Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-07
CONLEY-MOORE
MATCH ASSURED
Eastern Bantam Wires MCCarey
That He Leaves New York
for Coast Today
STAGE SCRAP LATE IN MONTH
Injury Sustained by MemSiC Only
Slight and He Resumes
Work This Afternoon
BY LAY DAVIDSON

BY JAN DANIDSON
Whatever doubt and uncertainty
ever existed regarding the frankie
Conley-Pal Moore championship bat
tie was dispelled yesterday afternoon
by telegram from Moore in New
York to Manager McCarey, in which
he said that he would leave the me-
tropolis for Los Angeles tonight. Pub
lication of the story that Moore and
Jimmy Walsh had been matched for
a scrap in Boston the middle of this
month made it look like the little east
erner was running out of the match.
after accepting transportation that
McCarey had wired him, but his tele-
gram clears the situation He should
arrive about Friday and the final de-
tails of the match will be settled by
signing articles of agreement.
All the important details, except set
ting the day, have been arranged al
ready, although no articles OF agree
ment have been signed. The matter
of setting the date will not cause any
worry to Conley or McCarey, as any
old day will suit them. Moore prob
ably will want at least two weeks In
which to get into condition for max
ing a successful debut here and to in
crease his chances of winning the
championship. This makes it prob
able that the fight will not be staged
before May 2S. 1t will extend over the
25-round route and will be staged at
Vernon, of course.
This scrap will be the most impor
tant bantam battle fought in the last
two or three years. Conley finally has
cleaned up his record so that his title
is absolutely clear. He is defending
an indisputable title now, and as Dig
ger Stanley, the English bantam
champion, is on his way to America
.a1r
ing the block off Conley, the winner of
the Conley- Moore fight undoubtedly
will draw the match with Stanley.
The latter was beaten by Jimmy
Walsh in Chelsea when they last met,
Walsh being the American champion
and Stanley being the recognized Eng
lish champion. This battle gave
Walsh a clear title and Conley traces
his championship honors back through
a completed chain to this last Walsh
Stanley scrap.
MEMSIC NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
News that George Memsic had sus-
tanned a sprained knee was spread
about sporting circles yesterday in an
exaggerated form until it was made
to appear that there was a probability
of a postponement of his fight with
Lew Powell scheduled for next Sat
urday. Secretary Hancock of the Pa
cific Athletic club got busy at once
and had DR.. Stoner, one of the club
physicians, examine the sore limb. He
reports that muscle in the right leg
appears to be slightly strained, but
that it will be all right by this after
noon and that Memsic may safely re-
turn to his training without any fear
of i'll effects. He will work some this
afternoon and resume the strenuous
grind tomorrow, keeping it up until
about Friday morning.
Memsic is holding himself at about
139 pounds and training for condition
and the development of his wind and
punch. He will gradually take off
weight until he is down to the re-
quired 1876 pounds, which he will make
the day of the fight. AS he is only
four pounds overweight now and has
a week in which to take it Off he be-
lieves a gradual reduction will be
more to his advantage than to take it
off at once and then heW along at the
required weight.
HOWELL Is TRAINING CAREFULLY
Powell is training like a champion
who is about to meet his most danger
GUS rival. He is as careful about every
detail of his daily routine as one might
expect of a scientist working with high
explosives in a laboratory. He does
just so much every day, trying not to
do too much or too little, and is work.
ing safely and Systematically. Powell
says that this is the opportunity he
has been seeking ever since he became
a professional scrapper as he can win
q match for the lightweight champion
ship by whipping Memsic in a decisive
manner, and he does not intend to over
look any detail that will help out bit.
Before the little Milwaukee Dutch
man became lightweight champion he
trimmed Powell in a ffteen-round
scrap. Powell admits that he under
rated Wolgast, whom he thought was
Werely a featherWeight contender and
not dangerous as lightweight and he
has been sore at himself ever since, as
that defeat is the only one in his rec
ord. He will have a double score to
settle with Wolgast if he can whip
Memsic for the match with the cham
pton. He may be able to wipe out that
defeat and at the same time win the
world championship.
Sandy Ferguson lost no time in get
ting down to hard work in his training
quarters at Arcadia, and is gonig ahead
as If he already was matched up for a
definite date. Manager McCarey is eX-
pected back from Frisco today when
he probably will have something def
mite to talk about with Sandy regard
ing a match. 1t is McCarey's plan to
put Ferguson on with Jack Burns first, /
an early date, and then send the WIN
ner after Langford. Ferguson talks
confidently of his desire to meet Lang
ford and mis- belief that he can trim
the Boston terror.