Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-10
PRIZE FIGHTS
FOR MATAMOROS
lack White OF Dallas Probably viii he
Matched With Jimmy Bibbs - Both
Fighters Are Well Known In the Pugi-
llstic World.

Matamoro- ~ ~ ~ made u porting city.
Il the plans ~ Promoter smith. who has
been spending the past two months IN
Brown.vi 10 no. 20 avery. and indira-
tion~ are that they will MT. Smith has
iu-t made arrangements with the Frisco
railroad for excursion rates from ~
point ON the II. Louis. Brownsville aml
Mexico railroad. tor some sunday III Sep
TENDER. the exact date ~ ~ selected later.
and on thi~ sunday there will b. staged III
Matamoro~ a twenty round prize fight be
tween lack White IT Dallas and Jimmy
Bibb~. formerly II Boston but now 81 Fort
Worth.
Harry W. Pinnick III Houston. district
passenger agent for the Frisco. arrived IN
the city Yesterday 10 confer with Smith on
the proposition. and a. the proposition had
merit ID Il Mr.. pinnick agreed IN rates that
will undoubtedly bring 4 large crowd from
Houston and al points south Of that city.
From Houston the rate will be S6 for The
round trip. from Corpus Christi -. from
Mission $3.50 FIR the round "trip. III. M.
~train. general passenger agent Of the
road. who wa IN Brownsville this morning.
also approved the proposition.
Mr.. Smith stated today that hc ha~ e.
lcctcd two good. dependable men. and Nv
will referee the match himself and attend
10 MI the necessary arrangements.
White has already accepted a contract 10
fight in M~atamoro~ and Mr.. Smith cNncrt~
to hear from Bilh~ almost any dav. The
men are lightwri-ht~. and White wv nr,.-
iallv has made Il remarkable records III
tight> IA Juarez aud New Orleans. and al
one time within hate months stacked M well
against kilhanc. one ui the he-t IA the
lighting game. Eihb- ha- fought BnhhN
Waugh. vhn ha- downrd many good men.
and Smith j. confidently Of the opinion
that the men he ha- selected viii put M >
Tight ~ Matamuru~ worth going nearly
four hundred mile w -rr.
II has taken Smith several week ~ clos,
satisfactorily with the constitutional
auiherilie~ in Matamoro-. and has fiuall,
brought the matter around 10 where
Colonel Riraut. the officer IN command. hA-
agreed To give fun rights and uIarantat
9h~olutc protection "a every visitor corning
10 Matanore~. The Man nloroS opera
house. the Tcatro Rcforma. las been found
~ ~ an excellent place ior %-tavin. III.
bout. and i has hccn leased FIR TIE li-ht.
smith. Who j. an athlcti. instructor. ~
wei ~ a prize fight promoter. SAYS he ha.
come 10 Brownsville to ~ta.. In conncc-
tion with promoting fights ~ Matamoro-
about every twcnty-onc a. ~ viii con
duet 4 gymnasium IN Bro %n~viIlr. which
will be- used a~ a training camp Tor hi
fighter.
The promoter selected Brownsville for
~ very advantageous l%ora.inn with refer
ence 10 the larger South Texas cities. H.
GLIDING San Antonio. Houston and CALVES
ton. and II the first light proves ~ ~nrcc-~-
tnl a. he hopes it will. M will extend the
operations un the second fi-ht further W.
include New Orleans. Da a. and Fort
Worth. lie plans ~ make i iieht ccatrr
ont oi the city Of Maiamoro, and has The
support Of the citizens of that city.
There N also 4 proposition well under
wax ~ Inauguratc \ season N horse racing
IA Maiamoro> this winter. The pIan~ fot
ihiS are not fully maturcd but it is ex
pectcd that before the winter ha~ ELAPSED
Matamoro~ will become one "A thr rarin-
%rcnier> "a the south.