Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
WINTER FIGHT
PROSPECTS ROSY
PACIFIC ATHLETIC CLUB HAS
GOOD OUTLOOK
jim FLYNN AND JACK BURNS
MAY BE MATCHED
Danny Webster Starts Work for Bout
with Monte Attell-Latest News
from Our Champion Across
the Sea

Plans are rapidly shaping themselves
to the satisfaction Of Promoter Nc
Carey for d full winter of stake en-
gagements" at Maud Junction. One
championship battle already is carded
and another bout of rafting class is
under way. With this start, the dull
season over, and the city full of the
returned vacationists, prospects are ex-
ceedingly bright that the fight follow
ers will view many a pleasing program
at the old fight shed this winter. There
is still a lingering ray of hope that
the Pacific Athletic club will either
build new arena or occupy the Ver-
non shed outside the city limits, thus
being in position to hold long dis
tance battles, but it looks now as if
no action will be taken in this matter
until a big bout is arranged. There
after there will be plenty of time to
construct building suitable for the
purpose.
Yesterday Manager McCarey wired
Jim Flynn fiat offer of so per cent
to the fighters to meet Jack Burns, the
Salinas heavyweight, for the October
19 date. Jim Barry was considered
for this night, but it is believed ad-
visable to give the big fellow a little
more coaching before he again meets
big handicap over Burns. Flynn is
still in Pueblo, and word is expected
from him today regarding his willing
ness to fight Burns. Jack would out
weigh Flynn at least fifteen pounds,
but the admirers of the game fireman
believe he would make Burns step
fast pace. The contest looms up as
stirring match, and it undoubtedly
would pull a big house, since both men
are huge favorites with the local fight
public.
Webster in Training
That Danny Webster will take no
chances of being caught out Of con-
dition in his bout with Monte Attell,
scheduled for October 12, was evil
denced by his speedy entrance into
hard training. With the worlds BAN
tamweight championship plum hang
ing within reach, Danny will make
every effort to be in his best trim
week from next Tuesday night. Web
ster is making lower weight than he
has made for many months. But has
found that he can get down low with
out losing his strength, and therefore
is confident he will be strong and rug
ged at the poundage.
Though Mike Kutchos could give
him little fighting, Danny made 1l6
for this bout and therefore he found he
could enter the ring sturdy and pre-
pare for a rough mill. With this ex-
perience before him he lost no oppor-
tunity in challenging Monte Attell,
conceded to be the bantamweight
champion. Danny went to work yes
terday on the road, grinding out sew
eral miles at a dog trot, and return
ing with his wind in good shape. Then
he wound up with p little light road
gymnasium work getting off to a nice
start in his opening day of training.
Attell is expected to arrive either
Saturday or Sunday. and from that
time on the rival camps will be busy
scenes.
Straight from Jeffrles
An enterprising New York scribe
collared George Frawley, the Chicago
sportsman and old-time friend OF
James J. Jeffries, who had just landed
from a big greyhound which had
Transported him far from the Rhine
land, and the results of that interview
are so full of color regarding the
latest from our esteemed fellow towns
man that I give it in full, just as it
came to me:
"Wait'n you see Jeff, that's ALL"
was Frawley's enthusiastic method
of opening. Hell be back in a few
weeks, and you want to climb out
of the shucks early, If he hits the
beach in the morning, and just
have a peek at him, that's all. If
you don't say that he looks bet
ter than he ever did In his life-I
J then I'll buy your trolley tickets
} for the rest of your natural
/, Water Hard TO Take
"Jeffs been taking that Carlsbad
t cure, you know. Now, it takes a
J strong gink to take that thing, as
witness myself. / took it all right,
| but if 1 hadn't been raised to
life of warfare, on corned beef
and cab-bahj. and such-like, I'd
never have got through. Takes a
strong man to go through with the
Carlsbad number, but II you do
get through with it, why, you're
the boy that's born again, all right,
, and that's what you'll be saying Of
Jeff when you lamp him.
"Say, l believe he could mooch
: into the ring with the dinge tomor-
row and make him look like one of
those mutton stews that's been left
simmering too long. I don't be-
lieve Jeff weighs an ounce more
than two-fifteen, if that, and
there's nothing around his plimsoll
line that you could get even can
dle-maker to call fat, and the lay
y ers of muscle stand out on his alb
domen like cordage drill on man
o'-war. He is absolutely fit and
fine OF course he'll be taking a
lot of road work and doing the
, open-air thing generally, But the
main thing is that he has demon
strated to his own satisfaction
that he is perfectly hunky-dory to
climb into the ring and put up one
of his old-tine battles and a still
bigger thing than that is that he's
going to DO it.
, Will Fight johnson
; 'I have his own wcrd as to that,
, repeated over and over again.
There isn't any manner Of doubt
: that he's going to fight Johnson
and at a very much earlier date
/ than the public supposes, at that;
: always supposing, of course, that
Johnson can be nudged into the
! ring at the earlier time I mention.
Jeffries told me time and again
it is a thing that Is on his mind
, all the time-that he is going to
make it the point and climax of
J his ring career to get into the ring
! with Johnson and put the dlnge
away He's in deadly earnest about
it, at that There's a fetching to-
gether of his jaws when he gets
/ on the topic that olearly shows
where ne stands on that issue.
7 81 don't mind saying jeff said
to me one day at Carlsbad only
couple of weeks ago, that at first,