Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-28
CRACK BANTAMS
IN MAIN EVENT
MEET IN FEATHER BOUT TO-
NIGHT AT ARCADIA
Fans Manifest Great Interest in Men,
sic-WeIsh Battle Scheduled for
Tuesday Night-Both in
Perfect Trim

frankie Sullivan, the clever bantam who gave
Young McGovern and others the toughest bat
ties of their lives in recent bouts at McCareys S
pavilion, will get another tough tryout tonight
when he tackles Kid Cleveland in the ten
round main event at the Briggs Athletic CLUB
at Arcadia. This fighting youngster won a
place for himself when he put up WhirlWlnd
battle against Young McGOvern and few days
later neatly and thoroughly trimmed a Chi
cago chap who expected to put him away.
Quite a crowd of fans will 90 from Los An
geles to witness this bout, owing to the SHOW
ing of Sullivan and the touted ability OF CieVe-
land in the scrapping biz. sullivan Is looked
upon as a conner and his bout tonight Will
have a greater interest for the fans because OF
its bearing upon his future. Defeat for him
means a loss in prestige, while quick ana
decisive victory means that he will be able to
choose classier company for his ring exhibit
tions in the future. Two preliminaries will
precede the main event and the first one will be
called promptly at o'clock. Ample trans
portation to Arcadia and back home after the
fight. has been arranged.
Memsic ConVinces Fans
Judging from the talk heard among the
fight fans it seems probable that McCarey S
pavilion will hold one OF the biggest crowds
of the season when George Memsic and
Freddie Welsh hook up next Tuesday even
ing. Welsh is one of the best cards before
the public today in the lightweight division,
and Just to see him in action VIII draw out
the fans from all over Southern California,
but to see him battle with Memsic, who is
given great chance at the long end of
the purse, will augment the crowd by many
hundreds
Memsic certainly is convincing the fans
who see him work out at Eastside that he
has returned to the form of year and a
half ago. when he was regarded as the best
in the class in which he fought. The easy
way in which he dispatched Charlie Neary
at the height of that young fighters career
opened the eyes of the patrons of the sport,
but the later fights in which George en-
gagged showed that he had gone back.
Only recently has he gained anything
near his early standing, but with careful
attention to his training he has gotten back
to be a real lightweight, the Scales yesterday
showing him to be at 134 pounds, after a
strenuous day the road and in the gym
nasium. The odd pound will be worked off
at hrs leisure and he will be able to get on
the scales at 1873 pounds and be strong when
he enters the ring, something he has not
been able to do in Los Angeles for a long
time
Yesterday George went through nine
rounds of boxing, taking on Hoosier Kid
walter Fisher and Henry Hoppe for three
sessions each. Welsh boxed three rounds
with Young Sikora and six with Maurice
Sayers Sayers will work with Welsh for
the remainder of the training period.
WoIgast to Meet AtteII
Ad wolgast has decided not to go south
and take the chances of his fight with
Tommy Sullivan being called off, but will
remain here and accept a date at McCarey's
club with Abe Attell for February 16 or %
Attel wants ringside weight, but Wolgast
has asked for the same conditions as before
-122 at p. m, and Attell is to give his
answer today
card for February 9 in which Frank Picatc
and Charlie Dalton will go for ten rounds
and Jack Burns and Jim Cameron for the
other ten-session affair.