Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-23
'THE HERALDS SPORTING PAGE
RialtO Gossip

Reno. Hancock is accepting reservations at
Home A5s3t and Sunset Main 1891 Better not
delay If you are intending 70 go.
Removal Of the fight from Frisco has caused
a big change in plans of local sportsmen who
intend to be at ringside when jeff shows up
the yaller in the dinge Those who had in
tended going a week ahead of time generally
are changing their plans so that they can go
on the Berry Hancock special that leaves here
the Saturday night preceding the big fight
and returns to Los Angeles the following
Tuesday evening. with the schedule of four
days for the round trip the excursion will
carry the bulk of the crowd from Los Angeles,
Jack Ripper will leave Sunday evening for
Reno to put in the final week preceding the
fight with his partner and friend, the big boy.
Kip is as restless old maid waiting for
a proposal Of marriage, but until he found out
where the big scrap was going to be staged
he could not complete his plans for departure.
Mrs Ripper will go with him and expects to
be the first to congratulate Mrs. Jeffries upon
the happy result that the whole world expects
to obtain.
The fate Of future boxing shows in the south
will be decided tomorrow night when the
Attell- Moran contest is tagged at Maud juno
ton. If the contention of McCarey and all
the local fans is sustained the ten-round no
decision game will be subjected to the pre-
carious existence of the more greedy game
up north and local fans thank yer Uncle
Tom once more for saving the sport here as
he has done oft before. Because boxing has
been conducted here upon decent lines at all
times local fans will have the opportunity
of Witnessing a bout tomorrow night that
Frisco would like to have, shown by tele-
grams from the buttinskys up north who have
tried to get Attell and Moran to break faith
with McCarey and go north and box. 1t is
this uncomfortable conduct by the northern
promoters that has put the sport in disre-
pute in the state.
with honors even the third game in the
series between Los Angeles and Oakland this
afternoon will be ,hotly contested. as Tozer or
Nagle will pitch for the Angels and Lively
will twirl for the Commuters. 1t will be one
of the best exhibitions of the season. The
game tomorrow will be played at Vernon the
precinct of Jack Doyle.
Handball is getting back in the limelight
at the L. A. A. C. and the tournament now
in progress is attracting members to the club
rooms in goodly numbers. The match between
Gordo Whelan and Parker, scheduled to start
Saturday morning at II o'clock. promises to
tax the handbal standing room and it should,
as two more worthy handball rivals hardly
exist on the coast. Whelan, of course, is
champion Of Southern California but Parker
is some pumpkins himself and the form he
is showing lately has won lot of support
ers for him in the match with the cham
pion. In the games yesterday the results
were as follows:
Glass A-Alauvet defeated Garbutt, 21-11 and
21-4. Cochran won by default.
Glass CDR Griffith three-cushion cham
pion of the club, defeated H. j. Kimmerle 2l-S
and 21-5
class D-shortv Uranium defeated Sam
Ward 27-2 and 21-2O, both games being un-
usually exciting and close. Jack Nest de-
! feated Lacey. PILL and 21-6.
After this tournament is played off three
| cushion billiard tournament for the annual
| club championship win be started There are
several crack billardists In the club mem
bership and the tournament is expected to be
the most attractive and hotly contested event
in billiard circles of the club since its organ
| ization as the rivalry is keen.