The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-23
THE ROPED ARENA

A dispatch from San Diego on Saturday
announced that Tom Barry had been ten
dered benefit there, and In the course OF
the evening Barry boxed five rounds with a
local pug named Kaufman, the result be-
ing draw. This is the same Barry who
displayed a great desire to go up against
Billy Gallagher, the boxing instructor of
tine Los Angeles Athletic club. After pre-
liminary arrangements had all been made
Barry backed down. quite to the satisfac-
ton of the club, as there had all the time
been feeling that he would have been no
match for their instructor. This idea is
quite supported by the above quoted dis
patch, for the man who could do no better
than five-round draw with Kaufman is no
match at gil for Gallagher, one of the clev-
crest men in the country.
The members of the los Angeles Attn
letic club are greatly interested in the box
ing contest that will take place on Decem-
Der 26th between Fred Began of San Fran
cisco and Jack Frazier of Los Angeles. 1t
would be difficult to find two men at 1872
pounds who will put up more interesting
exhibition than these two. AS has often
been said Began is the cleverer man of the
two and has had ring experience with bet
ter men. His claim of the featherweight
championship of the Coast seems to be we'll
founded and as yet has never been de-
feated. His hardest work was the fifteen
round draw that he had with Frazer on Oc-
tober 18th last. In this event Frazer
proved himself to be game, fast man,
with an ability to st and punishment that
quite offset the superior cleverness OF his
opponent. In the coming contest the men
will meet at catchweights, both being in
he iv,r,odiafn nninhhnrbnnd 0f 100
pounds. The club has arranged several in
teresting preliminaries and an evening of
excellent sport is anticipated.
So Bob Fitzsimmons has accepted the
challenge made him by Peter Maher, and
the men are actually going to meet again:
All arrangement have been completed
and both men are at once going into train
ing for this great event. Maher is quoted
by all those who have lately seen him as a
wonderfully improved man, strong, cool,
quick and finished boxer. But it must
not be forgotten that he will be handi-
capped seriously by one thing. The man
he is going against defeated him once be-
fore, and there is nothing that takes the
confidence out of a man as the remem.
brance of former defeat by his opponent.
Fitzsimmons Is man who has never been
defeated, and is almost as strong and much
cleverer than the man that he is matched
against. When these two men step into
the ring there is every likelihood that the
odds will be all in favor of Fitzsimmons.
BY the way, when do we get another
amatuer boxers night at the Los Angeles
Athletic Club? Surely the club can afford
to encourage sport which n man has been
especially engaged to teach. There are
some very clever youngsters in the club,
and an entertainment of this kind could be
made very enjoyable. John Brink would
rule supreme in the heavyweight class, for
there are none to go against him. But in
the other classes there are plenty of men
to give a good field. The fact that the
club will soon move into its new quarters
may prevent anything of the kind being
tried at present, but such entertainments
should not be dropped for good. They are
of great benefit to those who are learning
to box, and moreover make very pleas.
ant form of entertainment.