Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

at ten rounds, and there will be six
and four-round preliminary bouts
Yank Hamilton will referee, and a big
attendance is expected, as previous
shows have attracted big houses.
Mother" WoodilI has become a pro-
moter of corporations and makes his
debut with an attractive and convinc-
ing prospectus Of a goose farm that he
proposes (no) to start. According to
his figures and statistics, which In
clude all details of probable receipts
and expenditures, he figures out a profit
OF $3.50, 700 the first year for the three
suckers" who invest 500 each in buy
ing up all the "stock" of the corpora
ton. The annual dividend which he
has figured out is 37,744 per cent. Ask
him about 1t.
Several fans are arranging to go to
San BerdoO tomorrow night to attend
the Howard Baker-Indian Joe Gregg 20
round scrap at welterweights. Those
who so will leave on the Sis O'Clock
train over the Salt Lake, and those
who take in the races before leaving
Will drop off the race trains at the Salt
Lake station. Gregg is a down east
scrapper of some ability and class and
should give Baker a tough fight, but
the superior cleverness and punch of
Robinson will referee the bout, while a
San Berdoo referee will look after the
two preliminaries.
The Broadway Physical Culture club
will pull off another boxing show
Thursday night, when four three-round
bouts will be stages. The boxers are
amateurs and members of the boxing
classes Of the club. The card is as fol-
MOGNfnnic l
1873 pounds, Art Coover VS.. Lefever at
15S pounds, Rodney Hill VS.. H K.
Bristol at 145 pounds and an exhibition
bout between George Blake, boxing in
structor of the club, and Beauchamp,
one OF his pupils. Prof. Hayes, the
strong man, and Prof. Mclean will
give exhibitions previous to the box
ing show.
Dick Hyland is anxious to get a scrap
with Packy Mcfarland over a longer
route than ten rounds, and his man
ager, Jack Perkins, authorizes the state
ment that Hyland will take on McFar-
land at twenty rounds at the same
weight at which they met last Friday
night, and will bet $1,000 on the side
that he wins. Dick is anything but
discouraged by the decision against
him, holding that he showed the fans
that he could whip Packy in a longer
fight, and now proposes to keep after
the Chicago boy until he gets a return
match over a longer route.
Pachy Mcfarland has no definite
plans for the near future, although he
says he probably will go to New York.
via Frisco, and meet the winner of the
Young Otto-Leach Cross scrap. which
is scheduled for the latter part of the
month. He proposes to return to Los
Angeles, however, and expects to ar
range scrap at New Orleans on his
way back. Pacl1y says that he will
make weight any time he is shown suf-
fictent financial inducements, but does
not propose to make weight on suspi-
cion any more. That is his explanation
OF the refusal to make weight for
George Memsic, holding that he wanted
a guarantee of a sufficient sum to nav
him for making the weight, which was
refused, and he turned down the match,
Packy is fast outgrOWing the light
weight division, and he is such a bear
at catch weights, or about 1873 pounds.
that it looks like foo1ishness for him to
injure his physical self by taking off
too much weight to get into the light
weight division when there are SO few
good welters in training. In another
year Pacl1y will be fighting welters. and
he should have no trouble IN getting
into the championship chair. That is
where he belongs