Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-17
GOTHAM WANT MONA
AND DILLON TO MIX
Other Ring Followers to Not
Favor Match Between These
Two Giant Killers.
THINK IT WOULD BE TAME

New York, Sept. "a match be-
tween those two iron men, Bob Moha
and Jack Dillon, now is in demand.
Some persons seem to think that it
would be just the reverse. Neither of
these men is great hitter, but their
power of resistance is out OF the or
binary. 1t is so much greater than
their hitting ability that nothing sem
sational could possibly happen.
Dillon and Moha will be much bet
ter off il they stick TO their specially
of humbling the clumsy big fellows.
They both are we'll equipped to do
that and SO obtain plenty Of favorable
publicity. But if they fought each
other the scrap would be very COM
monplacc affair and both would lose
caste. ...
There is something highly spec
tacular about little fellow like Moha
beating a giant like Joe Cox, although
as matter OF fact the smaller man
really has the easier task. The idea
that little man shouldn't be able to
beat big man is all wrong. As long
as the little man is able to withstand
punishment he need have no fear Of
few pounds and inches. Look over
the record OF the heavies during the
last few years and twill be seen that
in almost every case where there has
been marked difference the little
man has won out.
Flynn Cleans Morris.
The first OF these affairs was the
Carl Morris Jim Flynn bout at the
Madison Square Garden, which was
one OF the earliest fights under the
Frawley law. Little Flynn was no
higher than his opponents shoulder
and he knew even less about boxing
than Morris did. II was purely test
Of physical strength and equipment
Flynn was easily the better rough
house man of the two and he inflicted
such beating on his gigantic oppon-
ent that the brutality OF 1t almost
caused the law to be repealed
Then there is Battling Lcvinsky
whose career has been one long run
of victories over men far bigger than
himself. The men who beat him were
invariably smaller than he. Jack Dillon
is another example Of the fact that the
man who said "a good big man can
always beat good little man. had
his wires crossed. Dillon makes jokes
OF the heavies, but has plenty OF
trouble whenever he encounters a
man Of his own size.
Sam Langford, rated the most dan
gerous OF the heavyweights, is a small
man compared with Jess Willard. 1t
is true that Willard, the champion, is
bigger than any other man in the
ring, bit his success does not depend
altogether upon his size II was be-
cause he knew far more about boxing
than Moran that the champion was
able to take his measure so easily.
Before Willard learned how to box
so we'll his great size did not make
him invincible by any means. Little
Tom Mcmahon, who was scarcely
more than middleweieht, made a
show of the big fellow, and Gunboat
Smith, weighing $50 pounds, won a
twenty-round decision over him. Right
now Willard absolutely refuses to
hear OF a match with little Jack Dill
Ion, although the latter has cleaned
up all contenders. Willard says a
match with Dillon would make him
look ridiculous, and yet he is not
ashamed to meet Fred Fulton, who
could scarcely last five rounds with
| Dillon.