Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-07
PREL|M|NAR|ANS
ATTRACT NOTICE
YOUNG BOXERS COMING TO
THE FRONT
Manager MeCarey Has Developed a
Fast Brigade Of curtain-Raising
Lads Who May Be Heard
from Later On

While Manager McCarey is making
Los Angeles famous in the boxing world
with his main events, the preliminaries
have as rule been of classy sort
and at times better than the headliners:
There is at present horde OF good
preliminary boys gathered about The
Meal Ticket Man." some of whom, with
| the proper care and attention, are like
| ly to break into the limelight as Tight
ers of the first water, while others VIII
never make themselves beyond what
| they are today.
AL Kaufman and George Gardner,
should they ever again put up such
battle as that of December 21, would De
considered preliminarians of the rank,
est tort, while two boys that preceded
| them would stand as champions beside
them. McCarey had arranged for Joe
Smith and Kid Webster to go SIX
rounds. They did, and 1t was SIX
rounds that will not be soon forgotten
Smith is a clever little fellow in his
class and at his weight There is put
one weak point in the little fellows
makeup. Whenever he forms the ag-
gressive and rushes his opponent he is
unable to land an effective blow.
Better Than Main Event
The boys received a draw decision at
the end of the six rounds, and the de-
cision was very popular. TO complete
the program Eddie Meeney and Young
Scotty Johnson were scheduled to go
ten rounds. After seven rounds of what
should be considered the main event
Johnson's seconds threw in a towel,
giving the decision to Meeney. At the
time the towel went into the ring Nee
ney was Furnishing Johnson severely
but was unable to put the boy down.
This was Johnson's second appear
ance before the local club, and both
times he proved himself to be hghter
of the coming sort His first appear
ance was when he lost to Young Erwin
Johnson is of the slugging type and
came near proving Meeney's Waterloo
There are many others able to put up
the same kind of a fight, among whom
are Dalton, Lauder, Caesar Attell,
Brown and Conroy. Kid Dalton has
come to the top among preliminary
boys through hard work and after many
fights. Only one defeat has been re-
corded against him. Harry Baker, who
started In as one of the preliminary
boys, got the decision over him at the
end of ten rounds.
Dalton Beats Caesar Attell
But even then Baker was unable to
do more than outpoint the husky Ital-
ian, Dalton's fight with Caesar Attell
is one of the battles that will stand out
above all others. Dalton took the de-
cision after. ten rounds of the hardest
fighting ever seen in a preliminary.
This was their second meeting, Dalton
having also received the first decision.
McCarey has in Leonard Lauder a
clever, cool little fellow who should
some time make his mark as feather
weight Lauder fought a ten-round
draw with Dalton in the preliminary
of the Burns-O' Brien fight. 1t was
called a draw, although 1t is true that
Dalotn had a slight shade.
One of the most important things
that the preliminary fighter should OBJ
serve is that he be in the best of con-
dition upon entering the ring. This one
| thing troubles more fighters than any
other point In their career. They should
| take for an example some of the best
men in the world who, having reached
the top, thought that they would be
able to win without training.
Young Corbett Is an Example
Young Corbett is one of these. After
he attained great heights, having won
the championship. he took it upon him
self that he could vanquish the best
of them without training. After hold
ing the title for nearly four years, dur
ing which period he spent but little of
his time in a training camp, he lost to
Jimmy Britt. and from that time has
gone to the bottom of his class, a dis
sipated wreck.
Should the boys who at present are
fighting preliminaries before the local
club work with all that is in them,
more than one might make name for
himself Had Willie Conroy been in
better condition when he fought Kid
Webster he might not have lost. Should
Kid Webster again meet Joe Smith, he
had better spend little more of his
time on the road, while the same can
be said for Smith, whose wind was not
in the best of shape.
The future will be bright for the en-
terprising preliminary lad who works,
trying with all that is In him to get to
the top. as he is sure to be recognized
by the promoters and given a chace to