Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-14

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RIAL TO GOSSIP
By Jay Davidson

Arcadia village blacksmith Before the
fight is half over Tuesday night Pete
may be wishing that he had trained a
bit more industriously.
Dolly Gray, the premier southpaw,
who was sold to the Washington
Americans last year, came in Wednes-
day night from Laguna Beach, where
several coast and major league play
ers are passing the winter Dolly
came in to have a talk with his chief,
Jimmy McAleer, the new manager of
the senatorial aggregation.
Danny Webster is one local fighter
who assuredly has earned all the
honors he has attined in the ring.
Nothing has been presented to him.
He is training just as hard for his fight
with Curly O'Connel as he would train
if he were matched with Monte Attell
or Jimmy Walsh. This industry is one
of the explanations of his rise to the
top of the heap, and it will be a fur
ther explanation of why he will stay
there for a long time. If he is not the
undisputed champion of the world in
another year 1 am no good as fight
prophet.
zybszcko, or letters to that effect,
which means the imported wrestler
when properly interpreted wants to
come to Los Angeles and wrestle Gotch
for the world championship. He says
he does, anyway and Johnny Herman,
his manager, corroborates the wish.
Gotch will be along this way in less
than two weeks and then this unpro-
nouncable name may get an oppor-
tunity to be attached to articles of
agreement If it can show anything that
will o1olr ,Ni ,s,,I
Freddie Welsh writes an interesting
letter from London, in which he tells
of a recent trip to Paris to attend the
Willie Lewis-Sid Russell fight. His let
ter is made more interesting by the
fact that he discusses the fight stu
alton in France and England at length
and talks about other fighters than
himself, a modesty that the average
fighter never attains. He says. how
ever, that he is anxiously awaiting
some news from Hegewisch and also
will welcome Mr. Patrick Mcfarland to
the hospitable shores of the tight little
isle.
News that Frank Picato has been
matched with Fighting Dick Hyland
at New Orleans probably puts an end
to discussion of a match between him
and Powell Anyway, George Memsic
is the logical candidate for this match
and since he has shown that he has
come back into his old-tinle form the
fans prefer to see him tie up with the
Frisco crack. This match would be
a great drawing card beyond all ques-
ton.
Jimmy Griffin; one of the new fight
promoters of Frisco is after Memsic
for q ScraD January q with Mccarthy
in the northern city. They exchanged
wires last night, discussing terms, and
probably will arrive at an understand
ing today
Dispatches tell us that the American
league magnates have decreed that
spikes may be used by the players
next season. Spikes, they say are es-
sential to good playing and they can
find no substitute that would be salts
factory. Undoubtedly a Sock with a
brick in it, or machete would fill the
bill and do the work more humanely.
The Oakwood stock ranch, which
firm is composed of Mel Lawrence and
Harry Comstock, both well known in
Los Angeles and Arcadia, cleaned up
handsomely yesterday at Emeryville
with Velma C and Minnedocia, both
of which stood out like sure winners.
They also own Buckthorn and Silvia
Fir, which are some better in class
than the other Dair