| Show FIVE NOT NOTABLE ABLE F I BATTLES ON THIS WEEK II I I Leonard-Dundee Leonard and Britto Lewis Britton-Lewis Lewis Bouts Stand StandOut StandOut Out as Most Prominent Moha at Last Gets a Chance I IVE notable battles feature the program for the cu current week with FIVE I-i I headliners in practically every division of pugilism being contenders I Down at New Orleans on Tuesday night Joe Rivers and Jo Joe Jo Thomas will joust for twenty ro rounds this bout being the longest on the schedule Two ancient rivals Jack Britton holder of the welter weight championship and Ted Lewis a persistent challenger will box twelve rounds to a decision at Boston Mass New York fans will have as the headline engagement a ten round setto sotto between Wild Bob Moha and Billy the tho St. St Paul sensation who recently electrified the East by making the highly touted Battling Levinsky travel at ata ata ata a vicious clip in a New York ring By his splendid showing in that encounter Misko became a G Gotham tham celebrity In casting about for an opponent nt for in his next match the promoters hit upon Moha who has been the football foot foot- I ball bail of an unkind fate recently Wild Robert has been campaigning in New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York for seven months and in that time I he has su succeeded in landing but one contest The affair with will be his second Apparently Moha is looked upon as bad medicine by the middle middleweights middleweights middleweights weights and light heavies who infest the East The matches that stand tand out most prominently however are ue a a. six round 1 tetto Ietto between Johnny Dundee and Benny Leonard I at Philadelphia and a fifteen fifteen- round argument between Levinsky and Ca Call Cail l Moms at Kansas City The return affair between Dundee and I IThe Leonard Is over oer too short a a. route to make It probable that a decisive ending will re re- re sult suit It will be he the third meeting between I th these sc rivals They have had two ten ten- round sellos with honors practically even so It Is reasonable to suppose ten ten-I that contest which will be only for tor six Mix rounds is likely to to h ba be a 3 draw I aff affair Ir Dundee made a a. much better showing against Leonard in their last I than he did when ho faced the famous Benn Benny for th the first time in March a year rear ago and the the re result proved Dundee's I cI claim lm that he was VIlS not fit tit for a fight tight be be- be fore tore Dundee tou fought ht a it ripping tearing battle right from the outset while Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard met the assault with cool judgment and unerring wallops Leonard continually continually continually ally beat Dundee to the punch and scored more frequently than the hopping did Sporting writers of ot the metropolis were divided in their opinion of the outI out out- come Many Maby contended Dundee deserved the decision d because of ot his aggressiveness aggressive aggressive- I ness neBS while others held that Leonard was entitled to the verdict because he lie landed the greater number of ot blows I Scotty Monteith who guides the ring destinies of ot Dundee Is working unceasingly unceasingly to bring about a twenty-round twenty battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe between Champion Welsh and Dundee but but- up to the present time nothing definite definite nite nile has been accomplished In order to secure a title match Monteith conferred I with the owners of the big boxing arena I lt eo at New e Orleans and promised u to assume s all aU financial risks Involved in the promotion promotion promotion promo promo- tion of the match It Is Monteith's Intention in intention In- In to pay Welsh a guarantee of ot with the privilege of BO 60 per cent of the house and then gamble on the drawing power of the battle It would be necessary for the match to draw at least gate In order for tor to break even The cautious Scot Is not given to gam gam- hung bling on the services of hl his battler as he generally exacts a 3 gu guarantee rantee whenever Dundee appears but In the resent In Instance Instance instance in- in stance he believes it worth while to take a chano There have been several notable in instances instances in- in stances where whet the title challenger staked everything everything- on the outcome of a champIonship championship championship cham cham- ID-I ID match When Ad Wolgast fought and defeated Battling Nerson Nelson for forthe forthe forthe the light weight title the Dutchman ac accepted accepted ac- ac I the match on the promise of aC 1 10 per cent of tb the tha total receipts for his end I Nelson exacted 4 45 per cent The bout bouti i drew w close to Wolgast O s however i had wagered that he would o beat t Nelson Kelson He got good odds for his hie coin and naturally he cleaned up handsomely through the victory but the fact tact remains nevertheless that if It the Dutchman had hart lost he would have been nat flatter r than Tim Jones was when Charley Cutler walloped walloped walloped wal wal- loped him for tor coaxing Jess Jens Willard away Through his championship Wolgast has haB earned approximately I Willie Ritchie was more more conservative Ithan I Ithan than when he took over the title j Instead of or gambling on the outcome the I Ir i shrewd r Ritchie played y safe by accepting P 15 per c cent of 1 r the gate for r his bit and his share totaled close to 2000 Ritchie e reaped hie his harvest barve t