Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
WANTS
TO GRADUATE
TRAINING HARD FOR FIRST
MAIN EVENT
Meets Frank carsey Saturday After
noon Before Jeffries Athletic Club
at Vernon-Promise He
viii Make Good

Fight fans will be invited to go to
Vernon next Saturday afternoon to
attend the debut of a local faVorite,
Kid Dalton, as a main event fighter,
when he gets his first main event scrap
in 25-round battle with another son
of Italy, Frank Carsey before the JEFF
fries Athletic club, and the occasion
of a graduation of popular local boy
from the pork-and-bean division into
the ranks of the main event scrappers
undoubtedly will be graced by we'll
filled pavilion as benefit for the lad
who has been the great trial horse for
tough pugilistic nuts Tor the last three
years.
Local boys have had hard times
ahead of them every time they have
sought to develop into main event fight
ers, but Harry Baker furnishes bril-
liant example of what a pork -and-bean
mauler can do for himself if he has
the requisite class. Nobody will deny
that Dalton has class and deserves to
be promoted. He has been known as
the local champion of his division for a
couple of years and in that period
he has grown to be so nearly unbeat-
able that the fans have forced fight
promoters to import main event boys
to give Dalton a sound threshing or
prove his mettle. The right fellow has
not shown up thus far and Dalton has
he had right to demand main event
match.
carsey Is Worthy Foe
When he tackles Carsey next Sat
urday afternoon, he will go up against
the toughest proposition he has tackled
thus far in his career, and he is con-
fdent that he will reward his al
mirers by pulling down the long end
of the fighters share of the receipts.
h &c an he
fact that he is vastly improved
fighter in the last six months and is
not the same rough dub that he once
was wh.n he was earning milk tickets
in preliminary scraps with equally
"dubby" fighters year ago.
Carsey will be no easy proposition
for Dalton. He is more experienced
at the game, has met tougher men
and whipped them, and right now is
in his prime In fact, Carsey is fight
ing better in the last year than he ever
fought in his life before. He tackled
Abe Attell over a fifteen-round route
less than two years ago and stayed
the lint to hairline defeat. The
decision was so rhairline" that the
crowd hooted the referee and Attell
had to give him another fight. Abe
defeated Carsey in three rounds the
second time they met.
In the year 1907 Carsey lost only one
fight, a twenty-round decision going
against him in his scrap with Jimmy
Dunn. In the same period he fought
Dunn to a twelve-round draw. repeated
with Bert Keyes at the same distance,
drew with Phil Brock in ten rounds
and held Freddie Weeks to ten-round
draw. He also got twenty-round draw
with Dunn and Kid Taylor drew with
him in ten rounds
Although neither fighter has set the
al hi Tit1
are Corners in their division and both
now are fighting at their best clip.
Dalton always has shown a desire for
a long fight, being a slow beginner,
and considering the showing he made
against Pete Sullivan, he seems to i'm
prove with each succeeding round after
he warns up
Dalton Likes Punishment
Carsey is cleverer and faster, but
Dalton is a bear for punishment and
saturated with bulldog courage. He
has a castiron jaw and can take as
much of a beating as Cyclone Thomp-
son, Carsey will find him touch
nut to crack and if he does not keep
wide-open eye on Kiddo, there will be
a quiet nap coming to the New Or
leans boy. Kid is a crackerjack at
sneaking over the dream tablet.
At all events, local fight fans have
a Just pride in the record of Dalton.
and will turn out to witness his efforts
at making a success in his first main
event engagement. He has fought for
meal tickets long enough and the scrap
Saturday afternoon will be in the ma
ture of a testimonial benefit from his
Los Angeles admirers, who will be
grievously disappointed if he fails to
make good.
Both boys are in active training for
the fight. Carsey working at Vernon
and Dalton going through a strenuous
daily stunt at the East Side Athletic
club. Both appear to be In excellent
condition and it is assured that each
will go into the ring with wholesome
respect for the other and trained to
the minute through the influence of
that respect
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