Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29
BOB MOHA-GREB
BATTLE JULY 4
HAS FANS ACOC
First Time in Decade Tint Tri-
City Fight Fans VIII See Middle
weight Leaders Perform.
GREAT CROWD Is EXPECTED
Jimmy Harris Stanley Everett
Bout of Eight Rounds as Semi
Niud-uP Looks Like Corker.

Tri-city fjstiuia is aEoE with an
tic!pation. For the first time in "a
decade. followers of the ring sport
IN these parts Will have a chance
to see Two real miGdlewe ght box
eTs topnofChers. swap punches in
what 5 scheduled as a Lp-rOund
battle Bob MONA Of st Paul and
Harry Greb OF Pittsburgh are the
TWO. and they viii face each other
in The arena a the Island City
ball park on the afternoon OF July
i.
Both are rated "a among the hes-
in the UiidIewe5Eht RANKS Mona.
known in 81. Pan! as the Gave
Man" is a fighter typical Of the
tacEea-on m0nicker. Science is
not his forte. he depends upon
hard hitting, rushing, tactics.
Greb, on the other hand has
science in a peculiar way. He has
style ali mis- own. an unusual
jun ping jack mode Of attack which
has proven a puZzler 10 his oppOn-
enfs
At least ! 900 fans from Quincy,
Peoria. Bloomington, and several
cities in Iowa will attend the mill.
orders for reserved seats from
all Of these towns were received
by promoters today and one Of the
largest out-of-tOwn delegations
that ever poured into this city TO
witness a boxing contest will ar
rive July 3, to take in the big hoH-
day mill.
No sooner was the announce
meut made that the Greb-Moha
battle would be staged in this city
than orders for seats began 10
pour in TO the promoters. Peoria
ordered $50 seats and requested
that at least 100 more be reserved
|. for a few days Quincy will send
Il q delegation of % fans and Bloom
ingt0n has between 25 and 50 res
e-yati0ns made for the mill
There viii be no lack Of Chicago
ring followers at the mill Middle
weights have always been favOTites
with the Windy City fans and
many viii no doubt make the trip
on the Fourth 10 see these Two SEN
sat-ols ii action.
Many celebrated ring critics
from the }s1ay City viii also be
at tLa I!Dg5I4e
Mona viii no doubt bring a fol
LOVING from Milwaukee and 81.
Paul as well as from Minneapolis
where he has always been a big
fav0riJe
Prepare For Crowd.
The promoters began working
on plans today to seat a crowd OF
d least 5000 people The ring
Will lie so arranged that the seats
N tile grandstaud and bleacherS
will afford a clear view OF the ring
ana hundreds OF persons can be
cared Tor in these two stands. I.
is also understood that the men
staging the card are making efforts
10 secure circus seats to erect
around the ring.
While the promoters are only
preparing for q crowd of 5000 at
the present time it is more than
likely that before the day Of the
fight rolls around 1000 additional
seats will be erected to handle the
crowd
Fans around the three cities are
meeting the announcement with
great enthusiasm and one Of the
biggest crowds that ever packed
the local baseball park is expected
to witness the mill.
Seats viii be placed on sale at
all the leading cigar stores Of the
tri-cities not later than Monday
and a big advance sale is indicat-
ed by the manner in which the fol-
lowers of the mitt game are talk
ing Of the go
Harris in Shape.
Jimmy Harris, who meets Stan
lev Everett in the semi-windup is
in great condition for the battle
and expects TO give the Peoria fly
weight a real trimming.
Il was never in better shape III
ny Iife." said Harris today. after
working out for a few rounds with
several local boys. The exercise
[ had at Peanuts Schieberl's last
show along with the hard work
puts have been taking during the
past week has put me in great con-
1ition and l expect to beat the Pc |
2ria Kid.
4 realize Everett's ability as a |
tighter, but l think he'll find a |
harder job than he expects the af- |
:ernoon Of the Fourth. IN ready !
FOR the mill"
Harris and Everett will 90 eight /
rounds and this bout should prove /
4 real affair. Both are fast boys |
and Everett has a hard wallOp in !
Doth hands The boys will weight I
Il at II2 pounds at three O'Clock. {
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