New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-22

Fight promoters in this vicinity arc
paving a delicate tribute TO the mem
orv of the late G.. Washington to-day
IL being the birthday of the Father OF
His Country, by staging as many bouts
As the ring space OF Greater New lork
will allow. Those who wish TO do then
celebrating early will vault the Bridge
i'm the afternoon TO the Broadway
Snoring Club, where Jacob WOODWARD
more widely known as Young Ahearn
viii battle with Georges Chipuloni'
whose lighting monicker is George
Chip.
The afternoon will receive an added
star-spanged tone by some brief but
we'll chosen words of oloqueEce from
John Pythagoras Dunn, the boy orator
Of Flatbush.
As a further mark Of respect for the
dav il has been agreed that the man
ayers of fighters who lose on this his
toric occasion are TO refrain from
Offering alibis for their meal tickets
All that the managers will be permit.
ted TO say is. Il cannot tell a lie. The
other gink done it with his little wal
lop.'
Speaking OF alibs naturally bring
US TO James Johnston. the speeches.
sphinx Of Madison Square Garden.
"You know that | seldom make OK
cuses for my fighters said James;
but | cannot refrain from giving yot
/ the low down on why Andre Anderson
| the astounding and agile one. did no'
show al his best in that 20 with Willie
Meehan. The cunning Native Son tool
advantage of Andres only weakness
J You see, Andre is extremely ticklish
Meehan found that out through a So!
he had located in Andres training
quarters, and he took an unfair ad
vantage of it when he got my fighter
in the ring.
whenever the agile Andre looked
dangerous Meehan would reach up and
tickle him under the arm This made
Andre laugh so that he could not hi.
straight blow. ] think that tickling
1. man in the ring should be regarded
as a foul. On that basis Andre is en-
titled 70 the decision. | am going 70
/ lay this matter before the Boxing Com
mission and have the tickle blow
barred. do not propose TO lose a 10,
Of money that / ought to be getting
/ Just because some Of these fighter
from outside places are brutal enough
/ to tickle a rising young heavyweight
| to death"
Paddy Donnelly, who gathers together
/ the gladiators for the American Sport
| Ing Club on the near bank of the sill
/ vCIy Harlem River. tells us that he has
a second Joe Cans in Lee Johnson. Z
/ oclored lightweight of Harlem. PADDY
/ is mechanically in error. Unless oul
treacherous memory is handing us the
hooks again, Lee johnson is the l002tf
Joe Cans. Ever since Old Black 10,
heard those voices calling there have
been Joe Cans successors. white anC
black But none of them. coal-hued OF
, hiy-white. ever shaped up with the
"Old MarSter' when he was going we'll
Nevertheless. Lee Johnson is a shifty
lad. lie will demonstrate whether OF
not there is a faint resemblance be
tween himself and Cans when he meets
Bob Massey at Donnelly's shebeen this
evening.
Il is refreshing 20 see that the Box
ing Commission will attempt 10 muzZlC
the seconds. volunteers and regulars
Ii the rule can be carried out we viii
hear no more yociferious cries OF
"Give him the old one-two. kid.
stick out the left. Chimmie," "Give
" TO him downstairs" and many other
cd familiar cries. Personally. We be
liCvc that advice of any sort is harm
less. Ii has never bothered Us in any
way. We have never taken any and do
not expect 20.
But the earnest manner in which IL
is delivered at the ringside IS hard on
the ear drums. That noiseless bout
Is practicable was demonstrated while
the Atlantic feet was in tho North
River We attended the championship
ioyine tournament at that time. Just
before the bouts began a warrant off.
Ger. acting as master of ceremonies,
stepped into the ring and said simply,
~ There will be no rec-marks. please"
And there were no remarks made
although considerably more money
than Is ever wagercd on the average
bout ashore WAS bet on those matches.
There were all sorts Of opportunities
for an expression % opinion and for
advice. but hardly sound was heard,
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