The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
Cyclone Thompson
Comes tOFight UnhO.z
Sycamore PggiIisf Says He Is
Confident of Defeating the
Game BOer
By r. p. MagiIIigan

With the arrival OF Cyclone Johnny
Inoi. pson In san Francisco yesterday
Charl~y Lercaris quartet of boxers are
IN the field. and the outlook that seemed
so gloomy for the new matchmaker q
short time ago has q more roseate hue
The man from SYCAMORE. H., feels
confident that he viii prove more than
match for the Boer. The Cyclone is
still the same quiet, unassuming chap
that he was when he was out here be-
fore, and while he is not Dragging, he
feels confident that he will have none
too dItficult task on his hands when
ne hooks up with UEhoiz-
Thompson has SelecseA MiilettS, near
Colrna. as his training quarters. Terry
Keller and Eddie DeAkin will act as
sPafrlng partners to the Cyclone
The Cyclone is in pretty fair shape
now he is a steady going fellow, VINO
iives clean life, and tor that reason
he viii not nSed as much training as
some OF his clan who live high-r and
faster life. Thompson believes that by
beating Onhoiz, II ne does beat MIN. he
Will earn recognition with Welsh. Nc
farland, or even Nelson.
With all of Lercaris lighters on hand.
the game is perAing up. and the fight
lans VIII resume tnelr~ old habits Of
gong TO the camps and observing the
work OF the scrappefs in training for
UnhoIz and Murphy are working
steadily at Crolls. in Alameda, and
Wh1lS the crowds are not as large as
they have been in past days 1t Lal1
MS friends across the bay TO see him
work
The Fighting Harp is working with
lad named Ellis OF Alameda, and the
little Alameda boy is a good sparring
partner for Murphy. Powell finds the
Cornell athletic club good place to
work. he gets plenty of variety in his
sparring partners. and this is thing
tnat he needs. Powell is a good work
er. and he gets plenty of chance to try
his sAziil on al kinds and Conditions o.
hnxarS af ha or,r
The fight fans are waiting anxiously
for the arrival Of Billy Pap1e, The mid
die weight champion. Papke should
arrive about the middle OF the week
and he will pitch camp immediately.
Billy Is said TO be a neat worker in
the gymnasium. and when he starts
his training stunt here he is sure to
show to packed houses
Gleason is strong in the belief that
the early arrival of Papke viii help
his Thanksgiving day fight, as it will
give the fans a chance to get ac-
quainted with him. and as he is a good
mixer Gleason figures he will make
many friends who will want to see him
meet Ketchel.
The Occidental athletic club pro-
moter is pretty certain to take pictures
OF this fight, and for this reason he is
still undecided whether to pull off the
fight in the morning or the night Of
/ Thanksgiving day.
liberately. He believes that night
pictures would be every bit as attrac-
tive as day photographs and bases his
conclusion on the good results obtained
in taking pictures of the Burns Brien
fight in Los Angeles.
Gleason believes that there will be
small fortune in the fight films of
Papke- Ketchel fight. as he ayers the
general public would like to see action
pictures of this contest.
While Ii is a long cry from now
until December. the local fight fans are
beginning to speculate somewhat on
the outcome of the Burns-Johnson
fight, which is billed for Sydney the
last month OF this year.
When the match was in the making
very few close followers of the sport
were inclined to give Burns look in.
But now there seems to be a big shift
in sentiment and many of the keenest
judges of the sport in this city concede
Burns very good chance. Those who
like Burns chances figure that he will
outgame Johnson, especially IL John
son doesn't get good start
Johnson's ganeness has always been
questioned Those who saw Jack fight
Marvin Hart here do not forget the
unmistakable signs of saffron he