Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-14
FIGHTERS TRAIN
FOR BIC BATTLE
HYLAND AND THOMPSON GET
IN CONDITION
"FIohtIna Dick" and "syeamore cy-
clone" Pick Quarters In Which to
Prepare for Bout Scheduled
for August %

For the first time in many months
Uncle Tom has secured and completed
ARRANGEMENTS for a battle which vii
be between two fighters both of whom
fight in the bing-bang order and are
always ready to give and take punish
ment.
"Cyclone'' does not know how 1t feels
to have his neck pressed against the
canvas, while Fighting Dick" Is al
ways there with the goods, and II he
can secure an opportunity Will land tht
punch that is making him famous.
Both men are thorough mixers and
neither have ever been known to back
an inch.
Always before it has been a boxer
and a fighter. AS in one of the late
battles, frankie Neil was pitted
against a clever boxer in Abe Attell
while Neil has never claimed to be al
all scientific. but was always there
with the fighting ability and the
punch, which, should 1t ever land
would finish the fight.
Richard has never yet taken a back
ward step over the canvas, while
Thompson earned his nickname by the
fact that he was always there, ready
to take and give punishment and at all
times pushing the battle for all that
Is in him.
Since graduating from the amateur
ranks TIyland has slowed away some
of the best men in his class, defeating
young Corbett, and Is still in fine con-
dition from his late battle with Tommy
Mowatt, to whom he administered a
knockout drop in two rounds
HyIand Goes to Beach
''Fighting Dick" has taken the quar-
ters Just vacated by frankie Neil, and
although he has not begun to do hard
work. and will not for at least a week
before the fight, having no weight to
reduce, is keeping himself in the best
of condition by doing little light work
every day.
Jack Brown, the boy who won the
lightweight championship as an anna
teur, is at the seaside town assisting
Hyland in his work. The bout be-
tween Brown and Montana Kid has
been declared off for some reason
which was not given out.
1t has been reported that Thompson
has gone to Arcadia to do his train
ing, but this is not true. He declares
that he would rather train where he
is going to fight. because he says that
the climate at Baldwin's ranch would
not be the same and he would not
want to make change. for it might
putting on weight.
1t is well known that this has a lot
to do with a man who has always to
be in the prime of condition. In dis
patch from New York which was sent
west after Tommy Mowatt reached
there he stated that the climate in
Denver affected him so much that af-
ter the second round he could not get
his breath. He also says that he can
win from Hyland and would like to
have another chance to show what he
and ability to land the heavy punch
Cyclone Chases Mountain
Thompson has been doing heavy
road work each morning and i'm the
afternoon puts on the gloves with Kid
Dalton and Kid Webster The Cyclone
claims that he will be in fine condition
by the night of the fight. while Hy-
land was never known to go into a
battle without training hard and be-
ing in condition to land the blow that
would end the fight.
With such a battle in view the fight
fans are standing around trying to
look wise. but all agreeing that the
mill scheduled for August 28 will be
one of the fastest ever seen at Maud
Junction.
Yesterday morning while out on the
road Thompson lost his way and was
forced to run about twelve or fifteen
miles before he could find his way back
to the pavilion.
Not caring to tire Dalton and Web
ster Johnnie started out about thirty
minutes before the other boys and had
agreed to meet them on the way back.
Seeing a mountain in the distance that
looked to be about four miles away,
Cyclone thought that he would go that
far and still be in time to meet the
boys on the way back
Il didn't know how far away that
hill was. but wasn't going to give up
until | got there, just the same" said
Thompson yesterday. "I guess | ran
toward that little lump of dirt for
nearly two hours, but L had to give
it IN and start back.
MY troubles had just begun. for
after | got started back l couldn't get
there. At last / reached town, but |
couldn't find the pavilion and il took
me at least an hour to do that after
I was in the city limits.
You can bet that the next time
go out one of the boys is going with
me, for l don't like that kind of bust
ness where I run all morning, for
like TO 90 little boxing and other
work.
when I did get back the boys kept
joking me and said that they had sent
out a detective on still hunt for me
but got back at them when | got
them in the ring" said the Cyc,one
and from the looks of Dalton and
webster after they came out of the
circle Thompson must have done an
that he claimed