Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-20
BOTH ANXIOUS
FOR THE GONG
DALTON AND CARSEY READY
FOR BATTLE
FoRMR HAS TWO POUNDS BEST
OF WEIGHTS
Each in Perfect Trim and Confident Of
Knockout Victory-Spaghetti
Champ Is Especially
Well Trained

Visits were made by representatives
of the Jeffries Athletic club to the
fight camps yesterday to weigh in the
scrappers who will entertain the fans
this afternoon at the Vernon club, and
the quartet of maulers weighed in be-
low the required notches. Kid Dalton
tipped the beam at 1872 pounds, which
Is one pound below the agreed weight,
and Frank Carsey was two pounds
lighter. Peter Sullivan weighed in at
14O pounds, two pounds less than the
agreed weight, and his opponent, How
ard Baker, is two pounds lighter.
Interest centers in the showing that
Dalton will make against Carsey, who
mas had more experience in fighting
main events, and who has made a rec
ord in the ring that entities him to rank
with the best boys in the country at
his weight. This is to be the coming
out party of the spaghetti champion,
and will be his first real main event
scrap. He appreciates the opportunity
and his friends need have no fear that
ne Will be any worse than in perfect
condition. He has trained faithfully
for the fight, realizing how much de-
ponds upon victory. and after he had
weighed in yesterday he said that he
was delighted with his condition and
expected to whip the imported fighter
inside the limit
Dalton will not go into the ring this
time as fat as he usually is when he
scraps, and he will be in more perfect
trim to stand the gait over the 25-round
route. In fact, this is the first time that
he has trained properly for fight, and
his appearance indicates that he is in
trim to do the best he knows how. To
those who are accustomed to seeing a
f1abby, overfed, ha1f-trained scrapper
in action when he is swapping wallops
with his opponent, he will be a big
CurnriSa q ACTUALLY RI ho in
and drawn, but this is the result of
comparing his former appearance with
the Kid Dalton that will fight today
| Carsey is also in perfect trim. He
has worked with Peter Sullivan during
the training period and is made ia
vorite to win from Dalton because he
has shown speed and cleverness, with
satisfactory punching ability, that inn
presses one that he Is to be difficult
problem for Dalton to solve. Carsey
hits like a flash and his blows carry
steam behind them, as Sullivan admits.
| The boys seem to be enely matched
in hitting, weight, height, reach and
gameness, the only real advantage held
| by either being the superior cleverness.
experience and speed Of Carsey, and
these may develop into real factors in
the result this afternoon. Dalton Is
game and can take punishment with
out f1inching, while he has the steam
behind his blows that enables him to
make an opponent respect him. He will
have one advantage that will show to
good effect If the scrap goes the limit.
He is better adapted to a fight over a
distance than is Carsey, and : the
stamina of Dalton is urged by his
friends as an important consideration
in reckoning on the possibilities Of the
fight.
The fans consider the match an at
tractive one because it will be a prime
SUGGEST all the way and there will be
sufficient walloping to make the mo-
ments fly urcommonly fast. Real fight
ing always gets the applause, and the
Jeffries card appears unusually attrac-
tive because real fighters only are to
be on the Vernon program. The pre-
liminary, a 15-round bout between
Peter Sullivan and Howard Baker at
142 pounds, should be a whirlwind af-
fair while 1t lasts and neither scrapper
expects the battle to go to the limit.
The preliminary will be called at 2
o'clock promptly, and the main event
will follow without delay. Jeffries will
referee the main event and Tommy
Walsh will take care Of the prelim.z