Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
BY JAY DAVIDSON

After two unsatisfactory efforts at
settling their dispute as to which Is
best entitled to a wlack at the light
weight championship, Lew Powell and
George Memsic will get down to busi-
ness today and argue their individual
supremacy over the marathon route at
Vernon. 1t looks like one of the pref
tiest lightweight battles staged here
in several months, as the principals are
so evenly matched that only a long
route seems sufficient to enable them to
arrive at a decisive result in any of
their scraps Desiring to get an oppo-
nent for Ad Wolgast for next month,
and one who would be drawing card
with the little Dutch champion. Nc
Carey matched the best in Frisco
against the best in Los Angeles, and
the winner this afternoon will get the
long end of a big share of the receipts
and the match with Wolgast, which
should net him quite a nice little for
tune, even if he fails to pull down
the title.
Both boys will go into the ring in
the best condition that it is possible for
faithful efforts to obtain, and neither
will have any sort of excuse to otfer
on the score of condition after the
fight has been won and lost. Each has
made the weight so easily that this
detail has not been a serious constdera-
ton with them at any time, and when
they meet at IL o'clock to weigh in,
neither will bulge the beam. Memsic
probably will have a pound the better
of the weights, but this slight differ
ence will not be of any advantage to
him. Each is ready and fit for the
battle of his life, and that is what
each is promising to put up.
Powell continues to be the popular
choice to win because he has obtained
two close decisions over the Bohemian
in shorter bouts. The odds have been
Pickering around 10 to z and 10 to 6
for several days, with little or no
betting on the result, because all those
who want to wager have been laying
off for the odds to SETTLE There seems
to be more Powell money than Memsic
dough- and it Is not improbable that
the Frisco boy will go in into the ring
at about to /. Odds of 2 to l that the
fight will go the limit have been offered
for several days, general opinion being
that neither will land a knockout, al
though each is predicting that he VIII
win by the dreamland route.
While the main event is the real at
traction, the semi -windup also is at
tracing no little attention and discus
sion Dick Allen, the 20G-pound L. A.
A. C. boy who recently abandoned the
amateur ranks where he had mopped
UP with everything in sight will take
on Jim Cameron, the freak negro
heavyweight, over the twenty-round
route. This should be a good scrap,
as Allen is clever and has fearful
wallop in either hand, and is going up
against vastly improved fighter in
Cameron. The negro is considerably
over six feet in height, weighs about
1876 pounds and has a marvellous reach.
He has been taking boxing lessons for
several weeks, and has trained so hard
and faithfully for this fight that he
will go into the ring in fine fighting
condition for the first time in his
career. He has won his last eight fights
and has confidence to let
The curtain raiser will be a four
round bout between Berry, Hatton and
Harry Dunn at 112 pounds. Hatton is
the amateur champion of Southern
California, or was before he left the
amateur ranks for the professional
game and is a fast and very clever
boxer with a stiff punch. Dunn is an
other conner in the bantam division,
and always puts up an entertaining
fight.
Manager McCarey has arranged Tor
good street car facilities, and special
| cars will run on a two-minute schedule
from Temple block south on Spring to
Seventh and direct to the arena. Those
desiring to transfer should take the
Pacific boulevard cars on Seventh
street as they go direct to the arena.
The first preliminary will be staged at
2 o'clock and the main event probably
will be on by $3.50 o'clock. Charley
Fyton will referee the main event and
Artie Reynolds will handle the pre-
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