Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30
! KAUFMANN IS
| HOT FAVORITE.
FANS ESTABLISH ODDS AT
TWO TO ONE
KNOCKOUT SEEMS INEVITABLE
AT DISTANCE
Barry Is Betting on Himself and Has
Plenty of Supporters, but Route
and Other Advantages Seem
to Favor Native Son
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Barry are to mix 1t for the near
championship honors would be suffi-
. Gent to attract a great crowd of fight
fans to Jeffries' Vernon arena tonight,
but the almost assured fact that it will
end in knockout, because of the long
distance, makes the battle all the more
attractive and probably will be suf-
ticient to jam the big pavilion. 1t will
be the first attempt in the south to
stage a 45-round battle, and the fact
that the two greatest white heavy
weights in the world are to be in the
points, both of whom are famous for
their knockout punches, in addition to
the important bearing the result will
have upon future heavyweight cham
pionship battles appeals unusually
strong to the fans.
Kaufman rules a 10 to faVorite
over Barry in the general market, al
though the big bettors are demanding
and giving to l. with the native son
the choice. The great cleverness, speed
and punching ability of the Chicago boy
makes him loom up as the most serious
opponent Kaufman ever has tackled
since his scrap with Jack O'Brien three
years ago. Added to this is the further
fact that Barry has been working faith
fully and systematically for nearly
month to get into proper condition, and
ne surely Is lId1nGu " Tie illOIlltllts
These facts cause many to incline in
their faVoritism toward the Chicago
boy, especially in view of the reports
that have been floating around the
Rialto to the effect that Kaufman has
not trained properly and is not in
proper condition for a bruising battle
over the Marathon route.
1t may be set down as reliable how
ever that Kaufman is not lacking in
condition. The big fellow has not been
doing any great amount of boxing dur
ing the training period, but he has
: heTn working every day on the road
land in the gymnasium, and Billy De-
laney, the veteran trainer, says that AL
is in great condition and fit to fight
for his life. Billy knows better than
anybody else about these things, and
he never sends a fighter into the ring
unless he is ready to deliver the gods.
Billy never deceived the public, either,
and he would not be making such
statements unless they were of a de-
pendable nature. Those who are bet
ting against Kaufman because of the
belief that he is lacking in condition
will find out their mistake when the
big native son steps into the ring to-
night.
The course over which they will
travel is so extended that knockout
seems assured. 1t hardly is reason
able to expect that two big maulers of
the class, experience, punching ability
and gameness of this pair could stand
up and hammer each other for forty
five rounds Neither is q snowy boxer
or a runaway fighter. 1t must be
standup battle, toe-to-toe, and there
will be plenty OF hitting to excite the
fans.
haufmann is a slow beginner as
rule. but if he gets stung early in the
-than otherwise. When he gets going
hinder a full head of steam there is
going 10 be something big come off.
lie hits harder than any heavyweight
now in the harness, is as game as they
make them, can take beating like
veteran and yet keep on fighting better
in each succeeding round. The DIS
lance is more favorable to him than
to Barry. 80.
Barry probably will get busy with
out delay, owing to the known sloth-
fulness of the native son to get gong
at full speed. With his cleverness ana
punch. Barry should make things de-
cidedly interesting for the big fellow
In the early rounds and he may sting
Kaufnann sufficiently to get him
warmed up early in the scrap. 1t
looks like Barry would have to win
in ten or fifteen rounds or be returned
the loser. BY the time Kaufman mas
gone that distance he will be traVeilng
Of full speed and will be hard to whip.
! Kaufnann money will look better with
each round after the fifteenth.
Barry will have a handicap to over
come in the matter of weight, as
Kaufnann will outweigh.-him at least
zen mounds This would be a small
~ -. - ten-round fight, probably
G gard q such a long distance as forty
nners finds it will be serious handl-
I 49, nth this advantage and bet
states' FLOP in either hand than Barry
az the Sst. not to mention his game
- saw oAad advantages in height and
laufnann has Barry at de-
an emory Eadvantage to start with.
Is founding scrap will begin about
rho nrstregardless of the result of the
,o,,a tIary Only one prelim will be
wv and that will be a six-round
we calween Jack O'Keefe and Mugg-
| creed in ms. Unless Muggsy is much
"a can than is generally believed, he
We can IA plenty to look after In this
1 to love hout, owing to the cleverness
ment-1unching ability of O'Keefe. This
sXont win be started at S:15 o'clock and
gsSould be ended by S:45 o'clock, If 1t
soes to the full limit.
Sowing to the Importance of the
u,otch in that it really means that
,ha winner will be the last straw in
" The heavyweight championship dis
Vn.a the fans are more than ordinarily
"ssrested and an extraordinary at
iandance is expected. To accommo-
a.ta the fans the usual street car spe-
All service will be established at z
gsiock and cars will be run from the
STsmple block, down Spring street. di-
~ Ia the arena every three minutes
Nh the fight begins.