The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24


once in his life. Smith is going to
be prime favorite with the San
Francisco sports.
- HEY generally kept him on
the short end when he used
TO fight here as a four round
er. Even when he came back a
year ago after his Eastern tri-
umphs and hooked up with Frank
Moran. the latter was a hot 10 to
z shot. And the Gunner won
from here to Chicago and back
again. although he did not put up
a fight that suited the crowd.
X
kkxTES. and they were betting
to on Langford last
month in Boston" cut in
Jim Buckley. his manager. Now
don't have to stop to tell you
that he laid all over that coon.
The papers all said that there
was nothing to it but Smith and
for once the papers were right.
And we all had a nice little bet
down on him at that"
CMITH thinks that he viii
\knock Pelkey out and Pelkey
is sure that he win put the
crusher on Smith before the gong
sounds the end of the twentieth
round. so there you are. Appar-
emily. each is endowed with
plenty of confidence. which is d
good ring asset, although it re-
quires the wallop as well in or
der to turn the decisive trick
A CCORDING to the records,
y both are hard hitters. We
4 don't know anything about
PeIkey save what we have read
or what Tommy Burns has told
US. but we do know that the
Gunner can hit harder than any
heavy weight who has been pro-
duced within the last few years.
and driving power is the best
asset for one of the big ones.
THEY used to question the
gameness of the former tar,
but he has managed to win
for himself a soft spot in the
heart of many a fan who did
not believe that he would go the
route. one glance at the record
which the big fellow has made
around New York during the last
year is proof positive that he
has experienced a change of
heart.
THE Gunner has improved
wonderfully as boxer OF
late. He was noted for his
Wild, overhead swings when he
was a member of the four round
ranks, but when he returned to
go against Moran, he displayed
a lot of cleverness and fancy
stunts, which fairly opened the
eyes of the spectators who had
always regarded him as a rough
and tumble performer.
~ ELKEY certainly does not
look like a man who under
= stands the finer points of the
boxing game. He has not shown
anything like cleverness nor
science since he began training
for his mixup with Smith. He
has the size. the strength, a
good, square jaw and evidently
the punch, but the Gunner is far
and away the better boxer and
speed merchant.
- AMENESS ought TO count in
rthis battle, for when two big.
- husky fellows hook up. the
man who can stand the grueling
wallop and come back for more
generally is the man who viii
be returned the winner, provided
OF course that the other fellow
does not land on him hard en-
ough to keep him down while the
referee is counting ten.
X
DELKEY is looked upon as a
very lucky hghter-one who
= came to the front by winning
a single battle. This probably is
true. but. at the same time. he
might have been one of those
wonderful persons who never
had a real chance to display his
ability. Anyhow, he made him
self world famous as well as no
torious by delivering a couple of
wallops.
A INFLOW, this battle means
"a the making or the breaking
= of either Pelkey or Smith. The
winner win have a license to
pose as the heavy weight cham
pion of all the world. while the
loser must go back and do the
best he can among the lesser
lights. No wonder it is regarded
as the most important heavy
weight battle since Jeffries and
Johnson met.
. Il r Glx