Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07
.HEAVIES WILL
Be REAL CARD.
BURNS AND CAMERON TO
MEET AT TEN ROUNDS
BIG WHITE BOY LOOKS LIKE HE
MIGHT MAKE GOOD
conqueror of Battling Johnson in Rag
time Given Tough Opponent in
Jim cameron-Wants Match
with Kaufman Later
BY JAY DAVIDSON

nowadays that the advent of new
man of promise in this division is
hailed with joy by the fans, and that
accounts for the interest that is being
shown in the ten-round scrap Tuesday
night at McCarey's club between Jack
Burns, the big whirlwind who so sum-
marily stopped Battling Johnson re-
Gently, and Jim Cameron, the elongat-
ed heavy negro with the long arms
and terrific wallop. This bout will not
be the main event of the card, but the
fans will make it SO, although this is
not disparaging the Frank Picato-Kid
Dalton bout in the least.
Notwithstanding that the Picato-Dal- |
ton bout is billed as the main event
and will furnish the fans with plenty
of excitement and amusement, general
interest will center in the Burns Cam
eron scrap, because of the promise that
the big white boy has given in his
brief ring career. Burns is built like
Al Kaufman and has the same traits
that have made the big native son
something of a wonder in pugilistic
circles. y iasMA
Burns has a kick like a mule and
knows how to land it. He may be a
bit green, but he certainly knows how
to get the punch home, and all his
opponents testify to the effectiveness
OF that wallop when it lands. He put
Johnson away so quickly at Bakers
field that he commanded attention, and
since he has thrown down his color
line objections to get on a tryout be-
fore McCarey's club, and has tackled
the toughest nut in this part of the
country in accepting a match with
Cameron, the fans are taking him seri-
ously.
Wants to Box Kaufman
He hopes, in the event that he puts
Cameron to sleep, that his desire for
a scrap with Kaufman will be graft
fed in an early match. This is the
scrap that the fans want to see. With
two big boys of about the same height.
weight and reach and both blessed
with knock that would be considered
a deadly weapon in court, matched up
the fans would be given rare treat
in the pugilistic line. Somebody has
to be found who can whip Jack john
son, and a young buck with the wallop
looks about like the prescription, now
that all the old boys are getting out
of the game so far that they really are
not to be considered further.
Cameron is a tough proposition for
any Of them to tackle. He has re-
markable reach and wallop to back
it up, while he is so tall that he is
coming to be round -shouldered by con-
tinual looking down upon the average
fast, but he is so tall that his jaw has
an unusual protection from the punches
of his opponents, while his arms are
so long that he can keep the average
scrapper away from him. In the event
that Burns breaks through Cameron's
guard and puts over the sleep punch
he will emphasize his claims for con-
sideration.
Dalton and Picato should put up a
L.
for a knockout victory for one Of them
is so good that the match appears all
the more attractive. Picato is fairly
clever more so than Dalton, and has
a Stiffer punch than the spaghetti
champ, but whether he has the cast
iron jaw and the bulldog courage of
the little Italian remains to be proved.
Dalton will not try to box with Picato,
but will use all his efforts at landing a
knockout punch. Both boys are in for
a sound beating before decision is
reached, and the battle should prove to
be quite an attraction.
Short Bouts Popular
McCarey made quite a hit with his
bundle of four-round scrappers at the
last show and will give these boys
further opportunity to make good |
Young McGovern, the paralyzing kid |
and Kid Cleveland will meet in one of
these four-rOund affairs, and a pair of
maddened wildcats would not raise
more dust or do much more damage to
each other than will these little fellows.
Both are wa1lopers, game and fight in
speedy manner all the way.
Young Turner, who gave Ed Higuar
a severe beating last week, will take on
the Tattooed Kid in one of these brief
affairs, and their scrap should keep the |
fans inla, good humor.
Frank Nelson, a Chicago boy who has
been out here looking for trouble for
a long time, will be accommodated by
Jim Andrews, whose punch is his chief |
recommendation. They will meet at |
about las pounds and should not fail to |
furnish a headliner card.
The Hoosier Kid, who stopped Mon !
tana Kid in ragtime recently and has
been helping George Memsic in his |
training work, will take Kid Bentley at |
about 130 pounds and all slugging af-
fairs will retire from the limelight |
thereafter. Chester Moss, who stopped |
Kid Hamilton rather quickly last week, |
has been matched with Dan Cullen, and |
while he is giving away weight, Moss |
figures that he will be able to put an |
other knockout victory to his credit.
Good Gard at Arcadia
The best boxing show that has been
staged by suburban club in Southern |
California in a long time will be that |
which the White City Athletic club of !
Arcadia will put on the boards Thurs |
Gay night. Arthur Collins, the clever |
and hard-hitting negro heavyweight, |
and Harry Wuest of Cincinnati will |
furnish the main event over the ten |
round course, while two good prelims |
will be staged, one at six rounds and
another at four rounds.
This is the third boxing club to be
organized at Arcadia in the la civ4x, |
Gays. Billy Burlk, formerly manager
and matchmaker for the Briggs Ath- |
letic club, is filing the same position
with the White City club and is ar
ranging some good cards for the future. |
He will stage his best effort Thursday
night and anticipates good attendance
from Los Angeles. The show will be- |
gin promptly at O'Clock, and Jim
Flynn probably will referee all bouts.s