Evening star., 1916-12-03
AFTER EASY BATTLE
Boxers With Real Punch Have
Hard Time Getting Matches.
BOB MOHA AN EXAMPLE
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

champion or almost unDeAtaOle, Ae
might as we'll sever connections with
his manager and go back to the old
routine Of regular work-unless he has
other means Of getting his three per
day and lodging" That Is the advice
handed out by Bob Moha, the Milwau-
kee cave-man. and his manager. Patsy
Callahan. 1t is all right to be a cham
pion. providing you are not rolling up
knockouts. but to be considered a real
fighter of the old John L. Sullivan
type-why, that is different. When
Bob went to New York some months
ago to seek matches with the best at
his weight or heavier he could not
get within hailing distance of the
managers of would-be champions and
the like. and all because there were
reports Of Moha's terrific hitting pow
ers. especially after he had beaten big
Joe Cox. the Missouri Giant. They all
sidestepped US as If we had the
plague" said Callahan. and you could
not coax them into a match under any
circumstances. Why, Bob and I ate
up five bank rolls at the hotel waiting
for some Of them to come across and
sistance Of the commission, we were
able to get match at the Garden. one
that had been agreed to previously. but
there were so many. postponements
chance to step into the ring and see
his opponent he had gone stale. 1t is
no use kicking now. and I am not be-
moaning my fate. but the truth is Bob
was stale and did not do as well as he
should have done.
Now see the change! After Billy
Miske gained the newspaper decision
over Bob and proclaimed himself
world champion in the light-heavy-
weight class (for what reason is not
apparently. why. the managers Of fight
ers about the east began to fall over
themselves in an effort to challenge
Bob. One Of the club promoters did
not lose faith in the cave-man and
Immediately offered him a match with
Jack Dillon. which was grabbed up.
Others came along the same way, and
now we cannot fll all the dates. 1
have finally come to the conclusion
the others think can be whipped than
one who has reputation Of being un-
beatable. 1t is joke to consider Miske
champion because he got a newspaper
Hsfst It Hyf1 must s'g sa1 made s fss
bad. also his manager. for they nearly
killed poor Harry Pollock. The latter
asked Miske what he wanted to meet
Charlie CT .e ny Weinert Miskss manager
of 30 per cent of the gross. That is
surely good for an overnight cham
pion. Pollock tainted and since then
has been under the doctors care off
and on. So you see, it is just as well
that Bob did not win. for he might
still be searching for matches"
A match that has been in the making
for the past year is liable to come to
Benny Leonard. the New York sensa-
ton. and Richie Mitchell, the Nil
waukee fash Neither one is a cham
pion, but both are eligible to Freddy
will mean the probable elimination of
one of them. Both are of the clever
type. with Leonard the harder hitter of
the two, although of late Mitchell has
been developing punch that promises
trouble for some of the boys. It seems
strange that SO many clubs in various
parts of the country should try to
land this match. Offers have been made
for IT by clubs in Brooklyn. New York.
New Orleans. Philadelphia and Mi,
waukee. but of the entire lot there are
two logical points to hold it-New York
or Milwaukee. Should the two boys
go along without meeting defeat for
the next few months. IT is a certainty
that they will draw tremendous
house in Milwaukee or New York
Leonard's manager. Billy Gibson knows
the game and is holding off for a big
be in the big city or Milwaukee re-
mains to be seen. but there is strong
effort being made to have the eastern
lad show his speed in the west with
Mitchell In the meantime Richie Is
getting ready for clashes with some of
the other lightweight stars and the
same can be said Of Leonard. They have
very serious barrier in the person of
lightweight. Dundee has met both boys
and claims win over Leonard. He
beat Mitchell In a ten-round bout when
the latter was just starting out; in
fact. 1t was Riches first big league
event at that time among the real
lightweights. Since then he has i'm
proved wonderfully and no doubt
Johnny will find him a very different
proposition now.
Joe yelling. the Chicago lightweight
who placed himself under the manage
nent OF the boy bandit Jeems John
ston of New York; q year ago, showed
his real class last week in a match
with Ever Hammer. the "bristling
blond" also Of Chicago, at Racine. Wis
These boys had met a year before In
ten-round bout. at Kenosha. Wis
and yelling showed very poorly. Ham
newspaper critics. The second meet
ing brought different yelling into
the field. Joe had his strength and all
his cleverness working together. He
was ao Sooi ds the foxy hiu MCCOY
when the latter was at his best. and
after gauging Mr. Hammer for a few
rounds he set about his work like an
artist. Joe would permit Ever to rush
n head FRS. and meet him with nasty
straight left jab in the face. Then, to
make matters more interesting he
would cross his right over to the chin
ana jar Hammer severely. The Bat
Ting Dane took the gaff like a major
general, and never backed away an
inch but as the rounds passed he be-
gan to weaken under the pounding. and
IN the eighth he went down from
heavy cross to the chin. He took to
the canvas again in the following
round the same way. A peculiar Incl
dent in connection with the knock
downs was the fact that Ever after
icing put down, arose each time, and
then went back to the floor, resting on
one knee. and taking the full count of
nine. 1t was in direct violation of the
rules. but was passed by all parties
without murmur. The referee-Har-
crowd would have howled murder II he
had given the fight to yelling under
such conditions. and he was right.
Wellings manager said he did not want
to enter a protest at the time. as he
felt confident that Joe would stop Ever.
so the matter was permitted to go by
the boards. 1t was just as well. and
saved lot of arguments and possible
trouble. But getting back to yelling.
the boy showed that he can make the
lightweight limit easily. and be strong;
also that he classes with top-notchers
now. and must be considered In the
race for the crown.
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