Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
BILLY M 'CANN AND YOUNG FRANCE WILL
 BATTLE LABOR DAY

Out of the land of Speaker the chief of the Indian clan, comes new star 10 rival the pennant contenders for ln- terest in the sporting world. lntroduc- ing Billy McCann, lightweight cham m pion of Ohio and contender for Leonard's crown, a fighter with pep and rep.
 Cleveland produced one other good fighter in the person of Johnny kilbane, the featherweight champ, and Johnny predicts Billy McCann will trail another championship to the Ohio burg. McCann starts on his invasion of the Golden West this week and will make his debut in a scheduled ten round session with Young France at Tally's arena Monday, Cept. t. McCann was booked for tryout at Vernon on September 3 and France vas pIcked to do the honors. But Matchmaker McAhren used the wires and the power of holiday purse to draw McCann to Phoenix.
 Young France, one of California's most likely contenders for lightweight honors, has never worked against a real fast customer and he was scheduled to start his eastern tour this fall. Phoenix fans will be given the first opportunity to watch the crafty France against regular eastern miller. The process Of elimination for Bennah's successor starts right here in Phoenix on Labor A- can travel when he is forced--and it is we'll known fact that France has not extended himself in a western arena to date.
 McCann has been working his way to the top under the guiding hand of Champion Johnny Kilbane. He weighs
 in the legitimate lightweight class, comes of Irish stock and is known throughout the east as a fighter. He is not the cleverest chap in the world. but he is a fighter and all the world loves a fighter He is another Mike O'Dowd in action, and the middle weight champ is as popular as any fighter in the game today.
 Jimmy Curley, who IS acting as Me Cann's manager, offers to pit his boy against any man in the world from 12s to 1sS pounds, and he will make the required weight for any reasonable forfeit.
 The France McCann bout promises to be the biggest fistic event in Arizona for the holiday program Matchmaker McAhren stretched the ante to land Cleveland Billy, but ne signed the l youngster and France as usual was willing to meet any lightweight picked l for him. Leave it to F'rance-he's in l the fight game and there is no quib- l bling over an opponent when he takes | the wire.
 l small item in local fistic circles; feast your anxious optics on the following Mack Spaw of Miami versus Willie | Hacker of Los Angeles, six rounds; Ira l O'Neil of Phoenix versus Babe Cabel of Columbus, six rounds; Battling 1 Scotty of Phoenix versus Wildcat Ells of Miami, four rounds: Dynamite Me 1 Carthy of Prescott and Young Nugen' | of Phoenix, four rounds, and the clut l is trying to arrange a special foui
 round event between Andy Gardner anc Young Maza. Couldn't beat it with 6 | carpet rack.
 | Scotty has agreed to make 13s pound: at o'clock the afternoon of the figh l and Els will do the same. The boys will be evenly matched for this even I which promises to eclipse any prelim mary event ever staged in a local ring I Spaw and Hacker will weigh 1S' pounds ringside. Hacker Is a proteg, of Young France and from ringsidi
 reports coming out of the Doyle areni in Vernon this Hacker person is on,
 of the knock 'em dead type.
 Ira O'Neil is due to stage a comehacI after an idieness of several months. H.
 will tryout against the toughest celoret
 battler Columbus has produced sine
 the advent of Speedball Hayden. Cabel
 has everything but his discharge paper
 and he expects to battle his way to tn
 middleweight championship when h.
 draws the release. Cabeli and O'Nei
 weigh 154 lbs.
 The curtain raiser is just fight, that
 all. Two willing boys ready to whet tn
 appetites of holiday fight fans. The seat sale opens at Eddie Doyle cigar stand tomorrow. One hundre' and fifty seats have been reserved fo out of town fans and it is possible thi
 number may be increased before tn