Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-31
ORDER OF BOUTS TODAY
BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Manager McCarey has arranged an
unusually attractive card for his
month-end boxing show at Maud juno
ton tonight, with five bouts between
iscrappers in the BANTAM light, Welter
and heavy divisions, and as the Wlndup
number is one of exceptional class ana
made more attractive because it brings
together two of the best slugging
heaVyweights in the near-champion-
ship class, the old fight shed at the
junction will be taxed to its capacity.
From the first tap of the gong until
the big boys end their argument, the
fans should be provided with all the
excitement and amusement expected
at a boxing show.
Sandy Ferguson, the big Bostonian,
and Jack Burns, the original Salinas
kid, will furnish the main event at
ten rounds. Both scrappers are in
excellent condition, so much so that
neither will be able to offer a valid
excuse for defeat beyond the fact that
the winner is the better man, and as
each is fighting for recognition as near
championship material, they may be
depended upon to put up slashfng,
slugging fight from the first tap of
the gong. Ferguson is very deSirOus of
getting a 25-round scrap with Sam
Iangford and McCarey and WOOdman
have promised that he shall be graft
fled if he decsively defeats Burns, so
he will have many things other than
the fighters share of the receipts to
battle for
Ferguson figures to be right among
the heavyweight tOpnotchers, but has
wasted many opportunities to take his
rightful position. He finally has come
to his senses and is starting all over
again in the expectation that he VIII
vet get to the top. He has rigidly
xrCif lad J,o T,ri1O1 hn
Los Angeles several weeks ago and
has trained long and faithfully to get
back into condition for putting up his
best fight. He has remedied the slight
defect in his brething apparatus and
has rounded to form SO satisfactorily
that he believes he will stop Burns in
five rounds or less. He is going out
to set the pace and try to slip over
the dreamland poke early in the fight,
in order to more decisively impress
the fans that he is the same old Sandy
Ferguson that once scared all the
heavyWeights half to death at mention
of his name. If he can get over one
of his terrific punches, he will accom-
plish this design upon Burns, as he
hits like a Missouri mule kicking.
Burns expresses utmost confidence in
the result being favorable to him and
talks Of making it unnecessary for the
newspapers to decide the issue by
limit. He declares that the handicap
of twenty-five pounds that Ferguson
has upon him will not be of any ma
terial advantage to the big fellow, as
condition and the WallOp should be
the deciding factors and he thinks he
has it on Ferguson in both. Burns
will be fit and ready and will put up
the best fight he knows how, so, re-
gardless of the result, it looks like
a most pleasing prospect for great
battle between the two big boys.
The preliminary card appeals strong
1y to the fans, too. The siX-round bout
between Berry, Hatton and Harry
Dunn assuredly will be worth seeing.
THESE boys fought four rounds to a
draw at Vernon recently and it was an
enthuser from the first jump. Over an
extended route and with both boys in
proper condition, the bout will stir up
some excitement. Hobo DOugherty
and Herb White also are famous for
their activities while in the ring and
that they will put up a fast, slashing
Abattle all the way goes without Ques-
TiOn as both are natural fighters and
never loaf during a bout. Willie Mack,
who has an unheaten record in the
ring, and Jim Honkel greatly i'm
proved fighter in the last two years,
promise TO make things enjoyable for
the fans and a knockout looks almost
inevitable. KID Rees and Paul Sikora
are not so well known as the others,
but they are fighters rather than box
ers, and promise to furnish a knock
out in their siX-round scramble.
The first bout Will be called prompt
1Y at S o'clock. as usual, and as quick
1y as one scrap is ended the next num-
ber win he called. Delays win not an
noy the fans, as the card IS rather
long one and Secretary Hancock gives
the promise that he viii hustle the
boys at an times to keep things NOV
ing along without any tiresome waits.
Charlie EytOn will referee the main
event and Artie Reynolds will look
after tho preliminary boys.
Jim Flynn, the dahting fireman, and
Billy Papke former middleWcight
champion, Wcrc matched yesterday by
McCarey for a .5-rOund scrap at Yer
non the afternoon Of June is. Accord
ing to the articles Of agreement, they
viii Inject a tcatchwephts Both will
go into training the first Of next week.
The card for juno r. when Owen Mo-
ran and frankie rOnley meet at ten
rounds, practically is completed, as two
preliminaries have been signed up and
two others practically are closed. 1t is
intended to put ON five bouts that night,
with thirty-eight rounds Of boxing.
Martin LeahY and Young Rivers are
scheduled for the semi -Windup, with
JEFF O'Connell and Young Jeffries i'm
mediately preceding that bout.
It's as easy to secure a bargain in a used
automobile, through want advertising as IT
used 10 be-and still is-to secure a horse
and carriage.