Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-24
BOXING
News of the Ring Game

Both Gunboat Smith and Sam Lang
ford are to-day in the midst of a heavy
training campaign at their respective
quarters in New York Smith is con-
itdent that he will be returned the
winner in his argument with the Boston
tar baby" on Friday night. Langforf
is fast rounding into form.
Al Palzer. The Iowa heavyweight. vii
start his come back career agahB
Charlie Miller. the coast heavyweight
in New York Wednesday night. Palzel
Is not discouraged by his knock out al
the hands of Frank Moran and says
he will surely defeat Miller.
KID Brown, the local bantamweight
who has been spending most Of his time
in Terre Haute, Ind, is back in our
midst again. Brown is here in search
OF a match with Spider Britt and says
he will give the latter a neat side bet.
bout between these two bantams
should prove an interesting scrap.
once more reports have Kid Williams
and Johnny Coulon matched, This time
the scene Of battle is in Milwaukee, on
October 8, ana the affair should draw
an immense crowd from Chicago alone,
which is Johnny Coulon's home, and is
not very far from the brewer burg. II
the boys clash it will be over the ten
round route.
Frank Klaus and Eddie McGoorty viii
battle in the next big middleweight
bout at Milwaukee next Monday night
Tie pair met about TWO months ago In
a siX-round setto with honors even.
While In Racine. Wis, the writer had
FL. -. T..r- N1.E., Il L.
action against Mickey Sheridan. White
looked every part a champion and dis
posed Of Sheridan in two rounds over
the K. o. route. Charley now is In
line for a match with Willie Richie at
Milwaukee and If is our humble opinion
at his fastest il they meet in the padded
ring.
Jack Twin Sullivan, the veteran boxer
has q, strenuous campaign mapped out
for this winter and intends 10 put away
a few hundred dollars by next summer
He has been engaged to box in Erie. Pa.
with Tom Mahon on Friday night and
has bouts pending with Battling Levin
sky and Barney Williams at New York.
Tom McCarey. the well-known Los
Angeles fight promoter. Is planning a
welterweight tournament for this fall
He intends to give the winner a cham
piOnship belt. At present there is no
champion in this class. and If Uncle
Tom can only round up enough worthy
candidates for the honors he'll surely
hold the carnival
Knockout Brown. the Eastern light
weight. has an advertisement in a New
York paper offering to sell his $4,000
auto at sacrifice. Brown gives as his
reason for selling going into training
for future bouts"
Tommy GaviEan. the Cleveland mid
dleweiRht who has defeated Willie
Lewis twice and Jack DenninR Is now
under the management Of Dan Nc
Ketrick Dan Will take Gavigan 70
Paris with him when he sails the early
part Of october Gavigan should make
big hit in Cay Paree," as he is a
fast, willing fighter.
Spider Britt took a trip to The Geor-
Rian sporting department yesterday TO-
Inform us that he intends 10 leave FOR
Knoxville, Tenn. Saturday Britt in.
tends TO take part in three bouts at
Knoxville and hopes to come home with
several nickels added to his bank roll
Spider Is one OF the cIassiest bantams
before the public to-day and It will
take a very good boy 70 beat him.