Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-04
LITTLE BETTING
ON HEAVY BOYS
FANS UNDECIDED REGARDING
RESULT
FLYNN AND BARRY NEAR END
OF TRAINING
Eastern scrapper Has Advantage OF
About Twenty Pounds In Weight
but Fireman is Not Worried
In the Least

That the fans are rather undecided
as 10 the outcome of the battle between
Jim Barry and Jim Flynn at McCarey >
pavilion Friday evening is best evil
denced by the lack of betting upon the
contest of the event so far. All OF tnose
who wager are waiting to see JUST
what condition the ghters are IN ana
i,1dgins from reports from both camps
there is nothing lacking which either
could desire to make him more conn-
dent of landing the big end OF the
Early in his training Barry was a
little fearful of his left hand, Wnlch
he injured when he raped Battllhs
Johnson so hard in the second round
of their contest, but subsequent eHef-
cising of the member showed that II
A. IN GOOD shane and he will have no
trouble from that source. He laid OH
from work yesterday afternoon deemlng
a little road work in the morning SUM
Client for the day, but he VIII resume
active ring work this afternoon at the
South Side Athletic club quarters
Barry weighed 1856 pounds yesterday
after he had come off the highway
Flynn has cut out boxing for the
remainder of the period, which ne Will
devote to preparation He did road
work yesterday and fiddled around in
the ring at Eastside in the afternoon,
but IL was more in the matter OF round
ing out his training than the need or
any more work Flynn is considerably
under weight, tipping the scales at
about 1854 pounds, but he has the Ut
most confidence in his ability to win
in spite of the differei Gee in the
weights. Flynn is so accustomed to
giving away poundage that 1t is second
nature for him to come into the ring
against a giant in stature and weight,
but the fans know that they Will get
a good run for their money while the
fireman is inside the ropes and the
house Friday will be a larg one, the
scrap being the talk OF the sporting
element of the city.
Although the preIiminaries usually
are considered a necessarv evil when a
big contest is scheduled, in this IN
stance the Pacific Athletic club has ar
ranged three six-round bouts which,
on paper, appear to be of more than
ordinary merit. Willie Mack and Eddie
Danaher will come into the "'0o at
1856 pounds and as this will be Dana
hers first appearance in Los Angeles
his showing against a trial horse like
Mack will be watched with concern by
the patrons of the sport. Mack is
training hard at the pavilion and eX-
pects to be in bangup shape to meet
the San Francisco lad.
In Mike Dalton and Congo coon the
fans will have two fighters who will not
stop a moment from the tap of the first
gong to the end of the battle. Congo
made such a good showing against
Bubbles Robinson that his appearance
against the resuscitated Dalton will
cause the fans to sit up and take no.
tice.
Young McGovern will make his re-
entry into the game when he faces Kid
Brennan and may be expected to fight
all the way, as he has agreed to take
no share of the purse unless he shows
that he is not afraid of his opponent
during the battle. Brennan is from
Chicago and comes well heralded as
a promising bantam and with assur-
ances that he will get a chance at
Johnny Coulon if he makes good on the
coast this fall.
The sale of seats begins this morning,
the advance reservations showing that
there is great interest in the battle
and the Pacific Athletic club expects
one of the biggest houses of the sea-
son.