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Nothing but Southpaws
Winning at 81. Louis

early in the month George brought
home the bacon. In his last two per-
form,Dces against the home members
the lanky ~lefthander has not only APP
piled the brush. but he has been there
with two hit bouts each time.
His game yesterday was a corker. In
the opening inning Hugglns and Evans
stung him for clean singles. while
konetchy secured free transportation.
Hauser. Ellis and Smith. though. were
easy. the last named youth swinging
out OF strikes when the three pillows
were occupied. After the opening ses-
sion nary "a st. Louisan reached first.
To-day's game should be a tough one
for the Giants to win. That's because
they get their old hoo-doo. the angu-
larry constructed Sallee. He beat them
to a putty on the Polo Grounds a fort
night ago and in Fridays show here
whaled them In easy fashion.
Since then the Cardinals have looked
very bogus in comparison to the Giants,
Marquard and Wil,se not only punched
two strictly high class games. but the
men behind them played whirlwind bal
on the defense and stole bases pretty
much at will on Jack Bliss. Roger
B~resnahan's understudy. Then. Bill
Steele and Bob Harmon, the Cardinals
two premier righthandcrs, were whaleo
together. But to-day the Giants must
go against Saliee again. and 10 further
handicap them, Bresnahan counts upon
getting back to duty. SO does Mike
Mowry, the regular third sacker. Bres-
nahan missed all four games when the
Phillles We're in own and has yet to
o~liciate in the series with the Giants
The Duke worked out yesterday and
while he didn't go back on duty. stated
that he expects TO perform to-day,
Then. Mowry Is practically ready for
work and young Wallace Smith, who
smote the ball so savagsly In the serie.
with the Phillles, has weakened undel
the third base coaching work Of Johnny
McGraw. and miscues by hin have gon,
"a long way in making the last two
shows so easy for the Giants.
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Sixteen XeQr-OM Golfer
Threatens Veterans Titles
In ShinnecOck Hills Club

years before had sought 10 seRrerate
the youthful element by giving Il a spe-
cial building on the grounds and keep
ing the kids In separate classes when
1t came to competitions. Then, almost
a dozen seasons later. a kid from a
small summer club hard by (Bridse-
hampton) popped up as a dark colt and
took practically e~verybody's measure Of
from two to four times his years.
When the programme was made up
recently and the conditions named. the
managers took pains to revive the old
regulation as to age. There will be no
more ~trouncing OF gr!zzied veterans by
players In pinfeathers n the manage
ment can prevent II. A former chair
man OF the tournament committee said
yesterday that he thought young Car
ter would be allowed to play because
he Is so near the age requirement and
did so well last year.. but that other
boy wonders need not apply unless they
would prove themselves we'll over the
limit.
The field at shinnecock Is going "a
be stronger this year thar for severaI
seasons. partly because II Is the las,
general tournament before the national
amateur championship. It will include
Eben NJ. Byers. ex-national title-holder
Max Behr. twice New Jersey champion
John NJ. Ward. once title-holder Of thai
State. and Walter Tuckerman and VOL
colt Tuckerman, both OF Washington
the first named having more than ono,
taken high rank In the national AFFAIR
Walter J. Travis VIII not he In tn,
running. while neither Gardner Whit,
nor Oswald Kirkby has yet p~ositive,,
decided. but will probably be on hand
Max e Il already on the spot an
this week made a n there. which Is fas'
going.
A number OF important changes hav'
Just been finished on the course. Tn,
centre Of the cop bunker guarding tn,
second green has been taken away an
the same thing done on the NTH. wher
a pit has been substituted so one CA
see the hole. On the twelfth the bunk
ers at the putting green have been =
re-shaped as to better the approach I
the sup.
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ATHLETIC NOTES.

