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Show Both Mandot and Rivers.Arejn ' , Best Condition of Their Lives I , t . .. By H. M, Walker LOS ANGELES. Aug. 3t.-r-Joc , Mandot may be a ferocious young fellow when in the ring, but while training ho is a quiet, seU-satlsflcd seU-satlsflcd appearing chap. If wc dug deep enough Into the Frenchman's makeup a well-developed sense of humor probably would he exposed. Joseph went through forty-five minutes of posing for the photographers photogra-phers at the Vernon camp recently, knocked a few wheezes out of -a lame looking punching bag. shadow boxed until ho was dizzy and smothered his bigger sparring partner, Jimmy Evans, Ev-ans, the Kansas City welterweight, for two rounds, i In point of ring style Mandot has . a mothod all his own, Ho Is, what ! the critics call a natural lighter, copies nobody and has a right hand that spells sicklier vfrotn tho wrist', to the elbow. Unquestionably Mun-dot's Mun-dot's stock In trade consists of his right hand punch. Ho ban this; and nothing more, but the punch Is both a 'dangerous and puzzling one and , I'm curlout- to see what wjll happen the nrt time he experiments with It on Jbc Rlverp. Wlih his left hand held tight against his body, Mandot feints with His head after a queer: fashion and follows' with a short overhand niove-inont niove-inont of his right, hla aim being Tor the Jaw. lie landed this biow squarely square-ly on Evuns's chin a half dozen times Insldo of fifteen seconds thin afternoon and Tom McCaroy, sitting close to the ropes, remarked: uryirlAT Is a now one on me, I r thought I knew the boxing . game from articles to knockout, knock-out, but I .never saw a man handle j himself like this before." Manager Harry Coleman, hearing the talk, turned around with a smile and, addressing McCarey, said: ''He'll have your Mexican friend badly tangled up before ho socond round Is over. I' nover yet saw a boxer that could Keep away from Joe's right." Behind Mandot's right hand action is full knockout power. If he ever laj's this blow ugalnst Rivera's Jaw thero may be trouble In store for the Los Angeles lightweight, but should. Rivers solve this now puzzle I fall to sco whero he has anything to fear from his strange opponent. No effort Is being spared to put Mandot Into first-class physical condition1. con-dition1. Ho la using Evans, Dougherty Dough-erty and Brewer as Bparring partners, xvlth Masseur Eurl Mohan of Denver" presiding over tho rubbing board. Notwithstanding this camp lineup It was reported today that Mandot had boon, acting slow and (dopy fop a couple of days and was having trouble trou-ble . in becoming acclimated. In the betting markot Rivers continues con-tinues to be a ton lo eight favorite over the southerner. THE New Orleans Hghtwolght is slow, deliberate and graceful in his movements. Ho is cool at all times and carrleB a thoughtful look on his sober face. . Evidently everything every-thing Mandot does is the result of premeditation. He is a 'fox" of 'the McCoy caliber, Rivers, hot-headed, savage and of a most excitable nature, fights with a Langford-Uke fun'. Joe seldom stops to llgure what he Is going to do. He lunges out for a desperate trial and does his fighting afterward. After studying both boys in their i trulnlng camps for the past week, It .In , my humble "opinion that the first jJ clean blow delivered to the Jaw region will be an important factor In the jJ final result, of thollghtwclght battle to he f-'tagcil beore, the Paclfli1 Ath- J ' lrsflc club at Vernon - ne;t Monday Should Rivers c.t his right ' home, jH the ronl est -Is likely to ?uri u the .tunc, round .thai the connection Is marie, if not with (he cue punch. Wc know full well the deadly execution behind nlvcrs's right, and Mandot - docs not look 'lo own what Is tech- uically known as, a, ''strong chin." H 'Joq weighed US pounds when he came In from a light hit of road work '(lils moaning:" said .Coleman. "Ho will .so 'Into th'' ring on Mondav wcI'dId belwr-.cn 129 and 1G0 pounds.'' . Down at the Vonlt'e . hench camp RivorR .continued to make life mis- .era'bjc for his crippled 'sparring part- ncrs, and there wiii trencru! rJolrlng among tho helpers when H bci-amo known that the Mexican was doing his last work today. Sunday will hn a day of rest for th? Los Angeles idol. IH npd for Mandot also.-' ' r H RIVERS 'was never In better con-, con-, dltiou. both physically and m?n-tally, m?n-tally, than he is at the present This statement stands with no reservation. Tho Mexican light-weight's light-weight's condition borders upon ring perfection.. 'His handlers ana advls-ere advls-ere havcdonc thoir' work. well. I have watched the littlo nrovvn boxer since the night ho fought his first preliminary at . Xaud Junction, until he was groomed to, meet the world's, lightweight champion last I had figured that Joe had reached. IH his best mark when lie walked Into the ring to box Wolgast. but after IH watching him at Venice I am of the opinion that he Is fully a 10 per cent jH improvement over the Rivers of a few short weeks ago, It Is only recently that Rivers has jH shown a disposition to mistreat his fl sparring partners, and among the rctlnuo of helpora at Ihe Venice camp no explanation Is offered outside of Levy's plain statement that "It's just the cussed meanness In his nature coming: out." With his big brother. Andy Rivera, laid away with a broken nose. Joe showed his sparring partners no IH mercy today. Three of the hired tar-gets tar-gets took a real licking In silence IH while Joseph appeared to take a de-light de-light in extending himself. Veteran Charley Dalton. was wal-loped wal-loped about the ring for three rounds. fl and time ufter time Charlie was forced to "stall" and hang onfto sava himself. A ' welterweight ' named "Blackey" Mitchell tore around the. ring for nine minutes and was lucky to save hlmsolf from being knocked out Little Johrlnle Schlff had his jH punishment lessened to one short round. Rivers made no excuses. He has gone on record to tho effect that jH he is paying the men to give him a lfl daily workout and that they muss protect themselves. On the handball court, in shadow boxing and bog punching as well as In the ring Rivers worked in, dash-Ing dash-Ing stylo. Never for a moment did IM he lag or rest. His heart was in his work and he got results. The Mexl- IB can was close to the 133-pound mark at the finish, so close that tho weigh- IH ing problem of next Monday Is giving him absolutely no concern. |