Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27
WEEKS IS
YOUNG AT
RLNC'GAME
HAS BEEN FIGHTING LESS
THAN TWO YEARS
FIRST BIG BATTLE WENT TO
LAST ROUND
CRIPPLE Creek Lad Has Risen Rapidly
and Is Up Against Tough
122-Pound Pack
age
BY J. G. GRIFFIN


VI Weeks have settled all differences
~ but one-of an advance nature, at
1east-the sports who follow the game in
the ring are beginning to pay some atten-
tion to the little fellow who has come
along, comparatively unknown. and chal-
lenged the premier of all the feathers for
the championship laurels he has worn so
long.
Abe has been taking care of the best of
them and thus far nothing produced of
equal weight could give him much of an
argument. True, he has failed to put
his man out every time, and also has a
blot or two on his record, but those who
Claim to be wise to his style say that
the champion is always looking for a re-
turn match and usually tries to stall
his way along in the first bout in order to
draw better on the comeback.
But at that Abie's name fills up quite
a bit of space in the dope book, and the
margins opposite the names Of his oppo-
nentc are often coupled with X. O's.
Right here in this town we saw him kid
Harry Baker along for twenty rounds
and then in the return battle, put him
away without much effort. Again, Attell
had the toughest fight of his career In
the same ring in which he will meet
Weeks Tuesday night, and all who
watched him battle for twenty rounds
Will fTdUhle NELL Will TcultIilDcI II do
the toughest and hardest fought mill they
ever witnessed.
But 1t is only the few who have seen
Weeks in real action. His fights passed
unnoticed until few months ago, and
when he first left Cripple Creek to in
wade the arena in Philadelphia he was
practically unknown. The editor of the
dope book had never heard of him. and
wher Weeks stripped for his first mill
on anything but local territory there were
only two persons in the house who
thought he had chance. .
Only Two Adherents
These two We're Marius Durand and
Pitcher McClusky of the Philadelphia
Nationals ''We'll win, sure" they told
r6ffe Quakers. but everybody gave them
\e laugh.
they had a right to, too, for Weeks
rs up against a tough proposition for
y 122 FOUNDER. Harry Baker, who was
--ss first Philadelphia opponent, had more
than made good in the east, and Weeks,
in HIS slow, easy-to-hit fashion, was fig
ured as soft game for Harry.
But right away he made good. Baker
simply played with him in the opening
round but in the second Weeks got
home a haymaker and from then on had
Baker doeging 1t and hanging on to keep
from being put out cold.
Public opinion-for that's the only kind
Of referees decision they have in
Sleeptown-gave Weeks the battle, and
he went to the front at once. More fights
were given him, and the Cripple Creek
lad. with less than two years standing
in the ring, is now In a position to meet
the best in the bunch.
Weeks record shows that he is a good,
tough boy, with punch In either hand,
and a willingness to land it. Nearly all
u Ii
climb to the top has been accomplished
by real merit.
Previous to May of last year Weeks had
never been in the ring, save for few
prelminaries in Butte and Spokane. In
that month they picked out the best little
fellow in Colorado, Young Erlenborn, and
sent Freddie against him.
The battle went the full limit of twenty
rounds and Weeks was given decision.
Erlenborn, claiming lack of condition as
the reason for his defeat, Immediately
clamored for a return mill, and month
later he was given 1t.
This time Weeks fought harder than be-
FORE and the result was terrific beating
for his opponent. Erlenborn tried to hold
out to the end, but at the beginning OF
the twentieth round he was unable to
stand, and Dick Hyland. his chief second,
tossed in the sponge.
Beats monte Atteil
Right away Weeks was matched with
Kid Seiger, and the Cripple Creek fight
fans saw Freddie put his man away In
six rounds. Then Weeks ambled over to
Victor and in September Monte Attell
was put on the pan and toasted in six
acts. Kid Seiger was given another
chance in Denver in October, and Weeks
again sent over the sleep producer, whip
ping him in ten spasms.
Another fight in Cripple Creek when
Week whipped Kid MacNamara on
New Years day in three rounds, caused
the Colorado sports to give him real
test, and Freddie was sent in to do an
unusual stunt This was to put three
men away in the same ring with limit
Of eight rounds to each bout.
Freddie made good again, for 1t took
inst two minutes and twenty seconds of
actual fighting to send Kid West, Mike
Walsh and Kid Kelly to dreamland.
Philadelphia was next on the program,
and after he had whipped Harry Baker
Weeks was sent against Grover Hayes.
one of the best little fellows in the east.
This was no cinch for Weekes and
Hayes gave him an awful argument for
every one of the six rounds the contest
went. and at the end Mr.. Popular Opin-
ion. the Philadelphia referee, gave Hayes
the shade Tommy O'Tolle was next in
another of those six-round, no-decision
affairs, and this time draw was the
best that Weeks got.
He returned to Denver and in June
gained the decision over Jimmy Walsh
in ter rounds. Grover Hayes was taken
on in Cripple Creek and with the home
talent cheering for him Weeks put Gro
yer away in three rounds. This was going
some, for previous to that time Hayes
had been in 1O4 battles and claimed to
have never taken the count
Draw with carsey
In August Weeks met Frank Carsey IN
Denver and the most he could gather
was a draw at the end of the tenth round.
He was scheduled for comepack pat.le
on Labor day, but when Carsey did not
show up Nick Santoro was put on instead.
Once again Weeks was the victor puttins
Santoro out cold in the fourth round.
And now this little fighter the prioe OF