New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-15

TO that. don't blame him. He is
willing to split the lighters end
$50. He stands on that cut. This
he will do, though, he told me. IL
Buckley is so cocksure about the Gun
ner's ability he will bet him a cold
$4,000 that Coffey wins. Pm waiting
on Buckley for an answer TO that. Glib
son is smart enough TO know that Cof-
fey is still a great favorite with the
Irish. and you know how many Cells
stormed that place the night he fought
Moran.
"a Coffey-Moran return bout for that
date? Well, I'll tell you. Moran's
manager, Ike Dorgan, is tougher to talk
business TO than Tom Jones. He talks
about Moran in millions. billions and
trillions. He wants lot more money
for Moran than Frank got last time. |
don't censure Isaac for that. but why
throw the old harpOon into poor little
Jimmy Johnston? Pm not a sperm
whale, you know. I'm Only the general
manager Of Madison Square Garden.
Let Ike go to Gibson for more money.
| can only give just so much.
$50 far as I'm concerned. therell be
no Moran-Coffey bout while Moran and
Ike are up there in the golden clouds
plucking peoples. So long. Some
thing the matter with the trick sky
light. Got to go out and fix that. too
Johnny Ertle, the little king Of the
bantams. trots out for the second time
tonight. Over in Brooklyn he meets
Young Solzberg. There's reason. too.
Solzberg, il seems, took the new cham
pion into camp out in Milwaukee about
nine months ago. Johnny Solzberg had
a much better reputation than Johnny
Ertle at that time. Brooklyn John got
the decision over Western John that
night. The first thing that came to
Ertle's mind after he got the decision
that made him n champion was that he
must wipe out that Solzberg thing. 1t
would have been his first fight as cham
pion had Solzberg been handy.
Solzberg had the Chinese ague or
some other ailment. so Ertle had to
start off his championship career with
some other fstic tyke. Tonight he
hopes to clean the slate entire.
Over in Carlisle, Penn, they have a
chap who they think is going to be
a pretty nifty lightweight. frankie
Mcclure is his name. and his claim TO
fame is that he has bowled his way
through the bantam, feather and light
weight classes out in Central Pennsyl-
vana with unvarying success. not.
withstanding his lack OF technical
nreparation," so his Boswell says.
frankie has knocked lot OF his oppo-
nents out. and that fact alone makes
him an interesting person. for there is
"a dearth Of hitters just now. Send
him over. Let the Gothamites give
linn the up-and-down, and II he can
knock them out he can begin to name
his own figure.
81 wish you'd straignten ne out with
the public" said Joe HUMPHREYS yes
terday.
"It's this way: When | go into q
ring and announce the weights at
| fight that bunch In the galleries gen
orally gives me the horse laugh, es-
pecially when the athletes look health
I Ter than the given figures would indi-
cate. Now I'm not responsible for
those figures. The state has a man
there TO weigh the boxers. His figures
} are official. and TO make 10 certain that
there will be no comeback ! make that
official weigher write out the name OF
each contestant. with his weight iotted
down also. Then ! ask him to sign it.
/ That little slip OF paper is therefore
an official state document, so far | am
concerned.
Now. tell the fans that. will you
don't want them 10 think that
weigh the boys and am kidding them.
! I'm a terribly sensitive fellow, and
though I'm the town clown when II
comes to making them smile I'd rather
7 take one on the chin from Sam Lang
/ ford than 10 have that gallery OF young
Charlie Cases. Billy Vans, Eddie Foys,
/ Tom Nawns. Johnny Rays. Jim McIn-
tyres, Tom Heaths. Nat Willses Frank
Fogartys and George Renos hop aboard
me. don't WEIGH them. Tell en-
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