Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-19

I THE matchmaker of AL Fioris Council
Bluffs Athletic association reports
! that managers of boxers from all over
the country are writing him. asking for
| early engagements in Council Bluffs. The
| matchmaker is replying to each letter, tell
| ing the managers that they will get their
| chance in the Bluffs as soon as the game
is firmly established. The present outlook
matches over there. Gene Cannon. BAN
| tamweight champion of Wisconsin is anx-
ious to show in the Bluffs. Richie and
Pinkie Mitchell would like to try a bout
there and host of others seem anxious
! to go it a whirl.
BEFORE any consideration can be given
- the scrappers writing in for bouts, the
show for November % must first be taken
! care Of. and after that. the card for De-
| vember 2s. the much talked of return
! bout between Harry Williams and Billy
/ Uvick will take place. Following their
sensational four-round bout. the fans are
There was no decision rendered in the
first meeting. but the second mill between
| the two, will result in decisive victory
for one or the other. as Fiori has been
! assured that referees decisions, as n
means of settling arguments and disputes
after the contests, would be permissible.
Therefore, Billy and Harry will have to
step their best in order to gain a verdict.
A MOTHER element that should encour-
"A age the scrappers in the main event
on the 2sth. is the fact that the winner
will get the date ON December ~. Johnny
Sudenberg. veteran of over 100 battles. q
returned soldier. will be matched with the
winner of the Wiliams-Uvck bout Sud-
enberg declares that either Williams or
Uvick would be duck soup for him and
he has already started training in pre-
paration for the bout with the victor in
the 28th bout.
A MOTHER challenge to the winner of
A the Williams Uvick bout. has been
sent in by "Bddy' Bishop, manager of
Dick O'Brien. the Cincinnati heavyweight.
Bishop claims O'Brien is the heavyweight
time defeating either Williams or Uvick.
He has seen Uvick in some of his bouts
back east and he states that O'Brien
could beat Uvick. the butcher boy was
at that time, and he is certain that the
Omaha scrapper has not improved any
since he had his eastern battles. He fig
ures that Williams cannot be greatly SUI
perior to Uvick. since Harry could not
beat Billy in their four-round bout. thus.
OBrien would have no trouble in whip
ping the ex-ball player, either.
E,IORrS announcement that Mystery
Man would be Charlie Peters OPP
ponent, has aroused considerable comment.
some 1anS nave remarked tnat IL Is only
a dodge of Fiori's to get out his advertis-
ing before he had actually closed a match.
but the fact is. the wrestler, whoever he
is, has posted substantial forfeit with
the promoter. to bind the contract He
states that he will allow his name to be
announced from the ring. on the night
of the match, but would rather not let
it be known until that time. He also
says he has met some of the leading
heavyweight wrestlers in the country and
is even now acting as training partner for
one of the best in the world He is SO
certain that he will pin the wrestling sher-
ifs shoulders to the mat, that he wants
to make wager with Jack Lewis. the
manager for Peters.
THERE is matter of Importance, left
L with the sports editor, for the con-
sideration of Jack Fitzgerald, the old time
middleweight scrapper. now conceded to
be the best referee in this section. follow
ing his performance in the Drexel-Calla-
han bout. If Jack will call at the writer's
desk some evening this week. it will be
to his advantage