Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-29
FORECAST OF week
IN WORLD OF SPORT

Matty Baldwin and Tommy Murphy
have been hooked up for another
match and win attempt 90 arrive at
some decision as to who Is the best
a at Chelsea. Mass. tonight. The
Lincoln Athletic club will have charge
o. the ceremonies. and the argument
Ia slated TO last fifteen rounds. The
boys will weight In at I?4 pounds.
Matthew 10 a Chelsea lad and the Bay
state sports are backing hin 10 win,
but 10 the unprejudiced locker on the
dope seems 10 favor the boy with the
Irish eognomen.
Another bout will be pulled off by
tho Chelsea fight fans tomorrow night.
with Digger Stanley and Jimmy Walsh
~ the principals, This mill Is also
scheduled 10 no fifteen rounds.
Up In Bangor. Me-, tomorrow night
Belfield waieott and Arthur Cole will
do a twcnty.round stunt before the
Bangor Athletic club. the police will.
tng. They are 10 weigh In at 100
pounds five hours prior TO the fight
and tho winner will get away with 7S
per cent Of the $500 purse.
Colo is we'll known In New England
az q clever and hard.hitting welter
weight. Walcott's chief aim 10 fame
is as the brother Of the famous Joe,
but his hackers are confident he can
deliver the goods.
As usual. the big fight news will
come from the Pacific coast. Tomor.
row night Abe Attei and Harry Baker
will fight twenty rounds before the
Pacific Athletic club OF Los Angeles,
for the featherweight championship Of
the world. The required weight Ia
1872 pounds ringside.
Atteil. the present featherweight
highcockalorum. has broken Into the
public prints with the statement that
Baker is an "easymark." and that he
will have no trouble In defending the
title. Not all Of Abraham's hackers
are so confident. however. as Baker
has shown on nor than one occasion
that he Is q hard nut 10 crack.
His championship has been In the
City Of Angels for some time. aud Is
doing his training ut Lucky Baidwin's
ranch. where a fine gym has been 1T.
ted up especially for his benefit. At
tell Is reported 10 be a pound or two
overweight. but there IL no doubt of
his ability to take II off before weigh.
ingtime tomorrow. Baker has been
doing stunts ut the East Side Athletic
club for several weeks. and has been
down to the 1a2.pound limit for some
time.
Brought together through the benign
providence Of Fight Promoter James
William Cofforth. Sam Berger and Al
Kaufman will fight twenty rounds
out In Frisco on Wednesday night
Queensherry straight will govern the
game. and Jack Welsh will act as
umpire and call the strikes and fouls.
Half OF the gross receipts will go TO
the fighters, 60 per cent to the win
ner and 10 per cent to the loser. A
Frisco amusement resort known az
Dreamland will be the scene of the
great battle, and both fighters look
upon the name as a pleasant omen Of
what will happen to the other fel'
low. There IL but little doubt that the
fight will draw the biggest crowd
gathered at a matinee In the Cal
ifornia metropolis for some time past.
Both mel are 'snative sons" which
counts for more In the Golden state
than In any other place between the
internal regions and breakfast.
The ante+fight dope favors one man
quite as much as the other. II not
more.