Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
LARGE PURSES BEING OFFERED
FOR HEAVIES IN NEW YORK
Fred Fulton, Jim Co@ey, Frank Moran and
Jack Dillon Among the Scrappers to
Split Up $4,000 This Spring.


Darcy cannot make the middleweisht
limit of I5S hounds tthe new scale .is
$50 at 3 O'Clock. which Darcy easily
made recentIyS All ask ia fair
chance for ~, r,n He st,n6s ready
10 80. my mai, $500,
. middIewsiabt, I;,,,i, Ia Ill, nos, for
felt anv s;me fn,. match Th.t 10
Guy 'ihe LOT "a.cn, nat is
.uoIe .han iot OF the Wouid-pe cham-
Ho VIII w.
Kid Graves. the Cleveland welterweight
class until defeated recently on a foul nv
Bob Mona of Milwaukee. takes exception
to some of the articles regarding the
Writing from Cleveland Ohio Gravas
! says:
My attention was attracted to articles
referring to my bout with Eddie Moha of
Alilwaukee at Dayton. Ohio. l beg to pre-
sent to you and your readers if you pre-
fer. the real facts of the matter. and it
.lIsh. occur 10 you that L am in posi-.
tnn 10 Know me facts, wherein some or
eh a. soireS res, nave fallen down
articles GIN in tb uoe M nave noticed IN my
aiwavs ha ave 49, n9rk 6oH,ns Gazette,
the new weIterwaioht ah 70 n.ao.e MONA as
ica and IN uritins NJ t snaimplon OF amer,
expicitIv Thai Me-. ,. .e III, s,a,eu
the eleventh round a. NJ ~, ~, !" h .out III
made any denial'oS ,osin, tbe ,,nrd;nt
1 at once released anv claim mon the the
American weIter chamnionsh;n When '
| lost to Mona, Prior 10 this hout VIZ" ! had
been the recognized (by most boxing au-
thorities) American champion and since
| Moha had the good fortune to win the
| verdict over me he undoubtedly is the
champion now.
l. me reieree was empowered to render a
ueeISIon IN our bout and did SO in favor
o. .. mona IN the eleventh round, making
! IL sIie statement Graves hit Moha a low
pium anu ! seen IL, quoting him exactly.
! s.n,.aI pup1G encouragement that had
ishna Nv, sa low, out Internationally. fin
eentie,,sn tht - was evioent to you
I.aIly ever made VIII II Neieree buo
accredited To him n my 80, sueh III, s.atemeht as
| of heard it o o'ie else .hsi' hho"
Now to get dour =, o
of the matter is tbis ,ne rae.
| no condition - 80 was III ana IN
| Da yton haw;,S 80, Mheh l Went 70
water til after ,o;Sn;,h. q eup OF not
fore with NV f,thar 81 .ne nishl pc
| ing on me 70 hra., u VI olnel wor n
| tack Of Ia srinne up serious at.
| in under the stin~iot.d " .,a;,s. snea
| fought that night haat;,, ~ ~
nine round Wits On. T ainn Mona ior
the Anal ro,,nd i,s+ 49,. anu ~
dent i.nGed S;, 1919 the acci-
nose sni;tt;n sum i.she vi MONA
| Eo1iowipa hit anu slasSeIihs MIN.
bodv wben ba III, 80 lei. III me
blow IL s,r,,nL bur,e o,; up ~ avoid lhe
1 fro
mainad ~ a .s rpm ms corner ne re-
whiia h IN .le noor' tWIsting ABOUT
.fomi, rs seSonus were screaHilng
twen+ 60, was toh,siZeu
his .sgnn',. ring. YET Mona. IN an
~ Ms asohy arose ana walked from a
So 80. .oIi Zee. from my corner, an the
way ~ ms own, Wltnout any assistance
t NJ. asaih wei. u the moor sroan-
low Ma saio .nat WINE the dow was
II would have NO ,rnnII -, 49,
ming Mocha and want To maLe ~ nc
emphatic as can that If tba Moba
people think I can't and matchmaker
anywhere in the country cares 1o STAGE
the bout. am ready TO nroye IL
Losing hfteen.round decision to
Jack Britton recently has nor dis
couraged me in the least. If l can get
another bout with Jack over the same
route or shorter one, | believe / can
reverse the verdict l think / am en-
titled to another bout, as | mad beaten
Britton four times bafore he finally
thumped me, though m victories were
merely newspaper verdicts, victories,
nevertheless. Failing in arranging a
rebout with either Moha or Britton,
am willing to once more start cleaning
the rest of the class. no one barred
In connection with the above it might
be mentioned that Kid Lewis and Jack
Britton are billed for what is termed
d "elteTWclSHl titie pout a. 1>eW
Orleans, April "a. and the winner is
after match with Packey Mcfar-
!! Matched with Lewis for Nav l. at
Dayton Ohio 90 that if the English
man wins Mona will he in for a very
near chamnionsbin march over the
fiftaen-round rorte
-
for poker VINO vas never d sh az
pion. PacKes Mcf arianu mas iaiIei nv
some OF the pest paying matches I'M
aslnabie. Packey mas pulled Gown soIne
big purses against Jack britton. Mike
Gibbons and others ana now ne is OIL
fered a fiat $4,000 for meeting with
the winner of the Kid Lewis-Jack Brit
ton match at New Orleans. April "a.
That would be pretty soft for Packey.
but he has not made up his mind as
vet whether he will accept. Another
offer is for $4,000 from a Milwaukee
club for a meeting with Mike Gibbons.
the ST Paul phantom. at 154 hounds
There are some Champions who have
never received such sums as have heen
bandad out to the Cbicapo how uod
packev tried to cantura t;tIe outsida
ns ths 1;ebtweipht class ba M,o,,Id NC
Ja,,ht b.Sa bean .uccassf,i ~ ~ -,
49, nrsferred ~ ~, 80 ho1I ~ a.
10 ,rd Las 49, ~ ,. " ny