The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
WALSH AND ATTELL
SIGNED UP BY
BERGER
Lizzie Fellows Carded TO Furnish
Ring Warmer TO Langford-
Flynn Bout
By ". J. SIaffery


Little Jimmy Walsh, the slashing
bantam weight Fighter from Boston.
who tucked Jimmy Carroll OF this city
away LAST sumner. found an opponent
last night IN Monte Atteu Of this city.
Promoter sam Berger matched the boys
10 go - rounds AT 120 pounds as ring
warmer TO The Langford- Flynn fight
on the evening Of December 2L This
le1t should prove q hurricane affair
ana lne cn2nces are that Walsh viii
lele q 1eafy IaVorite over the brother
o. Lle 1ealher weight champion.
- ash came OUT with Lansford in the
nope oL BeLtlng on with some good To-
ca- boy Berger assured the Bostonian
eor njEn, bat II began 10 look bad FOR
u Jimmy til- iast evening, when Attell
"as Gus Up, ana then the prospects
,aE ReeLel q bit bright.
Walsh is a great little fighter. as
every Docy who saw him put the rollers
lneer Carroll VIII testify 10. He tears
Tlgnt into his man ana keeps going all
t1e tine. Attel VIII have Il on him in
-el84l- and POSSIBLY in wei ght. but as
ne bostonlan has been used TO stack
lng- Up against larger men than he, il
r. not likely that he viii be bothered
materially because Of this slight handi-
cap
FLYNN TAKES on COBNET
In the hope OF developing more speed
end nslllng powers, Jim Flynn yester-
cay added big Ollie COrnet 10 his train
ING camp The latest arrival TO the
san Rafael retreat weighs close TO zoe
pounds. and while he does not boast
Of a wonderful knowledge of the box
er ART he is g husky willing fellow,
Go the best he can.
Flynn. like al the big fellows who
train for lights here. has found Il eX-
tremely oliTlcuLt 70 locate suitable
training mates When e man knows.
or beleNeS he knows, enough about
the fighting game. he generally bios
I hes &
issuing challenges 10 the very men who
ngure on signing him up as tryoui
Faynn believes that with enough
work and q lively fellow or two to
bring him out he viii be able to ger
tnto the running and put over sur
prise by beating Langford.
The very fact that the majority of
Ihe sports have him down as an easy
mark for the negro does not bother the
-reman, VINO keeps right on his way
He is in fair shape now, apparently
ready TO go.
has BEST OF WEIGHTS
Flvnn figures TO have many pounds
The better Of it in weight. He viii en-
Ter the ring tipping the beam at about
-F0 or 1T5 pounds while the best that
Laugford can do is something in the
-cwn admissions. lie has never fought
ans heavier than this and he does not
care TO try it this time
Langford got aIong very nicely al
his training camp yesterday afternoon
ril Chicago Jack Gardner Suddenly
took a rUnout powder and forscok him.
Now sam IS without shifty sparring
mate and he is afraid that be VIII lose
q couple Of days work in his enGeaVOrs
10 dig up the right man 10 take Chica-
so Jacks place.
Langfords work is being watched
daily by large crowds of the local ngnt
fans From The moment the husky
darky landed here he made hit with
the boys and interest ia his doings is
on the increase. Thus far his work has
met with the approval OF everybody,
and now Il VIII be up 10 him TO sustain
his reputation when he goes into the
ring against Flynn
LTGHTWEIGHTS N THE AIR
Comroth has about given up all hope
Of bringing Packey Mcfarland and
Freddie Welsh together either on New
Years day On any other day in the near
future. unless perchance the young
men become more mild with their de-
mands upon the Mission street promo
ter. Just now each is holding out Tor
$4,000 for his bit and COfrOth has
thrown both hands high IN the sky.
According 10 the local promoter, he
could make the match very readily if
he consented 10 come through Both
men are apparently ready 10 sign up
on any old weight or distance terms,
but they have formed a sort Of com
pact 70 demand $4,000 each when the
purse is passed around 10 be cut up.
The last thing that COnrOth did was 10
refer the boys TO Jenries in Los
Angeles.
is there any chance TO stop Jimmy
Britt? None whatever. He is on the
Job all the time. TO matter whether il
be In the land Of she stars and stripes.
the union sack or the yellow dragon.
At present he is getting ready to close
2 contract TO journey TO Australia and
there take on the best hghtweights
whom the kangaroo promoters can un-
earth.
James next engagement in England
is on washington birthday, when he
goes against Johnny Summers again in
q 20 round mill He probably figures
fhat fighting on the birthday Of his
countrys father VIII bring him some
thing and perhaps III VIII. But win or
lose he is bent upon keeping the
Australian date James viii not allow
Tommy Burns to hang anything on
him.
Frank Corillo. who achieved much
fame as the manager Of Herrera, has
eli the middle weights with a little
experience. The newcomer is Billy
Norris. who lost 10 old Al Neil on A
foul the other night ia Bakersfield.
This. however. has not discouraged
COrillo who is waiting for a chance
10 bring his man out
Corillo is considering Gregory Mitch
ellis offer for fight against Terry
Mustain in the southern town on
Christmas eve or some other time
around the first Of the year. Norris.
like Boer Unholz. comes from South
Africa and has been fighting bushers
around the southern part of the state
for several months.