Bisbee daily review., 1919-12-25

The ring craft or veteran III the
 pink of condition will be pitted
 against rushing youth and boxing skill
 in Warren Park this afternoon, when
 Frank Loughrey, master of over 100 battles, clashes with Kid Palmer, the 19-year-old welterweight champion of the United States army, in ten-round boxing bout for the championship of the Southwest.
 Interest beyond anything yet mani fested in the many good bouts held this year in Bisbee, or for that matter anywhere else in Arizona, attaches to the Palmer-Loughrey meeting, and ev- cry indication points to a Southwest ern record for attendance at Warren Park this afternoon.
 Fans are coming fSpm many widely divergent points to see the mill, ac- cording to orders for seat reservations which came in by telegraph and tele- phone to Promoter French yesterday, as well as reports from the advance guard of out-of-town fans. With the mines shut down in Cananea for the holiday, large numbers of boxing en- thusiasts are coming from the MeXi- can city. From Tucson will come big delegation of admirers of Happy Woods, who. through his clean-cut knockout of Eddie McLarney, the navy champion, in Tucson Tuesday night, has earned a match with the winner of the Palmer-Loughrey mill. These rr, foI fn erof a line on how their favorite will size up with the principals in today's battle.
 Officers of the Nineteenth infantry, stationed at Douglas, which is Pal mer's regiment, arrived in Bisbee yes terday with the report that many auto truck loads of soldiers will come up from the border city this morning to take in the bout. There will also be big delegations from Tombstone, Fort Huachuca and Nogales, while requests for seat reservations have come from as far away as Fl Paso.
 With the Copper Queen and c. & A. mines shut down over the holiday in the Warren district. the Bisbee attend ance is expected to set a record for the district itself.
 A special ring has been constructed in Warren Park for the bouts, which will begin promptly at 1:30 o'clock, in order to give the fans plenty of time to get home to their Christmas dinners Hundreds of ringside chairs have been placed in addition to the grandstand and bleachers, so ar ranged that every spectator will get an unobstructed view of the ring.
 Palmer and Loughrey went through their final light workouts in the K of c. hall here yesterday afternoon, be- fore big gathering of fans, who were much impressed with the condition of both 'Loughrey, aided by the skillful has brought himself to condition of practically physical perfection, and declares he is every bit as good as when he stood up for 20 gruelling rounds against the late Les Darcy, then the greatest of all Australian champions and the talk of the entire boxing world; or when he swapped gloves with Georges Carpentier. now heavyweight champion of Europe. . Palmer has youth and remarkable boxing skill on his side, and many fans, both in Douglas and here, fig ure he will prove too much for his older opponent; but the packers of Loughrey are pointing to the fact that it is practically next to impossible to knock the Philadelphian out, and that while he will have no fear of Palmer's punches, he will be landing some tell ing blows himself, and will be using all his superior ring cunning against the younger man. Tn addition. Lough- rey has in his corner the crafty Kid George, who has no peer in the South west when it comes to mapping out a campaign during the actual progress of the battle. bj tist HnlFS lf tEfl
 With both men in such splendid con dition. both backed by such high-class records and fistic regulations. and both confident of victory. it is small wonder that hundreds of fans are pug zling their brains this morning to choose between the pair. and that in- terest has mounted to fever pitch.
 The six-round special event between Johnny Meyer and Young Banta is of itself attracting many to the ringside. Meyer is giving away considerable weight to his aggressive and hard-hit- ting opponent. but will depend on his coolness and superior boxing skill to bring him victory. It should be a rushing battle. brimful of action throughout Young Banta halls from the Czar shaft, and many fellow miners will be at the ringside to cheer him on.
 In the special preliminary Battling Herrera and Young Critic. who put up such sIam-bang exhibition on the