Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-13
MEN READY TO
GET TOGETHER
BURNS AND MONTANA TAPER
OFF TRAINING
Trainers and Principals Certain of
Victory-Bettng on Mill Light
In View of Combatants'
Equality

If ever two fighters were confident of
their own ability to corral the glory
and money which goes to the winner or
a battle Montana Kid and Jimmy Burns
are the Indians. Such a word as lose
cannot be found in the dictionary of
either man SO far as 1t eMRPces 70 n at
rons do not see a good mill tomorrow
night it will be because advance dope
is as unreliable as Nevada mining
The winner -take-all proposition
makes it lovely billiards all around
Prestige is a good thing In It's way al
unto ones self a new summer lid or
dish of ice cream after the hnal course
has been disposed of something more
tangible than glory is needed 10 stan
the cashier off with.
with this little fact in view together
with the certainty that both men nave
been training as they never trained Pc
fore Burns and Montana should be able
to satisfy everybody who takes a Jaunt
down to the Maud Junction play house
in time to see the festivities. Com
pared to the prices charged by McCarey
at some of his frosty shows recently
the admission fee to Friday nights mill
is like a gift, and unless some grim
spectre in the shape of Jack OBrlen
ghost steps in there will be no money
back howl at the end of the final act.
End Hard Work
Both principals did their last days
hard work yesterday, and from now
until Charlie Eyton gets them together
for instructions it will be case OF sit
gave out Montana's weight as being at
the 134% mark yesterday AFTERNOON,
while Molly Mcdonald performed the
same function for Burns, setting the
figures at a quarter of a pound further
up the scale. :,
Montana's confidence in himself is
shared by De Witt Van Court, who has
w9re9f present ioVeiy ha &c condition: AThe Kid is
just as good as he'll ever be-" said Van
last night, "and I don't, see where this
just balanced at 1S44 when Montana
Climbed on today, and every pound OF
that is real fighting material
81 have been letting Montana eat any
thing he wants to, and when he fills up
a little too much make him go out and
work until he's back at weight. de
will take spin over the road tomorrow
morning, and then will loll around un-
til it is time to weigh in Friday after
noon"
Molly McDonald's line of talk is ex-
Burns in the place of Montana. Jimmy
came in this afternoon weighing 135
pounds, and aside from little ROAD
work tomorrow he is an 6 thrGugn o. re2irl Wl1n
inaries," said Molly. zone pound OF
the excess baggage will be knocked off
tamorrow. and Friday morning the
Jimmy has taken off weight gradually
and you can take it from me that he
hasn't a chance to lose.
Both Men Sure :
And there you are. Out at Heidel-
berg the winners end is already re-
posing in Montana's pocket and at the
East Side club Jimmy Burns is smok-
ing some of champion" Tommy's hop
and signing UP with Joe Cans for the
lightweight title
The men will climb on the scales at
the Hammam baths at 8 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, and if the reports sent
out from the different camps are to be
believed no weight forfeit money VIII
change hands when the beam is tipped.
The preliminaries arranged for the
show will doubtless be on the butcher
shop order but the main event should
be well worth the price to every en-
thusiast who likes to see a clever and
gruelling mill. And that's boosting
hard for the Pacific Athletic club. TAX
ing two out of it's last three shows as
sign posts to go by.
For such a good and evenly balanced
battle, and one that has all the ear
marks of being fought on the square,
the betting is comparatively light.
Montana has no money to bet on his
own chances, so cannot cover the con-
versation which is floating out of the
followers seem to be waiting for two
to one price before exchanging their
coin for a betting ticket. Yesterday
10 to was the best obtainable, and at
that price there was little gambling
However, the situation may brighten
up either today or tomorrow. and before
fight time the contest may develop into
one of the biggest betting propositions
ever staged here.
Some misinformed genius intent on
telling all he knew, stated in one of the
afternoon papers yesterday that Mon
tana had been up against but one ad-
verse decision since he entered the
pugilistic game some years ago a
squint at the dope will show that he
lost to Joe Carroll on q foul in the sixth
round, and also to Jimmy Burns on a
decision in ten spasms According to
the way they used to add, one and one
usually make two.