n Il aid that Leroy Dorland. who was the
Pas,ime A.. C.'s star athlete for several seasons,
Is simply disoontented With certain condition.
that peri ain IN the club and will return there a
soon a. they are remedisd.
Pasiime A. c.. Is showing marked improvement
with the hammer. His Style Is becoming NOR
smooth, and 1t looks as though he Is due to shoS
up better than ever before,
However. Pat Ryan. the giant Of the l. 4
A. c., threw iT6 feet. foulinS lust q wee bit, a.
the steam fnsnesrs, sSmSs at Celtic Tar
champions he looks the goods. lis not far from
that to Flanasan's record OF i4 feet.
give me two weeks to train In and I'll race
Jones for q mile any time lie wants" Ays Me
Sheppard. II Is possible that Jones will NEE
sheppard In a special halt-mile race at the j. A
A, CO games on Labor Day.
mel sheppard took another try At the II 900
yesterday, and he came within a couple Of sec
onds OF the worlds record. when "Shepp'' get
down to training he'll make the fur t,
Martin sheridan IL running Babe" McDonsli
pois sheridan has gathered an unusual amour
Of fat during the last few months.
in the two, mile race at the Steam Engineers
games Louis Scott Of the South Paterson A. &
ran a splendid race. His time was o minute
- x5 seconds.
Dick Edwards o. the n. Y. A. @. Il nov II
ported 10 he entirely out OF danger and well o
The way TO recovery from the severe attack {
typhoid pneumonia. which assailed him upon HI
return from Pittsburs.
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That's the Reason Philip Car.
ter, Young Star, May Be
Barred From Tourney.

IF young Philip Carter Is allowed to
start this week in the nnu tour
L nament Of the Shinnecock Hills Golf
III he will get in by the Skin of his
teeth" That organization has revived
It's rule that players must be moro than
sixteen years old In order TO enter.
Young Carter is close TO his sixteenth
birthday. so everything depends upon
the strlc,ness with which the tourna-
ment committee interprets the ruling.
Last year he Carter boy. wearing short
unknown he was not given q second
thought.
He qualified by al excellent card and
IN the first round walloped Joseph s.
Clark of Philadelphia, long a SHINE
cock summer resident, n a committee
man of the United States Golf Assoc!a-
ton. quite likely Mr.. Clark was two
thirds beaten before he knew what he
had got up against" At any rate
when he finished ne vas one OF the
most surprised golfers that ever com
pleted a round.
On the second and third rounds Philir
defeated Ernest Thomson OF Garden
City and Chester Griswold OF Shinnecoci
Hllls. the latter a former college player
both being beaten on the home hole
Thomson, n world golfer, who has sew
eral times competed in the British event
although warned by Clark's defeat. wa
nom the less genuinely surprised. II
the final John NJ. Ward e the young
ster. but he was kept busy In doing 1
until we'll near the close of the contest
The outcome was a coincidence, be
cause the Shlnnecock Club. OF all others
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Like HaH-Holiday for
Ball Players on Hilltop

