Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-28
BATTLE ROYAL
FRIDAY NIGHT
SALINAS HEAVY PREDICTS
EARLY KNOCKOUT
FIGHTING FIREMAN CONFIDENT
OF WINNING
Fans Look for Fastest Mill of Season
When Main Event Performers
Appear - Preliminary
Boys Ready

That the contest between Jim Flynn
and Jack Burns tomorrow evening at
McCarey's pavilion will be a terrific
struggle is apparent to every fan who
has seen the big fellows work out dur
ing the past week. Interest in the
bout has been increasing as the date
for the contest approaches and reser-
vations for seats have been much
larger than usual.
Flynn put in a good ten miles on the
road yesterday morning and in the
afternoon he appeared in Doyles ring
at Vernon and worked for an hour,
boxing four rounds with Roy Page and
six fast sessions with Joe Willis, who
is getting ready for his contest with
Jack Geyer. This mitt work ended the
boxing for Flynn, the remainder of the
fireman's exercising being confined to
road work today ard shadow work in
the ring in the afternoon.
Jack Burns did eight miles on the
Venice roads yesterday in the MORN
ing, exercising for forty-dve minutes
in the afternoon at the Arcade gym,
boxing three rounds with Dick Allen
and five with Jim Tremble. Burns
weighed 1879 pounds after his work.
out, which will end his preparation for
the contest with Flynn. He will taks
quiet walks today, but will do no fur
ther mitt work.
Burns is confident of getting to
Flynn for a knockout, and as Flynn
has expressed the same determination
there will be no letup to the go when
once the two big fellows get started
Although Burns has exhibited no
great amount Of science during his
previous appearances at McCarey's, the
past few days training have made him
a very much harder man to his than
has formerly been the case The big
Salinas boy believes that the fireman
must come we'll within reach of his
deadly shortarm jabs and that a few
rounds will settle the business.
Doc Gene Jeffrey is all smiles when
he speaks of Burns Friday night pros
poets and believes that in Norvall and
Gentleman Jack he possesses a pair Of
boxers who will hold their own in any
company.
All of the preliminary performers
have shown more or less ability and
an especially fast mill is anticipated
when Frank Harris and Kid Rees
travel the ten-round route. Rees Is
one of the hardest hitting boys who
ever gave promise Of emerging from
the ranks OF the curtain raisers. Har-
ris believes that his reach and science
will give him an advantage over Rees
which Will prove fatal to the erstwhile
newsboy. Brady and Rogers have also
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turn comes. and the colored boxer, al
though outpointed by Norvall, is no
mean antagonist.
The other fighters who are to take
part in Fridays show were busy also,
Rees, Cullen and Brady working out
at the pavilion during the afternoon
and Rogers completing his training at
Redondo. Hobo Dougherty and Frank
Harris worked together getting ready
for their respective contests with Gull
len and Rees.
Jack Geyer will start training for his
go with Joe Willis Saturday and will
train at Venice, where he has en-
gagged a cottage. Geyer is glad to get
on with a fighter Of class and hopes to
show by this contest at McCarey's pa
vilion November that he is in line
to meet any of the good heavies, and
expects to get on with Jack Burns If
the Salinas fighter succeeds in beating
Flynn. Willis seems to be in better
health than for over a year. and as he
is a hard hitter with either hand he
will make Geyer hustle to gain a vic
tory over him.