El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11
MSkE AND MONA
OUT FOR TITLE
Intend to Battle Until They
Get Championship; Ma
girl Shakes Manager.
BY 7. :. ANDREWS.

Milwaukee. W IS. Nov ll.-Billv
Miske. the st. Paul fighter. and Bob
Moha. the Milwaukee caveman. have
entered the race for the light heavy
weight championship. Heretofore Jack
Dillon and Battling" Levinsky have
had the little scrap all to themselves.
but now Bob and Billy insist upon
having a lookin. When the American
Boxing association met IN Cleveland
there was no hesitancy in awarding the
cruiser title to Jack Dillon. as he stood
alone a that time in the class Re
Gently at Boston Dillon and Levinskv
battled y rounds to a decision and
Levinskv gained the referees verdict. 4
the result being that the Battler
claimed the right to the champion
ship
Later Mr.. Miske fought Levinsky in
Brooklyn and the papers gave the s..
Paul scrapper the decision, and his !.
manager. P. J. Smith. claimed IL for {
Billy but there can be nothing doing
along those lines as il was a node
cision affair. Bob Moha and his man
ager. Patsy Callahan, who have been
eating their heads off in New York
waiting for a chance to battle Charlie
Weinert. Frank Moran or Jack Dillon.
finally became disguised with the ac-
lions Of the Madison Square Garden
club and decided to take on Miske in
Brooklyn
So they will clash November IL and '
at the same time take a shot at the
title. for If the cavemen can put over
a sleep producer on Billy it will give
him clear field 70 go after Levinsky
for real championship match
MaEirI DIScardS Manager.
Art MaEirl. the Oklahoma welter-
weight who went to Australia as a
member Of the bunch OF boxers whom
Bert Connors OF Memphis, conveyed. has
split with his manager and Is attend
ing to his own affairs there. accord :
ing to Art himself In writing OF the
dOings In the land Of the kangaroo.
MaRfrl saws You will be SURPRISED
with my manager. Bert Connors. and
attending to nv own business now
have been getting along pretty well
and will do fairly well over here
was taken I'll with kidney trouble. hav-
ing been out Of shape from il before
I left san Francisco.
Well. the other boys attended to =,
their affairs and I remained in sgd Z
ney and decided that it would be just :
as well TO look after my own business
Has Had Two Fights
81 have had two fignts-kno cking
out Dave Smith in Il rounds. and beat
ing Fred Kay on points in 20 rounds
I hope to get a crack at Darcy \
have taken on some weight and will
be strong around 15s pounds. which is
just what l want I wanted 70 fight
Jimmy Clabby. but the latter did not
seem anxious to make the match
was also after McTOorty. but he
would not be able to make weight for
me. I guess he is through here. as
he was not trained any and looks to
be heavy
darcy a Great Fighter.
Darcy Is a great fighter and no mis-
take. but I would Ike a chance al hin,
for l have always made by best show
Tanning. the featherweight who came
over with US. is doing fine and making
q big hit Benny Palmer hurt his Jaw
in his fight with Mccoy and has not
been able to do much. although he
says he is ready now for more matches
expect to leave here early in De-
the first Of the year 1 will then be
able 10 meet any Of the middleweights
in the country, Nike gibbons included
at I5S pounds Jack Read. the former
TO the states by the same mail as takes
this letter He IS good tighter and
intends 10 remain in America the
other boys will probably be sailing
about the same time as myself Jimmy
Dime and his bunch are making a hit
here and I expect to see Darcy ana
Chip matched again"
Win Title of south America.
George Lawrence, manager Of SanA
McVey and Bob Devere, who went tQl
South America with the American con =
tingent Of fighters who were 20 reap
much coin for a series OF battles there
brought back one title at any rate
that Of heavyweight championship OF
South America. When the Yankee
fighters reached Buenos Aires they dis
covered that the supposed rich back
ers OF the project had WEIGHED 10
a certain extent and il was a case
OF getting back 10 the states IN
hurry
These boxers were assisted back by
Billy Gibson, who engineered the deal
At that time manager Lawrence ana
his two fighters were in Santiago
Chile having gone there 10 take part
in two battles. the one between Nc
Vev and Langford in Buenos Aires De
2 f1-aa n~fn raEnlT
that Lawrence and his men were ieIt ,
stranded in Chile; but finally they man
aged TO stage a couple OF bouts ana
get enough kale 20 bring them back
to the stars and stripes
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