The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
EAGLES Benefit TO BE
A BIG AFFAIR.

Arrangement Committees Promise
the Best of the Kind Ever Seen
Here.
The preparations for the Eagle
benefit are going on successfully and
it looks now that not even the stand
ing-room sign will be hung out to the
procrastinators who never decide to
go to anything until the last moment.
During yesterday the remaining TWEEN
ty boxes of the house were sold by the
Seating Committee and not one of the
fifty boxes of six seats each can now
be had. There is only one hope for
those who want box seats and that is
to find one of the purchasers of the
boxes and show him where it would be
the proper thing to let you have one
or two seats.
The reserved seats and the seats in
the gallery will not be put on sale I'M
til the night of the benefit, however,
and there will be chances for seats
then, but it is stated you will have TO
hurry and get there in time to avoid
the rush for a better entertainment
than has ever been put on in the 5. A.
c. quarters is scheduled for that night
and, in addition, the Eagles have many
friends and people will be there who
have never visited the quarters be-
fore.
The boxes sold for $12 each, or at
q rate of 50 per seat. The reserved
seats will be sold at $1.5O and the gal
lery seats at 81. That is an increase
of one half dollar on each seat in
the house but it is benefit this time
and not one of the regular attractions
and the friends of the members of the
fraternal order for the benefit of which
the entertainment will be given would
gladly overflow the house at even a
higher price.
The Entertainment Committee prom
ises to uphold their end of the aftalr
TO the full extent of all that is prom
ised by the Eagles and are working
industrially to that end that they may
be there with several hits. Both pre-
liminarias between the best men VINO
can be secured for the event have been
definitely arranged. The main pout
it now a certainty between two cracks
if all that is promised for Williams
pans out and the vocal part of the
programme promises to be worth the
attendance in itself, since the best To-
cal professional talent has been book
ed.
the effect that he was to leave with
Williams on Yesterdays steamer from
Philadelphia, and since nothing to the
contrary has been heard, it is held as
an absolute certainly that they are
now on the deep blue, blowing their
way here, for Wilson is an old-time
club manager and knows too much to
delay the arrangements of an affair of
the kind by not making himself heard
if anything has interferred with his
plans.
In addition. Wilson states in a let
ter of Tuesday night, which was re-
ceived yesterday, that he would also
bring Jim Jeffords, who is to meet
Himmler on the 29th, with him on the
ship, and a telegram from Himlnler
yesterday announced that he, too,
would be here before the 22nd, which
will insure the presence OF both of
those men at the benefit, and, If 1t Is
desired, they will lend their assistance
to the entertainment.
The presence of those two big fell
lows who will appear stripped in the
ring for introduction to the club pa
irons will give the talent a chance 10
draw a line upon their physiques and
general appearance, and furnish them
a bunch probably as to their choice
for the following go before the club.
Both of them are wonderful specimens
of developed manhood. and possess
probably the best builds ever seen in
the ring in Savannah.
In his letter Wilson goes further into
Williams makeup and the reasons
which prompted him to recommend
Williams as the man to meet Miller at
the benefit. Williams is a man VINO
is fully able to do the club Justice" he
writes. In addition to having met all
the good ones of his class in Chicago he
has met all the Philadelphia men, and
has not lost a decision. He is a fast,
clever and aggressive boxer. You can
make no mistake in booking him for
he is a conner" In view of the fact
that the man who picked Mysterious
Billy Smith" out of the woods and
rubbed It over the cracks of the coun-
try with hla1s knows a man when ne