The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
HARRY FORBES
In A BAD LIGHT
AFTER THE BOUT
Claim Is Made He Intended
Entering the Ring Expect
ing to Lose to Frank Neil

- PORTING circles were disturbed yes
terday with stories of the Nell
~ Forbes bout There was specuia'ioh
asto whether or not Clarence FORBES
,aat,arveight. who went down to de-
cot ar the hands of jim Neil's boy was as
Good boxer as his brother Harry VINO
r,os originally billed to meet Neil but
who refused to enter the ring on the
Ground that he was i'll. There were also
ru,,,ors and stories of the big betting coup
which was spoiled when all pets were
declared off
The story which gained the greatest
oreaance was that Harry Forbes entered
into a compact with several big betting
mon nv which they were to clean UP 1ully
twenty thousand dollars by his allowing
Neil 10 win Forbes was Ill for three or
fonr davs before the contest and was IN
ohle to train. He was staying at Jockey
Monk Coburns house in Oakland, ana
was in touch with many big betting men
II is claimed that when Forbes became
III he decided to go into the ring with Neil,
make as good showing as he could and
then get knocked out. He could re-
turn East with the excuse that the ell
mate of California made it practically I'M
nossjble for him to fight at llo pounds.
'rbe proposed coup failed when large
amounts of money were offered on Neil
~ s,,snicious odds. thus attracting atten-
tio, 70 the proposed job Forbes appar-
ent1v intended to enter the ring until the
moment bets were declared of.
II Is doubtful if Harry Forbes could
have done any better than his brother
against the shifty Californian Neil
showed a marked Improvement over his
former bout with Harry Forbes. Many
inclined tn he
Heve Neil disposed of the cleverest and
hest lighting timber in the Forbes family
when he laid Clarence low with those
terrific left hooks in the stomach.
when Harry Forbes and Neil met
in Oakland few weeks ago the Califor-
MIA boy landed on Forbes repeatedly.
He hored in and took world of beating
about the head and body and gave
Iarea nortions of the same kind of
med,cine i'm return. Neil could hit
Iorrv Forbes. This he could not
do to Clarence Forbes. In the entire six
rounds Neil was kept busy protecting
himself and laying low for his intended
mark. the pit of his opponents stomach
Clarence Forbes rushed Neil all over
tho ,ine and on two occasions. through
enc rones with his superior weight and
strenotb Harry Forbes was unable to
budge Neil an inch in their bout
across the bay Harry Forbes had
one marked advantage over his brother
clarence. He showed he could set a fast
er pace and go longer route without
firing than Clarence, but in all other ele-
mems that were shown comparatively in
the two contests Clarence Forbes seemed
more dangerous customer than his
brother Harry.
Neil was about town yesterday feeling
&C frfskv as kitten. Save for slight
discoleration over his left eye he bore no
marks 70 show he had been engaged in a
Ga sstS aix-round contest with a man ten
mounds his superior in weight. Neil re-
ceived se22 for his share of the purse
Forbes received 1925 from the club and
s100 from Manager Hertz as a bonus for
ta.ine his brothers place. He also saved
a $3.50 weight forfeit for his brother
Harry. which Jim Neil very generously
refused to claim.
Young Frank Mcconnell. the game
hoxer who was injured in his bout with
Spider Joe Welch, regained consciousness
early yesterday morning and began to