The San Francisco call., 1913-07-25
WATSON AND BURNS
HAVE BEEN SIGNED
Will Go Ten Rounds Before
the Wheelman Club on
August 13

Red Watson, champion OF the local
|, l,Hghtweights when Willie Ritchie is not
around. and frankie Burns. champion
Of the 133 pound brigade on the other
side of the bay, were signed up last
evening by Manager Jimmy Rowan of
the Oakland WheeIman club to step 10
rounds sson the evening OF August 13.
they are. to weigh in at 133 pounds at
s o'clock. weight suitable to both
boys 49,
attractive little matches on the cards,
1 for both boys have a good following
and both know the game from all its
angles. Besides. there is a great deal
of rivalry between them. They have
been looking for this chance for sew
eral months past and now that the
match finally has been made the fans
on both sides OF the bay will do whole
lot of rejoicing.
Burns departed for Los Angeles sew
eral days ago after giving up all hope
OF getting anything to do around here
Rowan got into communication with
the little blonde scrapper yesterday
and after burning up the wires for sew
eral hours he finally got frankie TO
sign. 1t is understood that he will re-
ceive $1,000 for his bit, tidy sum for
10 round battle.
Watson is nifty boy. full of speed
and action. He is great favorite with
all the followers of the game because
of his aggressiveness and his willing
ness to keep mixing things up at all
times. Since his recent knockout of
Tommy Mcfarland. the auburn haired
slugger has been regarded as the very
best of the local boys at the 133 pound
weight. This battle means the making
or the breaking of him.
X
Tommy Burns, manager OF Arthur
Pelkey. evidently is going to get as
much money as he can for his new
heavy weight hope. Tommy already
has called for bids for a match between
Pelkey and Gunboat Smith for Thanks
giving day. Tommy evidently wants to
give the promoters plenty of time to
outbid one another.
Burns does not bar any OF them,
either He includes the fight handlers
of the United States. Australia. Eng
land and France. This goes to show
that he is covering the pugilistic field
very thoroughly indeed. for outside OF
these four named countries the game
OF the gloves is not known Now we
will see how the promoters take to
the proposition put up to them by the
former heavy weight champion. 1t is
his idea to get all that he possibly can
! Tor MS man.
Ii is not at all likely that Pelkey
will do any lighting in the meantime.
He is booked for 10 weeks over the
Pantages circuit which means that he
won't be free till about the middle OF
October Then. If the Smith match Is
arranged, he will just about have time
in which to start training, for he will
need plenty of work after his long
absence from the squared arena
Pell<Pv would figure q good card
here against Smith. but whether the
local promoters will care to bid against
the whole world for the privilege of
putting on the match is a different
question. Up to the time that he beat
McCarty the new hope was unknown
to fame, but since then his reputation
| has gone all over the civilized world,
and he ought to be in line to get some
money for himself.
| Bob McAllister, the former heavy
weight champion of the Olympic club,
will return from his outing at Willow
camp tomorrow and then he intends
| to settle right down to work at the
Seal Rock house. where he will con-
dition himself for his 20 round bout
with Sailor Ed Petroskey, which is to
| be staged on August 90. McAllister
will box with all corners. He is in
pretty good shape already, having been
roughing it in the country for the last
couple of weeks
| Petroskey also figures on beginning
| his workout tomorrow. He has Sc
| lected Billy Shannons place over In
! San Rafael as his quarters. Right now
| the sailor is busy up on his farm in
| the Sacramento valley. Louis Parente,
the North Beach sport, will look after
the sailors interests and will back
/ l. II