The San Francisco call., 1909-01-25
HYLAND RUNS OUT
OF MATCH With
LEW POWELL
In The Meantime Promoter Ter
carl Comes 10 Terms With
Walsh and Reagan
By William ). SIattery

Promoter Charley Lercari IS IKE one
OF the boys who is sent in against a
pea and shell game before anybody
Nfscs him Up 10 the inside workings
of d. Now he sees match. and now
he doesn't The fighters have taken IL
upon themselves 10 pose a. human peas
before Charleys admiring gaze, and
their managers so around disguised as
shells They had all been topping
around for two weeks until Lerearl
finally landed Rylsn6 and Powell He
WAS sure that he had J1ts one iocheo
1lu in The cellar. but yesterday after
noon Hvland PLAYED little one ACT
guuOut stunt. and now Charley Is look
lng under an empty shell gain
But while Tins nttle bNplaN WAS De-
inE enacted The promoter suceeeqe1
iu making his peace with Jimmy N aish
and his manager. ia keeEan, 50 Walsh
and johnny Reagan are duly siged ana
win night Friday night. provided, OF
course that somebody does nol phtl
The or string and upset the shell that
contains the bantam pea.
such a predicament Ior boomer OF
fstic affairs 10 md himself up against
when his lighters should be ready TO
iii on their gloves, Surely no one was
ever afflicted so severely DeIofe- :
q record breaker and DlOOmef rolleO
into one and Ob2dy can tell yet just
what the finish VIII be- or who wlll
slct the leading part in this queer pro-
f0lt-tltfAls AlI4tA DtAlN t---AA AN-'~-A-
hlance 10 a comedy, a tragedy and
LercaTi lays an ms latest siege Of
trouble at rhe door Of iYland. he Is
~at slow 10 accuse doughty Dick of
deliberately exhibiting me Nnfte
feather. and further. the promoter lh-
1ers that the boxer accused him OF de-
lherateiy planning 70 give nm lhe
worst OF whatever there was to be
handed out. Lercari became FURIOUS
when speaking Of The boxer
T.,1n -
ont on ME after signing up 10 meet
Powell" Numbered Lercari. Late sat
uTday night be came TO me ana toie
me that I was mana glug Powell ana
rhat ] was standing in with the referee.
Jack Welsh to rrim him. That a nice
remark 10 make isn't lts W eish : rep
uiation is worth more TO him than an
Tie money thar al these prize ngnters
viii ever make II they live hundred
Il told ITyland that he could 81
ahead and get any referee he pleased.
hut be refused 10 fight Powell, but theil
consented 10 take on johnny Murphy az
catch weights He agreed 70 meet MGr-
phv and me this afternoon, but failed
10 show. and now don't know wnaI
las become OF him and don't care
have one good card and VIII land
another one
stood in with LercaTi last night When
Hyland's action became known Tt -
the general belief 1hat Hyland was look
lAE lNL = way tA 80 'ttt ~ ~ ---e-~1-
and finally was forced 10 adopt raw
tactics. Hyland could not be located
lasf night so his side Of the story VIII
remain until until he comes out IN the
open.
After parting with Hyland Lercari did
"a compromise Whirl and managed 70
round ND Walsh and heeNan tte
realized that he must have some soFt
of = card so he agreed 10 give the
Boston scrapper the additional boost
in the purse which he demanded. As
n~E
The match was made without furtaer
ceremony.
ID the worst Genes 10 the worst Ler-
cari VIII be able TO go through with
fis show. carrying Walsh and Reagan
AS the main performers out IN tne
meantime DE is endeaNoring TO dig up
AN opponent for sam LangfOrd- He
wired Young Peter Jackson and ne also
did p skirmish around town. hoping
10 di- up Big fellow capable OF max
ing some sort Of a stand against sam
Joe WOodman has almost given up
hope Of bringing about a match be-
tween LangfOrd and hetchel before the
middle Of the summer. But stlli the
Boston manager is trying his utmost
10 do some good in this line, and last
niEht lie announced that ne would al
ow Ketchel 10 come in at any weight
he saw it, thereby protecting his
middle weight title.
sam is not so bent on getting this
title rs people believe. said Woodman.
80 50 without fear Of parting with il.
7 win allow fim to come in at amy
weight he pleases, say l65 pounds.
should be lose 10 Langford his belt
wiz still be his and sam viii make no
effort to claim 1t. This is a fair propo-
sition."
Like all the rest OF them Langford
1nds IT convenient 10 take a flyer on
1he stage when there Is a lull in the
ring He starred in a colored show In
oakland during lie last week and
next Sunday evening he viii invade
his city. opening at the Victory theater
in Sutter street near Fillmore, where
he viii greet the entire population OF
Terrific street
sam is said to be quite lad behind
the foouights. Though not quite 50
graceful as Jim Corbett. or so full Of
words as Jimmy Britt or even 50
ferocious as Jenries. sam pulls of a
training and boxing stunt which has
the reputation % BEING worth while
fg to see. sam took very well in
oakland and hopes 10 repeat here.
Jenries is getting ready TO indulge in
some road work the first he has done
since he Quit the ring. more than -four
ago. The big fellow proposes
70 take 20 the highways and byWays
~ Golden gate park tomorrow morn
ng in company with Sam Berger. and
those who have been keeping line
on his movements say that this IS an
other indication that lie viii soon be
ready to oficially announce his return
10 the ring.
JeT opened his second weeks en-
"a cement AT the Wigwam yesterday
afternoon before a full house as usual
Next Sunday might he viii show at
vallejo. after which he will return to
Los Angeles for a week to attend 10
business. then 10 embark on the road
aeain TO fulfill his long enga cement
with Ralph Pincus.
The latest Of the old timers TO show
signs OF coming back is George Green.
The former great welter weight. en-
couraged with the form which he has
attained through his recent workouts.
has declared his Willingness to box any
n them AT a weight ranging from 14S
10 15t pounds just 10 snow that lac
still has a few good fights left in him.
Green is conducting q physical cul-
ture school with Freddie Began. and
those who have seen him box lately
say that he displays all his old time
class. he looks rugged and stout. and
Is training hard every day IL George
Is anything ike he was when lac quit
the ring six wears ago. he would again
prove TO be a great card for he was
alwa-s admired here.
WIN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
BOSTON Jan. 24.-As result Of the
niar fn the final round Of the amateur