Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-21
GE DOUBLE
CARD TONIGHT
II ROUNDS OF FIGHTING
AT VERNON
MAIN EVENTS BRING OUT
CLASSY BOYS
! Otto Tackles Montana Kid,
) Otto Tackles Montana Kid,
.,lie Danny Webster Takes On
Billy snallham-Both Bouts
at Twenty Rounds
hY lAY DAVIDSON

siderable class is involved in the
zouble bill that the Jeffries Ath-
elub will stage tonight at Vernon,
Young Otto and Montana Kid
20 on FOR q twenty-round scrap
Danny webster viii tackle Billy
i ham over the same distance.
& the card Is rated as second class.
Is nc disputing that all the prin-
la are entitled to rank near the
4 81 the head of their divisions, and
I are prominent candidates for cham
si,ship hcnors.
. 1T viii be the occasion of the first
st1 appearance of Young Otto, the
lockout wonder that Baron Long re-
. Entity brought from New York, and
mailman also viii make his initial bow
Is the Los Angeles fight fans Both
be newcomers are favorites over the
5eal boys, Otto ruling as choice at 10
b 6 and Snailham being held at 10 to 3.
It Is difficult to select the more at
|factive bout Of the two. Interest In
he debut of Otto Is great because he Is
|ecognized as one of the most danger
rus fighters in the lightweight divts-
an for the near-champions to tackle.
ia has had no real opportunity to push
hlinself to the front, but expects to be-
ia a campaign in that direction to-
light. Notwithstanding the interest in
he Otto coming out party. the bout
Webster and Snailham UNI
otbtedly win be a strong rival of the
Their for the honor of being the real
bin event OK the two.
4 Should Be Great Scrap
However, there is no getting around
he fact that both battles have every
.ppearance In prospect of being most
|tfractive events and should result In
hat kind of fighting that excites and
interests the fans. Montana kid is the
.earest approach to O. fancy boxer on
he bill, but Montana Is not going into
he ring tonight to box-he is going TO
light for once in his life. Otto, Snail
lana and Webster are demons In the
ing and always give the fans run for
heir money.
Otto expects to stop Montana Kid in
lalf a dozen rounds or less, while Mon
ana has trained for this fight with q
rev to mixing It with Otto and re-
raining his lost prestige in the ring by
whipping this hard-hitting
wonder from the east. Montana has
rained for this fight--this old story Is
rue this time--and he says he will go
nto the ring determined to win quickly
f it is In him to do SO. It is his OPP
portunity to prove himself and get
back on the ladder in a position to
climb to the top.
Otto Clever elunper
Otto is a clever slugger and as fast
Is Pacly Mcfarland. This means that
Montana has picked out a decidedly
1ifficult job for tonight. Otto has
whipped many of the crack topnotch
ightweights down east and done 1t so
quickly and easily that he is entitled to
he post of favoritism. He has had
some difficulty in making weight, but
he club officials were unwilling to be-
ieve the change in climate had such a
wonderful effect upon him, and yester-
lay the scales at the South Side Ath-
etic club were thoroughly tested and
'ound to be off about one and a half
pounds. By this manner of reckoning
otto was within three-quarters of a
pound of the required notch last night.
After drying out he is expected to be
able to make the required 1873 pounds
" weighing-in time today.
He assuredly is in excellent condi-
ion and capable of putting up his best
light. He is ready to set a merry pace,
md is so confident that he will knock
nut Montana Kid that he viii be greatly
disappointed if he fails to turn the
rick in six or less number of rounds.
Has Scored Forty Knockouts
There is much justification in the be-
,tbwal of the title of the Knockout Kid
lp0n Otto. He has engaged in seventy
battles and won forty of them by the
knockout route, nineteen of these oc-
.urring in the first round. He has
1een Knocked out once, by Johnny
Allen, whom he afterward knocked out
n six rounds.
Following is his great record: