Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01

tails of a fighter. Memsic showed well
enough in his fight with Freddie welsh
to convince the fans that he is a much
improved fighter as compared with MS
previous appearance in a local ring
and he convinced the close observers
that he had regained all his old time
speed, cleverness and punching ability
Picato Has Hard Task
He is a veteran at the game when
compared with Picato and is old In
practical experience. He knows the
game like a jockey knows horse, and
Picato will not be meeting a portland
beaner by any manner of means. He
will find in Memsic the toughest propo-
sition he vet has tackled and must be
all that mis- friends claim for him, and
more, if he wins a decisive victory over
the Bohemian.
Picato is a conner, but many cool
headed fans believe he is being rushed
after his game too quickly, just as was
the case with Al Kaufman. He has
shown some of the qualifications of a
top notch fighter, but never has been
sent against a fighter of class, and his
excellence must not be too enthusiasts
tically observed. He has a punch in
eth sr hand and is a clever tWo-handed
boxer puncher. He is fast and has a
cool head on his shoulders and seems
experience with the real fighters, and
his class never has been proved or
given any test that could give definite
idea regarding it.
Being a game fighter with a punch
and a cool head, Picato will give Nem-
sic something to do while the bout lasts,
but as Memsic is as game as any OF
them. cleverer than Picato, sitter
puncher, more experienced, a better
general and much faster on his feet, it
seems that Picato has picked out big
job for his real tryout.
Great Card at San Berdoo
The best boxing show ever arranged
by any club in the south outside of
Los Angeles will be staged at San
Berdoo by the Gate City Athletic club
next Thursday night. Clarence Eng
fish and Howard Baker, probably the
best pair of Welters in this part of
the country, will furnish the main
event at twenty rounds, and Johnny
O'Keefe and Indian Joe Gregg will
meet in a fifteen-round semi-windup.
Baker and English will fight for the
welter championship of the Pacific
coast, and there will be no dispute
regarding the right of the winner to
wear the laurelS.
This card would be quite an attrac-
ton here in Los Angeles. and the man
agement Of the Gate City Athletic club
is to be congratulated upon the offer
ing. Only a few days ago the mayor
of the city vetoed the anti-flght ordi-
nance that had passed the city coun-
Gil and now the club comes along with
card that is made up entirely of
good class, and the San Berdoo fans
who stay away from the show will miss
rare treat. All the fighters on the
card are the genuine article with the
name blown in the bottle. and each
| bout will be whirlwind, high class
exhibition.
Arrangements are under way for
running a special train from here to
San Berdoo upon this occasion, which
attests the Importance in which local
fans regard the show, and if the spe-
cial is run there will be quite a big
delegation of fans from here at ring
side when the gong starts the scrap
pers at work. Baker English and
! O'Keefe have fought in main events
here, and each has made good. Baker
is highly regarded in this city and has
a large circle of friends who predict
even greater hOnOrs than the coast
championship for him.