Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
GLOVES TOFLY
IN MANY RINGS
ON TURKEY DAY
Cross-Rivers Bout on Coast At
tracts Most Attention; Local
Boys Box in Athens.
Bv Left Hook .

ual, will be marked by the swat
of padded fist in the roped are
ma. here and there over this broad
land, as well as by a few football
games and the devouling of the fat
lened gobblers They cant keep the
pugiists still on a holiday, it seems
California has two attractions, OF
course, one in Los Angeles and the
other in San Francisco. But. strange
TO say, neither one is q championship
affair. There have been few turkey
days in the past couple Of decades
which have not seen a least one
championship ring quarrel on the
coast
In the East no boxing cards Of gen
eral interest have been billed They
observe this national holiday more
strictly along the Atlantic Coast
In Los Angeles they will have a
pretty fair lightweight scrap. Leach
Cross who added to his fame by Civ
ing Champion Willie Richie a stun
ming battle i'm New York a few days
back, is down to do some sWatting
with Mexican Joe Rivers, the best
box office fighter in recent years Of
course, Joe may not be as big
lard this time. because they have not
thought so well OF him out there since
ne was suspected Of Topping to
Richie because he did not relish the
punishment that was being melted out
% him in the eleventh round Of that
combat. That remains to be seen,
n he WINS. however, he'll regain all
his old friends, though ii is hard 10
see how he will ever be a champion
ship probability again as long as
Richie is the king bee. Joe had two
whacks at the title, one with VOL
CAST and one with Richie. and fell
down on the job on both starts,
Bouts in Athens.
In Athens tomorrow night three
ten-round bouts viii be staged kid"
Young is scheduled TO take on Meyer
Prizes in one of the ten-round scraps,
Spider" Britt meets Kid" Goldman,
and Frank Baker clashes with Mike
saul
Much local interest centers on these
boys, as all OF them have battled
around here. Young. who was thought
TO be about through a couple of
months ago, has come back With 4
fash, and now threatens to be a con
lender for featherweight honors He
recently stopped Charley Lee In eight
rounds, and should take care of this
Prizes boy. Meyer Just finished cam
paiRn in Jacksonville, Fla, and while
here won five straight fights II he
beats Young, he should be in line for
some good fights
Frank Baker. the Philadelphia boy,
will meet a tough customer in Mike
Saul. Frank will be giving away sew
eral pounds in weight, but this is
nothing new for Baker. At that he
should have little trouble in beating
Mike
Spider" Britt and Goldman should
put up good scrap. The pair fought
R rafting s;X-round draw here about
eight months ago, and both are after
a decisive win this time.
Clsbby VS.. Logan.
In Coffroths San Francisco arena
James Clabby, the Hammond claim
ant for the middleweight title. is to
lock horns with Frank Logan, bat
tier of whom little is known back this
way. Logan is a full-fiedged middle,
Clabby being forced to agree to let
him scale 1853 three hours before gong
lime. This viii give him several
pounds the advantage. but Clahby has
given away chunks Of that Commod
ity before, and lis not q bit alarmed
this time.
White Meets Dundee.
Charlie White, whom the wise ones
allow is the only real lightweight who
has q grand chance Of trimming
Richie, because OF his sharp, dazing
left hook, a punch against which the
cham pion is known TO have a weak
defense, has a serious engagement on
at New Orleans. His opponent will be
Johnny Dundee who held Johnny Xii
bsne to a draw in titular feather
weight mill few months ago. White
gave Dundee a whaling one night IN
Syracuse, n. Y. He has been beg
gins for another crack at John ever
since. They are to go ten rounds
after weighing lSS at 6. with no deci-
sion AT the end on this occasion, and
White will be trying with his hay
maker all the while II he whips
Dundee they can't keep him out Of
sitchie mitch very long. We rather
prefer his chances, too though no
decision bouts always are unsatistaC-
tory unless one OF the men is stop
ped
Welters to Clash.
st. Joseph, Mo, is much excited
because II Is to see the collision for
scheduled fifteen rounds OF two hardy
Chicago welters, Bill Walters and
Spike Kelly
Up in Milwaukee KID Williams,
John Coulon's persistent challenger
for his bantamweight title, will swing
into action with Kid Mahoney. of Ra-
cine, who is rated by some as good as
Matty MCCue. Williams is a mighty
tough boy, and should win over Ma
honey without great trouble