Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-24
MANAGERS WAGER
ON BIG BOUT IN
MADISON SQUARE
Tom Jones and Ike Dorgan
Make Flash on Willard
Moran Tilt
BY p. T. KNOX.

When Tom" jones was a yonuG-
ster-thats Z long time ago-he heard
someone remark 1T pHys u aGyer-
tise." Tom" never forgot II. II mas
been one of his life's problems. And
I must be said that Tom has sue
ceeded wonderfully; liz fact. il is safe
Il wager that ThUmlH EaS never ever
looked a bet in that line, especially
when the advertising could be had
by simply using / little n"ai work
and without throwing purse INTO the
ring. T.,
When Tex" Richard and "Slm
MCCracken matched Jesse Willard
and Frank Moran they realized 1t was
some distance between the date ct
matching and the date OF the bout
Consistent advertising was one OF the
problems they reckoned with at tee
time But they overlooked Jones IN
their calculations. He. too. recognlL-
ed the problem, and called all his for
ces TO work-meaning that he arous-
ed himself-and prepared cam.talgn
Ct his own He has launched couple
of stunts OF the ordinary variety 70
date. but saved his coup detat, so 20
speak. until it could be done before
an apureciative and admiring aud
fence. incidentally, the audience was
an absolutely necessary part OF the
stage setting.
Il happened in this way:
Jones left Willard long enough to
hunt up Ike" Dorgan, Moran ivan.
ager. AS Jones hoped. he found Ike
surrounded by a cluster of attentive
fans"
Hellol" greeted Jones.
"Hello!" retorted Dorgan, defiant
like.
"How's Moran" asks Jones, just as
if he cared. ....... -,
Great" counters Dorgan. "How's
Willard?" he queried by way OF re-
turning the courtesy.
Never better" replied "Tom." i
understand Moran is pretty confl
dent?" he said in the form of ques-
ton. -......
Couldn't be more so" said Dorgan,
still on the defensive.
How much so?" asked Jones.
Dorgan thought for a moment he.
fore jabbing with, "He has all the con.
fidence in the world. ri.
Impossible" retorted Jones. Viii
lard has corer on the market"
4 can only speak for one" replied
Dorgan. f." ~
Now. every sporting man knows
that when a man says that he might
lust as well reach in his pocket for
his check book. That's precisely
what Jones did. ssss
Dorgan wasn't quite as fast as
Jones about it, But then ike
wasn't raised on speed, whereas
Tom used to be a professional run
ner this is not a knock at Jonese.
Besides, "Ike's' check book is little
larger Tin size) than Jones, and its,
harder to get outta pocket"
~ I'll just show you how confident
Willard is said Jones. How
much would you like to wager"
Tom" always says wager. He never
refers to wager as bet. Maybe he's
superstitious. It's a funny thing
about managers of fighters. The
only time they will let the other man
ager have the say is when bet is
about to be made. ..' p. T..
Dorgan Immediately assumed q
sparring position. You name the fig
ure," he said, just as if il didn't make
a bit of difference whether 1t was to
be a nickel or--or dollar.
"Ill tell You what III do" said
Tom.s Il said | intended to show
you how confident Willard is. I'm go
ing to do it. I'm going to wager one
thousand dollars with you that Will
lard WILL STOP MORAN. The last
part of the challenge was shouted.
OF course, that was the heavy part Of
the act The audience drew a deep
breath. All except the sophisticated
locking individual standing on the
outside of the crowd. He chuckled.
We judged that he had been around
with fight managers before. '-@ u.
You're on, shouted Dorgan. He
didn't shout 1t as loud as Jones did,
because Ike" hasn't had his shout
cultivated yet. You know Ike" isn't
very old in the managerial same.
And, right before the eyes of every
one. they serawled ont their checks,
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