Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-07
Gossip of

n ARON LONG received a telegram
X last night from Billy Snailham
~ which gave acceptance of the Of
fer of the Jeffries Athletic club for a
2O-round scrap with Danny Webster in
the double main event show that will
be staged at Vernon the night or
August q, Snailham was offered the
match with Webster at 122 pounds at
O'Clock the day of the fight and when
the terms offered were found satistac-
tory the crack little scrapper came
through with his acceptance. The other
main event will be 20-round bout pc
tween Montana Kid and Young Otto
at 1873 pounds at o'clock the day OF
the fight There is good class to TINS
card and undoubtedly it will attract a
good house. Snailham and Otto never
have been seen in local ring, put
both have excellent regulations 80 de-
fend and will have to be at their best
to defeat the local scrappers opposed TO
them.
Owing to the death of the mother Of
President Cal Ewing of the coast
league, it was decided to postpone the
meeting that had been called for the
organization of the new southern cup
in the league. The meeting was called
for last night, but as Hen Berry pre-
fers that President Ewing attend the
meeting he suggested that the orgahl-
zation be deferred until next week SO
that Ewing can be on hand. IL was IN
tended to organize the association tnat
is to take over the franchise, declde
upon the location of the club and, pos
sjbIv. select a manager and captain Of
the club. Berry proposes to see TO IL
that the new club gets off to a good
start, anyway, and for this reason, ala
not want to go ahead until EWING
could be present to advise with those
interested.
Harry Burt had to stand for a lot
of Kidding" last night by his friends:
Harry bought a large assortment OF
fur rugs. mantel pieces, wall orna-
ments and other fur junk, paying
pair of recently arrived statesmen $22O
for the outfit. He probably got tine
worth of his money, but Jetfries. Kip
per. Mel Nordlinger and the Pitcher
hoys got busy with sarcastic remarks
and nutterings in aside tones regard
ing "suckers," "gold brick men" ana
mir. Dead Easy every time Harry
would show up. His explanations were
greeted with silent sympathy Cd for
time. but finally Harry became weary
of it and hied himself to seat in one
of his automobiles. Then the crowd
went on to the sidewalk and stopped
Harry regarding his purchase. 1t kept
up at this rate for several hours, and
by the time everybody had to close up
and go home Harry almost had been
convinced that he had played sucker"
Then the boys dubbed together and
offered to take the outfit off his hands
at a profit of $65. He has fine assort-
ment of fur ornaments, all right, about
enought to start wholesale house, and
his friends are wondering what he in
tends doing with it.
In the excitement and great interest
that attaches to the scrap tonight be-
tween Packy Mcfarland and Phil
Brock the fans have overlooked, to a
certain extent, the fact that two other
crackerjack scrappers are in training
for a fight that is to be pulled off next
week. Johnny Murphy, the great lit
tie lightweight who has risen fast in
the ranks in the last year, and Freddie
Welsh, the English lightweight cham
pion, are to fight next Friday night at
Vernon over 2O-round route and both