Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-25
BRIEFS OF THE
SPORTING WORLD
BY ARrHUR n. DUNNING

D1 ARTHUR DuNNANU
Well, what about your consistent ex-
ponents of the horsehide game? Two
straight victories. and the Angels jump
from third to the leading position in
the league, in an away-from-home SER
les. at that. Can you beat :. for steady
uphill work, in the face of heavy odds
In the form of a crippled team? Hen
Berry should be awarded crown as
good and faithful servant of the
fans, and his glowing optimism regard
ing the predicted Angel victory this
season is fast proving contagious. Go
ahead, Hen, and We'll try to give you
fitting reception when you wander
home again.
Dolly Gray and Maggie. the two old
standbys, were the means of the happy
upward hop of the Angels. Nagle
found the Grafters on easy crowd in
the morning game and Gray continued
the good work In the afternoon. Kitty
Brashear smeared himself with glory
In the first game and made a hit every
time he faced the northern pitcher.
Gray added to Danny Longs long face
by getting three nice hits In the after
noon game. And don't forget Brashear's
home run.
Frank Carsey is becoming a very
much talked-of young man. The east
ern lightweight is awaiting the out
come of the Weish-Brock go with
great hope that he may meet the WIN
ner of this match or the Sullivan-Dal-
ton affair. Carsey is regarded as a
classy performer and with a defeat of
both the Saturday afternoon main
event men to his credit the match
certainly is coming to him. Baron
Long of the Jeffries club is favorable
to a meeting between Sullivan and
Carsey, and Peters work Decoration
day will settle the matter.
Willie Lewis, the American boxer,
has just returned from trip abroad
and brings home a brand new impress
sion of Tommy Burns that may cause
a few of the defamers of the champion
to open their eyes. Lewis saw him 9s-
pose of "Jewey" Smith, the South
African fighter, in Paris. in Jig time,
and he has gained added respect for
Tommy's punching abilities.
Believe me, that man Burns is a
terrific puncher." says Willie. HE
dropped this fellow Smith, with little
hooks that didn't travel six inches. He
is corking good puncher and the
fastest big man L ever saw. II you
want my opinion, he will whip Jack
Johnson to a dead certainty. Anyone
who picks Burns for a sucker is a
sucker himself for doing it,
With these few remarks we will al
low the matter to be tabled.
Stranger than fiction Is truth that
comes to hand from the east. Stanley
Ketchell, the middleweight, has been
made G. to 5 favorite over Billy Papke
in their coming ten-round go. and this
price has been made. not by the Ketch-
ell lovers of the Pacific coast but by
the Papke followers of Milwaukee. II
was remarked frequently that Papke
would probably rule a heavy favorite
over Ketchell in the east, bit the fight
fans throughout the country evidently
are deeply impressed with the recent
defeats of the Sullivan Twins and more
remote knockouts of Joe Thomas
scored by the husky Michigan lad.
Several bets have been recorded on
the Decoration day Welsh Brock go
and, naturally, Phil Brock has beer
played as the favorite. The price was
10 to 9. There Is considerable doubt
whether the Englishman's supporters
will get such odds as the bout ap-
proaches, however, for reports have II
that a large roll of Milwaukee money
! is due to be bet on Welsh. The latter
has his champion welterweight belt
won from Joe White, the former Brit.
| ish champ, at Pontypridd, September
| 16. 1907. on exhibition at his training
| quarters.