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Meeting with Sauer Next Friday Night Will Be First of Elimination Series To Determine Suitable Opponent for Worlds s Title Holder

Pete Sauer. Phoenix favorite. tackles the best light heavyweight opponent or his career when he meets Thomas Grant Of Seattle in a finish match catch -catch-can style, at Tally's open-air arena here next Friday night It is the first of an elimination series 1t IS the first of elimination series Of bouts to determine an opponent for Ted Tyhe. worlds light heavyweight title holder. in worlds championship match in this city
 In matching Sauer. and Grant Pro- motors Tally and Hale have succeeded in bringing together two of the best 1s5 pounders in the game, both of whom are regarded as likely success sors to the title now held by Tyhe The bout has the earmarks of being the greatest head spinning match of the season.
 Grant More Experienced
 Both grapplers are recognized com CTS in the game, with Grant having a slight advantage on paper because of his greater experience. Grant has met some of the best men in the game, in cluding worlds champion Joe Stecher and Ed (Strangler) Lewis, former title holder. In both of these matches Grant gave away from 25 to 55 pounds, yet it took Stecher an hour and 10 minutes before gaining a two-fall yer dict while Lewis was obliged to travel an hour and 30 minutes before gaining victory.
 Grant is only q years old and re- garded by many critics as the best man of his weight in the game, with out single exception. Sport critics or New York and Chicago predict a bright future for the Seattle boy
 Sauer has got a real job on his hands in the coming bout and no mis- take. For the first time during his stay in Phoenix. however, Pete will be meeting a man of his own weight HaTRr0fOrp Ina al Srfxr take with the local favorite-and mostly give. Stecher's protege gave Daviscourt fully 30 pounds and then forced the Californian to extend him self to the limit to win.
 Are Evenly Matched
 On dope, the two grapplers appear to be more evenly matched than any two men brought together in this city. Both men will scale in at 1S5 pounds for their go next Friday night, ac- cording to articles of agreement signed yesterday, and the bout will be wrestled on a 7e-30 basis. Both men showed their respect for the opposi- tion, when they declined to post a side bet, although the promoters made overtures to that end.
 Promoters Tally and Hale have gone to great expense in staging this match. for Grant refused to come to Phoenix unless on a flat guarantee. His services are in such great de- mand that he declined to wrestle here on percentage basis when he has several fat purses before him on the coast.
 In consequence. the local men guar anteed a purse of S1,500 for the main event of the program-the biggest purse ever offered for wrestling contest in this city. The purse will be split 70 per cent to the winner, or s1,050, and 90 per cent to the loser, or S450. Heretofore, all matches here have been staged on a percentage basis.
 Worlds Title Match Coming
 Messrs. Tally and Hale. who pro- mote wrestling matches exclusively have decided on a series of elimina- ton contests to determine a suitable