The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-04

Wnl Harry Greh, the Pittsburgh
terrific pace he has been setting the
past year? In Buffalo last week he
celebrated his thirty sixth straight VIC
tory; that is, newspaper decisions in
most cases, and against middleweights
and light heavyweights of all kinds.
Grcb has not picked the soft ones. but
has taken any middleweights suggested
and has not dubbed about the weight.
His manager, Jimmy Mason, seems to
have the utmost confidence in the
world that the young Iittsburgher can
defcatxany middleweight living and for
that reason he pays no attention to his
opponents. When a lad can go along
and beat such men as Battling Levin
sky, lack Dillon. Jeff Smith. Gus
Christie, George Chip. Buck Grouse and
| the like, there must be something to
| him. lie has been fighting at the rate
of about two battles a week--some-
!. times more~-but there must be a limit
to the boys endurance and ii will not
be surprising if he is obliged to let up
/ in his strenuous campaign, the same as
| Battling Levinsky did last year.
| NitIle NtidtiN, lttt We'll llfN II N'Iii.tti'i
| sporting man and manager Of Earl
Caddock. the, champion wrestler, is
| thinking of trying To make a boxer of
the young title holder--one Who would
1 be able to grab off the heavyweight
i championships Gene thinks that Cad
dock could be trained tn make IA great
! fighter, as he is Il very apt pupil at all
| kinds of sports and he is quick to in
! troducc points of his own. However
/ Mclady has reached the conclusion
| that there is II great difference in the
! work of boxers and wrestlers and thai
once a man becomes proficient al
| wrestling, it is "A difficult matter t.
change him into a boxer TIL. fact i.
! the muscles are brought into differen
use entirely. y wrestler acquires big
/ whip-like muscles and strong as iron
4 while the boxer wants his muscles a!
pliahle as possible. so as to give hin
an easy motion and at the same TIM
have the strength TO Put over Il sleel
producer if necessary.
Quite an agitation is going on il
New York state now regarding tn
boxing game, which is supposed to be
come a dead letter in that state afte
| .>'NtfI'Si ~ Ii'itSS'I hdNtIoI'
anxious 10 assist the army and navy i
the training of young men, i'll n state
mcnt says: We are all convinced tina
n knowledge of boxing is of the great
est value as a preparation for moder
warfare and il should he taught 10 th
army aud navy boys alike" There hav
been claims that the boxers through
out the country We're not reSpondin
as they should. but that is not corret
IN all eases. In Cleveland. Ohio. sin
teen Of the best boxers there joinc
the colors for Uncle Sam; at Fol-
! Sheridan, H.. there We're GOO youn
men taking part in boxing exercise
! under competent teachers, while n
! many more We're doing the same thin
+. at Camp Robinson in Wisconsin. an
J still more at Waco. Texas, where res
2 ular Journeys are held. While there al
{ n few of the boxers who have hel
back from joining the colors, there al
at least 1000 of them who have II,
only joined, but many of them are no
in France. With all this boosting (,
n the boxing game it looks as though II
4 sport will have sure come back :
d New York state before long.
& Mike Gibbons. the St. Paul phanto,
twho has joined the training camp Z