Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-28
WRESTLERS AND
BOXERS TO MEET
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP CON-
TEST OPENS THURSDAY
THlRTY.ONE WILL TRY FOR
PADDED MITT HoNoRS
Danny Rooney Expects to Take 115-
Pound Title Away from Coe,
While Bolt Figures Well In
Welterwelght Glass

Secretary Henderson of the Los An
gees Athletic club was busy last week
receiving entries for the Southern Call
fornia boxing and wrestling champion
ship tournament which opens at the
Athletic club under the auspices OF
that institution next Thursday nlghl'
continuing for three evenings. TO date
thirty-one aspirants of boxing honors
have slgniied their intention OF COM
netting and ten wrestlers will try con-
illusions on the mat.
With this large number of boxers
and wrestlers to settle the supremacy
in the different divisions during the
three nights of the tournament, at
tending fans should be given plenty OF
excitement, and 1t is a certainty t ,1,a1
many good bouts will result. The
Athletic club officials expect 1t to out
class anything they have staged in the
past, which means there Will be plenty
of sport
According to word received daily at
The Herald from the entrants that are
undergoing systematic training for the
tournament, all the boys are rounulns
into fine form. Little Danny Rooney,
the 115-pound crack of the Newsboys
club, has been training faithfully and
states that he is in the best condition
of his career. Danny is sure of getting
the featherweight title, as his follow
ing words last evening will indicate:
Expects to Defeat coe
II think l can cop Coe, the present
holder of the title, in a couple or
rounds, and as to Picato, there will be
nothing to it but the shouting. / figure
to win the championship easily"
There seems to be no question after
this, but Coe will have his hands full
defending his title, and from Danny's
tone there will at least be one or two
lively exhibitions pulled off within the
square circle at the Athletic club.
George Kahn, who looks after the
interests of Irving Bolt, who VIII try
for the 145-pound honors and may step
up and take flyer at the 15S-pounders,
seems to be dead sure that his boy
will land the plum. According to u
letter from the manager Bolt Is In
great condition and should win the
Championship without any trouble. He
has been working out daily and is
about down to the required weight.
Anon. the wrestlers daily workouts
have been just as much of routine
matter and it is anticipated that the
bouts of the mat this year will have
greater class than ever before. IRE
loar, instructor of wrestling and gem
eral athletics at the Athletic club,
looks forward TO some of the best ex-
hibitions on the mat ever staged in
Southern California.
George Retzer will represent the
Athletic club in the 1875 to 15S-pound
classes. In the lighter division he fig
ures to win, and while his disadvan-
tage i'm weight among the heavier ones
is against him, his cleverness will Off
set this to some extent, and he may
win both titles.
Westmore land Has Class
OF the 125-pounders Cyril westmore-
land has possibly the greater amount
of experience in his favor. Westmore-
land lost to Donaldson, the crack
featherweight of Seattle, in two
straight falls in 1908, when Donaldson
was the champion of the Pacific coast.
Not diseourag ed by this defeat for the
title, Westmoreland has since gone up
against many good men, having won
all his matches.
The entries to date, showing their
divisions, are as follows:
Boxers-105 pounds-Frank Mathews Will
lie England, Jos. Herman, Frank Roseli
Roy snyder. W. Cole.
115 pounds-Dan Rooney. b. Hatton, Billy
Coe. w. Beck. Dave Picato.
125 pounds-H Howell, George Mackie
N. Felsman. Brownie stewart. J. Williams
e. Becker Frank MaeDaniels. Oscar Matter
Bob Monroe Adolph Kllman.
1876 pounds-E Clark win Beauchamp, ID
b. Edwards, Jim Hayes, Willie Darnry.
l45 pounds-Huse standefer. f. Boldt.
15S pounds-E. A. Wickholm, A. p
Nolon.
neavyweight-Bert Nadeau.
Wrestlers--125 pounds--C. Westmoreland
Otto Linnes, N. T. Kruzsto John j. Hue
merich.
las pounds-w. e. Simpson. George Ret.
ger
1853 pounds-Flex Geiger. George Isaacs
Joe Schulter
IO5 pounds--Mike Rose.