later but the lightweight light light- w weight title never brought r him hm I In a as much money as It did Wolgast I mIt mItI mItI It in muse u use I b be admitted though that Ritchie tried to toI I turn everything Into gold while he held the championship h 0 ills Ilia lust for coin was I never t more strikingly demonstrated n r tb than hen e negotiations I were progressing o for forthe the title match with h Freddie Welsh I From I r roni the outset held fast to his demand for a guarantee of win lose or ori i draw Finding I eeR Ritchie h unyielding i j gl Wel Velh p h finally advised V UM the London promoters he heI Z dor i I would n not expect c a cent n for his hie share u uni un- un i til tl Ritchie's demands and the Incidental I expenses expensed for tor th the show were met so the I 1 match then became a fixture Welsh unI un- un I undoubtedly took the biggest gamble In Inthe I the history of the prize ring when he I acce accepted the Shylock hylock terms of Ritchie As 11 L matter of or fact tact Welsh elsh got nothing more than hi his bill expenses to out of the contest contest contest con con- test because became atu the re receipts receipt w were wre re barely I enough to rover cover expense then however Welsh has been reaping a fL golden gold gold- en n harvest and It is la not overestimating when It Is III slated ted that th the th champion today I Is worth orth nor nOI less leas than I With these precedents before fore him It Is I 1 not surprising that Scott Scotty In Is willing 0 o gamble gB on nn his battler h if H L Loin Loin- inI in- in I dee should whip W Welsh Ih the future would 1 I Its r reward ward whereas If Welsh is 11 ful In tee of hH his title hue the hI de de- de i ithe feat would leave Dundee practically in 10 inthe inthe the same class with all the other victims of ot the champion and his earning powers I would be but slightly decreased Monteith Mon Mon- is shrewd enough to r realize all the possibilities that lie in a a. championship match and as he knows he has haN everything to gain and scarcely anything anything- to lose it Is 18 I not surprising that he is doing all l In his power to force torce Welsh Into to the battle I IThe The contest between Carl Morris and Battling Levinsky in Kansas Cl City will be bet ben beb betaken betaken taken n more e seriously I now than it would 1 have a b been t two weeks ago oth as L Levinsky vi has the prestige of ot a twelve-round twelve decIsion decision deci decI- sion over Jack Dillon who wo is rated as ast some shucks in n th the heavy lJ fl weight division i kih 3 d Of t course e the admirers 1 of Dillon will in insist insist in- in that he was off oZ his stride from too erom too much fighting but that contention need not cloud up claim to the crul- crul championship which Dillon formerly formerly for for- m merly held There are symptoms to show that an organized press agent campaign is being conducted with the view of bring about a match between n Champion Willard and Levinsky in New York On the face of it ite this looks like a burlesque u on the ring game e but stranger n things i have a been n rb put I ov over oer r on the gullible fans of ot th the metropolis so BO do not be surprised If It the battle is announced announced announced an an- I In the near future The matching of ot Levinsky with Carl Morris is in reality a a. part of or the grooming campaign on behalf of ot Levinsky If Ie the Hebrew battler should succeed In making a a. good showing against t the Ml Missouri husk husky in their round fifteen-round contest he and his hired boosters on the he New York newspapers will have some Bome sort eort of a a. substantial substantial substantial sub sub- excuse for trying to nag Willard Villard into a a. match Morris will be remembered In these thes parts as the Giant and he first husky to make white-hoping white a regular lar business In shape ho scales around pounds He lie will outweigh Levinsky by some fifty odd pounds The great difference in weight however does not necessarily mean a bad match When hen Dillon and Moran fought in New ew York the latter was full fully forty pounds heavier than the Hoosier yet et his big big- handicap did not keep Dillon from giving the big fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low a a. thorough racing lacing The Morris affair may have a similar outcome Negotiations appear to o be successfully progressing toward a battle between Freddie Welsh and Johnny Johnny- Kilbane at Toledo O. O The Toledo O O- O Athletic association association association asso asso- wants to stage this bout over the thew twelve round w l route Welsh el th has at accepted g I I a guarantee r of but his rs demand that the weight b-a b pounds is likely to I Ie cause a hitch C Kilbane b wants Welsh I to i J Jo in weigh e in at Ill 3 at i 2 o'clock the afternoon o of th the bout It is claimed that Welsh weighed Just about when he fought Chari Charley Chancy e White at Denver on Labor Jabor day and that he wast was wa st strong and full of pep t It Is argued r that h if rete he got down as low lowas lowas as that a for White e a lightweight t he should out not hesitate to toa nf make t It elf l' l K Kil bane a a. who easily easil can cando cando do HZ Welshs Welsh's acceptance of the guarantee Is believed to remove the biggest biggest big big- gest obstacle to the match If It he lie Is Js satisfied s financially there is La a feeling e I Ithe th that he dWI will n knock g off the objections U n as to the weight I |
