Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-01
EIERALD'S
PZALTO GOSSIP
By Jay Davidson

NTONTE ATTELL is becoming more
reasonable in his demands re-
III garding the hour for making
weight for his fight with Danny Web
ster, and now is willing that the
weight be made at noon. instead OF
nearer the fight hour. Manager Nc
Carey wired Webster and urged him
to accept the compromise, as 1t means
no advantage to either boy and VIII
not be too close to fight time to have
any appreciable effect upon either.
Webster wants to clinCh his title by
whipping Attell in a decisive manner,
and as the long route is more favor
able to him than to Attell he PROB
ably will be willing to compromise on
the noon hour.
Marty Kane and Gene McGovern
nOsted their $500 side bet yesterday
and are matched to step ten rounds
in the semi-windup to the Langford-
Flynn scrap next Tuesday night. Ray
SHELTON. a friend of Kane, put up for
the eastern boy, while several friends
of McGovern made a jackpot deposit
for the Milwaukee beauty. This means
some fight when they begin to mix it,
and as both are above the ordinary
class of prelim boys the fans will be
pleased to know that they are to go
over the legal limit. Another match
at ten rounds was added to the card.
Andy Rivers and Paul Roman being
rematched This also is popular
match, as the boys put up such stiff
argument at six rounds last week
that all their friends insisted upon
them trying it over and taking the
longer route in order to get to a de-
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greatest card that McCarey has put
on for a long time, spelling class from
top to bottom, and a full house is
assured.
Jim Barry, the canary bird, has
bobbed up again with his semi-monthly
def to his conqueror, Sam Langford,
and despite that he has been knocked
stiff by Sam so often that he has lost
count he asks that he be matched
with the Boston terror for an early
March date If LangfOrd could be in
duced to make 122 pounds, ringside,
Barry might have a chance, but it is
doubtful.
Battling Nelson is sporting a real
manager again. J. r. Robinson, for
merly a st. Paul newspaper writer, has
received the appointment, and, accord
ing to Bat, is making good without a
bit of trouble. With a talkative
fighter a newspaper man in the man
agerial position should have no diff
ficulty in keeping the name of the
champion before the public.
Langford has been offered a match
with Tony Ross in Pittsburg for March
8, and also received an offer of two
weeks engagement at a Chicago the
ater for next month. About this time
the Barry challenge showed up and
business seemed to be so good that
Sam almost murdered his sparring
partners during the afternoon.
Joe Woodman expressed the opinion
that il Ketchel has postponed his
foreign fighting tour in the hope that
he will pick up some easy expense
money by fighting Mike Klaus, he
should revise his hopes. Woodman
predicts that Klaus will whip Ketchel
and sings the praise of Klaus in a
most eloquent manner.
Langford did ten miles on the road
yesterday morning and wound up the
days work by polishing off Bob Arm
strong, Bill Pettus Arthur Collins Jim
Brady and Kid Burns in two rounds
each Flynn hit up training at almost
as rapid a pace, doing long road run
and winding up with several rounds of
boxing and rough house work with
Mexican Pete Everett, Dick Allen and
Harry Pratt.
frankie Sullivan has gone into train