against Brown as
n third man, and if what Dorgan has
limited at be true, there Will be no
signing unless Brown is part OF the
bargain. Now that the question OF
dollars and percentages has been
settled this thing of referee looms
up like a Chinese typhoon. IL may be
left to the commissioners as last re-
sort, and they will very judiciously
appoint a dark horse.
JEFF Smith was so badly cut over the
eye in the fight with Geor"n ~ 1T
Boston that il will be impossible for
him 70 appear against ,n, 80. h,G.
His place will be taken by Battling
Levinsky at the Clermont Rink IN
Brooklyn tonight.
It will cost the Pioneer Sporting
Club 5000 extra for the privilege OF
holding the Jim Savage Charley Vein
ert bout on Thursday night. When
the question of prior claim on the SER
vices of Jim Savage came up before
the boxing commissioners yesterday
that body ruled that the American
Sporting Club was perfectly right in
protesting Savage's appearance at any
other organization before he fulfilled
contract held by that club. Joe Levins
for the American sporting C.uD was
willing 10 compromise and allow the
Pioneer Club TO go ahead with its show,
providing II pad his club 5000. the
amount spent in advertising a Jim
Savage-Tom Mcmahon bout and that
SEQ v'~~'d promise to fight any man
the American Club selects, on either
J4n4--. 40. a tud a as merry
as marriage bell when Savage,
LevIns. JGn4u, Paudy Donneily, FRED
Wenck, Charley Desserick and d spec
tator joined hands and did a ring
around the-rosie.
That conflict in dates that threatened
TO spoil the attendance at the Kid La
vigne testimonial and the Harlem
Sporting Club show on next Friday
night hasn't been Strengthened out yet.
Sam Fitzpatrick said last night that ne
couldn't change his plans, because there
would be no open date obtainable so
far as the Amsterdam Opera House was
concerned until long after New Year.
Every night but December II has its
own particular attraction.
Sam would gladly give yay 70 the
John the Barber show if there was
chance TO get any place as large as the
Amsterdam Opera House before Christ
mas time. Sam wants little Lavigne TO
get that nest egg before Christmas. and
Sam is quite right John the Barber
says he is willing 10 do anythin~ IN fhe
world 10 straighten out the matter He