The San Francisco call., 1909-02-08
DUTCHMAN'
SIGNS TO FIGHT
SAM NELSON
New Mission Club Now Has
Full Card for Feb
ruary 10
By William =. SIatferv

The new Mission club. which win
plunge into the professional fighting
same on the evening Of February ~
completed its card yesterday afternoon
Match Maker Sidney Hester signing
sam Nelson. the likely young local
ghtweight. and Otto Fritch. Oakland,s
"Fiying Dutchman," and touted as one
NJ the fastest lighting machines that
Tie suburban town has produced i'm
many d year. The men viii 90 *
rounds at iSS pounds. and the bout viii
be a sort Of preliminary affair to the
Murphy-Sayers and the Neil Wbitne,
mills. In all - rounds Of going is
billed.
While there are no stars or $4,000
beauties on the Mission clubs bill of
lare. still the men who like the game
tor hghungs sake should be well en-
tertained when the eventful evening
rolls around. The men in the three
.puts arc evenly matched. and hence
.le belllng should be lively and brisk
All oi Them must fight in order TO make
EoOd, and this in itself is d great boost
Jog we have seen too many of the Jin,
tiynn type OF late. These boomers
are no good for the game.
tulcn, the latest phenorn is credited
Win II consecutive Victories. lie mas
never been defeated, though lie fOugnr
= = 4
luSkE fellow who likes the heavy 90
ms. lie mas long been waiting a cnauce
To Set on here, as he claimed that he
did not have an opportunity TO show
las real worth IN the six round field
Sayers worked out before a San
francisco crowd for the first time in
us lie yesterday afternoon at Joe Mil
let's training quarters near CoIma
4iure than l0U members Of the Mission
cub braVed the storm and We're on the
.gb when Sayers made his bow. and all
chance. me Milwaukee boy boxed four
.-st rounds with Kid Sikora a recent
arrival from Detroit, Mich He is A
slutH little lightweight and he made
"a Nefs step around the ring in a lively
manner. The Milwaukee boy reminded
I'D the fans OF Spider Kelly when the
stter was in the heyday OF his career
and 10y the same token ne resembles
.le spider very much in appearance.
~ yers is classy boxer and appar-
entity Knows every me point OF the
leet, has a great left hand and can
duck and cover up like champion.
lnless Murphy knocks him out, Sayers
VIII have more than an even chance to
Wln. for he Is far speedier and much
better ring general and defensive man
tlan the local scrapper.
Dick Hvland. who is TO fight Packey
Mct arland at COfrOths Mission street
arena Mashington's birthday, was due
10 start training at Milletts yesterday
but he decided 10 wait until this after
noon before commencing the grind
iNland and Sa yers viii work out to-
geJher, and each should be in d position
10 help the other one being fast and
his mate slow.
Johnny Murphy was hammering
{ way al Croirs gardens, Alameda. and
enUertained quite crowd of his admir-
crS yesterday afternoon. AS a sparring
partner Johnny has Fritch and the
fans look for many a lively set 10 be-
tween the pair during the next few
days. Murphy is In fair shape now.
having done considerable work during
the last month.
Packey Mcfarland viii shift to Shan
mons, San Rafael, this morning, and
when he is installed in his new quar-
uers practically every training resort
IN and around the city will hold its
share Of the pugs. Packey viii be
trained as usual by his old pal, Pat
KeneaHy. who accompanies the pride
Of the stockyards wherever he goes.
Jimmy Coffroth has not heard from
Jack Johnson yet, though he expected
reply TO his cable two or three days
ago. IT is believed by some that the
black champion has abandoned his pro-
posed invasion OF the land OF his birth
and switched TO old England instead.
in this event IL looks rather blue for
COnroth and his associates.
Should Johnson accept CohrOths Of
fer Of 81 500 week for q period of 5
weeks. he can come and make his bow
on the American stage soon as he
likes. and the quicker the better as far
as COnroth and the theatrical men be-
hind him are concerned. They would
like 10 bill him on Jeff's trail, II such
thing be uoSSible