7 TERE's another week OF strife on
n our hands and sim the Gripping
OF pitchers goes merrily on. In
the bombardment OF Saturday Chase
had his whole staff shot to pieces and
the White Sox also sen as many as
eight brave twirlers TO the mound be-
fore they had imbedded the double har-
poon into the hearts OF the New York
fans.
SO great has been the strain on the
pitching staffs OF the Hllltoppers ana
the White o hat General Chase and
Duffy established an armlstlce for a
few minutes Saturday afternoon and
while peace reIgned they decided to
play the second double-header on to-
morrow instead OF to-day as had been
originally planned and advertised.
our fans are so accustomed to the In
lection OF baseball dope that they can
stand "A lot, but when they are forced
TO swallow three games In two days
and two OF them running into extra
innings It's an overdose. A fan surely
will go IA long way for his baseball when
he will calmly sit through thlrty-four
innings OF the pastime In two after.
moons. With only one game OF min,
innings to-day II seems like a hall
holiday.
In the meantime we find the Whit,
SON ct ais. buslly engaged In sho I'M
our H~ighlanders down the line. Then
just a few flights up we observe tn
patiently struggling Athletics tylnI
double bow-knots In the tail Of the erst
while naughty Tigers. All In all
looks like "A week OF highly excitinI
deeds here and abroad, Are you ready
The first three struggles with tn
I White Sox would indicate that the
B have something on us when It comes !
going the distance. As sprinters tn
Highlanders are IN n class by them
selves. but once the ninth inning wiz
is passed they begin to wobble. Tn
esteemed Sox work on the Marstho
basis and the further they go the. bette
they get. In the opening set-so tn
H~ighianders came from the rear an,
tied them up only to do q Dorando col
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and win a large majority Of ames from
the Cubs. the Cardinals and the Pirates
they would stu be unable TO win the
pennant II these same clubs should
come through the East ana fattsn up on
the weaker clubs.
The Boston club has hurt the Giants
more than any club In the leaEue IN
view OF the IA I that II has lost 70 reg
ularly to the Cubs. The Brooklyn team
has given little more help. but they have
been consistent losers n have contrib
uted many games to New York u well
as Chicago and ST. Louis. Now. II the
Phillics should become 30 weakened
that they could moi give tho Western
ers u setback. then the Giants would
have to fight The whole League single
handed.
As far as Individual work IL CON
cerned. the Giants have a record that
ought 10 make them pennant win
ners, Philadelphia Is the only club
In the league that has beaten them
a majority N games. More than that.
the Phillies are the only club that has
won n series from them. They have
broken even with the Cubs. have won
eight Of eleven from the Pirates. and
have won eight out Of thirteen from the
Cardinals. The advantage gained this
way. however. was lost by the contin-
ual defeats Of the weaker clubs by the
Cubs and the Cardinals.
A fan on the other side Of the argu-
ment might say We'll. the Giants have
the same han Of beating those weak
clubs that the others have" In q way
that In true. but the geographical situa.
ton Is against them. For some reason
that has never been explained q clut
| laA. ,-N ..nll, ,t... .-s -.
road az it,does at nome. This sea sor
offers an exception to- that ruie. 40 tn,
weaker clubs OF the East are losinr
with the same regularity al home tina,
they show abroad.
Taking these things into consideration
1t Is obvious that a damage to the Phil
lies Ia also a damage 10 the 0iants.
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TIGERS AGAIN IN DANGER
OF LOSN G FIRST PLACE.

The Tigers are in danger of losing first place in the American League
pennant @ again as they are o only Jul points ahead of tn Athletcs
II Manager Jenntngs's charges should lose to-day they will drop into second
place. The Athletics have only held the lead nee this year. that being for
one day-Juy Fourth. The White sox are third, the Highlander
fourth. six points behind; the Red sx fifth and the Clevelands sixth.
The Giants have put the Cardinals out of the race-temporarny at least
IN the National League The latter are o Ave and a half full games
behind the Cubs who lead. Tho FIRST four teams are pretty veil punched,
there being but thirty-two points separating them. The PhiNies are still
second. n gam and q half behind the Chtcagos, while the Giants are
third. but . half game behind the Quakers.
Toronto Is having the best winning streak OF the year IT the Eastern
League. having o sixteen straight games. II the Maple Leafs should
defeat m Newarks and the Rochesters lose to the Orioles, which Is likely.
there will be q new leader by nshnslL Tho Torontos IRE Just six points
behind
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lack Gleason of
Frisco Buys Hub
National Club

According TO reliable information,
Jack Gleason. the San Francisco SPORT
ing man, has purchased the Boston
National Baseball Club from william
Hepburn Russell OF New York. Glea-
son used TO be a boxing promoter. but
has given up the game entirely. lie
thinks that the Hub franchise viii be
a gold mine Just as soon as a winning
team Is put In the field, and he In
tends to spend big money to obtain
good talent, Gleason has been In town
for some time negotiating for the pur-
chase ~ the Bostons. ana II Is reporiel
that he has just concluded negotiations.
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BUTTS IN
ON
BOUT WITH PACKEY

MILWAUKEE, Wis. July 3l.-And
COW comes word hat the Wolgast-Mc-
Farland bout Is not on yet. Tom
ones. Wolgast's manager. is the au-
thor OF this surprising announcement.
He says there are "A few little matters
vet to be arranged. 1t is known that
10 has authority to forfeit that cham
pion's $1,000 already posted. II Is be-
lleved, however, that It will be settled
satisfactorily to-day and that the mer
Will come together early in the fall.
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EARL GARDNER TO RETURN
TO JOB AT SECOND AGAIN.

