Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-15
NJ CAREY DECISION
SETTLES DISPUTE
Matches AtteII and Moran for
June "a at 124 Pounds to Be
Made at 5 O'Clock
BOTH SCRAPPERS AGREEABLE
Barry and Ferguson Promise a
Knockout in Their Ten
Rounds Friday Night
ny JAY DAVIDSON

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It did not take Manager McCarey
fifty seconds to render his decision as
arbiter in the squabble between owen
Moran and Abe Attell regarding the
weight they must make and the hour
at which they must make it for their
ten-round newspaper decision affair OF
June "a. Although he had all night
TO become impressed with the dignity
and responsibility of his position as ar
biter he did not lose any sleep over II
and when he came down town yester-
day morning he promptly notlhed the
squabblers that the weight WouId pc
124 pounds and that it must be maze
at o'clock the afternoon preceding
the fight. ..
In making this decision McCarey act
ed upon the theory that inasmuch as
Harvey, manager for Moran, had au-
thoriZed him to match Moran with
Attell at the same weight Moran had
made for frankie Conley and McCarey
had so notified Attell, the same weight
conditions should govern, and that was
his decision. Harvey and Moran knew
it was coming and were not surprised
nor disappointed when 1t did come.
In fact both boys were so certain that
this would be the ultimate agreement,
forced or otherwise, that they went
into training three or four days ago.
The decision of McCarey has been ac-
cepted as final by both boys and they
are hitting up a terrific rate In their
training camps.
Harvey said last night that the con-
ditions were agreeable and that he
and Moran are entirely satisfied. 1--WE
would have been willing to such an
arrangement before. only Moran and
Attell are so stubborn in their enmity
ho
said. "There was no kick coming on
our side at such conditions, but Mo
ran would not permit Attell to dictate
to him and Attell was just as stub
born. Both boys wanted the match
and when they could not make each
other bulge from their stubborn posi-
tions they sought the easiest and sur
est way out of 1t to make the match
and yet withhold from the other any
credit for making or debating terms.
McCarey was selected to name the
terms and the two stubborn boys went
right to work, delighted that they had
not yielded a point in making the
match and yet had made 1t. 1t was
stubbornness on the part Of both,
nothing more nor less"
In the excitement Of discussion of
the possibilities of the Jeffries-J john
son fight and the squabble between
ALI6u ana moran IH6 ldIlS may have
overlooked the fact that a dandy good
card has been arranged for Friday
night at Maud Junctiop. Sandy Fer
guson and Jim Barry will furnish the
main event at ten rounds, while a
dozen youngsters, ambitious, even II
untried in the ring, will furnish six
four-round bouts as preliminaries.
Ferguson sprained his thumb in the
second round of his fight with Jack
TQl1rna fOrtOipht apo and was nm
able to finish the Salinas boy and the
injury caused him to pass up mater
with Jim Flynn. But it has healed sc
rapidly that Ferguson has been able
to train for several days and it now is
all right, and he says that he will be
able to prove to the fans that he is {
fighter of some class, instead of a slow
numbering, awkward mass of flesh ant
bone. He proposes to try every min
ute for a knockout, and says he viii
be disgusted with himself if he fails
TO put Barry to sleep in half the dis
tance prescribed as the limit.
Barry naturally expects the result
to be directly opposite to that pre-
dicted by Sandy, saying that he viii
dispose Of all argument about Sandy''
class in about four rounds. Barry
would have a remarkably good rims
record if 1t was not for the blacl
shadow of Sam Langford that rests
upon it. Jim tackled the Bostor
Demon too often and invariably tool
a licking, as any other fighter, eXcepf
Jeffries, would have done. Barring
these blotches the record reads beauti.
fully, and Sandy figures TO be III
against an awful tough job, even al
ten rounds.
Rawhide Kelly and Frank Picato gof
in last night from their long and very
esFTC OF III 11snf
six fights while away and lost only
one-to Mickey Cannon, the Plttsbur9
light middleWeight, whom Frank tool
on at catch weights on three days
notice. Cannon weighed 155 pounds
that night, according to Kelly, whC
asked Cannon what division he wa'
fighting in. Cannon replied that he
was lightweight, and Kelly told hin
that out on the coast Sam Langford
Tommy Burns, Jim Flynn, Jim Barry
and a few others ranked as the same
sort Of lightWeights Picato made al
excellent impression down east and il
New Orleans, and is figuring upon an.
other trip to that portion of the coun-
try early in the fall He is after Lew
Powell or any other lightweight thai
McCarey can dig up for him and is
willing to jump into the ring without
delay.
Joe Conley, manager Of frankie the
bantam champ, is very Wroth at the
repeated challenges of Danny Webster
and the manner in which they are
made. He said last hight that il
looked like Frankie would have to XIII
Danny to convince him. But if Danny
wants fight with frankie for the title
at 116 pounds over the 45-round route
he can have it If he will make a side
bet of $1,000, says Jce Joe Is not con,
WINGED that these ncnotonous meeting.
between frankie and Danny will par
out very much at the box office and
insists that a side bet be made so tha
it will be worth while If Danny
wants the fight on championship con
ditions Joe will talk business lust a.
soon as the thousand is posted as
side bet and probably McCarey car
be induced to stage it June 30. Damn,
is a game little scrapper, all right, bu
his every effort against the champion
has been a losing one and there seems
to be no demand whatever from thu
fans for another as all seem very wei
convinced that frankie has it on th'
local boy.