The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22


ing win be done out in the omen air;
and as a ring warmer Jack Grace ana
Mike the Turk will go three ROUNDS:
Grace will illustrate his famous hai1
This evening the BattIer will lead
the grand march at Billy SINers barn
dance. This will keen him up late,
so he viii cut out the road work TO-
morrow morning and content himself
with the gymnasium exercise ana tiis
boxing.
Jim Cofroth numbered one among
the big crowd of interested spectators
who honored Dick Hyland with visit
yesterday afternoon. Conroth always
WAS an ardent admirer of the little
fellow. and he left Alameda yeste
more smoked up than ever about him.
Hyland made great showing ana con
WINGED all who saw him that he is bet
ter than he ever was.
HYLAND NOT WORRIED
The little fellow went three rounds
each with Jimmy Foley. who wore
cstcher's chest protector; Rough HOUSE,
Mcdonald and Young Turner. clever
colored lad. Coffroth weighed Hyland
and fighting Dick balanced the beam
at 1879 pounds He is eating and
drinking everything me wants and is
not worried about the weight. He will
surely be fit if he does not go stale.
Mike (Twin) Sullivan put in good
day over at San Rafael yesterday. He
was on the road bright and earlv in
the morning and in the afternoon he
went three rounds with his brother.
Jack, and three with Jack OKeefe.
Mike is not bashful about saying that
he will knock Whitney out when he
meets him before the Mission club at
Dreamland next Tuesday evening. He
has all the confidence in the world, II
this is worth anything.
Dick Dawson, Whitneys mana ger,
saws that he will bet several more
dollars on his shine against the man
Nlelrr- has -
ready wagered something like $1,000
at 10 to 9 and 10 to s. and he is will
/ ing to press his luck a little further il
anybody cares about taking him on.
The fans are all falling for this
match and il bids fair to be lively
one at that. If they don't get action
/ enough out of Whitney and Sullivan.
/ Jockey Bennett and Jimmy Reag
/ viii be there to entertain them for 10
rounds or less. These lads are both in
! line to meet the winner of the Neil
Attell go for the bantam weight cham
pionship of the world and consequent
( lv a victory for either one will mean
/ a whole lot at this stage of the game.
The Mission glee club, accom-
panied by Steve Douglas. the great ra &
] time violinist, Will be on the job to
I serenade the singing and fighting
! twins. It win be big day for the
4 fans and every body is invited to make
the trip and join in the festivities.
coffsoth received a wire last night
/ from EdnhI0 NELL III WHICH the lIItic
( fellow announced that he was willing
J to make 116 pounds for Monte Attell
at 10 o'clock on the morning of their
/ fight Coffroth will stage the battle
/ on the afternoon OF Saturday, June
/ 19 and Billy Roche will be the referee
Neil will arrive here on June 4.
Word comes from Philadelphia that
! Johnson has about got rid of that
IS 900 which he received out of the
/ O'Brien bout on Thursday evening. The
report states that the black champion
! parted with 81 500 of II so quickly
+ that nobody had a line on where it
went. Il IS understood that he owes
money all over the country and the
I chances are that the bill collectors got
theirs ere Jack could make a get
away.