Earl Gardner 10 evidently In shape
TO play again. and II II likely that
he will return to his job at second
base. He was sent In as a pinch
hitter on Saturday and nothing but
hard luck kept him from winning
the gama. He smashed at the first
ball pitched and SHOT II toward short
like n bullet. A great stop made the
out possible. Nine times out OF tan
that wallop . would have brought
home the bacon.
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GOOD RUNNING DONE
BY HYNES OF OZANAMS

At the OZanam A, A. members games
held at De Witt Clinton Park, j. T..
Hynes carried off the point honors by
capturing two of the five events, In
the GO0-ysrd handicap Hynes was placed
on the back mark, and after allowing
liberal handicaps, showed the way to
the tape in n fine sprint, winning
handily. The one-mile run also resulted
In a victory for Hynes, who was given
a start Of 100 yards.
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Especial TO The Evening wosA.,
The winner OF the wolgast-McYHS-
land scrap at Milwaukee on Sept. y WI
be rewarded with . battle with the nnO-
llsh lightweight champion. Mat Wsos.
Wells had q chance to night Packy Mao
Farland al Milwaukee late t August
before the Badger Club. but his -
stubbornness or that Of his manager.
George Mcdonald. was mainly RESPOND.
bio for the dropping Of the night. WSiis
will have to make 1S3 At . o'clock for
the scrap. but; as 10 q repeatedly
stated that he can max that pound
age. II is not expected that there viii -
match
At the Knicse-hocker A. G. 1t Albany to-nisht
Willie Lewis o. this city and Kid Henry. who has
q remarkable list f hockouts 10 his credit WI
swap blows in a ten.round fight. They viii vsiga
In at lT pounds, give or take . pound. 81 .
o'clock. Lewis thinks that his sncountsr with
Cyclone Thompson at the National sportins Club
last week was valuable experience and viii psneflt
him greatly against the negro.
Gunboat Smith. the Coast heavyweight. sna
Kid Mccoy have practically been matched for
| Frisco for an early date. This contest viii marx
the debut Of the famous ring artis, under the
management II Danny Morgan, The bout viii BE-
1nt Of cS"! Mc cS%1'' ABILITY to com. bach. Ii. 'hs,
been working Tor two months aud IS down to 100
pounds.
Tom o'Dsy. the Frisco promoter, Is trying hsrd
i 10 ,n%i.s.Troo sYe nil a. 81. club. H. isinss thi.
would prove one o, the biggest drawing caris ever
S SnrricsSe G milI Y. IRON, 1' tar, s 70 tln NH. AZ ali the star'
scraps between this pair have proved.
Frank Klaus, tn. hard hitting P,,,snurs mids'.
weisht. has signed a contract To- nsn, Tor ION
rive in this c,y Tomorrow, when o'Day feels
agree to NEE, Klaus Tor. twenty round, In .
battle ior the worlds middleveisht championship
Labor Day.
Joe Jeanette will ger into sction ae,ir .o.niss.
Perth Amboy. n. j.
IN a ,sn-rorrd hout in the open air at Raltinor'
sesi Monday nis lh,,, rh s., p, ~. Wa r.i msssnsd a scy
ran out declaring al tn. same time that be hsl
been offered 81 =" to lay down ,,,. X lime %; ' H.,
IL viii Ne willop on the Jaw or in thu stomac.
that will influence Joe to drop.
The new boSins commissioner will assume o.
fee Ibis week. ard hssSdn. ,E,, .o Hin time, me o yf,si1
~ dnv 1t two ,he name of the secretary viii
!; ,sso. I H., Tse yI s'r !. 'T s6ss,i Ss'd i Z :. P; iii 8:
able to spare the time. to accent the position
on the board.
Eddie Smith. the man who rsfereed the b.
nous Nelson. wolsast championship battle. 4
seriously III. at HIS home In OAKLAND. suffef1ns
from brain fever.
Tommy Dixon. .ne champion festh.rveisht 81
the south. has arranged three good matches
The first win be asainst Joe Co,ter q B,ooflsn
err Of Los Angeles. and the third with Franfi,
Coniey. OF Kenosla, Wis, The three bouts I'll
be held before the West Side A. @. Ct New
Orleans.
Baseball To-Day. 4 p. N, y. y; AMER
cans vs.. Chicago. Amer. League farS. Adm.oW..e
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WELLS WILL MEET
WINNER Of BIG
MILWAUKEE, BOUT
He'll Have to Make 1873 at ;
O'Clock for Wolgast-M NC
Farland Victor.
BOXING STAG TONIGHT.

