The San Francisco call., 1910-04-25
LIGHTWEIGHTS WORK
BEFORE BIG CROWDS
Sturdy Brick Layer and Clever Briton
# Look Ready for Lively Bout
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

: The interest in the coming battle be
tween Tommy Mccarthy and owen
Moran. which viii be staged by Jim
Griffin at Dreamland on Friday even
Ing. is on the increase every day. The
fight followers of san Francisco look
upon Mccarthy as veritable wonder,
tand there is every indication that they
= VfT back him with thousands of dol
lars For a lad with such little eXpe-
-risence as Mccarthy has had he Ger
fainly is commanding an extraordinary
.Hmount Of attention and praise from
those who are supposed TO know the
game.
= This attraction looks TO be a far bet
Ter one than the Moran-Murphy affair
at Dreamland two months ago. There
was a whole lot of interest in that at
fraction also. and the fans played
Aforan heavily TO beat the New Yorker,
but. as they well remember, close
D.. decision nosed them out OF their money.
even though the betting was 10 to in
favor Of the Britisher.
BRICK LAYERS LAYING ODDS
aoN THEIR CHAMPION
-. Notwithstanding the fact that he lost
the last time out Moran comes right
Back q favorite over the local light
weight The wagering is now 10 to
5p.7lts favor. This, however, is about as
low as ii viii go. for the reason that
:.the Mccarthy hackers are pouring their
money in TO bet il on the nghtlng lad
from the Mission. It is safe to predict
poverty among the members of the
brick LAYERS union If Tommy is beaten.
He is their champion, and every man
Of them plans TO bet his months wages
;6r his fellow craftsman, so certain are
:they that he viii bring home the money
What Mccarthy lacks in years and
;. experience he viii make up IN size ana
Eveight The men are 10 weigh in at
@732 hounds on the eve of the battle.
fright now Moran is down to 125
pounds while Mccarthy varies between
~I33 and l35 pounds. He can drop TO
the weight any time he pleases. AS
-.thev weigh in at 6 o'clock, this means
that the local boy viii be about lS5
when they start lighting. and the
chances are that Moran viii not be
-yery many ounces over l25- This
:Should figure quite an advantage for
Tommy
= The referee question viii be definite
j. settled this evening Although there
:svas q lot Of wrangling and beating
about the bush last Monday when the
principals met 20 select the third man
in the ring. il is believed that they viii
agree upon 4 cuolce Nllloul 4utbilSi
discussion Promoter Jim Griffin has
already explained that Sam Fitzpatrick
is the official referee Of the club, and
he recommends sam TO both men. How
ever. if they insist upon somebody else
they must foot the bill
EDDIE GRANET
MAY OFFICIATE
There is a chance that the veteran
: ring judge, Eddie Graney, may offciate
Ihis time. Mccarthy would like TO
have the little horseshoer, and II
Moran wants him Griffin viii be very
swell pleased and let it 80 at that.
Moran claims that any of the referees
will suit him. He says he simply
wants chance TO fight ali the time.
He is a bit afraid that the referee will
be Influenced by the crowd, which will
surely be pulling for Mccarthy.
A crowd of 1000 fans visited the
F2ritisber AT Billy ShanuOn'S San Rafael