Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-22
FIGHTERS ARE
WORKING HARD
BUSY SCENES AT TRAINING
CAMPS
LONG OFFERS PAckY MATCH
WITH WINNER
Successful Contestant In Brock-Welsh
Fight VIII Probably Meet Me-
FarIand at Vernon on
July Fourth

Baron Long, Manager McRae and a
party of newspaper men took spin
out to the East Side training camp
yesterday afternoon and watched Phil
Brock go through his daily training
stunts.
The clever little lightweight had
just finished punching the bag when
the party arrived. He quickly donned
the gloves and stepped into the ring,
where he went four fast rounds with
Kid Dalton, who also is training at the
East Side quarters for his fight with
Peter Sullivan, which will be the first
event on the Vernon fight program for
Decoration day.
After the boxing bout Phil put on a
light pair of gloves and slammed the
sand bag for a round. He intended to
box several rounds when he had fin
ished his exercise with the bag, but the
aspirants for ring honors who promised
to spar with him failed to make their
appearance.
Manager McRae said he made an
agreement with young Louder to spar
each afternoon with Brock.
"There are a number of lightweislits
in Los Angeles who know 1 want SPAR
ring partners for Brock" said McRae.
''but none of them are anxious to so
against the lad"
Both Brock and Dalton are in good
shape and will be in first class condi-
ton when they enter the ring on Deco
ration day.
Welsh a Hard Worker
Eddie Webster is assisting in the
training of Crock and McRae says he
4u Ay-uf oil haf
At Jack Doyle's camp near the Ver-
non arena Freddie Welsh, after q
days rest Wednesday. worked hard
yesterday afternoon. He took his usual
run in the morning and in the after
noon boxed several rounds each With
Peter Sullivan, Kid Carsey and Charlie
Boesen.
The young Eng1ishman is a believer
in hard work and his sparring partners
have to hustle when they step into the
ring for the usual afternoon bouts.
Freddie says he is feeling fine and
will be in the best of condition when
he enters the ring to fight Brock.
Late last night Baron Long. secre-
tary of the Jeffries Athletic club, wired
q very liberal offer to the Chicago
whirlwind, Packy Mcfarland, to meet
the winner of the Brock-Welsh battle.
In all probability Packy will accept the
and if he does agree to sign for
match with either Brock or Welsh the
fight will take place on July and will
be over the twenty-five round route.
Both Eager to Meet Mcfarland
Both Welsh and Brock are eager to
meet the Chicagoan in the ring, so
there will be no difficulty in pitting
either of them against the hard hit
ting younGster from the Windy city.
Brock is confident that he can not only
beat Packy but that he can administer
the said beating by the knockout route.
This is the one match that his man
ager, McRae, has been trying to ar
range for the past two months. AS
matter of fact he would nave peen as
willing to match his charge with Packy
for Decoration day as he was to fight
Freddie Welsh.
AS for the young Englishmen, Welsh,
the proposition to get him a match
with Mcfarland in case he wins over
Brock in their coming fight was ac-
cepted as joyfully as though he were
getting money from home.
''If there is one man l want to get In
the ring again, it is Packy Mcfarland"
said Welsh when he was asked whether
he would sign articles agreeing to meet
Packy on July a. Welsh is confident
he can paste the "skidoo" sign both
WAYS across Packys lightweight as
pirations.
That a fight between either McFar-
land and Brock or Mcfarland and
Welsh would be one or the greatest
slap-bang exhibitions of pummeling
that has ever been pulled off in South
ern California is very apparent to the
close followers of the fistic game.
Fans Would Bet Against Packy
When Welsh met Packy in the ring
last February before the Badger club,
Milwaukee, for a ten-round go the end
ing to the mill, caused by the referee
awarding the decision to Mcfarland,
was so unpopular with the fans who
witnessed the contest that they have
been clamoring for return match
ever since that affair was pulled off.
Nearly every spectator at this fight
agreed that the least the Englishman
should have received would have been
draw, and, if anything, the Briton
had a shade the better of the bout.
While Brock has never faced the |
Chicago pummeler in the ring, the To-
cal followers of tvs fight game are we'll |
aware of his ability, and no doubt |
would back Brock to the limit of their |
purse strings to hand over a severe
drubbing to the ambitious Packy.
Interest in a fight between Packy |
Mcfarland and the winner of the
Brock Welsh battle would be consid-
erably heightened by the fact that |
Cans and Nelson also will be settling |
their little differences at Frisco on the |
same day these lads are battling in the |
Vernon ring. Both fights would there
fore be a sort of semi to the light
weight championship of the world, as
all of these fighters are by far the best
contenders in the 133-pound division. |
IF Cans should retain his title nv heat |
ing Nelson, the winner of the proposed |
fight here would be the legitimate
white lightweight champion of the
world. If, however, Nelson succeeds
in wrestling the laurel wreath from
Joey, fight between the durable Dane
and the winner of the Vernon Fourth
of July battle would be in line to de-
eide who really is the best of the light
weights.