Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
GLOVES TOFLy
IN MANY RINGS
ON TURKEY DAY
Cross-Riyers Bout on Coast A.
tracts Most Attention; LocaI
Boys Box in Athens,
Bv Left Hook
THANEsGIvGNG DAY, as per US

ual. viii be marked by The swat
Of paI1cd rs, in the roped are
ma. here ana there over this broad
land. AZ WEI. as by a few football.
Games and tho deyourIng Of the fat
tene5 yobblers They can't keep the
pug is stu on holiday, It seems
California has two attractions Of
Course, one in Los Angeles and the
other in san Francisco. But. strange
10 Say, neither ono is a championship
afai. There have been few mrlug
days in the past couple Of decade
which haYe not seen at least one
championship ring quarrel on the
coast
In the Fast 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 viii have n
pretty fair lightweight scrap. Leach
Cross, who added 10 his fame by Civ
ing Champion Willie Richie a stun
ming battle in New York a few days
back, is down to do some sWattng
with Mexican Joe Rivers the best
box Office tighter in recent years. OF
course, Joe may not be as biz a
card this time because they have not
thought o well of him out there since
he was suspected Of Popping" to
Eitchie because he did not relish tho
punishment that was being meted out
20 him iu tho eleventh round of that
combat That remains TO he seen
n he wins. however, he'll regain ali
Bal a. flf phi fD1 ff,
wee how be Will ever be a champion
ship probability again as long as
Ritchie is the king bee. Joe had two
whachs at tho title, one with VOL.
gast and one with Richie, and fell
down on the job on both starts.
Bouts in Athens.
In Athens to- morrow night three
jen-round bouta 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 hattled
around here Young, who was thought
90 be about through a couple Of
months ago, has come back with a
nash, and now threatens to be con
recently stopped Charley Lee in eight
rounds, and should take care Of this
Prizes boy. Meyer just finished a cam
paign in Jacksonville. Fla. and while
there won five straight fights. II he
beats Young. he should be in line for
some good fights.
frank Baker, the Philadelphia boy,
will meet tough customer Ia Mike
Saul. Frank VIII be giving away sew
cral 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
a rafting siX-round draw here about
eight months ago. and both are after
u decisive win this time.
CIabby vs., Logan.
In Coffroth's san Francisco arena
James Clabby, the Hammond claim
ant for the mlddlewelght title, is to
lock horns with Frank Logan, bat
tier of whom little is known back this
way. Logan is a full-fedgcd middle.
Clabby being forced TO agree to let
I'M scale l5S three hours before gong
line. This VIII give him several
pounds the advantage, but Clabby has
siven away chunks OF that commod %
i.v before, and IS not a bit alarmed
MS time.
White Meets Dundee.
Charlie White, whom the wise ones
low is the only real lightweight who
las a grand chance Of trimming
Richie, because OF his sharp. da2inE
eft hook. punch against which the
champion is known 60 have p weak
defense, has a serious euFa Ecmcnt on
Mt New Orleans. His opponent win zoe
johnny Dundee, who held Johnny Xii
nane to a draw In a titular feather
weight mill a few months ago. White
save Dundee a whaling one night IN
Syracuse, \. Y. He has been BEG
sing for another crack nj John ever
since. They arc to SO ten rounds
fter weighing 1888 at 6, with no deCi-
sion at the end on this occasion, and
White viii he try ing with his bay
maker all tho while. II he whips
Dundee they cant keep him out Of q
Richie match very long We rather
prefer his chances. too, though no.
decision bouts always are uusatisfac-
tory unless one Of the men is stop
ped.
Welters TO Clash.
st. Joseph No, IS much excited
because il Sc TO soc the collision for a
scheduled ffteen rounds Of TWO hardy
Chicago welters. BIZ Walters and
Spike Kelly.
Up in Milwaukee KID Williams
John Coulon's persistent challenger
for his bsntamw eight title, viii swins
into action with KID Mshonev. Of Rs
cine, who is rated 0y some as good al
Mstty MCCuc Williams is "a mighty
toueh boy, and should win over Ma.
honey without great trouble.
Stinson Signs to