The San Francisco call., 1906-11-26
ADMIRNG CROWDS
WATCH BOXERS
PERFORM
By r a Sr11yth

Marin County attracted a large crowd
OF sporting men yesterday, owing to the
nulnper OF boxers now in training quar-
lers across the bay. Joe Thomas and
LeW Foweu had an unusually large
sai-eIH OF spectators watching them
so lnFough their PAGES, and the spec
talors saw some clever work on the
part OF the lightweight and the welter-
weight
over at Larkspur Al NeiIl. Frank Nc
Conneu and Cyclo.e Thompson worked
out before an. admiring throng of hoy
tns enthusiasts. The former two are
taking brotherly interest in ono an
others preparation. as both hsva -
tace Ihomas on the same night. Neili
WIZ be taken on first undoubtedly. as
ne ana Thomas have had one meeting
and the latter knows his style Thoma
has the naming OF the order in which
the men must face him. There is no
competition as to which will be the
.. lrst man 10 measure strength and hit
The fight between Powell and Thomn-
son al Colma on THANKSGIVING eve is
expected to attract large attendance
as the match is an unusually PROMISING 2
one. II is case of boxer who is also
n@no hitter mixing UP with a rushing
nshter who can stand an increditle
amount OF punishment. Powell bss
shown himself to be a shifty boxer in
az MS amateur fights here and in his
one professional engagement He will
nave a shade the best of Thonnnson in
the matter Of height Thompson gave
DICK Hyland a battle royal srecenflv-
As Hyland's ability is highly thought
OF here II makes his opponent ouf q
good man
IN addition TO the electric car service
% Colma II is intended to run a spe-
cial train this time The train will
leave Third and Townsend streets AT
80 p. m, and will stop at Valencia
street depot. The train will leave Coll
ma Immediately after the fight
Billy Roche will be busy referee
this week On Wednesday night he will
referee the fight at Colma before his
own club. He viii then iump IN Ia
vallejo, where he will oficiate on
thursday, when sam McVey and Matt
Turner decide the question of supre-
macy On the following night he will
Judge the two bouts in this city. in
which Thomas has undertaken to stop
two men.
Among the men who have boxed re-
Gently with Thomas is Charlie Cor
VINO was once boxer of marked class
He is loud in his praises of the Cali
-p- man anu pieolcIS brilliant ring
career for him. Gof was particularly
clever with his left but he found it i'm
possible to land il on Thomas in their
friendly bout
Ben Selig and Kid Hermann are hotb
IN Tonopah, and IL is expected the
match with Joe Cans will be made at
once. Cans viii come here before 20
ing into Nevada to train He expects
70 settle down TO regular work early in
December The weather will be cold
and may render it difficult for him to
make the required weight. The colored
wonder has undoubtedly figured ali this
out and knows just what will be re-
quired Of hiEn TO get into condition bv
y New Years day
Down in Los Angeles Jack O'Brien
is strong favorite over Tommy Burns
Tor their fight on Wednesday night.
Burns chances are not taken seriously
here, as he took twenty rounds to heat
Dave Barry in Mechanics Pavilion. and
Barry was never fire-eater Burns is
said 70 have improved greatly. but il
viii be difficult for him TO attain the
skill shown by the Philadelphia.