New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-24
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
By EOE

what strange mortals these hght
managers be-" remarked James Joy
Johnston last night.
"Iere am !. offering the greatest
amount Of money ever wished on pair
of fighters for q ten-round exhibition,
and not one Of the men concerned has
stuck his nose inside the door Of this
Office How things have changed. lime
was when an offer Of S55,UOD would
have sent any fighter or any manager
10 the BOBBY hatch jabbering 20 him
self like an Amazon ape But NOW.
Why. my good chronicler of thirgs iis-
tie, these fellows have los, all sense Of
proportion.
"As regards Willard. ! have sent word
TO Jones that have offered his man
S35 600 fiat lie IS the man TO say yes
or 10 in the Willard camp. lie mas
paid no attention to my wire. Ike Dor
gan has failed to acknowledge my gen
ercsity in giving Moran a guarantee Of
$4,000. That is exactly $4,000 more
than he was offered originally. and S..
600 more than Richard is said TO have
gone. Now. when see Dorgan | am
going 20 give him an carful that Will
make his head swim. III just AXE old
Sobersidcs into corner and III say:
"'Now, Ike, Listen. Let's be frank
and earnest about this $4,000 offer.
I'll be FRANK and you be EARNEST.
It's d lot of mOH-nunny, Isaac, and it
does not grow on raspberry bushes.
Why not sign with Ne at that figure
You know that Jack Curley and Tom
Jones viii never give you that figure.
What do you say. Ike, If We DROP
Mister Willard. DROP him. sir and take
up the next piece of business? A. Sam
shannon, my booking agent, would say,
Ike. let Curley wash up" his champion
and we will agree 10 double in brass
with Fred Fulton or Jack Dillon, or,
mayhap, Thomas Cowler, should the
big EnClishman whip the giant killer.
Why linger with the Curley ring II
they will not PAY you what others are
willing TO shell out% You know Ike
is nice little fellow. and / KNOW
he'll listen 70 NE. like the boy.
like the man he represents. ! like
everybody. es-SPEC-ially when I'm try
ing 10 make match for the Garden.
"As said before. wired Jones. nam
ing nv figures. and th"v nave1t given
POOR little James tumble. Wouldn't
10 he odd f. tho game won't right on
here WITHOUT Mr.. Willard? Stranger
things have come 20 pass While We
are the subject, won't YOU please say
something about my slashing. dashing.
smashing. crashing fighter, Ted Lewis ?
/ lie fights Willie Richie return en-
/ gagement al the Garden Friday night"
Came then Ike Dorgan 20 the phone.
f Old Sobersides did peep thusly:
"Just back from Toronto. where No
ran boxed for the benefit Of the 10th
Irish Volunteers He made great
bit. He followed six regular bouts
with an exhibition with BARLEY Mad
den. and then ne addressed the vast
audience You should have heard them
b cheer when Frank told them that being
soldiers would make fine men Of them.
"He said that he could attribute his
fine physical condition 20 his navy days.
Sir John Eaton, the Marshall Field Of
Canada, conducted the show. and he
and Frank hObnObbed about afterward
meeting all corners.
"Curley? Johnston? haven't seen
either Of them. I'm afraid that John
ston is teasing Curley with that $50 900
offer. yet he may have some one who is
willing 20 post the money"
You say that Curley has just deliv-
cred statement giving the inside Of
the whole Willard business? I'll tell
you what the INSIDE Of the whole
business is before ! even read Curlev's
statement. They want 10 get little
Isaac Dorgan up aga INST wall and
make him accept THEIR terms. Vel.
! won't, and never viii T. Why should
! sign with isurlev when there are
dozens of OFF, = that are better than
lis b. 10 !. THEY'VE come TO NE