Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-02
MANY ADMIRE
CHICAGO BOY
CARSEY HAS STRONG BACKING
AMONG FANS
THEY FIGURE HE is FAVORED BY
SHORT ROUTE
Despite That Brock Knocked Him Colo
and Stiff at Their Last Meeting
He Will Not Lack for Sup-
Porters at RIngside

Despite that Phil Brock knocked
Frank Carsey cold and st1n IN tnelr
last scrap and outslugged the chicago
boy at all times after they began to
stand toe and toe and fight, there are
numerous fans in Los Angeles who are
betting that Carsey will defeat lne
Cleveland lad when they meet FRIDAY
night at McCarey's fight club. 1t Is
probable that If the fight was scheduled
over a 20 or 25-round route BROCK
would be made an odds-on faVorlte,
owing to his gameness and ability to
take punishment and slug back, put
Carsey outfought and outboxed BROCK
for the first fifteen rounds or tnelr iast
fight, and the fans figure that ms
cleverness will enable him to win the
decision over his late conqueror over
the shortened route.
Carsey is no dub at the slugglng
game, being remarkably good In that
department for fighter who Is clever
and fast and able to win fights by out
pointing his opponents, as a rule. he
proved this last time they met, but ne
also proved that Brock is a better slug
ger than himself. He hammered Brock
good and hard for ten or twelve rounds
and had g. good, clear lead for ffteen
rounds, but Brock seemed to wake up
at about this stage Of the hight and
waded into Carsey with rights and letts
that the Chicago boy neither could
block nor avoid, and after five or SIX
rounds of hard slugging Brock caught
Carsey with fierce left to the Jaw,
and before the round ended he had him
down for the count, and then some.
Brock is a slow beginner and Carsey
is directly the opposite. Carsey gets
busy at the first tap of the gong and
does not wait for the other fellow to
set any pace for him. His cleverness
-~4xr h tNfa
| wallop to back them up has brougni
him home first in many battles with
good, clever boys. If Brock defeats
| him at ten rounds he must get up ano
hustle from the beginning, mixing II
right along from gong to gong. he
realizes this and says that he VIII &c
after Carsey from the first jump, ano
In this event the fans Will see danoS
scrap while it lasts, with the propa-
/ bilities most fattering for a knockout
Both boys are training hard every
day of their lives. They know wnat
| they are going up against as they nave
met three or four times previously, ana
each has a high degree OF respect ior
| the other. Carsey went eight miles
on the road yesterday, and after going
through with his usual strenuous pro-
gram in the open-air gymnasium at
| the South Side Athletic club took or
| Charlie Anslinger for eight rough
house rounds. Carsey is mixing II
roughly with his sparring partners De-
cause he expects to have to stand TOT
g. deal of rough work Friday night
and he wants to be in good condition
for such a battle. Brock went through
practically the same work, ending the
workout with several stiff rounds with
Rose and Lucca In the Venice ring.
Brock will be in great condition, with
out a doubt, and expects to repeat his
decisive victory over Carsey that he
obtained in their last meeting.
There is no denying that McCarey has
arranged a card that is most attrac-
tive. Every number on the program
spells fight, with the clever boxers al
most entirely eliminated. There are no
dubs on the bill and every fellow en-
gagged is a rough house artist of con-
siderable note. Frank Picato and
| Charlie Anslinger, Willie Fairbanks
and Norman Stone and Joe Rogers and
Willie Mack will furnish the prelim-
inaries to the main event, and these
names are a sufficient guarantee of the
class of milling that will prevail all
| evening.