The labor world., 1921-01-15
.CARNES PUTS; ON
four BIG MILLS.
Popular Pre- President Duluth Ath-
|et!c Club Announces Program:
for Next Fridays Event. !:
The Card.

AA40 NoIus
Kid Billings, Superior. vs.. Bill
Burns Duluth, 10 rounds, 145 pounds.
Joe Shea, Superior, VS.. Gene Gam
non, Duluth. 8 rounds. 127 pounds.
Van Cushway, Superior, VS.. Jimmy
Valentine. Duluth. rounds. 116
pounds.
Young Ennis Superior, VS.. Jimmy
Smith, Duluth, 6 rounds, 1873 pounds.
One six-round curtain raiser.
Time: Friday night. January 81.
Place: Shrine Auditorium. Second
avenue East and First street.
Thtrty-eight rounds Of fighting be-
tween Duluth and Superior battlers is
the next menu to be dished out by the
Duluth Athletic club. The program
will be given at the Shrine auditorium.
Second avenue East and First street,
Friday night, Jan. ~.
Lines Up Burns.
For weeks, Duluth A. G. promottrs
have been trying to line up Bill Burns.
Duluth's only welterweight, and Kid
Billings Of Superior, recognized as the
champion Of that division in Wiscon-
sin. First one thing and the other:
would put a crimp into whatever plans
promoters might have had. The fight
ers became personal in their remarks
about each other and that is the chief
reason why they will fight It is not g.
money matter with them, It is the
honor, Billings has been making re-
marks to his Superior friends that as
fighter Burns was the best shoe
maker he has ever seen in the ring.
Burns has not been slow in answering
Billings slurs.
. Burns recently has returned from
St Louis where he has been working
with some Of the best boys in the
game. He worked few rounds with
George CLANCY, known to the fight
world as the "knockout king" and
other leading battlers. One Of the St.
Louis papers kicked in with a little.
information that. Burns had the maxi
ings Of q champion and to have Bill
ings say that as a fighter he was nix,
made Burns rather peeved and he was
willing to have it out In an alley either
in Duluth or Superior. Promoters saw
their opportunity in landing match
that Twin Ports fans want and signed,
the two up.
Stops at Nothing:
But President r. J. Carnes is not
one of these promoters who stops at
just a headliner, He realized that in
matching Burns and Billings he was
lining up a. money maker, but that,
didn't stop him from working on other
bouts and the result is that there will
be five bouts In the nights entertain-
ment.
Every bout will bring together a
Duluth and Superior boy as opponents
It Is case Of the best Duluth, has to
offer pitttd against Superior's best, and
may the best city win"
That one of the greatest crowds ever
to attend a fight at the Shrine audi
torium is expected is being indicated
by the way the advance sale has been
up to date: Tickets were placed on
sale early IN the week and they are
going like the Germans when the |
Yanks arrived overseas.
Army and Navy.
There is another way one can view
the Billings-Burns scrap. Burns saw
service in Uncle Sans navy while |
served his country through the
army. Any way you look at it there
is bound to be rivalry between these
two lads.
The winner Of this bout will be the
recognized champion Of the Twin
Ports. Billings and his manager,
Christie Payne, expect to leave for the
east within a few days after his fight
It was in the east that Billings made
his hit. He defeated Joe yelling, rec
ognized as one of the leading light
weights in the game today, and the
man who forced Leonard to go at top