Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-21
Gossip of the Ratio
BY JAY DAVIDSON

know what sucker I'll make of you
by comparison in the gym"
Just at this juncture Billy Jordan's
fog-horn voice rang out; "Attell and
Moran, Attell and Moran" and the
threatened mixup didn't come off.
Eddie Robinson Is a bit agitated be-
cause of the reports that Young Oya-
ma and Togo outweighed their OPP
ponents at San Bernardino last
Wednesday night by about twenty
pounds and comes through with a
statement as to the weights. He says;
Both the San Bernardino boys out
weighed the Japs and had whatever
advantage that goes with excess
weight. I have no kick coming, as
the matches were made at catch-
weights, but want to correct the re-
port that either Of the Jap fighters
outweighed his opponent. Fisher had
a slight advantage over Oyama, but
they practically were at the same
weight Oyama weighed 127 pounds a
few minutes before the fight, and
Fisher Is said to have weighed 12S
pounds, although he refused to get on
the scales after Oyama weighed in.
Togo weighed 10S pounds, and Johnson
was at least six pounds heavier.
~ offered to match the Japs back
anxious to arrange a return match be-
tween them because believe the Japs
will win. Oyama, of course. was handi-
capped in the fact that he never had
fought previously in his life and even
had not seen a ring. His showing, l
think, was excellent in these cireum-
stances. Togo. as everybody at ring
side will testify, was winning easily
when he became careless and stepped
into that left hook which nearly
knocked him out. At the time it
landed Togo had a big lead, and only
that one wallop turned the tide against
him. He was groggy through the sew
enth and eighth rounds, but came back
strong in the ninth and finished like a
house afire in the tenth. The Japs will
fight them a return match right back
over the same Soute and under the
same conditions any time and any
place."
San Bernardino sportsmen are to be
commended for the clean and satisfac-
tory manner in which they run their
fight game. And that the sport is popu-
lar in the Gate city Is proved in the at
tendance wednesday night of 800 fans
at q card that hardly classes with
the ordinary prelim show in the local
rings. The fans are enthusiastic, too,
and the way they yell and root for
the home boys against the invaders is
an exhibition of civic loyalty that is
admirable, at least. The San Berdoo
sports are Jealous Of their game and
promise to safeguard it against any
crookedness, and it is dollars to dough-
nuts that any fighter or referee who
would try to pull off anything in tho
Gate City Athletic club hall would
have to hire detective to find the
remnants of his former self. That is the
-a..4k H. axfasa
going and keep 1t clean at the Same
time.
Chicago newspapers are giving con-
siderable space to discussions of pro-
posed plans for reviving the racing
game near that city. It is said that n
party of wealthy eastern turfmen is
organized to finance the plans for es-
tablishing a metropolitan race plant in
Michigan, one hours ride from the lake
front of Chicago. 1t Is announced that
the Cellas will not be interested in the
least, and IL is believed that this fact
will enable the promoters to get along
without interference by the Michigan
authorities. 1t generally Is regarded as
true that the action of the Michigan
authorities in closing down the running
and trotting game In that state was
caused by opposition to the Cellas, who
broke into the game against the will OF
the Michigan sporting pubic. But,
whether it would be possible to get the
authorities to change front on the ques-
ton at this time is problematical in a
most unsatisfactory degree, and few
dare to express the opinion that such
favorable action will be found possible.
1t also is reported that the eastern
turfmen are about to attempt an ar
rangement whereby the finest racing
plant In the world will be built at New
fffG will T1nf hn
done until the promoters are convinced
that the laws not only are of q favor
able nature, but will be maintaiped
that way for long time. Altogether,
neither proposition seems fraught with
much hope.