Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Both Down to Required Weight and
VIII Have No Difficulty in Prov
Ing 1t When They Step on
Scales This Afternoon
BY JAY DAVIDSON

The question as to whether George
MemSic really has returned to his best
form and again is to be considered q
prominent contender for the light
weight honors will be definitely settled
tonight when he meets Freddie Welsh,
the clever and seemingly invincible
lightweight champion of England, in
a ten-round bout at McCarey's club
down at Maud Junction. More than Or
dinary interest attaches to the result
of this mill, as Memsic, once regarded
as the greatest and most dangerous
contender for tht championship, has
impressed the fans with the belief that
he has regained his old-time form, and
If this be true he will be the toughest
proposition that Welsh has stacked up
against in his ring career.
There was a time not so very long
ago when prominent and wealthy
sportsmen of Los AngelesS announced
their willingness to back Memsic for
$4,000 in a bet that he would stop Nell
son and Britt in ten rounds each. This
was when MemSic was setting the
woods afire with his sensational ring
performances and shortly after he had
copped Charlie Neary before the latter
hardly knew he had put up his gloves
to fight. If he wins from Welsh in a,
decisive manner tonight he will have
regained the prestige he lost in defeat
by Boer Unholz and Phil Brock, short
ly after he began to slide down the
pugilistic toboggan.
Welsh fully realizes the tough job
he has on his hands and will go into
the ring prepared to engage in the bat
tie of his career. He has trained into
perfect condition, having developed his
amazing speed and cleverness until
he has acquired that confidence which
knows no fear of the result. He will
make a whirlwind fight of it from the
first gong and while not boasting that
he will stop the great little Bohemian,
he says that he will win a decisive
victory and further clinch his claim
upon the near-championship.
On the contrary, Memsic realizes
this is a golden opportunity for him to
make good and regain his lost prestige.
He can gain more in a decisive victory
over Welsh than he could pick up in
a dozen ordinary victories. Not for
one moment since the match was made
has he had the slightest doubt that he
will be an easy winner and he has
remarked several times that while he
realizes the big job he has undertaken,
he also recognizes as true the fact
that victory over Welsh will put him
right back on the pedestal from which
he toppled a few months ago. He feels
confident of his ability to accomplish
this result.
They will meet at a Broadway bath
house at o'clock this evening to
weigh in and as each is below weight
and resting easily, there is no doubt Of
their ability to make this weightng-1n
business mere formality. Neither has
sacrificed strength, speed, condition or
punch in making the weight and both
will go into the ring as strong and fit
to fight the battle Of their lives as
consistent and scientific ! aiming will
permit.
Manager McCarey will introduce an
innovation in staging five four-round
bouts as curtain-raisers, thus giving
some newcomers in the pugilistic game
a chance to win recognition and make
a debut before the fans. The semi
windup will be ten-round bout be-
tween frankie Sullivan, the cracker
jack bantam, who has been a sensation
ever since he made his first local ap-
pearance a few weeks ago, and Hobo
Dougherty, the Milwaukee kiddo, who
also has more than made good in his
many bouts in local rings.
The first bout will be called at $40
o'clock, owing to the number of bouts
on the card. and will be run off without
delay, so that the crowd should be able
to leave the pavilion by 11:30 o'clock,
if every bout goes to the full limit.
Manager McCarey will have the win
ming Jockeys today as his guests at
ringside and will present them with
tickets during the afternoon at the
track. The admission prices have been
raised slightly, owing to the fact that
Welsh is given $1,000 guarantee, making
the gallery seats cost 81, with other
seats at 81, SO and 5. All the boys who
are to be on the card tonight have
been instructed to call at the Office
of Drs. Hagan & Stoner, IT'S North
Spring street, this afternoon, for a
physical examination, to determine
their fitness to engage in a boxing con-