Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02


lightweight championship. Bat
considerably less confident of tn
the fight than when he arrived h
the San Mateo county supervisor
the application OF Hester for d pc
to studying and he confessed tha
that he and Wolgast would have
all. He probably would have ref
the week had he not become We
ter's prospects for handling the
seeing for himself, without takil
hastened his departure.
When he first arrived in Los Angeles
Bat held the opinion that Hester sure
ly would get the permit and dismissed
the subject as unworthy of further
worry All arguments put to him to
the contrary caused him to smile and
charge his informers with too much
boosting for McCarey to get the scrap
When he awoke yesterday and read
of the postponement again Of the
action upon Hester's application for a
permit, with the fight date only three
weeks away, he began to wonder If
Hester really would get a permit. A
few words with McCarey served to
further alarm him, and he ordered his
trunks packed for departure on the
Owl.
ut begins to look pretty bad for
Hester" he said. Some definite ac-
ton should be taken upon his appll-
cation for a permit, as time is flying
and everybody concerned is limited
for time to prepare for the event. If
they are not going to let Hester stage
Herf1f No To sE
can be governed accordingly If he
is going to get 1t he will be hampered
in his plans by further delay, and, in
consequence, will suffer damage in
the loss of time and money. 1t looks
to me like somebody is trying to keep
him out of the game up there, and
think I can call his name at first
guess. If Hester falls down on the
fight we may have to come to Los
Angeles and scrap for the title and
while want to see the fight pulled off
according to schedule, l would not cry
if forced to come back here and de-
fend my title against Wolgast."
Next Fight Decoration Day
Bat would not talk with McCarey
regarding a match at the local club
for st. Patricks day, saying that
would be too close on the heels of the
Wolgast affair." but he signified his
willingness to fight here on Decoration
day. if McCarey could find a drawing
card to send against him. Bat does
not add the proviso, "if 1 win from
Wolgast," as he has no doubt what
ever Of his ability to stop the MilWau
kee Dutchman inside the limit. Bat
feels, however, that Los Angeles is not
So good a fight town as San Francisco,
saying that because Of this McCarey
hardly could bid in competition with
the Frisco promoters for the scrap
with Welsh. He will name his price,
however, when the time comes, and If
McCarey meets 1t he will get first
choice from the champion.
McCarey will have at least two near
champion lightweights TO send after
Bats title when the time comes. The
winner of the George Memsic-Lew
Powell scrap, which will be fought
February Is, may get a whack at the
championship ahead of Welsh. Con-
ditions at this time seem to favor such
a match, and this fact makes it more
possible that the winner will get a
chance to win the title considerably
earlier than would be the case under
ordinary conditions. Then Freddie
Welsh wants to meet Nelson and the
world knows he win favor Los An
geles over San Francisco every time
a he repeatedly has done so and has
declared himCelf TO be partial TO this
city.
WoIgast Leaves Today
Wolgast and his party, which in
cludes Manager Tom Jones' Hobo
Dougherty and Bad Bill Aldridge, will
leave Los Angeles for San Francisco
on the Owl this evening. Aldridge goes
along as assistant trainer and Hobo
has been promised a preliminary to the
championship scrap, so will go as
sparring partner to Wolgast. The
Dutchman intends to put in about six
teen days of hard training, but will not
start work before Sunday. He
weighs 135 pounds stripped, he says.
and declares that he will go into the
ring with Nelson at the heaviest
weight lie ever toted inside the ropes
he expects to weigh 13l or 1872 pounds
when the first gong taps.
Never in my life have 1 felt so con-
fident of winning a fight" he said yes
terday. Il know that / can whip Mel
son, in the ring or in a rough and
tumble street fight, and as / will not
be giving away the chunks Of weight
that 1 once did / will be nearer to an
even footing with him than in any
other fight I have had as a light
weight. He will find l am no Jimmy
Britt or Dick Hyland, and when the
battle is over and I am the champion
he probably viii quit sneering at my
aspirations and hopes to possess the
title.
Will Post Side Money
'If he wants me to post that $4,000
side bet. let him go ahead and show
good faith by putting up his money. !
will cover it, and as much more as he
cares to put up. My friends in Los
Angeles have offered to take the side
bet off my hands, but / will take care
OF it myself, IL Nelson posts his $4,000
and my friends can have whatever else
Bat wants to put up. ! guess that win
prove to Nelson that L am not afraid
OF him, and that I sincerely believe |
will be the lightweight champion after
the fight. He has made a lot of nasty
talk about town regarding me, and has
said things that I wish he would come
to my face and say. That would give
me an opportunity to show whether /
am afraid Of him.
Il will put in about sixteen days at
hard training, and my Los Angeles
friends may depend upon it that ! will
not overlook a single detail that win be
of advantage to me in the fight. / shall
follow implicitly the directions of my
manager and trainer, and when l go