Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-10
! THE SPORTING WORLD
GOSSIP of the Ratio
BY JAY DAVIDSON

usual classy efforts. He boxed several
rounds with young Williams and
Charlie Anslinger. He delighted the
crowd and impressed not few, when
he neatly dropped Williams with his
short right hook to the jaw that no
fighter has been able to resist thus far.
Packy Mcfarland also attended the
workout and afterwards expressed
himself in an admiring and compli-
mentary vein regarding the punching
ability of the New York kiddo. Others
have seen this punch and stars fol-
lowed, but not a few have been able to
admire it because it was so effective.
Otto thinks he will put it onto Mon
tana Kid a week from Friday nig.-t
and surely will go to the job 18th much
confidence.
Cap McRea and Phil Brock will
leave about Wednesday for Murietta
springs for a brief vacation. Brock
will take a rest for a couple of months
and then jump hack into the game. lie
was defeated Friday night, but is not
disgraced thereby and still is a good
card. Few other lightweights will do
any better against Mcfarland than did
Brock. Mcfarland outweighed Brock
by five to seven pounds and this is no
small advantage in a ten-round light
where the scrappers are going at such
a stiff pace as they set Friday night.
One week from today is the date Sc
lected for the game between the light
ers and the press boys. This game
should not be overlooked, IS 1t will
furnish the fans with plenty of good
CLASSY ball Con one side) and the re-
ceipts will be turned over to some
worthy charity, to be announced later.
Baron Long, who will captain the
fighters team, will go to Venice TO-DAY
to begin training. Ee has no yeIoW
streak, but is shrewd enough to fig
ure out where nothing less than a
miracle can give his team a look in.
AS the game will be played on VIM
ner-take-all basis, the losers will not
be known in the box office, so Long
will put his dubs into training for the
fray.
The real tug of war begins Tuesday
afternoon, when the Angels will begin
series of six games at the Chutes
with the only team in the league that
seems to have anything on them-the
Beavers of Portland. The mudhens
have not been doing very mucil in the
ball line since their memorable series
with the Angels a few weeks ago on
the home diamond, but they have been
unusually successful against the cham
pons all season and while Capt. Dill
lon will not believe it, the Beavers are
apt to make it interesting for JUS" all
the week.
Battling Nelson writes that he Will
be in Los Angeles in few days on his
way to San Francisco, where he is to
go into training for his third fight with
Joe Cans, which is scheduled for La
Dor day. He writes as follows: Il am
on my way to the coast and will stop
off at Los Angeles a few days to see
the bunch of good fellows there. I
will stop off also at the ranch of my
pal, Billy Benner, near Perry, N. M.
for a few days hunt and fish, but ex-
pect to be in Frisco about the middle
of the month. This will be my third
and, I think. my last meeting with
Cans, as think I will satisfy him and
the public that I can beat him any
time we start over the Hawthorne
route and that is the only route I
, Il go. All fighters not qualified for
the Hawthorne can look for engage
ments in the sprint division. Am feel
ing fine and dandy, and am taking
good care of myself as I expect a
harder fight September 9 than l had
July 4, and want to be in shape for
any kind of going Cans is able to
make Give my regards to all the
boys" He signs his letter with the
necessary and undisputed title of light
weight champion of the world.