Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-09
M|DOLEWE|GHTS
WILL BATTLE
JACK SULLIVAN AND HUGO
KELLY READY
Fact That Future Championship May
Be Held by MiddIeWeight Division
Adds Interest to This
Evenings Battle


battle this evening are Jack Twin"
Sullivan and Hugo Kelly, two of the
best middleweights in the country,
either one of whom will in all proba-
bility meet Jack OBrien when that
worthy decides to come out of his tenn
porary retirement and don the padded
mitts again.
Jack eased off yesterday and did but
little work during the afternoon, though
he shadoweu a wnlIe for the benefit of
the muscles which have been put
through such a strenuous course of
training.
Kelly looks the part of a we'll trained
gladiator and although he is ten
to seven shot in the betting there are
those who believe the Italian should
stand an even money proposition at the
ringside.
A perusal of the latter's fight with
Jack O'Brien at Indianapolis, which
Hugo won, shows that Kelly gained
the verdict after the flercest sort Of
battling and not by a fluke as has been
the case many times when inferior
boxers hooked up with the big ones.
Jack Sullivan from his past per-
formances has every right to the re-
spect of the fans although his vic
tories have not come as the result of
hard punch. but rather from an abil :
ity to send in stinging clever blows
and get away without return punish
meut. This faculty was instanced in
his battles with Tommy Sullivan and
Mike Schreck, both of whom he out
boxed, though not damaging either to
any great extent
Craftiness is an asset which the bald
headed Twin carries in his hairless
Uranium and he has usually succeeded
in getting away with the long end of
the purse through the traps into which
he has drawn his less willy opponents.
According to the opinion of those
who have studied the progress Of
Kelly's training the latter has the
chance of his life when he steps in the
ring tonight with Jack Sullivan. Ex-
cepting perhaps of Jack O'Brien, Sui
Ivan and Kelly are the two foremost
middleweights in the ring today and
the fact is again manifest that Man.
ager McCarey of the Pacific Athletic
club has determined to bring the best
ing attractions that can be secured
Los Angeles.
\, The absence of dickering and the
y tanding of the boxers whom he has
heretofore secured is evidence of the
Z fact that nothing in the way of wrang
ling or prophetic accusations between
course of match making.
The defeat of one of the two men
this evening will leave the middle
weight class with very few representa-
tiyes and the outcome will eventually
lead to narrowing of the small class
which yet remains. Should Tommy
Burns lose his title of champion heavy
weight it is probable that the laurels
will be secured by O'Brien or some
other niddleweight, for the pack of
dubs floating around under the false
pretense of fighting heavyweights can
hardly be considered as capable of pro-
ducing new champion.
With the supposition that the middle
weight class possesses the best chance
of holding the worlds championship
in the immediate future the outcome
of tonight'S battle is creating interest
throughout the country. Behind the
Rockies the supposition that Jack
Twin has a walkover is anything but
the prevailing sentiment and the wise
dopesters who recently got away on the
wrong tack have veqtured the opin-
ion that the Boston fighting politician
will have to travel very rapid rate
If he is in the running with Kelly.
Two rattling good preliminaries have
been arranged as curtain raiser.
Young Webster will meet Kid Dalton
and Dalton Is to battle with Seine.
The measurements of the two men
as they follow exhibit the fact that
Kelly is in almost every respect tr:fle
larger than the Twin, although each
has the same reach.
Measurements: