Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-18

Webster is ruling as favorite over
O'Connell at odds of ten to eight, and
there has been considerable wagering
between the partisans of these classy
little fellows in the last forty-eight
hours. O'Connell is the long shot Of
the bout because Of his lack Of expe-
rience and because Webster ranks to-
day as one of the only two recognized
claimants to the bantam championship
of the world. Nevertheless, O'Connell
has shown such terrific hitting ability
and good cleverness and generalship
that he has built up a large following
among the fans, all of whom expect
him to make classy showing against
his formidable opponent.
Mexican Pete also rules fovorite over
his opponent, principally on suspicion,
because he has been fighting for a
longer period and has been up against
such fighters as Jeffries and johnson
in his day and has shown some class
in his ring career. Cameron is the tall
est fighter in the business, and his
reach probably is another world record.
1t Is because of his extraordinary
reach and height that he is given an
excellent opportunity to cop the long
end of the purse. If he will stick with
some gameness, he has a good chance
to win, but his courage has been ques-
toned several times and 1t is known
that he does not relish much punish
ment
Joe Livermore and frankie Harris
should pitch enthusiasm rather high
while they are battling for a decisive
victory, as they have shown in other
ring engagements and in their last
meeting that they are above the ordi-
nary classification Of minor event
fighters Livermore showed a lot of
speed in his previous engagement with
Harris, and the finish put up by Har-
ris muddles the form of the dopesters
so that the result is difficult to figure
definitely. This bout will follow the
curtain raiser, a six-round affair be-
tween Eddie Russell and Jack Boyd,
both most promising comers.
Secretary Hancock again urges the
fans to be in their seats by o'clock,
as he will call the first bout promptly
at that hour, regardless of the size Of
the crowd, and will rush them so as to
end the show by IL o'clock, If possible.
Hester May Get Permit
Dispatches from Frisco tell Of the
extraordinary efforts being used to pre-
vent sid Hester from getting a permit
even in San Mateo county, so that he
can hold the Battling Nelson-Ad VOL
CAST fight there. He was turned down
cold in the city, and as a last resort
went to San Mateo county with his ap-
plication. Just at the moment when he
believed he was about to achieve sue
cess he and the two county supervisors
were astounded at the sudden fight
of the quorum in the person Of Super
visor Casey, Jim Coffroth's friend
When they recovered frOh their sur
prise thew got the county attorney to
issue warrant for Casey to compel his
attendance, but he had flown beyond
recall.
It appears that Corroth does not
want any body butting into his Colma
territory and inasmuch as Hester has
shown a decided tendency to butt in
on anything that looks like fight, and
had announced his intention Of building
q fight emporium across the county
road from Colma Jims fight house, all
of the friends Of Sunny Jim rallied to
oppose it. Casey is the sole friend of
Coffroth on the board, the other four
supervisors being friends of Hester.
With only quorum present Casey saw
the only means of defeating Hester,
even temporarily, lay in fight, and a
hasty aviation stunt was resorted TO-.
At that, it seems that Hester will get
the permit Thursday afternoon, unless
Coffroth can aggregate a lot more IN
huence than appears possible at this
time.
With a permit Hester may go ahead
with his plans for the Nelson Wolgast
fight, but it looks like bad investment
for man to give $16,5O0 in purse mon
ey, added to the expense of building a
fight club outside the city, where at
tendance would be materially less than
inside. and take a chance of pulling out
even on the deal. Yet that is his busi-
ness, and if he can satisfy Nelson and
Wolgast about the money matters he
may stage the fight on the date origin
ally set-Washington's birthday
Marty Kane Receivers
Marty Kane. the clever little fighter
who has achieved instantaneous pop
ularity by his classy showings at Maud
Junction. is fully recovered from the
effects of sore hand, caused by blood