The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
HOGAN Gossip OF
The FIGHTING CAME
Thinks Berger Has a Chance to-
Show in Heavyweight
Glass.
BY Malachy Hogan.

Another heavyweight has entered the
LISTS for pugilistic honors in Sam Ber-.
ger, the bulky Californian who, up to
his fight with Jack O'Brien the other
night has been travelling as an anna
teur. Berger's manager thinks he is
the man to take the measure Of any
heavyweight in the country, but his
showing in Philadelphia was only medi-
ocre. ".. =. s
Reports Of the six-round 90 are con-
hicting, some critics giving O'Brien q
big shade. while others hand the laurels
seems to be certain, Philadelphia Jack
got more than he bargained. for and
was more or less disfgured pugilist
at the close. AS was predicted, O'Brien
made the big one look foolish in the
first two or three. rounds, getting in a
jab here and jab there, while Ber
Meeting. Once O'Brien landed flush on
the jaw and Berger's knees knocked to-
gether in suspicious manner, but that
was about the only time that O'Brien
did any damage to Berger outside Of
cutting his face now and then. r:
Berger, however, Is apparently game
and is willing to take punishment. That
he used up O'Brien more or less was
altho both were pretty tired at the
finish. Some critics gave the bout to
o 'Brien, but these mostly lived in Phil
! adelphia, where Jack is a big man in
things pugilistic. AS matter Of fact,
1t is easy enough to give Jack the best
of it when his style Of fighting is taken
into consideration. He can make mon
go, but that doesn It mean that he has
the best of the fight His speed will
make the average fighter slow BY com
parison and still at the finish O'Brien
may be call in.'
Berger's Needs.
One thing that was apparent in the
Berger lacks experience, not to men
tion speed. The lack Of both is to be
expected, as he has had few fights Of
any consequence since he first entered
the ring. Some Of the critics who saw
the fight looked upon him as a conner
and predicted successful career in the
ring: It was unfortunate for Sam that
Of ring ,generalship and speed as
O'Brien right at the start of his profes-
lot of experience and certainly a good
deal Of confidence for future bouts.
AS was expected. Berger showed that
he could deliver telling blow, altho
he found it a hard JOB to connect with
n.
it rocked O'Brien, and it seemed to be
Jacks business all thru the fight to
keep out Of range Of the brawny Cali
fornian
Berger is now anxious to meet Jim
Jeffries. but the champion, who a couple
of weeks ago was quoted as saying that
he would be willing to re:enter the
statement that nothing could drag him
inside the ropes again. It is well that
Jim thinks so, especially for Berger s
sake, as it would probably be another
case of Jack Munroe. This does not
mean that Sam may not be champion
some day. His showing at Philadelphia
was far better than that Of the average
, yet see him champion. For big
man he was fairly fast, and he un-
dou btedly has the hitting power. Ex-
perience will do the rest.
Terre Haute Out.
AS told in last week IS letter boxing
at Terre Haute is in a precarious con-
made to hold bouts there in the near
future. AS consequence of the un-
settled condition the Yanger-Herman
bout was called off and the bout was
clinched for Indianapolis where the
boys are scheduled to meet Aug. 10, a
week later than the date set Tor Terre
Haute. The same conditions which
went wit hthe bout at Terre Haute also
will 90 for the Indianapolis setto,
Yanger is now training at Cedar lake
and is said to be in good condition.
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Aureio Herrera and Charles Neary
seem to have clinched their match fol
next month at Milwaukee. Herrera is
. to start east soon and Neary, Of course
, is already on the ground.
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Grand Rapids, which was after the
Yanger-Herman bout, is getting on the
fighting map with both feet again
Rival clubs are already springing up in
the furniture city and matches galore
are proposed for the town. Paddy Car
roll has been in Chicago and succeeded
in getting some attractions for his club
He has matched Dick Fitzpatrick an6
Jack O'Keefe for the main fight Aug
l and are looking for others. There Il
danger, however, of the clubs getting
to fighting each other instead Of stick
ing to the ring battles, in which case
it will be goodby to the scrappers il
that town. The local authorities there
are now favorably disposed towards the
| mitt artists and it behooves the pro
moters to walk in a straight line.
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