New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
By IGOE

That old sly dog John the Barber
has the secret about that mysterious
ball park and that equally mysterious
$4,000 bankroll still locked in his
breast. Jack will not tell-just yet.
There must be something to it. Either
that or Jawn has a biscuit hidden
away in his coat pocket some place, for
no man can be as happy as John was
Yesterday unless he's got the bulge on
the mob somehow. Pleading did little
good. John says he will hold back the
news until he has 'em all set up ready
TO knock 'em dead. Every known ball
park was mentioned to Jay yesterday
but he would not unbuckle for mo,
ment. "It's almost too good to be true,
said John yesterday. as he blushed IKE
a schoolgirl.
"As | told you yesterday, have the
option on this ball park, can seat I'VE
times as many people as the Garaen'
and have the man TO put up the s4O'-
600 for Moran and Willard. That's as
far as | dare go now" said John, ana
he closed up like the Bank of England
on Derby day.
Aw. Jawn, what's the use of being so
exclusive about your plans? Come on
Tip it off. Give the fans something 70
wag their tongues about. He who hest
tates loses lot Of publicity: If you
don't believe that, why, ask Token
Worm, and let it be known that ToX
leads the 7. A. League in hitting.
You know J. Tox is the quick
witted individual who, when he heard
that one of his stars was down
with nervous prostration, went out
and laid a tanbark carpet around
the entire block in which her hotei re.
posed. Tox put il over. SAID that ~
successfully deadened any NOISE tnat
teams might make to add to his star !.
discomfort. Slick, wasn't IT, Jawn !
Well, why not you? You could do this
about that mysterious ball PARK. why
not churn up a giant tank Of lather and
snread a fluffy stream of it from the
barber shop right up to this mysterious
ball park, wherever IL is. The chumps
would be sure to follow up that stream
in one direction or another to find out
what il was all about, and, who knows
but that most of them might take the
wrong tack and land right in the little
shaving emporium? Bound to break
even on the cost Of the lather, John,
once they got within hearing OF your
voice. You could have coaxed 10 10, the
I dog-faced boy, to part with his grogans,
/ and they were his stock in trade for
many years.
Jimmy Johnston has hit upon an idea
/ that goes Joe Levins, of the American
! Sporting Club, one better, since Joe was
/ the author Of the guarantee show.
/ ave make no such guarantee as our
neighbor did" iaid Johnston last night.
"When two heavyweights like Gun
boat Smith and Jim Coffey agree to box
/ for the Garden we don't have to ask
/ them TO fight on the level. It's under
/ stood that they will. But don't want
| the fans to think that poor little
/ Jimmy, and that's me, has run out OF
ideas. When do | will go back TO
/ iron moulding. And speaking of iron
moulders, | was one. On the level.
| used TO come home to my wife and Kids
/ like the rest of them with the old din
ner pail and face like coal miner
"Well. when 7 got into the boxing
came left the dinner pail in the attic
washed up and put on boiled shirt for
GOOD. That's some time ago The other
/ day when the wife, my nine kids and
myself closed in around the three
| Thanksgiving turkeys kid number
seven spoke right up out of his bib
and said: Daddy, you never carry your
7 dinner pail any more. w men are you
going 70 WORK again. But let me
tell you how | am going TO out-idea
Toe Lcvins. To make Cofey and the
/ Gunner 20 at top speed have decided
/ "a rive the man who wins this Monday
nio6t fight with n knockout $1,000.
Tsnt that corking line? One thou
eaud 10 the man who wins with X. o
A corking line. Then let the man who
wins the thousand try TO GET it. That
line isn't so good, is it, Jim Coffey
handed us a laugh to-day. He rang uE
and wanted 20 know if we could get
frank Moran TO come up and spar three
romnds with him Sunday. Now that;
cIubby stuff, isn't it, Shows what .
onod.natured Get Jim is. Let ne tel
Con too. that il Moran refuses 20 come
/ CofTev will be shocked that Moran cam
,aLc = Joke. 'Onc thousand TO the mar
''bo wins Monday nights fight with q
knockout.' Good line. Ell Y
The Pioneer Sporting Club VIII take
.,otber fling at making expenses or
neyt Thursday night. Johnny Dundee
and Phil Bloom have been rematchef
and will perform for the customers y
,bc big thing. The tight between thu
pair IN RTookhs = week sSo hfS's'