Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-12
Rialto Gossip

TAMES FLYNN. well known locally the
fighting fireman, who has fought about
- every big man OF any class in the ring
today, with the exception of Jeffries.
blew back into his favorte bailiwick yester-
day. Jim has all his diamonds yet not with
standing the reports that he had found some
short tufts Of alfalfa back east, and still
hangs onto a certified bank account of $500,
he is not ready yet for the pork and beans
division He is looking fine and appears to
be in better health than ever While he has
been having vacation trip down east and
still has the price with him, he says that he
would not overlook a chance to entertain his
friends here if proper financial inducements
were hung before him. Jim chooses Sandy
Ferguson as his first victim and would not be
averse to playing his familiar role of old trial
horse to show the fans just how good or how
punk the Bostonian is at this time. Regard
ing the prospect that he will go to Jeffries'
camp sparring partner to the big fellow
Jim said that he would not turn down a prop
osition If it was accompanied with an offer
sufficiently enticing to make it worth while,
but he frankly disavows any ambition to
achieve fame the humping block of the big
Burbank farmer unless a contract calling for
regular schedule of damages is properly
executed previously. Jim says that the east
ern fight game is good enough in its way, but
it does not weigh much when compared with
The aIoCaroy brand. He had several cfers to
fight, but there was not enough dorine in sight
to tantalize him very much and he merely
carried out his plans for having sweet Naca-
tion see the sights, visit the old home and
enjoy himself unrestrained for awhile. He
says that one could put nearly every down.
east fight club into McCarey's Vernon pavilion
and still have some space left.
Joe Conley, brother-manager of the bantam
champion, is not listening very intently to the
challenge and side bet offer of Gene McGovern
for a fight for the title because he cannot
figure out where there is much money in it.
He says they have stayed here for some time,
waiting for Pal Moore, but that unless an at
tractive match can be arranged soon, he will
take frankie back east and put him in the
game against the good boys down that way.
This would be a mistake, the bouts in
that country are of decided brevity in limit
and the financial inducements do not compare
with the earning capacity of the champion
here McGovern would make a much better
card with Coney than would Danny Webster,
as McGovern fights along the same lines
those employed by frankie and 1t would be
fight, anyway. There is no money down
east for fighters is proved in the fact
that nearly all of them in that part of the
country want to come to the coast and get
into the big game. Conley has fought Nc
Govern twice and beaten him both times, so
it might not be a bad match if he cares to
fill in idle time with a fairly good drawing
card.
Hen Berry told another solitaire last night.
placing Delhi against the best pitcher in
the Beaver camp and worked it successfully
three times without taking a shift. He came
Gown town right away, although it then was
after o'clock, and spread the news around
the Rialto that the Angels would win today.
Hen boasts now that the best the McCredies
can expect in this series is two games in
seven We will a watch the score board
today to see how good Hen is with the
cards.
George Kennedy, one of the classiest three
cushion and balk line billiard players in the
west, returned yesterday from San Francisco
for a brief visit. He has been gone about two
years, but is loyal to the sunny south in
that he still claims Los Angeles home.
He has been in poor health for some time
and comes back to recuperate. Some good
billiard matches are in prospect while he is
here, If he feels like playing while resting.
Those baseball cranks who did not like the
umpiring exhibitions of Pop Van Haltren
probably will be pleased to know that Finney
is back the job at the Chutes and will
be here for some little time, at least. Van
Haltren has gone to Frisco and is doubling
up with Hildebrand in the Oakland-san Fran
cisco SERIES Van is a good umpire and
knows his business regardless of what they
all say. But there is no Jimmy TonEan in
the Coast league yet Jimmy has them all
skinned to death and only for too much fav-
oritism he would be on the job today, where
he belongs.
King Hogan writes from san Diego to tell
the friends Of Young Rivers that the fight
ing kid is training nicely for his scrap
with Red Corbett which is on the docket
for Saturday night, and that II Corbett will
stand up and fight Rivers will stop him
long before the limit. Hogan is too old a
head at training fighters to get overly en-
thusiastic about any scrapper and he thinks
highly of Rivers as a good drawing card
for the future. Corbett does not amount
to much a fighter, SO it is up to Riv-
ers to tie a can to him about speedily
as possible and put himself In line for
consideration up here. With Hogan to di-
rect his affairs he should be able to pick
up some easy dough in the minor event
engagements until he proves his class when
it Will be better picking.
George B1ake, the local referee and box
ing instructor who recently went to Lon
don, is very much smtten with the chances
of Packy Mcfarland to whip Freddie Welsh
and expresses his opinion without much re-
gard for conservatism. George believes
Packy still can make the American light
weight limit and be strong enough to whip
anything in the lightweight division. He
writes interestingly regarding Packy and
boxing conditions across the pond, empha-
sizing the fact that the sport is popular
there, but purses small. George does
not say anything about coming home and
may decide to settle down in one of those
famous London fogs and get into the game
there with both feet and hands, He will
visit Paris anyway before he returns