The sun., 1916-11-18
MONA MASSACRED
BY BILLY MISKD
st. Paul Thunderbolt Batters
Cave Man All Over Ring
at Broadway 8. c.
CL1NCHING SAVES HIM
~ GEORGE n. UNDER woon

Billy Mske. lean and sincwy power,u,
as a pit bulldog. and Bob MONA soua,
broad barrelled n thick neckcd as the
wide bowed English bull, met In the rim,
IN the broadway $. e. OF BROOKLYN las,
night. and the fighter Of the pit bull, ,yrs
ripped and slashed his opponent 10 RIB.
bons.
Miske. 1.-THE n panther. had ,i,.,.
difficulty in sliding inside Mohas AZ
fences with crashing let's and right.
Driving In punches from all angles, n.
landed at will on head and body and
got away with few returns. Billy bat.
tered Bob SO hard that the Cave Man
had TO clinch and hold to save himself
1t was only through his constant clInch.
Ing and hanging on that Moha was en-.
abled to 20 the rout.
Billy took the cave" out Of the cavs
Man. He handled the ferocious looking
Mona like a baby. He outtough, him
both at Ions range and in the inhghting,
Even when the powerfully thcwed
Moha-mounds OF muscles pillowed
Bob's back and shoulders and his arm,
were thick as twin oaks-tried 10
wrestle he came out second best. Mlsks
battered him at will and probably would
have stopped him only through Moha's
constant clinching. Miske never held.
He fought clean and hard from the Hrst
to the final clang OF the gong.
The mill was witnessed by the b,eges,
crowd that ever was squeezed into the
Broadway s. G. Anticipating the rush
hundreds of emergency seats were M,
In and every chair was taken. Spec,a.
tors were packed in so densely tina, one
couldn't reach for his handkerchief with.
out poking an elbow In his neighbors
eye.
About Equal In Weight.
Moha. a sawed on Hercules WHO
needed only "A black skin to make him
a Joe Walcott or n Sam Langford.
tipped the beam at lG7 pounds stripped
Miske. tall, sinewy. 1.-THE as "A panther
In his movements. scaled lTlia pounds
In ring toys.
Mlske's opening lead was n lef, which
Mona took on top OF the head Bob
blocked a right to the body. but Eilly
followed with a round arm swing ,ha.
crashed TO the ribs. Moha covered up
In a turtle defence. but Miske KEEP, sick.
Ing lefts through and ripping let's and
rights up under. Moha tried one pivo,
punch coming out OF a clinch. bu, az
no damage. II was Miske's round hy
n clear margin.
Raking Moha with punches crashed IN
from all angles. Billy had Bob climbing
and holding to save himself in the sec.
ond. Miske handled the ~ferocious Mocha
like a pet kitten. He landed ut will with
clean. snappy punches, while Moha
found the -. Paul wonder an elusive
target. Rob got home one vicious le.,
hook TO the jaw and a crushing RICH, %
the rib IN the third. but Billy made
him "a dearly for 1t. rocking him with
hard lefts and rights.
A right cross and a following left
hand uprercut that almost lifted Moha
on his feet had Bob in a bad way a,
the start Of the fourth. He grabbed
Miske and hung on for dear life. Bob
recuperated quickly and came hack
strong neal the end OF the round. Moha
started aggressively In the NTH. but Mlsks
soon slowed him up. One OF his rights
staggered Moha. and probably would
have dropped him II It hadn't been
nigh. A left hook split open Mohas
right cheek.