The San Francisco call., 1910-09-29
Midget BOXERS IN
GREAT CONDITION
DreaHIand Fights Promise to
Be Full of Excitement
and SCrapPing

Sammy Keller and Jimmy Carroll
look to be about primed and fit for
their 10 round bout at Dreamland to-
morrow evening. Two weeks of good,
hard, consistent training has had the
desired effect upon the midget boxers.
They have trained more for speed than
endurance and therefore the contest
gives promise of being a speedy, whirl-
wind one, devoid of rough features or a
knockout wallop
Little Carroll is a San Francisco boy.
an electrician by trade. He has been
state for several years past and though
he always shows plenty of speed and
cleverness with the gloves fortune has
ever frowned upon him. He has almost
always been forced TO go in some pre-
liminary event, principally because the
promoters were unable to dig up a boy
Of his weigh and inches who could
make worthy showing against him.
Now CAROLS opportunity has come
and it is up TO him TO make the best of
il. For the first time in his ring ca
reer the midget is carded as a main
event performer. He has worked long
and hard for this very chance and he
has hundreds of friends who will be
working just as hard for him tomorrow
night when he makes his bow as a
headliner against the clever little fell
low from Juhn Bulls realm This en-
gagement means more to Carroll than
any other in which he has ever taken
part.
Keller has been a surprise ever since
he landed on the coast. He came out
here with Charley Harvey and owen
Moran last summer and hung around
for long time before any of the pro-
moters would give him chance He
was not known to local fame and he
did not look good.
But Keller proved a surprise in his
first start against Willie Canole He
fought the local youngster right off his
feet in the initial meeting and he came
back at him again in the preliminary
to the Moran-Burns mixup and out
pointed his man. He showed plenty of
class and plenty of aggressiveness and
the promoters then recoznized him.
Three weeks ago he met Carroll in a
six round bout in Oakland and got a
hairline decision.
Keller is a good boy, clever, strong
and willing. How game he is remains
to be seen, but if any of them is able to
hit him and make him cover up it is
Carroll. Little Jimmy is a marvel of
cleVerness, both on the offensive and
the defensive, though his punch is
nothing to brag of. He's too frail to
bring over anything like a real knock
out wallop.
The betting still rests at even money,
with the admirers of both lads laying
off and waiting for the odds which
they feel sure will eventually come
-
thing one way or the other and the
chances are that they will both be
selling at even money when they re-
spond to the gong. There does not ap-
pear to be any excuse for odds.
Rufus Williams, that hard hitting
colored middle weight who sprang into
fame by beating a tough teamster in a
punch at Dreamland one night about
two months ago, is all ready to uphold
his walloping reputation against Kid
George, a rough and tumble performer
from Sacramento. This pair is also
billed over the 10 round route, but the
fans who have seen them in action be-
fore look for knockout in four or five
rounds.
AS a curtain raiser the two best
feather weights in the minor division,
Eddie Dennis, rated as the champion,
and Eddie Harris, the challenger, will
sessed of eleverness in blocking and
landing punches. Dennis looks to have
a shade on his opponent.
Eddie Hanlon will referee the three
bouts. AS was announced yesterday,
the former lightweight idol will give q
decision in each event and this should
do away with the unsatisfactory state
of affairs which existed the day after
the Moran-B Burns encounter last month.
Hanleni is a good referee, whose judg-
ment and ability never has been ques-
toned.
Promoter Blot is looking for good
crowd at Dreamland. The advance sale
of seats opened yesterday at Gunst's,
500 Market street, and Blot's, Eddy
street near Taylor. The first mill will
go on promptly at $50 and the other
two will follow in rapid succession. The
gallery doors will open at o'clock and
the main doors half an hourlater