The San Francisco call., 1909-02-18
PLENTY OF ACTION
In STORE FOR
FIGHT FANS
Mission Club Bouts and Reagan
AtteH Mill Should Fur
niSh Good Sport
By William J. SIattery

With their coming ring engagements
only day of the six boxers who
will furnish this months pugilistie fun
at Dreamland rink under the auspices
Of the Mission club are apparently fit
and awaiting the cry of Billy Jordan
10 let 'er go" The card, which viii
comprise As rounds OF action. looks TO
be one OF the best ordinary affairs that
the city has known IN many moon.
With conditions at all favorable the
men figure 10 furnish the fans with
plainly Of excitement. The wise ones
are looking for two knockouts, though
they may be disappointed.
Interest centers in the Murphy Say
ers encounter and the Neil-Whitney
mixup. Although the former bout has
been billed as the main event and the
one which should attract the crowd,
stli the semifnal mill holds its place
with the other, and apparently there is
Just as much talk about it as there is
regarding the go between the light
weights.
Whatever betting is in the air prob
ably VIII be upon the encounter be-
tween the former great middle weight
and his black opponent The price is
now 10 TO 3, with Neil favorite, though
al the outset il appeared as though
Whitney would rule pronounced
choice over the white man. Neil has
plenty OF friends who believe that he
viii be back in his old time form when
he stacks up against Whitney, and they
have been boosting him TO such an eN-
tent as 10 force the price along.
Dick Dawson. the former klondike
gambler. has a lot of money TO wager
on Whitney. but he viii not bet at the
prevailing ODDS, holding of for 10 10 s
or better. Dawson bet several hun
dred dollars al 10 10 9 last night. but
he refused to accommodate any more
friends OF Neil, who came rushing in
when they learned that Dawson was on
The job.
= There is not a man living who can
beat ME when I have u pounds the
better Of him in weight" is the way
that Neil puts it, He viii have just
this much on Whitney when they clash,
but the black man viii have the ad-
vantage Of several years of youth. II
Neil can go the route il should prove a
hurriCane affair.
The close followers OF the game look
Tor Murphy 10 beat Savers handilE. In
The event that Johnny can land a de-
clsiVe victory over the shifty man from
Milwaukee his stock is due for a boost,
but in order TO win the local light
weight must display more form than he
has shown in the past, for Savers un-
doubtedly can set fast pace for Is
rounds.
Judging from the advance sale Of
good crowd The reserved pasteboards
are on sale at The Hague. Tom Dillon's,
the Mission club and Wolf Brothers.
The show viii start promptly ct $50,
50 that the fans win be spared the tire
some wait that they have been forced
10 undergo SO often in the past
Apparently Monte AttelI viii not lack
backing when he goes against Jimmy
Reagan in the main event at Jim Cof-
frOth's Mission street arena Washing
tons birthday. Last night brother Abe
o. wired ComrOth $500 TO bet on Monte.
while his brother Caesar says that he
viii bet his entire pawn shop or any
part Of ii on his younger brother.
Reagan's movements are being ca
gerly watched by the fans. for since his
sensational victory over Jimmy Walsh
last month the little fellow has devel-
oped into a great card. He probably
viii rule a strong favOrite over Attell
when the real betting begins. He is
anxious 10 win by a knockout in order
10 secure a match with Johnny Coulon
for the bantam weight belt