Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
JEFFRIES WILL
ACT As REFEREE
CHAMPION TO BE THE THIRD
MAN FRIDAY
AtteIl and Baker Are in Perfect Shape
and viii Put Up One Of the Best
Battles in the History Of
the Ring

-, According to Manager McCarey of
the Pacific Athletic club, James j.
Jenries has decided to referee the At
tell Baker contest next Friday night
at Maud junction. When It was gen
orally learned yesterday that Jeffries
had decided to be the third man I'm the
ring Friday night the betting. which
had been rather sluggish since the
first dispute arose about the referee,
took on different look and began to
boom.
While no large bets were recorded.
many OF the admirers of both men
came forward with plenty of their
small change. The champion still con-
tinues to rule as the favorite at the
odds of ten to eight while at times the
prevailing odds were ten to seven.
Both of the little fellows will do no
more hard work from this time on as
there is but three days left before the
battle. molly" Mcdonald has Harry
Baker trained to within an inch of his
life, and those who are intimate with
the youngster say that he never was
in as good condition as he will be when
he enters the ring next Friday.
There was quite a crowd out at the
camp yesterday, while none of them
were sorry that they had waded
through the mud to see Baker work
out, as the little fellow was feeling
fine and made things hum for a while.
owing to the condition in which the
Olympic club boy is trained he will be
able TO give the champion one of the
hardest fights of his career
But Attell is not letting the grass
grow under his feet and has prepared
for just such emergencies. Despite the
weather, which has not been of the
best the last week, Attell is putting
himself in shape to give Baker the
hardest fight he has ever experienced.
Will Go at 1t in Earnest
Abe has pent up in his system
great desire to give Baker the worst
drubbinG that Harry ever took in the
ring. But while Attell is thinking of
what he will do. Harry too has a
grudge which he means to settle when
he meets Attell in the ring. Both
think that they were not treated right
when they fought before. Baker COM
plains that he was cheated out of
decision over the champion, while At
tell thinks that his victory was not
taken right by the spectators.
Owing to these conditions which pre-
vail, Friday nights battle is going to
be more than a scientific sparring
match. Both are going into the ring
with the intention of doing more than
win a decision over the other. While
strictly speaking, neither has knock
out blow, but as the boys mean to
last gong is sounded, one or the other
will have such a lead that there Will
be no doubt as to who is the winner
Manager McCarey has added to the
stake for which the boys battle, by de-
claring that he will secure for the win
ner a match with Jem Bowker, the
worlds bantam weight champion. Bow
ker won the title from Frankie Neil
october II, 1904 in London. Since that
time Bowker has outgrown the BAN
tam weight limit. 116 pounds, and will
be forced to fight in the featherweight
class.
Bowker has been anxious to get on
in this country and should he consent
to the terms of McCarey will meet the
winner of Friday nights battle to de-
eide whether he has legitimate right
to put in a claim for the featnerweight
| title.
With so much at stake and with both
| trained to perfection Attell and Baker
are going into the ring to win, and the
devotees of the boxing game Will be
treated to one of the best feather
weight battles that has been staged for
many months.
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