New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-02
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
.Hy IGOE.

What with Jack Curley out Of town
Tex Richard and Sam NcCrecken clip
ping coupons down N Wall Street. Ike
Dorgan practising that sand lig on d
slack wire for circus purposes, the
Monticello ependthrif,s out Of car
shot and jimmy Johnston down with
the govt. things WERE quiet in select
heavyweight circles yesterday.
Tom Jones was said 10 have denied
that Jack Curley had two weeks
option, but whether he has or not, JACK
will convince Jones that he HAS. JACK
is one Of our incest little convincers.
lie convinced the scribes mat he had
$4,000 house i'm Havana the night
that he arrived from tho scene Of John
sons downfall. When Fred Wenck.
now the major domo Of the boxing
commission. fell Off cushioned lounge
with laughter in Frazee's office at tho
announcement, |urley wheeled on him
and said in r Loud Chicago voice:
well. that's my story. ana I'm go
ing 20 stick 20 it," and stick 10 u he
did until photographs Of the ATTEND
ANCE were flashed on the innocents
week or so later. Curley has SOME
THING up his sleeve. and il isn't
flower pot. a white duck. a plnk-eyed
rabbit or an orange tree in full bloom.
Just what Jack has hidden away from
us is hard 20 fathom. Ike Dorgan
said Yesterday that it WASN'T two
weeks extension Of time option on
Wizards services.
Curley has flown, and all sorts OF
rumors are afoat. The chances are
that lack is headed for Chicago TO
give Tom Jones an earful. Willard
NAV lend an ear or two IN the mean
time About the only thing that Jess
is doing these days is lending his ears.
A wire comes from Chicago stating
that Jack Dillon has signed with the
Milwaukee promoters to fight Frank
Moran there, the pair TO get 10 per
cent Of the gate. Moran himself said
last night that i was pure barney,
that his manager had not made any
deals with the Western promoters. He
declared that ar offer for a fight with
Dillon had come from Tortorich, but
no figures had been mentioned.
Frank insisted that Curley didnt
have two weeks extension Of time
on Willard's services. and. in his opin-
ion. the champion had run out cold. II
would seem so. Unless Jess and his
henchmen get move or pretty quick,
he is going 10 lose what little popu-
larity he possesses. In the meantime,
all eyes will turn toward Chicago.
where the syndicate is bound 20 come
TO an understanding OF things, and
possibly 70 head. for there IS no
denying he fact that Willard is losing
a lot Of valuable time and money with
all the jockeying he is being subject
ed TO.
From brother Semmy:
Dear Igoe: The hearing Of my COM
plant against the Manhattan A. c.
before the boxing commission is set
for Wednesday. I'll be represented by
one OF the BEST attorneys in America
not myself. so the MANHATTAN people
had better not try anv monkey bust
ness. On February Marty meets Kid
Allen in the star bout. I'm a mad man.
Tgoe. over that Manhattan thing. You
know Yourself that s566.3i is not 20 be
licked over in the street. That's why
I'm SO hot about the thing.
at isn't the money. Igoe. You know
that its the principle of fairness and
honesty tnat always slanu lot. !
could do without the money and so
could Leach. but then. why make Us the
goats? Leach has enough money 70
BUY and sell the Manhattan A. c.. but
then. business IS business, and We are
not out Tor our health. Even u we
don't get the money we'll have the
satisfaction Of showing them up"
Fred Fulton wants 20 come here
NOW and meet Frank Moran at Nadi-
son Square Garden. After stubbing his
big toe. Fred is now very anxious -
get in on the ground floor He had d
great chance 10 make lot OF money
when Jimmy Johnston offered him
Garden match with the Pittsburgh
blond. Fulton held out for a $4,000
guarantee and Johnston swooned away
with the little yellow telegram in his
fingers. Then some smart Aleck told
Mike Collins that good soft one for
big Fred would be Porky Flynn. The
record books have il all now.
Fred fell down with a sickening thud
He couldn't whip the man that little
Steve Ketchel knocked kicking. so
where does he III in? thew said. Johns