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Show M'CARTHY ONWAYTO PT HERE Tough Coast Boy Will Be Matty Baldwin's Opponent Op-ponent TO ARRIVE TOMORROW j AT ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK y. Already in Fine Conditicfa ' for Another Boat He Gave Up. Jobnny McCarthy of Baa lranciaea la oa hla war to Bait Laka to fifht Matt Baldwia taauay raaada puiaoiiua alfbt at tha Bait Falaca, taking taa plaea of Johnny 7rajma, who waa suddenly attacked at-tacked by articular rhetraiattam. McCarthy tent a telacram to tha committee la charge of tha Johnaton benefit aaylag that ba would ieare at 10:20 thii morning oa tba Bonthera Pacific, and taking that ha ba mat at tha depot. Hit train ahoold reach Bait Laka at 8:06 o'clock tomorrow a tar-noon. tar-noon. " On the roast McCarthy ia rated a. oae of the toughest boya in tba fighting fight-ing game. He fought a .Jaflhlng Ten round draw in Han i raneieco last Friday Fri-day night with Willie Kitehie, knd at be was ezperting to meet the' latter again eoon he ha kept himself la tiptop tip-top condition. He is heavier by about six pounds than Baldwin and as ba is capable of aaaimilating puniebment and administering a lot also. Baldwia balked at Brut on the arrangemente and oulv contented because this is a benefit affair and be eonaidera himself in such fine shape. Promoter James Coffroth wired a few day ago to Baldwin, tilling him that if he won over Frayno a match would be arranged in Han Francisco witt Ritchie. Wanted aa Mala Attraction. And tha San Francisco Bulletin oi Monday carried tba leading sport storv unUer the head: "Ritchie aad Johnny McCarthy sought for the main attraction." attrac-tion." limmv Coffroth waa to stage the match, but before definite- arrange' mente euuld be made the offer from Halt Lake was wired to McCarthy and it was put up in such a way that he grabbed it. demanding catch weights, which Baldwin accepted. . . L McCarthy will not be bothered by a change in altitude for ha wiir fight here before the change can have any effect. Aa athlete coming from lower altitude to Bait Lake feels good a day or two. then notieea tha etiage for a short time, fiaally getting entirely over the change aa any one else, only the athlete will recover mora quickly than tha average person. ' Money to Help Widow. Frank Kramer went through thia experience. ex-perience. Ha beat Jackia larke easily eas-ily the first night ha rode him at the Bait Palaca, but wss as slow aa aa ax cart la the next meeting. He fait tha climatic change then, and it took a few dava mora to work off the bad affects. Then he came back almost at his normal nor-mal condition for the Tuesday night racea McCarthy being trained up to tba minute and kaving a big advantage in weight should give Baldwin all k wants to do in winning th match tomorrow to-morrow night. As the lion ' share of tba receipts go to tha widow and children of bergt. Henry Johnston, who wis shot aad killed br Elmer Pewey, still - unpunished, unpun-ished, tke arena rarely will be crowded crowd-ed whea the bell rings. |