Show v OAT SMITH ARTHUR TO DAVY Gunner Was Wa 10 to 7 Favorite Favor Favor- FavorI I ite lie When Two Men Entered Entered En En- tere f Ring This This' Afternoon Weather Threatening ning SAN BAN FRANCISCO Jan Jai 1 Never I.-Never Never mid tt prize ring experts today wore were two Loav weights better conditioned for tor or a athan than Gunboat Smith and anti Arthur elkey for tor their twenty round battle ler ier this at afternoon moon Smith money was wasU U 1 the ascendancy and tho the odds on the Bunner which were pressed down by bytho tho ho weight of coin 10 to 0 8 8 to 10 IOto to 7 which were maintained ip p to th tb the hour for tor the contest Smiths Smith's nith s 's followers counted it little that their man is conceding a matter of twenty five pounds to tho the bi big Cana dian They Thc said that Smith J t weight i bt anI only in his legs an and nd that liko like Bob Fitzsimmons ho bo was i R battering n nani rant rani ani oi on oit tilts stilts Fans generally claimed for what they would t pot ot concede Pel ch ite v namely a punch Smith has a far Tar more formidable record ecord than h his opponent who until hi hit his 6 fight ht today W was S virtually virtually unknown to the San public P main man achievement was his victory ictor over or Luther McCarty who in turn had hail beaten beaton 1 j m I Flynn n n. n Tho Tha skies kits were t still overcast this thi morning but there theres was s a good prospect that the lh-c rain raiu would hold JIOM oft off long enough h to permit hermit the tho staging of the tho open air battle stands 6 r feet t i IS Ii Inches In his stocking f feet ft et and alid he be hR has a Jn mas NA of hairon hale hair on 01 his cht chest t that many man mana a a. bald balti leaded man would crave e for his head lie Is possessed of or a pair of or shoulders that are re utmost abnormal and ami tho the muscles of or his hiM massive arms stand out like a blonde mixed in with a flock of or darkest Africa's Os native rz Physically the Canadian giant looks lIha koca It a Tin rIn conqueror Now ow the tho question II le Is Can h h. h stand tand the thi punch And still sUII continue Burns says frays he lie Is lR the gamest t II In man of or th the modern a age e ann and Tommy Tommy's Tommys s 's s j just st mo modest fe t enough to Include in 0 this sweeping t statement t. t Everybody T ws that Burns never er learned the moaning of t the hc word quito quit Barring Jest Jess Willard this Canadian Is the hl biggest e t n fighter who has set et foot oot on onan Jan Han an Francisco soil soU since tho the days lIan of or J J. s He lie Is broad d broad I ho rt l and square Jawed He lie Is I a R sP strong tronA HS ItS ItS' the tilt lion which we ve have o real read so 0 much about and he e appears to bo be a II good straight t puncher pUl but hut as a boxer he never or would win an any medals The only fault I have to find with Ith Arthur Is that ho Is IR too game am This Is tho wa way Burns explains it Every limo you vou sting hIm him he ho comes faster fater adds acids Tomm Tommy I I have clout clouted ClOUte him on the jawand jawand jaw and arid in the thc stomach as hard hanl ns fiS I could and 1 was t always forced to ask him to lay off ott when he ru cd me T The Tho l big fet fet- oi rv doesn't know him hire own on strength th Those who ho have m de It a 1 practice to follow lint contests very ver closely have 0 come como to tho the conclusion that t will willbe willbo bo be on the defensive C In Jn tho the earlier rounds at least leant and 1111 he will have hare to stand standa a a lot ot of blows to o the tho head and the bod body If It he Mopes iop's OP 8 to to do d anything with Smith Th The Gunner can hrin bring his right over o hard And he likes those long letter swings Smith Is flushed with success right now no noHe He has gained alne that confidence which ho be never IIO n he used tied tf to j perform aroun around 1 Ran San 1 I a cou- cou plo of oC years cars ago aJo Most Moat of or his victories e were gained in rapid fire re ord order r and hike lIko man many of oC iose ose who came and went before berOT be- be rOT toro fore him h he believes cs that no bl big fellow C cnn can n stand long before beron him ii a ou ought ht to be n. n wonderful battle If it Smith sets hl his usual Cast fast pace and If Ir IrP P shown allows the willingness to weather thee the storm and come comeIn In for lor some ome more of ot tt It t. t must make up his lila mind to tota I ta f fIt a It wallop from that Gunner for Cor the theatter latter atter has b been ell able to land vcr very effectively I lively on every ery man he lia hat has met even cven evenn In n the round four game around here I Tie le Gunner looks hooks to be a faster and a amon amore amors more mon finished boxer than I his s opponent Beside he will have hao the additional I ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage of ot plenty of oC practice Ho Ifo has slamming away at nt them several HC B a R month since his eastern Inva- Inva I sloe lon d which during durIng which Ump tim h hI h. has failed to lo lose Jose a a. single argument Most t of ot his hla victories victories victories vic vic- tories were of the tho knockout brand has Imp not lot started st In the ring since lila Ills defeat of ot Imer McCarty last April In fact rat that was wa the thc battle batUe which cause caused his name panic to be flashed d over the wires of or the tho world The They have e be been n saying all alt sorts of things good bad and In Indifferent about him since and he never has had hadan hadan hadan an OP opportunity to show what sort of or a fighter Me ie H r really lI I II is The They used to look upon Smith a as a I hued performer one who would I Inot not retaliate te after atter the other fellow I showed signs of recuperation But the they hold it a different opinion of ot him now His Hla eastern record has bad the effect of or commanding com corn comI I manding mandin him great respect all along the I line He lie must have displayed tie tle heart otherwise he could not lot have havo I piled up so man many creditable cre victories In such a short space paco of or time Th Tha betting men naturally are arc favoring favorin the thc Gunner because of his experience and his record and also because they dont don't kno know enough n about boul to Justify layIng laying lay lay- Ing their monc money on him but the Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian dlan is 11 making converts to his cause as alJ the da days claSS s 's roll roU by b- |