Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-19
BY Jay DAVIDSON

O1TATEMENrs to the effect that George
Memsic is showing up in better trim Ior
l } his scrap Saturday with Lew Powell tnah
~ he has shown in training in about Two
years may cause the fans to shake their heads
and discount the story but 1t is fact never
theless and Is plainly evident to all who have
taken the trouble to visit Doyles Southslde
club during afternoon workouts this week;
When it announced that Memsic woulu
have e securc . rcstncnenl"nt or cance'ati"h
of the scrap owing to an injury to his leg sew
eral DAYS ago many of his lukewarm support
ers threw up their hands and expressed opln-
ions to the effect that Memsic was going TO
the discard awful fast But since he secured
the postponement and had suttielent time IN
which to rest and treat the injured leg, he mas
been a consistent surprise.
That the injured leg Is all right again Is
proved In the fact that he is taking long
road runs every morning without experiencing
the least bit of pain or other Ill ehects that
might be expected to obtain If he really was
seriously affected by the injury He comes
back from his long trips on the highway IN
fine condition and fresh as daisy. Theh
In the afternoon. following a good rest ana
rub down. he does an unusually large amount
Of work, including stunts with every apparatus
in the DOYLE gymnasium and several hard
slugging rounds with Willie Mack ana other
good BOYS He shows a dash and spirit In his
work that is wholly at variance win Una tnat
shown in other training periods. He Is a glut-
ton for work and has to be called down by
Trainer Roy Page when he has gone iar
enough He is veritable bear as strong as
being down to 1877 pounds yesterday. with two
and a half days in which to remove the other
two pounds he has ceased to even think seri-
ousy of the task.
Mensic sayE that the route, twenty-five
rounds. is made to order for him. and assures
his success in decisive manner when he
hooks IN with the speedy Frisco lightweight
George IL fast and clever himself, but Powell
is much faster and cleverer and this has given
him victory over the Bohemian in both their
short bouts At a distance, Memsc feels Ger
tain that Powell will have to slow down after
going ten rounds. and he has such everlasting
confidence in his punch and his ability to put
It over that he is counting strongly on a
knockout victory long before the twentieth
round That he has the dreamland poke Is not
TO be doubted, as 1t has been on exhibition
several times in the local ring and George
saws he will show ii again Saturday afternoon
Powell is taking no chances either or over
doing the training job Of being caught half
trained He is working regularly and system
atically and is ready right now to go into
the ring and put up the best fight of which
he is capable Powell is naturally n light
weight and finds it easy to make the re-
quired 1876 pounds. being within one pound Of
that figure now. He assuredly is in fine con-
dftion and has all his old speed and clever
ness with him. In his afternoon workouts he
shows that same marvellous speed and clev-
erness that makes him such hard opponent
to catch and land on in the ring. and with
Memsic in perfect condition and speed, the
bout looks in prospect like one of the fastest
scraps ever staged here between lightweghts
of class,
The fans generally favor Powell to win and
have made him 10 to favorite. but this is
based upon the very natural conclusion that