Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-30
AMBITIOUS BATTLERS TO MEET AT
VERNON PAVILION THIS AFTERNOON
BROCK AND WELSH ARE TO FIGHT Is ROUNDS
Daylight in Nearly Two Years Will Be
Given Before Jeries Newly Formed Organization Today
Fifteen-round Preliminary Between Asprants for Honors
BY ARTHUR e. DUNNING.

/ is concerned. and therefore there is no
fear of either man playing safe. Welsh
and Brock both have announced that
they are going to fight from the first
Jingle of the gong, which is all the
word the fans need.
When the two referees visited the
fight camps yesterday afternoon they
weighed all the fighters and found
them all nicely within the figure re-
quired. Sullivan is the only man who
has been having trouble reducing to
the 133-p pound weight, as he naturally
battles better at 1875 pounds, but after
little extra work he made 1874 yester-
day. which shows that he will not find
it necessary to worry about tipping
the scales at the demanded figure
today.
Dalton Trains Carefully
For the first time in his career in
the ring, Charlie Dalton has spent a
fortnight of systematic training for
his meeting with Sullivan. Dalton
realizes that he has the chance OF his
life before him. Some one has worked
a marvellous change in the happy-go-
lucky kid of old days. He is fighting
for a reputation and chance to get
higher up among the better lads of
the 133-pound division. There is no
stalling about him this time. He only
says ne is going to fight, and fight
his hardest, and there is no boastful
lift of chin and heady talk as in the
oden days. Dalton weighed 1871
pounds yesterday and looked in fine
fettle. His step is springy, his eye
clear a1d every movement bespeaks a
aforementioned fighter. Dalton adj
mits that he is tackling about the
toughest argument that he ever ran
into, but he looks you straight in the
eye when he says, II will beat this fell
low, sure"
Sullivan says nothing. He merely
shows a pleasant little CLEAN of white
teeth, mods his head in the affirmative
in answer to a question as to his con-
fdence of a victory and goes on about
his business.
Betting on the result of the main
event has installed Phil Brock a top
heavy favorite over the English cham
pion. The Cleveland fighter is down
as the long-ender at odds ranging from
10 to s to 10 to 7, and one bet of 800
was made against $50 that Brock
would prove the victor. The expected
wad of Milwaukee money which 1t was
said would be poured in Los Angeles
in the last two days before the bat
tie to be wagered on Freddie Welsh at
the prevailing odds has failed to ma
terialize, and the betting is all in the
East Side boys favor, with little offer
ing of Welsh money. Whenever any
sum is put out for wager on the
Englishmans chance it is eagerly
snapped up.
Good House Expected
Indications are that the house will
be more than satisfactory when the
first two fighters climb into the ring
for the opening of the matinee, since
the advance sales speak well for the
house. Baron Long is no longer wor-
rying about repetition of the fiasco
which sent the club directors into the
slough OF despond at the Gardner-Sul-
Ivan meeting. Special arrangements
have been made TO provide for the
women, who will be admitted to view
this fight for the first time in the his
tory of the fight game in Southern
California. An entire section has been
reserved for the members of the
gentler sex, who will be granted adj
mission to the house provided they
are accompanied by escorts. Many
reservations have been made for seats
for the fair fans.
1t is announced by the club officials
that the semi wndup men will enter
the ring promptly at 2 p. m. at all
events. This event will be refereed by
Tommy Walsh, and Megaphone Cook
will act as announcer for the aft
ernoon
Freddie Welsh announced late last
night that he had asked Eddie Keevin
to take charge of his corner during the
contest, and it is probable that Kid
Carsey and Peter Sullivan, who have
acted as sparring partners during the
training period, also will be seen in his
corner.
Brock will have his manager, McRae,
in charge of his station, and it is prob
able that Danny Webster and Charlie.
Dalton will appear to assist him.