The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-24
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Fight Gossip.

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A heavyweight tournament, the win
ner to meet Jeffries is the project that
Is now occupying the fertile brain of
manager McCarey OF the Pacific Ath-
lettc club at Los Angeles. 1t is pro-
posed to hold the affair at that city
some time within the next two months
and the best of the big fellows now in
the ring will enter the contest. Those
so far counted on to take hand in the
tourney are Jack O'Brien, Sam Berger,
AL Kaufman, Tommy Burns and one
Mcbride, the last named being Paci-
fic coast product, whose fame has not
permeated east of the Sierra Nevadas
to any great extent. The slate as it
stands at present is for Burns and
Kaufman to go on the first night; next
Berger and Mcbride, and the winners
of these two battles to meet to decide
who shall have the pleasure Tor other
wise) of fighting Jack O'Brien. The
victor of this last struggle will be pitt
ed against Jeffries.
According to all this, big jeff" has
finally been induced to enter the ring
again. At least, it is hardly supposed
that McCarey would make all these
arrangements without having a dis
tinct understanding with the big fell
lows, although no direct statement
has been forthcoming from Jeffries
up to date. AS JEFF really cares
nothing for the game in itself, there
can be but one reason for his taking
another try at THE needs the
money. Ever since his retirement he
has been living an ideal life at his
ranch near Los Angeles, doing a little
farming, but not hurting himself by
overworking; and absorbing lots of
fresh air and sunshine, with an &C.
casional trip to town. The simple
life just suits Jeffries, but he hasn't
any great amount of the indispens-
able, and could no doubt use to good
advantage the $4,000 or $4,000 that
will accrue to him from reappear-
ance in the ring.
The big fellow, however, has put
on flesh rapidly within the past year
and now weighs fully 275, and probab-
ly something over that figure, accord
ing to those who have seen him late
ly. 1t will take him at least three
months to get into condition and the
chances are that the battle in which
he will figure will not occur much
before Christmas. Most of the pros
pective contestants expect to be in
Los Angeles the latter part of this
month to confer with McCarey. and
upon their deliberations will depend
the definite arrangements for the
tournament. At this writing there
does not appear to be one in the
bunch who is capable of giving the
oho ~, D{ov, opvthino lilo a eood
out.
Although Joe Walcott finally put
Jack Dougherty away last week, 1t
took him eight rounds to do the trick,
which indictes that either Joe is not
quite what he used to be, or else that
he has grown little rusty, and the
Dougherty fight furnished him with
little needed work. However, Wal
colt accomplished what number of
good men have failed to do in knock
ing out the Milwaukee boy, and there
by demonstrating that he is still cap
able of defending his title of welter-
weight champion.
A rather queer result of the recent
go between Abe Attell and frankie
Neil for featherweight honors is that
frankie will re-enter the bantam divi-
sion and fight Jimmy Walsh, on Aug.
for the championship at that weight,
at Los Angeles. Attell is going in the
other direction and wants to do battle
with Britt, Nelson or Cans, the latter
preferred, If he will make the light
weight figure. In other words. Attell
is after the lightweight championship.
figuring. of course, that his extreme
cleverness will carry him through
meeting with any Of the topnotchers
in the heavier ranks. AS matter of
fact, Attells recent showing with
kid" Herman. lightweight who
himself depends largely on his shift
mess. gives the little Hebrew some
excuse for his ambition aspirations.
Attell held Herman safe through a
2O-round engagement and could pro-
badly do as much with Nelson or
Britt, although he could not win
from them. With Cans, however, 1t
would be different