Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-05
ATHLETICS

LTHoUGH no agreement was ar
n rived at during the meeting of the
"A creditors of the Jeffries Athletic
club whereby the arena might be
turned over to Manager Tom McCarey
of the Pacific Athletic club, all indica-
tions point to a settlement of the mat
ter within a couple of days There is
little question that McCarey Will take
over the fight shed, either as actual
owner or as lessee. The creditors are
considering the matter of renting the
arena to McCarey for long distance
fights, and if the sale is not made,
agreement will be had on this basis
The meeting with McCarey's agents
yesterday was entirely an informal
one.
Patrons of the fight game have en-
joyed the ten-round sessions to the
tullness thereof. There have been
numerous short bouts of much ginger
and considerable class. On the other
hand there have been a few of medi-
ocrity. But as a whole the short bout
experiment has been a decided success,
due to the ability of the local promot-
ers to select fighters who would go a
fast pace for this distance. However,
the signs point to the conclusion that
the short game has lapsed. The reg
ulars" are longing for the decisive
bouts again, and if McCarey gets the
Jeffries arena, no matter what the
private arrangements, the fight follow
ers will hail the action with acclaim,
the prospects of twenty-five and forty
five-round battles being exceedingly
attractive. Bigger attractions is the
present war cry,
Charlie Dalton has a 100-pound pres
sure of peevishness and the cause of
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durable Nelson. Kiddo thinks Bat has
deliberately thrown him down in Sc
lecting Jack Clifford as his opponent in
the contest which is being arranged
by Oklahoma promoters He wired Bat
asking for the match, but the Dane
signed Clifford soon afterward Dalton
whipped Clifford to shoestrings in a
fight at Marysville which was ended
by knockout long before the sched-
uled twenty rounds. Jack also was
knocked out by Nelson in five rounds,
just previous to the Battlers reiuve-
nation after his defeat at the hands of
Jimmy Britt Dalton is noted as being
tough boy despite his lack of class,
and perhaps Bat figures he would make
better showing by putting Clifford,
punchless wonder, to sleep than by
fighting Dalton to hard-won decision.
The thoughtful fans are far from be-
lleving that Bat could dispose of the
spaghetti kid in ten rounds. At this
route Dalton might give Nelson a stiff
argument. Perhaps the shrewd busi-
ness head of the champion has come
into play once more. And If so. no
one can criticise the lightweight mas
ter for his longheadedness.
Dalton now wants to meet George
Memsic or any other good lightweight
He still believes he has stamina and
gameness enough to make a good show
ing against the near champions, and is
willing to take a chance, which is more
than can be said of many fighters who
occupy a more prominent place in the
public's rogues' gallery of pugilists.
Accepting as true the story that Jiggs
Donohue's ultimate disposal by Comis-
key was traceable to his encounter last
year with Manager Jones, the ex-
changes recently made by the White
Sox and Washington are interesting II
not significant, is an eastern baseball
writer's argument Jiggs Donohue Is
sold to Washington because he fought
with the manager; in exchange for him
the Sox got Pitcher Burns, who fought
with the captain of the Senators last
year. And Bob Ganley, who was the
Senators field captain, with whom
Burns fought is also dispOsed of He