The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
At Least Fifty Entries Are Ex- pected for B. A. C. Mitt Tourney-LocaI Pros
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The title "southern champion" means nothing unless there is something to back the statment up. There will be { something to back up the titles won by the amateur boxers competing in the southern tournament to be staged at the B. A. c. next Monday and Tuesday nights, for the bunch of boxers to gather in the Magic City next week will be a representative one, representative of the highest that Dixie amateur boxing can produce. The one who wins a champion ship in the coming tourney will be the real champion, for he will have defeated 4he best that Dixie can produce.
 At least 50 boxers are expected to com pete in the tournament. Of these, slight ty over 20 will be Birmingham entrants, while the other % or more will be rep University of Alabama. Auburn, Spring Hfn college, New Orleans, Camp Ben hfnE. Atlanta and Mississippi A. & M. eoIIege.
 With 2 entries already in, and Auburn, Camp Benning. Atlanta and Mississippi IA and M still to be heard from, it is
 
 go we'll over the half century mark.
 B. A. c. TEAMS PROSPECTS
 By reason of several months of hard Arork spending his time in combing over and over the prospective members of his 79N team, Tommy Tompkins has gather ed together an aggregation of slightly over 20 boxers, several of whom he claims are going to win championships. There are few really scientific boxers on Tommys list of mitt artists, but some terrible sluggers and fierce battlers are to be found there. After all, game, clean scrapping is what the public demands, and those commodities are chief char ecteristics of Tompkin's hopefuls.
 NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES IN
 Winners of the tournament staged in New Orleans last week will be sent to the big meet here next Monday and Tuesday, it has been announced. Eight Crescent City scrappers in all will be on hand for the first bouts early Monday night. Each is the champion in his class of that city, while several of them competed in the tourney last year
 Ernie Perrin, heavyweight, holds the heavyweight championship of the south He won from Stanton Candy of Blr- ningham, in the final bout last season and has defended his title successfully ever since. He was an easy victor in the New Orleans meet last week. Perrin is 0n6 or the pest men entered III the tOuT- ney and the local ring following public will have an opportunity of witnessing teal scrap when he fights.
 OTHER ENTRIES
 Rome, Ga, has one man entered in the tourney, one Ed Zitterbaum, who is said to be a wonder in the 125-pound class.
 Memphis T. M. C. A. is sending George Lemon, the lightweight who broke his hand in his first bout last year and was forced to remain out of the renaainder of the meet. Alabama is sending two boys to Bir- ningham in Ed Duffy, heavyweight, and Wilson.
 Spring Hill has three men entered. but their names have not yet been given out
 Auburn will have three, Atlanta four, | Camp Benning four, and Mississippi A. | & M. one or two If each institution | sends the men expected, an even 50 will | be on hand to compete in the tourney.
 Entries for the tourney close Monday. | Seat reservations for both nights of the meet can be made with the secretary of the B. A.. c. any morning or afternoon this week.