The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
SLAM BANG BOUT
ASSURED IN THE
OAKLAND ARENA
Petroskey and McAllister to
Sign Up for Twenty
Round Contest for
Next Month
~ WILLIAM j. sLATTERY

The, most important middle weight
hattie: of many months viii be fought
.in. the ring of the Oakland Wheelmen
:. club this evening between Frank Man.
.. feu Of Providence and Willie Meehan,
one of the best 15S Founders on. the
Pacific coast. The. betting on the con-
test is even, showing that the fans
hold both men in high esteem and also
showing that they are closely matched.
If the rivals run true to the form
which they always have shown IN. the
past, the contest gives promise of ac-
tion galore and the only pity is that
they can not travel 90 rounds instead
of 10. Both are rough scraPpeFs, with
plenty of energy. Both can hit ane
both are game SO it looks as though
they should keep the crowd on its feet
every inch Of the way.
Mantell is a veteran Of the middle
weight division, having fought and
held his own with the top notchers OF
this class during the last six or seven
Years. He has been at the top OF the
ladder on several occasions and many
of the eastern critics have placed him
as a candidate for the middle weight
championship of the world. He knows
every trick of the game and never has
been decisively beaten since he struck
his stride.
Up in Sacramento. they regard Man
tell as a sort of hero. T1e beat all
.comers there, including Billy Papke.
Between times he Invaded the eastern
/. fields and fought with good. bad and
indifferent success. Had he been con-
-:sistent he would today rank with
Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus and Eddie
.McGoorty. These men all have passed
him up. +. '. ..... +.
Meehan is one of those wild swingers
who keeps at his man at all times. No
body ever can tell what he will spring
next He is a S game as any man who
ever donned a plitt around here He
lost a 10 round decision to Bob Nc
Allister a few months ago, but outside.
OF that blot, his~record is practically:
perfect and. he. has been: going. up
against all sorts of performers from
bantams to middle weights during the.
last four years.
r. The winner of this battle will have
an excellent chance of getting on with
-Petroskey or possibly McGoorty, Klaus
or some of the other eastern middle
weights. A Knockout will mean a
whole lot to the man who puts 1t over,
*and for this reason, it is believed that
they viii both play for the hayInaker
and do the best they can to land it.
The 10 round mixup between Henry
= Hickey Of Oakland and Frank Rome,
the local feather weight is creating e.
quite a lot Of interest and the lads
" AZ AAeANt OH the
Job to boost them on to victory. Hickey
IS fighter of the Terry McGovern type
while his opponent is very clever and
shifty. Lightweight Champion Willie
Ritehie and his trainer. Harry Foley
Will be in Hickey's corner to help the
lad along
Johnny Mccarthy, the local brick
LAYER, goes on against Toby Miller. the
Oakland champion. for six rounds
Harry Baker, the veteran feather
weight, meets Babe Picato of Los An
geles. while Kid Exposito Of Seattle and
Young. Abe Atten Of Denver will also
swap waIlops.
The first bout starts at s:15 for the
benefit of the local fans.
Bob bfcAllister. former pride Of the
Olympic club and Sailor Ed Petroskey.
middle weight champion Of Uncle Sam,s
navy, have practically agreed to terms
for a 20 round match in this city next
month. They will meet Promoter Jim
Coffroth this afternoon, when the artf-
cles will be signed and referee named
for the battle, which Will be at the
middle weight limit
McAllister's brother, who acts as
his manager. called upon Coffroth
yesterday afternoon and stated that
the match was on If Louis Parente, who
looks after the sailor, saw fit to accept
it. Parente fairly jumped with glee. so
Cohroth agreed to sign them UP this
afternoon. The division of the purse
has practically been agreed upon and
IT is likely that Jim Griffin will be
chosen as the third man in the ring
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Sam angford, the Boston tar baby.
viii arrive here in a few days from
Australia, in company with his mana
ger, Joe Woodman. Sam already has
cabled for a match, and the first man to
accept his def is Charley Miller the
giant motorman and the champion
heavy weight of the Pacific coast
Miller Is the most willing fighter
that we have seen around here in years
He gladly accepts all matches and
never has been known to pass up any
body. Now he wants to tangIe up
with Langford in a four round en-
counter, and it is barely possible that
this match will be made
The carman battered big Jess Willard
all over the ring for four rounds last
month, and since he has been looking
p. sor Guboat Smith or Pelky. Now he
nas a new line to work on and hopes
that Langford will give him chance
X
Ad Wolgast. can go up against Red
Watson or some other promising light
weight next month. He accepted Coff-
roths guarantee terms yesterday and
expressed a ->sS-1ngness to take on
some live opponent next month but
Cofroth had already promised the date
TO Petroskey and: McAllister, so he had
20 ask the former lightweight cham
pion to wait a month longer
The local promoter intends to use
the Michigan boy. on the afternoon Of
Labor day at his DAILY City arena. His
opponent win be Watson, Leach Cross
or: some other man of prominence
Wolgast says.that he doesn't care who
he meets. sc. long as he gets: a chance.
lie has his mind set on getting another
crack at Ritchie and he knows that he
Will have to fight and beat one or
more of the lesser lights before the
title, holder. WILLY talk business with
him.
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