Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-15
SPORTING
RLALTO GOSSIP
BY Jay Davidson

4 LII the fight world is wiring to Los
| "a Angeles for classy material TO fill
"A main event bouts. New orleans,
like Frisco. is sending here for the best
in the local market and not content
with signing Frank Picato to meet
some lightweight there, the West Side
Athletic club of that city yesterday
wired Ad Wolgast an offer of $12o0,
with privilege of one-third the receipts,
TO meet Bronson there February 6. Tom
Jones, manager for Ad wired that II
the Nelson match was not closed within
three days he would accept an offer of
$500 and two railroad tickets with
privilege Of 80 per cent of receipts. The
Wolgast party left for Wheeler Springs
yesterday afternoon before receiving a
reply to this message.
Jimmy Griffin, who was awarded tho
January permit at the meeting of the
Frisco police commission yesterday, is
trying to sign up George Memsic with
Tommy Mccarthy for January 27. He
came through with an offer of 500 last
night and may land the local boy, al
though Memsic had not accepted at
midnight. Memsic prefers to remain
at home and take on Powell and other
lightweights whom McCarey will get
for him.
Danny Webster has been matched
with Frankie Conley for a scrap at
Portland to be staged February 3. Con-
ley left for the city of roses yesterday
and Webster will follow Immediately
after his enga cement with Curly o Con-
nell next Tuesday night.
Hector Mckenzie, the wine merchant
and thoroughbred sportsman, came in
yesterday on the Owl from Frisco for
an extended stay. He has decided to
join the party that goes to wheeler
Springs next week, and will assist in
entertaining the Woleast party for sew
eral days at the springs. He did an in
discreet thing, however, just as soon as
he landed in town. He presented JACK
Ripper with a silver ornamented walk
ing stick, and Kip looks as much out
of place with it as he would were he
to be caught at Sunday school,
Rio Biu ATdridge is apt to receive the
appointment as trainer for the Wash
incton American team for next season.
Manager Jimmy McAleer met Aldridge
Yesterday and quite a number of local
sportsmen urged him to give the local
trainer the position. Unless the club
directors have made other arrange
ments for the season, Big Bill looks
like 4 winner, ana Jle CluD never VIII
regret the deal, as Bill is in a class by
himself when it comes to training ath-
letes.
John Herget, better known in the
sporting world as Young Mitchell, now
chairman of the police committee of the
Frisco board of supervisors, probably is
as popular here as in Frisco, owing to
his lone and creditable career in the
ring. He never was whipped and never
barred any of the middleweights who
cared for his game. He won the Pa
cific coast middleweight championship
and retired with it.
Jimmy McAleer, manager of the
Washington team, and his brother, Ow-
en- McAleer, former mayor of Los An
geles, left yesterday for hunting trip
of several days. They will hunt for
ducks principally.
More than 10000 persons attended
three battles fought by Freddie Welsh
in six weeks in London this winter
The attendance averaged $4,000 persons
at each fight, according to the Western
Mail published in London. Freddie is