New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27

BOUT WILL Be
INITIATED HEDI
Bob Moha and Joe G.,
Will Do the Tall and
Short Man Act.
BY W. o. McGEEHAy.

Bob Mohs and Joe Cox will ,,..,.
latter day version of the c.l.b,,,.,
bout between David and Goliath VIZ.
was fought some time prior "a ..
enactment Of the Frswley boxing a.
Moha. who 10 picturesauely md az.
what suggestively known as Nsrt.,,-,
Moha. the Milwaukee Cavemsn. IA g..
feet four inches from the rrouss =,
while Cox is a foot taller and san.
thing like a hundred pounds k..r.,
1t is written that David beaneS Cog.
ath and sent him down for ii. .ov,,
Mr.. Mohs will try to do the san, ,s,,,
TO Mr.. Cox, who, on the other h,ri
will earnestly endeayor to avoid Ben,
beaned.
Cox. who is frequently referred y |
as the Cumbersome Cox. is eredi,,i
with once having made Jess Will,I
leap over the ropes in terror. g,
who is now under the management. !,
Joseph Hlmphries, the lark..hroa,s
Demosthenes Of Tammany Hall, is az
under the tutelage Of Nr. jan,
j. Corbett, the eminent rhesv:,,
Whether having Corbett as a mentor !
a sign of good or bad luck remain, n
be seen. We seem 70 recolect ,ss,|
James once insisted that Thomas cev
Ter, the Cumberland Man Mountain,
was the logical contender for heayy.
weight championship honorA
The Madison Square Garden bcr,x
season will start Monday night Wit
the Welling-Dundee bout. The Dg
Bandits new protege is lad Of PROG.
ise and Wednesday night will dseh
once and for all whether ne possessu
the class to mingle with the ligs,
weight contenders.
Since the fight was postponed Du,
dee, the awaiting Scotchwop, has n
auired a punch somewhere. At an
rate he knocked somebody out in an upI
state encounter. The Dundee camp 4
deeply mysterious about the new blov|
Scotty Montieth, who manages DUNDEE
says that il will bring down Wellir,
and later land the championship 70;
the Scotchwop.
The showing of AID Wolgast at WmsI
ington Park Friday night was pititv|
We saw Wolgast when he was as lit|
as a panther and about seven time, 4
viciously aggressive fight Bsttir(
Nelson TO a standstill. II was ~
bloodiest and iercest battle that vi
ever fought in the Queensberry rir5
That afternoon, at Point Rlehmonj
Cal. Wolgast was a bounding little NJ
fury. Friday night he was a pasty al
fabby has-been. with a stomach IN
that of an alderman. There ought 4
be a retiring board with arbitrs-
powers TO tell ex-chsmpions when the
are through. They never know thee
selves.
We have Just received from Den'e
an account of the weighing OF Frett,
Welsh. who is said TO tip the scales =
exactly 1921 pounds. The fable Is J.
Illustrated with a photograph OF ~
Commissioner of Weights and Ma
ures looking at the scales. There
a look of blank amazement on the IA
of the Commissioner. No wonder.
Freddie Welsh weighs 1914 pounds .
the official scales of Denver, then q
weights and measures of the sovereig
State of Colorado are decidedly on Il
blink.
Still. they say that in that lofty alt
tude people are lighter than they a.
in the lower levels. Oh, well. il Free
die weighs that in Denver, the cire.
fat man had better keep away fro
the burg. He would think he was d
living skeleton II he ever weighed o.
there.
The latest news from Buenos Ayr
is that Jim Buckley has not yet star
ed for New York. He intended
leave yesterday. but was unable to 81
out because Billy Gibson had neglec
ed to cable the price Of bsthir
suit. Sam Langford, Sam Mcvey a.
Harry Wills are reported on the wa
They slowed away in the bunkers Of
banana boat disguised as Jumps Z
coal.