Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-10
KNOCKOUT BOYS
ARE FEATURED
-PICATO AND MORRIS SCRAP
TUESDAY NIGHT
EACH HAS OPPONENT THAT WILL
BE HARD TO BEAT
Mccarey Wants to Give Them Thor
oueh Tryouts, and Abdul and
Kennedy Should Make Them
Travel at Fast Pace

Two of the most promising scrappers
turned out on the coast in the last
four or five years will furnish features
of the card that Manager McCarey has
arranged for next Tuesday night at his
Maud Junction pavilion. They are
Frank Picato, lightweight, and Billy
Morris, middleweight. Neither of these
boys ever knew what it was to be
whipped, and each has won all his
fights by the knockout route.
Picato is the most consistent per-
former that ever stepped inside the
ropes He is a human iceberg, being
remarkably self-possessed in action for
fighter who has had so brief a career.
He goes in the ring to knock out his
opponent as speedily as possible, being
unusually nervous and impatient IN
this regard and he has not wasted
much time in fighting since he first
pulled on the gloves. The average
length of his engagements is less than
two rounds.
He exhibited his self-possession for
the first time last week, when he fought
Jack Kennedy, whom he will meet again
Tuesday night. Kennedy is speedy
fighter and has a stiff punch. He
landed on Picato I'm the first minute OF
fighting and Picato went to the mat,
rolling entirely over. 1t was punch
that caused many to believe that the
original knockout kid had met his
match and then some. But Picato arose
at once and famed into Kennedy with
a. ferocity that the latter could not
meet, and Picato put him down three
times. the final knockdown being SUI
ficient to cause Kennedy to take the
count. Picato did not lose his head or
fight wildly after being walloped to
the mat.
On the contrary, he fought coolly but
speedily, and as he hits without the
usual swing, trusting principally to
his ability to hook his mitts TO the
vital spot In an effective manner, ne
increases the effectiveness Of his hgnt-
ing. Kennedy could not avoid these
short-arm jabs and hooks. and Picato
puts irresistible steam behind ms
blows, so that 1t was impossible 1or
Kennedy to follow up his advantage
and he lost.
Kennedy is a newcomer, and his bat
tie with Picato was his first experience
in the ring. He has trained properly
for the return match and is conndent
he will be able to reverse the tables
on his unbeaten opponent. He assured
ly has much promise for the future II
he develops in anything like the or
binary fighter comes out, as his speed'
size, reach and puch make him dan
gerous opponent at all times, and this
would be true in far greater sense
If he only had more experience ana
training in the art.
Morris is the husky youngster tnat
Jim pitcher discovered and put on the
fight map last week when he stopped
Stewart in rag time. He is built IKE
Jeffries, is game all the way through
fast and a willing fighter. His terrinc
punch gives him a big advantage over
all opponents in his class, and 1t VIII
be interesting to note just how the WHY
Abdul will be able to get away from
rushing, nut-smashing fighter or the
Morris type Abdul likes the rough
work and will be blowing In all the
time, but he dislikes the wallop that
connects with his jaw. This bout
should be no worse than second pest on
the card, and it should not go the limit
Altogether, McCarey has framed up
card that is worthy of better patron
age than has been accorded his recent
shows, as there Is so much real scrap
ming on the bill that there should pe no
excTse for complaint after the ball is
over. Six bouts of six ROUNDS eacn,
with every principal a born hghter Is
the offering, and although the recent
shows at Maud Junction have oeen
better than the average minor evenI
offering, the card for Tuesday nignt Is
n,uch the best that McCarey mas
framed up in recent months