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


ual, VIII be marked by the swat
OF padded fist in the roped are
ia, here and there over this broad
and, as well as by fc,. football
games and the devouring Of The fate
tened gobblers. They can't keep tine
pugilists stiI on a holiday. it seems.
California has two attractions. of
course. one in Los Angeles and the
other In San Francisco. But, strange
10 soy, neither ono is a championship
affair There have been few turkey
days in the past couple OF decades
which have not seen at least ono
championship ring quarrel on tho
coast.
In tho East no boxing cards OF gen
eral interest have been billed They
observe this national holiday moro
strictly along the Atlantic Coast
In Los Angeles they win have q
pretty fair lightweight scrap. Leach
Cross, who added to his fame by Civ
ing Champion Willie Richie a stun
ming battle in 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
''hl Sc JUG may lAbA W. AS FiS u
ard 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 ont
70 him in the eleventh round Of that
combat That remains to be seen.
II he wins. however. he'll regain all
his old friends. though it is hard TO
see how he viii ever be a champion
ship probability again as long as
Richie is the king bee. Joe had two
whaclCs at the title, one with Vol
CAST and one with Richie, and fell
down on the fob on both starts.
Bouts in Athens.
In Athens tomorrow night three
len-round bouts win be staged KID
Young is scheduled to take on Meyer
Prizes I'm 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 bsttled
around here. Young, who was thought
to be about through q couple Of
months ago, has come back with a
fash, and now threatens to he con
tender for featherweight honors. He
recently stopped Charley Lee In eight
rounds, and should take care of this
Prizes boy Meyer just finished q cam
paign in Jacksonville, Fla, and while
there won five straight fights If he
beats Young, he should be in line for
some good fights
Frank Baker the Philadelphia hoy,
will meet 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 a good scrap, The pair fought
rafting siX-round draw here about
eight months ago. and both are after
a decisive win this time.
Clabby VS.. Logan.
In Coffroth's san Francisco arena
James Clabby. the Hammond claim
ant for the mjddleweight title, is to
lock horns with Frank Logan, bat
Ter OF whom little is known back this
way. Logan Is a full-fiedged middle,
Clabby being forced to agree to let
MIN scale 1853 three hours before gong
lime. This will give him several
pounds the advantage, but Clahby has
given away chunks OF that commod-
ity before, and is not h hit alarmed
this time.
White Meets Dundee.
Charlie White, whom the wise ones
allow is the only real lightweight who
mas a grand chance OF trimming
Richie, because OF his sharp, daZing
left hook. a punch against which the
champion is known to have weak
defense has q serious engagement on
At New orleans, His opponent will be
Johnny Dundee, who held Johnny <il-
hane to "a draw in a titular feather
weight min few months ago. White
gave Dundee q whaling one night in
Syracuse, \. y, He has been beg
giug for another crack at John ever
since. They are to go ten rounds
after weighing 1873 AT 6, with no deCi-
sion at the end on this occasion, and
White viii be trying with his hay
maker all the while II he whips
Dundee they cant keep him out Of
Ritchio match very long We rather
prefer his chances, too, though no
decision bouts always are unsatisfac-
tory unless one Of the men is stop
red.
Welters TO Clash.
st. Joseph, Mo, is much excited
because II is TO see the collision for a
scheduled fifteen rounds OF two hardy
chicago welters Bin Walters aud
spike Kelly.
Up ma Milwaukee Kid Williams
john Coulou's persistent challenger
FOR his bsutamwetght title, Will swing
INTO action with KID Nahoney, Of Ra-
cine. VINO s. rated los some as good as
NafN McCue Williams is a mighty
tough boy, and should win over Ma
honey without great trouble
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