Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
PICATO TO TRY
FOR PROMOTION
MEMSIC GIVES HIM CHANCE TO
SHOW CLASS
VICTORY MEANS RAPID ADVANCE
MENT FOR HIM
Manager Mccarey Matches Crack
Lightweights Over Ten-Round
Route for March 2-Tuesday
Night Card Attractive
BY JAY DAVIDSON

SNAN
pugilistic world just how much class
he possesses and what chance he has
to get into the front rank of light
weight scrappers. On that night ne
will draw the toughest job of his rlng
career in stacking UP against George
Memsic, the rejuvenated near cham-
pion who had all of them "buffaloed
eighteen months ago. Manager Nc
Carey signed up this pair yesterday
and will stage them as the main event
of his card that night. According to
the articles of agreement, they VIII
make 1873 pounds at o'clock the after
noon of the scrap, at which Welght
Memsic will have a slight advantage.
Picato made a great impression upon
the fans last Tuesday night, when he
gave Kiddo Dalton the worst beating
of his life. Picato showed such clever
ness, generalship and punching ability
that several local sportsmen formed a
syndicate to back him for a side bet OF
$1,000 in a bout with Memsic, and the
latter has asked to be allowed to take
$500 of the $1,000 that is wagered against
the syndicate purse. Memsic does not
see any danger ahead of him in this
bout and confidently expects to stop
Picato long before the ten-round limit
is reached.
There is no denying that Picato has
shown steady and even remarkable
Improvement during his short career
in the ring. He has a cool head, is an
excellent general, is clever and has a
knockout wallop, while he can punish
an opponent with either hand. That
he is possessed of good class is not to
be doubted for a moment, but whether
he has sufficient class to entitle him to
rank with the topnotchers remains to
be proven.
Good Card for Tuesday
McCarey offers a splendid double bill
for Tuesday evening, one in which the
fans will find plenty of action and
excitement, and there is better class
represented in each bout than usually
is found in these minor events. Leon
ard Lauder and Jack Redmond will
meet in the windup, while Kid Solomon
and Freddie Corbett will do the semi
windup stunt.
Lauder is another local scrapper who
has climbed into a prominent position
in the 130-pound division, and if he
continues to improve in future as he
has done in the past he will develop
into a sure enough lightweight con-
tender. He is shy a few pounds yet.
but is developing fast enough. He will
have a hard task to perform when he
meets Jack Redmond, however, as the
latter is a fighting fool when he gets
started and knows nothing but to go
out and win, and win quickly.
Redmond is a natural fighter, hits
with either hand like a stroke of light
ming and is good ring general with
enough cIeverness to avoid any unusual
punishment against boys in his class.
He has been remarkably inactive in the
last two months because he made such
good ShoWingS in his few local appear
ances that the average scrapper in his
class wants nothing to do with him.
Lauder is gamer than most of them,
and readily accepted the offer to box
Redmond, and great scrap is in pros
pect.
Solomon Back on the Job
Kid Solomon, who always has been
a sort of pet with the fans because
of his great ability as a scrapper. has
returned to the game again after a long
absence and wants to start upon his
career as a mauler again. He has got
out of the featherweight division be-
cause he has Outgrown it and now is
doing business in the 12612Spound di-
vision. 1t is his desire to make good
against Corbett and then go after the
best boys in his division.
Corbett is a shifty and clever boxer
but is not gifted with punch that has
made many other fighters famous. He
has a creditable ring record, however
favor of the fans by showing them
that he is the genuine article in the
fight business. He was rather poorly
mauled by Jack Redmond and has been
idle since but is biding his time and
will go after Redmond again soon foI
a return match with his conqueror
providing, of course that he whips
Solomon.
Five of the popular four-round scraps
are billed in the preliminary division
for Tuesday night, the boys who have
made good in other bouts beine
matched up with other promising ma
terial Martin Hefron, who knocked
out Eddie Menney in their last scraI
at Goldfeld, and Young Turner. who
has disposed of all his opponents re-
Gently, are included in the bunch OF
four-round youngsters, and this bout
should be an exciting affair all the way
with excellent prospects for a knock
out.
AtteII Takes on DriscoII
Announcement that Abe Attell and
Jem Driscoll have been matched tC
box at New York next Friday night
comes in the nature of a surprise, but
the fans will be pleased at the news
Driscoll has whipped Owen Moran anC
twice defeated Joe Bowker until two
years ago the greatest featherweighr
England ever could boast. Driscoll is
regarded as more dangerous thar
Moran, and Freddie Welsh predict.
that he will trim Attell any time they
meet.
Attell fights so unsatisfactory the
hrst time he hooks up with good
drawing card that it is difficult tt
figure out the result of this scrap, but
1t probably will result in a draw anC
then make a second scrap between
them, with big purse, an assured fact
In the event of a draw the return scraI
probably will fall to one of the Los
Angeles clubs, as Abe does not stand
very well with the Frisco fans, owing
to his pair of draws with Moran.
There is some talk of a scrap be.
tween Battling Nelson and Freddie
Welsh, but the friends of the grear
little champion of the world have little
cause for worry as to the result. Mel
son would not take a chance witt
Welsh in a short scrap, and, Welsh
would have only an outside chance
with the Dane in a long f1gMAE Welsh
does not possess the punch necessary
to make good with Nelson, and de.
pends too much upon his lightning-lik
footwork and feinting to win. Thi.
sort of a battle would not win a. cham.
pionship from Nelson. In a 45-rounC
fight. with Welsh having absolutely
no chance to knock out the Dane, hi
would have to stand up and swaI
punches with the Dane, and to his dis
advantage, or wear himself out in hi:
phantom-like scurrying about the rims
to avoid punishment.
Welsh undoubtedly is one of tht
greatest boxers in the world, but he
is not a fighter and would have little
show in a 45-round fight with boys like
;<elson. Mcfarland and Memsic.