Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-14
Gossip of the Ratio
BY JAY DAVIDSON

able to leave their desks, and the out
look for continuation of the unbeaten
record held by the press team could not
be brighter. Among the scrappers who
will play are Jeffries, AL Kaufman,
Jim Flynn, Freddie Welsh, Johnny
Murphy, Danny Webster, Billy Snail
ham, Montana Kid, Young Otto, Frank
Carsey and Kid Trendall. 1t has been
suggested that the game be postponed
week, so that Bill Papke and STAN
ley Ketchell can play, but this has not
been done and the game probably will
be played as scheduled. The fighters
will want a return match, anyway, as
they are sure to take a walloping, and
Papke and Ketchell can get in the line
up in the second game.
Eddie Robinson and his duo of Jap
near champions will go to San Bernar-
dino next Wednesday night to fight a
pair of country boys developed by the
Gate City Athletic club of that city.
Billy DeCoursey, Montana Kid, Clar-
ence English and several other local
scrappers are telling big tales about the
ability of the country boys as fighters,
and Eddie may be running into some
real tough game with his Orientals,
while thinking he is after easy game.
Tommy Walsh will go along to referee,
at the request of the San Berdoo club,
as the club Is In q. bad way for referees,
and the local boy has been doing SO
nicely as third man in the ring that
in action, with a view to future rela-
tions,
Joe Thomas evidently believes he will
regain his lost prestige in his fight
with Ketchell next Tuesday night, as
he writes that he is in great condi-
ton, finds training much easier when
M m xyOF1r for LOW xJaf olat
and is back in that great form that
made him the wonder of the fight
world until he ran into Ketchell. He
says he will win without doubt and
cites how he had Ketchell all but out
in their memorable fight in which
Ketchell copied him in the thirty-sec-
ond round, although he was forced to
make weight for that fight that practi-
cally beat him before the scrap started.
Molly Mcdonald is training him and
the bunch, including Teddy Wolff,
sends regards to their Los Angeles
friends.
Bill Desmond says he probably will
play with the Fighters against the
press team next Monday He explains
by saying that while he is eligible to
play on either team, he will play with
the Fighters because he always has
been forced to play against the press
boys and he thinks he can add enough
class to the fighting aggregation to
make them do the unexpected and un-
reasonable thing-beat the press boys.
Bill will add class, all right enough,
but not enough of it to accomplish such
an impossible feat. At that Bill is one
of the most royal rooters for the Angel
band that attends the game. He yelled
In glee, groaned in sorrow and slapped
everybody's hat off in his vicinity
every time an opportunity offered yes
terday. He was sure doing some pull
ing for Los Angeles.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan hobs up in San
Francisco with the statement that he
is back in the game again and open to
all engagements. He writes to ascer-
tain what chance there is for him to
get Terry Mustain for an early fight
here. "I want to grab off this easy
game before SOMEBODY beats me to
him." writes Jack, "and l would like
to fight him before one of the Los An
geles clubs real SOON" Jack has been
rusticating at Lake Tahoe for the last
four weeks and declares himself TO be
on the warpath again in better shape"
than ever in his life.
Jim Flynn is hitting up stiff pace
in training at the East Side Athletic
he now is at his proper weight, IT'S
pounds. and will go into the ring about
five pounds heavier than wheH he
fought Jim Barry recently. He also
says he will be as hard as a piece of
steel and will make the boy wonder
do some tall hustling to keep his head
above water. Bill Gaines, brother Of
Y. Y. Gaines, is Jims sparring part
ner.
Rube Ellis pulled off two of the
greatest circus catches of the season
yesterday and made himself more pop
ular than ever with the fans, If 1t be
possible. Johnson was his victim in
each instance and RUDE had to do
some tall running to get under the
long flies, but he made connections,
all right. A fan remarked after Rube
had made the second fancy catch that
another name than RUDE would have
to be applied to the former busher, and
his sentiment was applauded by those
sitting in his Vicinity