At the Brooklyn Beach A. c. joe
Stein Of this city and Honey Moi
lody. former weher-weight cham
pion. will clash In the main event Of
ten rounds, The winner Of this bout
will be matched with Jen Smith. the
Jersey champion.
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Cincinnati Fans Surprised by
Brooklyn's Three Straight
Victories Over Them.
Especial to The Evening World,

Especial to The Evening WORLDLY
Cincinnati. July 81.
"YHEN Cincinnati took the firs,
w game Of the Brooklyn series
here last Friday one of the local
critics stated in his newspaper:
THE classiest thing about tire su-
perbas Is that they stop at Charles p.
Tafts Slnton Hotel"
Everywhere that Dahlen's baseball
players went that morning they were
met with the request: FLOWS the SIN
TONI" Since that time they have taken
three stSaight from the Reds. They
continue to stop at the Sinton Hotel.
but they aren't held 90 lightly now as
they were before.
The three beatings given the Reds by
the Trolley Dodgers have made local
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GIANTS WILL WORK
WONDERS IF THEY
CAPTURE PENNANT
BY BOZEMANBULGER.

vr M Giantsw win tn pennant this season they vtnh av TO max the greatest
i fight against odds that McGraw as undertaken since n pt together the
1 first team for a championship
ID 20 think In Giants have a chancc7" II he question hal ID hunr In the
face Of every baseball writer and every baseball player every day ~ IN season
the difficulty is that he Cubs rave a much better chance M tn Cardinals Ia
almost as God n chance This eliminates the Philes for n reason hal their
chances nav been materially iessened by the absence Of Masee and Dooin.
Otherwise they would ave the same chance as the Giants but nether Of them
is favored with nc sal breaks that are ahead of the Cardinals an the Cubs.
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Eastern League standing

