Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

iAR that, owing to the unreasonable
nA demands of fighters whom he
desired to put on at one of his two
fight houses for date previous to
the Langford- Flynn scrap, he will let
both houses remain dark until after
March II. Lew Powell, whom he
wanted to match back with George
Memsic, for an early date, has become
puffed up over his doubtful victory
over the local boy and demands a
guarantee of $3.50 for the return
match, which might have been staged
March 4 or s. McCarey said nix, and
as he has the last say, his word goes.
If he were reasonably inclined, Powell
might pick up more than that sum
by coming south and taking chance
with the local promoter. AS has been
urged many times before in this col
umn, a fighter who is afraid of his
own drawing powers is not a good
enough drawing card for a fight pro-
moter to risk with guarantee. The
fans here are not going crazy over
Powell, but they would like to see him
and Memsic tried out over a longer
route. Jack Burns, whom McCarey
wanted for Dick Allen, has gone to the
northwest in search of far less profit
able engagements and this match has
been laid on the table. The fans prob
ably will not complain at this decision
of the promoter. A few days of good
rest will make better for the Flynn
Langford thing, and in view of the
situation it is the best thing to do.
This fellow Flynn is making a
mighty good impression out at Doyles
club by the enthusiastic manner in
which he is training for his third
scrap with the Boston terror. He will
have considerably more hackers at the
next fight than when he met the bad
dinge the last time, and, according to
! Flynn, the last show will be only a
sideshow to what is coming off on the
seventeenth of Ireland. If Flynn beats
Langford in a decisive manner, it is
the biggest cinch on earth that Jeffries
will go into the ring at 1 to 1000 to
beat Johnson. If Flynn can whip
Langford, what can Jeff do to john
son, who cannot do as much as Flynn
can do?
Eddie Maier had a good hunch on
| JeffrieS yesterday that he did not over
look exposing. He attended the base
ball game between the Santa Bar
baras and the Trilbys, the latter beinA
the negro club that has trimmed so
many of the crack semi-professional
teams in the southland in the last four
months. When the Channel city boys
got in the lead the coons went up in
the air. They beat the smoked aggre-
cation something awful When the
scoring was going on Eddie remarked
| that 1t was funny, yet true, that when
| ever a negro got a stiff punch or was
falling behind in any sort of contest,
his heart wizened up to the size of a
peapod and quit beating. THAT is
| just the way Langford lost to Flynn,
and that is why / think Jeff will make
Johnson hop over the ropes said Ed
ward. Before that moment Eddie would
have bet only 100000 on Jeff, but now
he is willing to add the brewery to the
wager.
frankie Sullivan, one of the cleverest
| maulers of his division, has an eXcep-
| tionally good manager in Fred Harlow.
Fred wants to bet anything up to $500
that Frankie can whip all the Attells
or Conleys that can. be stacked before
him, and IS Fred has the dorine his
talk is not subject to question.
frankie, with proper handling, such as
Harlow has been giving him, will beat
| a lot of the boys who are getting more
fights than he. frankie is entitled to
an even break in the matter of matches
and should be given a chance to climb
the ladder just as fast as he can go.
Adolph Becker, the fine little sports
man from Frisco who once got inter-
ested in Cyclone Thompson, and who
in fact forced Cy on the public to the
extent that the Sycamore punching bag
became afterward one of the real con-
tenders for the lightweight champion
ship, is in Los Angeles, looking over
business affairs. Adolph says there
never was a time, not even in the
twenty second round, when Ad Wolgast
did not have a good lead on the Dane
Adolph cleaned up handsomely on this
fight and will spend some of his win
nings here before he goes home next
| week.
James w. Brooks, one Of the chief
boosters of the Vernon ball club, and
for years one of the leading figures
in turf politics on the coast, has formed
partnership with Walter Briscoe in
the realty business, with offices in the
Union Trust building. Brooks is one
of the sporting landmarks of Los An
geles. and despite his nasty temper. is
popular and we'll liked by the boys.
His natural ability as a booster means
a big success for the new firm, in
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