Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-25

The betting sports had the exact line
on this scrap. They made Flynn a 10
| to favorite and an unusually large
amount of money changed hands on
the result, as many had a "hunch'
that Johnson had improved enough to
| beat Flynn and figured that the thirty
pounds advantage he possessed would
more than offset the fireman's agrees
sive style of fighting. The hackers of
johnson had no hope whatever after
the fifth round.
AT least two surprises were sprung
on the fans in the preliminary bouts.
Long Jim Cameron, whose frame re-
sembles eucalyptus tree, gave Arthur
| Collins sound thrashing in the cur
tain-raiser and Jack O'Keefe, giving
away several pounds, decisively defeat
| ed Frank Mantell in their six-round
bout. O'Keefe was substituted at the
last moment for Roy Page, who orig
inally was carded to meet Manteli.
This O'Keefe boy will do for further
trials and a scrap between him AMI
| Howard Baker would be crackerjack
drawing card. Both are just between
the light and welter divisions and both
are clever and speedy Had he been
given time in which to train properly
for the fight last night it is probable
that he would have given Manten a
hard run to keep his eyes open.
| All the prel1ullnaf1eS were SOOu Slh1
furnished the fans with plenty of ex-
element and fun. There was ne delay
between bouts and the show passed off
to the entire satisfaction of everybody
except the losing bettors. A large
crowd was in attendance and kept up
a noisy session of cheering and APP
plauding throughout the show.
Cameron Whips Collins
Arthur Collins and Jim Cameron,
black heavyweights, furnished the cur
/ tain-raiser, scheduled as six-round
battle royal Cameron is nearly 1oot
taller than Collins, but less experienced
at the game, and relied upon MS punch
ing ability and his assimilatiVe powers
/ to win the fight. Collins is a clever
Walloper and was favored by the crowd
to beat the big awkward giant. The
/ first round was rather tame until IN
the last minute, when Cameron man
aged to catch Collins off his guard ana
4 pushed a couple of stiff right swings,
from ground to roof, to Collins face.
! The round ended with honors even.
! Cameron seemed to become more conn-
! dent in the second and at once went on
the aggressive. He slammed singing
right swing to the heart that slowed
| Collins down. and then proceeded TO
force the fighting, his long reach and
extra height enabling him to pump in
/ his fence-rail arms with great regular
ity to the head and body. The second
round was all Caneron's.
Collins began to use his noodle IN the
| third, and by cleverly walking in and
sIannmine stiff ones to the head and
getting away before Cameron could
| make return he almost eVened up tne
score at the end of the third. Inc
fourth was about an even break, al
though Cameron showed more OF ms
second round form and slammed rev
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rious return. Cameron probably had
slight lead in this round. The hfth was
Camerons by a wide margin. he
hooked his long right to the Jaw three
or four times and had Collins feellns
Wobbly at times but never was able 10
nut the sleep producer over squarely
Ia the point Collins tried to make a
winning finish, but it was not in him.
| Cameron devoted the sixth round 10
waIloping Collins on the head and Jaw
with his right and kept Collins far
enough away to avoid punishment.
| Cameron won by mile
o'Keefe Defeats Mantell
The second bout originally was
oarded for n six-round session between
I Frank Mantell and Roy Page but the
latter sustained an injury to ms eye
yesterday and Jack y heele, 4, We.eer
/ champion of Colorado, was substituted
tive card, at least
The first round was suftic1ent TO prove
how lucky Roy Page was when he hurt
his eve Mantell was pleasant sur
prise in the form he showed. He hit
| O'Keefe almost at VIII and frequently
knocked him off his equilibrium with
hooks TO the head and jaw, but could
do no very great damage owing to
O'I<eefe's cleverness and speedy foot
work. O'Keefe showed to better adj
vantage in the second round and had
an even break with his heavier OPP
ponent. Roth put over some effective
wallops, but the score was about even
at the end. The third was all o Keefe's
round. He cleverly sidestepped Man
tells vicious lunges and almost in
variably countered to good effect.
/ O'Keefe was entirely too fast and
clever for Mantell in this round.
: The fourth round was rather even.
with the boys doing fairly good work.
but neither inflicted any great damage.
O'Keefe continued to box cleverly ana
never was in danger, while he put over
some stiff ones at times. O'Keefe
showed to great advantage In the fifth
and easily had the better of the round.
Mnntell eeemed to be firing, while
O'Keefe continued to fight and box in
his same old Systematic, snappy man
ner and he put over some telling wall
lops during the session. Mantell tried
to make a finish, but found O'keefe
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