New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Boxing News and Notes
.Bv FRED HAWTHORNE

We read in book once, Aunt
Eleanor Ann, that all great men have
their enemies, and that it is only the
boob, the simp and the ninny who
Kever have cross word said TO or
about them, or get a hard look If
that is all true. we expect to achieve
greatness next Tuesday morning. AS
somebody said: "Some guys are born
with greatness, others achieve it. and
some lucky stifs have it fed to them
with stomach pump. We expect to
get ours via the rubber tube route.
Throw a handful Of pillows there on
the floor, grab that bglass and the
bottle of "B V. D." and we will discuss
the situation at our ease # You ave
certain that there are 10 alcoholic
fumes in the air, you might open the
window, but be careful, for the pro-
hlbltlon man VIII get you, if you done
watch out
A careful count of all the merry
little workers in all the departments
OF this family newspaper, disclosed the
TACT that there are lust ia men. lads
and trails" who earn their daily
storage eggs. granulated sugar range
coal and monthly gas, electric light
Laundry, grocer, butcher, baker and
delicateSsen bills by writing "pieces
Tor the paper" OF this total, there
are only seven who are professed de
Votees of prize fighting Of the vast
rema1nder, fifty-three ordinarily smoke
perfumed cigarettes. arch thcn eye
brows beautifully and discuss the latest
movements" in art. world politics.
music. interpretatve dancing and
Freudian dreams. The rest are in
terested in their work, other peoples
business, lawn tennis, croquet. bad
mlnton, .he "house beautiful." hog
raising, the "back to the land" move
ment and rs to whether the Giants are
going to give Charlie Stoneham rlln
for his money next season.
You Will thus see, at glance, Aunt
Eleanor Ann, that one hundred and
seven OF these precious souls and soul
cites are not interested in the vulgar
practice of prize fighting, and don't
even like to hear it discussed, openly.
That is, of course, except when there's
a good bout in prospect. Then it's diff
fercnt. Oh, of coursel It's not that
they want to see two brutes in human
form punch each other, but Just for the
curiosity of'"seeing how the other half
lives, "slumming," "studying types"
and for the purpose of "studyng the
psychology of the thing Those are
the favorlte reasons, and then there
are a few who "have couple of
trends coming to town who are anx-
lous to see something different if YOU
know what mean
Benny Leonard and Johnny Dundee
are going to fight at the Newark
SSportsmen's Club next Monday night.
they are going to try their best to put
each other in "bighty" by short cir
cutting each others brains with a
punch to the jaw or any other vital
spot, and they are goinr to do it for
money, and ii both escape this fate
the gentle beings who have paid their
money to see such a picture as we have
painted IN this paragraph are going to
set up an awful holler and say the bout
was fixed 'or they will whistle "The
Merry Widow Waltz" and intimate that
Benny and Johnny share the same hall
room.
However, and not wthstanding.
Aunt Eleanor Ann, one hundred and
eleven Of our co-workers in this Office
have already put in their applications
for tickets to the Leonard Dundee
battle on Monday night, and they all
want seats right up front where they
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three who did not ask for ducats, one
is cross-eycd and would spend the
whole evening looking at the tip of
his nose, and it is not beautiful nose
to look at. The second has got a wry
neck and can only look at the ceiling,
and likes the pattern OF his own wall
paper better than the Newark brand
The third nonclaimant shutters and
it would take him four days to tell
us that ne wanted seats. He only
started expressing his wishes at :37
O'Clock on Thursday night and when
we hat-footed it TO press at 10:30
o'clock last night he had only got as
far as: u1-l-I-I0wa- wa wa -wa-wa-
want" We KNOW what he wants but
he won't finish the sentence until 1877
o'clock Monday night, and by that
time the fight will be over.
The management of the Newark
Club sent us note last
night, stating that if we would take
thetube under the Hudson at midnight
tonight, unaccompnncd, dressed in a
Prince Albert coat, white satin waist
coat. black slouch hat, gas mask,
handkerchief over our eyes, Plugs in
our ears and gerdenia in our button
hole, we shall be met in Hoboken by
n stranger dressed like the masked
marvel
This individual will take us by the