Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-07
IFFFRIES' CLUB
TO STAGE CLASS
LEWIS AND GARDNER HAVE
CLAIM ON TITLE
FIGHTERS COMING FROM EAST
ON DIFFERENT ROADS
Manager Mccarey Arranges for CARD
and Has Five Matches In Sight.
NcGovern and kutehos
Signed

FTVH HE more it is considered the more
classy appears the card Baron
Il Long has ribbed up for the opener
OF the Jeffries club in Vernon. For
long time the fight fans here have been
anxious to see either Harry Lewis or
George Gardner in action, and the
chance to see them in the same ring
will not be overlooked by those who
know the men by reputation.
It isn't often that men who are about
to mix in what is considered a cham
pionship mill travel across the country
at the same time, leaving the same
day, but that's what is happening to
Lewis and Gardner. Both boxers shook
the dust of that dear Boston from their
rnoccasins yesterday, according to
telegram received by Long and while
they are riding on different roads the
men are scheduled to arrive here on the
same day, with only a few hours diff
ference in time.
Doping the Gardner-Lewis fight will
be a hard proposition, if the book Is
adhered to at all. Mike Twin Sullivan
won from Gardner and lost to Lewis,
but that doesn't end it by any means,
for Gardner came right back and OBJ
tained the verdict over Lewis in 10
round affair which went the limit.
The fighters have already staked out
training quarters by telegraph. Jack
Doyle will turn his new place in Vernon
over to Gardner and Lewis will eat his
pate de frog at Luke Kelly's in San
Pedro. The weight called for in the
articles OF agreement, 142 pounds, is not
particularly hard for either man, so
most Of the training stunts will be
made with view to developing the
strength and wind
For Highest Honors
There are so many welterweight
champions in the business that Long
is undecided whether to advertise the
battle between Lewis and Gardner as
one for the title or simply let it go on
its merits. 1t would be perfectly prop
er for Long to stick the top-notch sign
on his posters, for the fighters have as
good a claim on the honors as any OF
them. and in all probability the winner
of the Gardner and Lewis affair Will
be conceded the championship in his
division.
Work on the arena at Vernon is go
ing right ahead and by the middle of
next week it will be completed, so far
as the building itself is concerned. The
chairs ordered from San Francisco and
Seattle have not arrived, but no un-
easiness is felt because of the delay.
They have been promised in plenty of
time for the opening card, and every
thing looks serene for a good time at
Vernon on April 23.
Manager McCarey got to work yes
terday and arranged for three of the
bouts which will go toward making up
the program for the 14th of this month.
The near main eventers will have the
chance of their lives to warm up in
the spotlight, and it looks as though
something would be stirring before the
show is over.
According to the dope passed out
yesterday Young Terry McGovern will
be given another chance to prove that
the amarillo streak he displayed against
Johnny Coulon is only skin deep. Nc
Gov is scheduled for a 10-round en-
gagement with Mike Kutchos, who lost
to Eddie Menney recently, and unless
a knockout occurs they will step the
10-round course.
Aldo and Arthur Collins are another
pair chosen by McCarey to earn the
coffee and doughnut coin. For the
first time in his life the Turk will have
a chance to swell up on his way to the
scales, for the articles of agreement
call for a weighing in at 1852 pounds at
o'clock on the day of battle. This is
another 10-round mingle.
A return engagement of ten periods
between Rube Smith and Russell Van
Horn is also on tap. In addition to
these three longer events a couple of
six-round numbers will be staged, and
taken all in all there is plenty in sight
for the bloodthirsty.
If hard preliminary work and all
kinds of confidence can reverse the
adverse decision he received last time
he hooked up with Flynn, Bat John
son is sure to score a heat when he
meets the fireman in their return en-
gagement at the Cabin. Jim Gaines,
Johnson's manager, has engaged De-
Witt Van Court to look after the big
fellow, and the veteran instructor will
start in Monday giving the Russian the
benefit of his knowledge of the game
The official period of training has not
opened for Johnson yet, but Bat is go
ing right ahead and working without
instructions every day. He is quar-
tered at San Pedro and does not let
the grass get long under his number
tens in his efforts to get into condition.
Regular gymnasium work will start at
the seaside camp the first of next week,
and JOhnson's sparring partners will
begin to feel the burdens of life.
The talk about Van Court and pos
sibilities of Johnson being a much i'm
proved boxer has had it's effect on
Flynn, and the fireman has already
gone to work in his old camp on the
east side. He is doing the regulation
road stunt and aside from the boxing is
laboring as hard as though there We're
but a few days intervening until the
battle with the Russian.
American Player Loses