Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-04
MONTANA STARTS
WITH VAN COURT
WORKING HARD MORNING AND
AFTERNOON
Kid Waited Long Time for Mccarey
to Give Him Main Event and
VIII Make the Best Of
His Opportunity

Are YOU picking Jimmy Burns to wiz
the coming fight with Montana KID?
this is the case and you haven't seen the
Kid work out. it would be better to looh
a little out and visit his camp before
betting too much real money that Burns
is winner.
For one thing, it is day well spent to
visit Montana's s quarters They are sit
uated at the Heidelberg inn, in the Ca,
huenga pass, just above Hollywood, anu
the trip there is W9rtn int the oTsrs ppree of T
ture have several kinds of spasms when
they view the scenery en- route ana tne
kind of air that predominates aIter en-
tering the pass Is a gift OF the gods IN
itself.
But this isn't a nature study; SO the
business of Montapas framing tram gder Is IN fbe Tr
direction of Dewitt Van Court, showed
marked Improvement in the, condltlon
of the clever lightweight, & and when n,i me ne
night of the 14th it's cinch that ne VIII
be there in almost perfect condition.
Right now Montana is as hard as a
could be desired. No amount of hard
work could make him puff, and even
such tough young fellow as paIton
much beyond the normal gait. HIS color
and general appearance are the only
things lacking to prevent picture OF
nromises that this also will be in the y.
X. list within few days.
Kid Starts Early
The Kid starts to work as early as the
average boilermaker, and he stays with
it a little beyond the usual union elght-
hour schedule. In the morning he puts
in a few miles of real labor over the Hol-
lywood hills, and the way Van Court
Keeps him moving doesn't allow much
time to pick wild flowers or study the
..c f1,A soil
never packs along geoldgists hammer,
and is not in the prospecting field at any
time, so he doesn't mind this as much
as might be imagined.
Yesterday afternoon the performance
started with a good fifteen minutes work
with the dumb bells. and bending. eXer.
else. This concluded, like period or
rope skipping was indulged in, and be;
fore he was through Montana had learned
that there were several steps in the cur
riculum that he was not hep to; Van
Court uses Jimmy Britt as model when
rope skipping is in order, and as there
are few fancy steps that Jimmy doesn
know Montana was soon IN llne 1or graz.
uat.on into the high school ranks of rope
leapers
for Van Court, and the KID was seht 1l 10 10
which adorns the caves out at Heidel-
berg. This was battered around until the
inside, stuffing started ed to tr1ckie out ana
Kid Dalton's star rose right here. With
pillows on their mts he and Montana
got busy on the inclosed handball court,
and went through with three of the bus-
est rounds imaginable. Although Dalton
had been out to see his lady the night
before he put up an aggressive battle
and had it not been for the Kids supreme
cleverness and strength the boy from
Sunny It might have done things to him
But as it was Montana was scarcely
touched all through the sharp engage
ment, and when the three rounds were
over he showed no sign of fatigue ol
bruises.
Weight Question Easy
That Montana will be down to weight is
not to be questioned The lad has been
going about his business in a way that
Is sure to leave him ready for anything
that comes along, and as he is down be-
low the 13S-pound mark already he is
bound to knock off the other five pounds
necessary to reach the required weight
in the course of two or three more siren
uous days such as Van Court insists upon.
Montana's new sparrfng partner, who
was expected to arrive at Heidelberg
yesterday, failed to materialize, and If
he does not show up by today the Kid will
avail himself of a local amateur who has
been begging for chance. This amateur
is a big fellow who has been working in
an iron foundry for the past few months.
and as he is said to be both tough and
clever Montana is anxious to secure his
services.
Montana feels that Manager McCarey
kept him in the background long enough
before he gave him q main eVent-and
the fight enthusiasts feel that way too
and now that he is to have the chance
the Kid will not overlook a bet. He is
the first man who ever had to make a
winner take all propositions to get fight
from McCarey. and now that he has done
it Montana is going to train on every
one of the ten days which intervene be-
tween now and the night of the battle
and put up the best fight that is concealed
in his two good hands.