Results OF Yesterdays Games.
Toronto. B. Newark, /. llfst game.
Tofonio, 4 Newark, /. Second game.
bAltinHs, g.. Montreai, ..
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In figuring out this race there u one
Important factor that appears 10 have
escaped the fans who are being carried
away In the excitement or the neck ana
neck struggle. Did the fan ever stop 10
consider that the Giant and the Phil.
lies have approximately Twenty-Five
rames TO play In the West? On the
other hand the Cubs and the Cardinals
and the Pirates have but twelve games
to play IN the East. That In Itself IL a
serious handicap. but there Is another
feature that is ever more ominous.
The Giants and the Phillies have had
a hard fight to hold their positions on
the Western trips without advancing or
falling back, while the star clubs OF the
West hav improved their standing on
every trip East. This II largely due to
the fact that the Brooklyn and Boston
clubs have given the Giants and the
Phillics practically no assistance in
holding down the Western invaders. The
Boston club has won but n game
from the CUBS all eason
DoolN's INJURY HURTS GIANTS
AS MUCH As ,PHlLLiEs.
At first there was a general impress
SION that tho lamentable accident 10
Catcher Doom OF the PhDlies would help
tho Giants In that 1t crippled the Phil
lies. That Is not true. As a matter OF
fact the serious gripping OF the Phila'
delphia team will be almost as hard
blow to the Giants as It will to the
Phillles. without the Phillies to help In
holding the Western clubs in check the
Giants will Ia to fight the battles OF
the East single handed. Two week,
ago in Philadelphia Charley Doom told
me that McGraw could well AFFORD Il
let him have an outfelder TO assist II
standing OF the Western clubs.
To make this a little palmer: IL tn,
Giants were TO go through the IVES
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~ YOU saw Hogan fight Wolgast,
Wv Morgan went On. Hogan WIS
hdgcting around. as nervous as
a cat, wasn't he' Wolgas, was so ner-
vous the second time he fought Brown
that he sat IN his corner shuhling ms
feet and biting his lips. They're all ner-
vous before a night except TINS ooy
Brown, and he's like a wooden Indian
Nothing makes him nervous. lie doesn't
care whether he's ighting n
or a dub. They all look alike to him'
and that's one reason why ] hgure him
the one best bet In the class. lie
wouldn't be scared II Johnson was N
the other corner. Why, II ] said, Is De-
I'm going TO match you for ten rounds
with Langfotd. WIN you hghtY he'd
say. sure. Morgan. When dc | start
training?'"
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RGrA-
COLUMN
@
Morgan. Manager OF
Knockout Brown, Has Accept.
Cd Terms offered by Tom
0'Day to Let His Boy Meet
Champion Wolgast Before
Metropolitan A. c. Of San
Francisco on Sept. 9.

Copynsft, 1911. by Tie Pros Publishing Co.
rThe New York World.
FYNoCKOUT BROWN Is going to
fight woigast In California on
- Admission Day. Sept. s-thst 10,
II Wolxast r. willing, Browns man
ager. Danny Morgan. has accepted a
proposition made him by Tom o'Day.
representing the Metropolitan Athletic
club 81 San Francisco. The minor de-
tails OF the match are to be arranged
after wolgast s%igns-still providing that
he does sign. The Metropolitan A. c.
already has a permit for the date
named. The bout will be . twenty
round analr.
Morgan says that Brown Will meet
Wolsast at least half way In whatever
demands he may make. Brown VIII
fight at the lightweight limit. l2S pounds
ringside. He will agree to any winners
and losers end hat wolgast wants, but
there must be n winners and losers end.
lie will also make any side bet that
wolgas. and hAs hackers will agree to.
II they want a side bot.
i've given UP all hope OF getting
Wolgast again for a ten round bout IN
New York. said Morgan last night.
Decisions will be given here under the
new law. and I know that Wolgast
won't think Of risking his title In a
ten.round bou with a decision. Brown
has beaten him twice In short bouts.
and wolgast knows that he can do It
again. There may be some question
about how a twenty rounG bout will
come out-although l don't think there
is. ! figure Brown a sure winner at any
distance. woigast may think differ
entity, n II he does he'll fight Brown
II he won't fight ! propose to publicly
claim the lightweight title for Is. o.
brown has improved a lot since M
met Wo,slst last time. He has been
winning ngnts with knockouts AL over
the country. and he's chuck fun OF con
fidencs. I've trained him TO go right GU
and hght the first round AZ " 1t was ia
he the only round In the hight. and ther
fight every round that comes aftei
in lust the same way. He doesn't Know
what II means to stall.
Hes the best i'ght weight OF his axe
that ever fousht. and in another yeii
he'll he In "A class by himself. Brow
has developed n right-hand punch that !
better than his left, n he can NJ
harder now than Wolgast or anv o
Them"
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Eddie Smith, the man who r.fereeh the q.
mrus N,lson. wolgast championship battle. y
scnorsly III at his home in OAKLAND. sufferins
from hrain fever
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Tommy Dixon. the champion festh.rveisht 81
the south. has arranged three good matches.
THE first wiz be against Joe Coster q Brookiyn.
Tie second a return engssem.nt with Joe NY
Coriey. of Kenosha, Wis. The three bouts viii
be held before the West Side A.. @. d New
Orleans.