The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-11
BRADY MEETS BUDD AND GOMEZ MEETS O'DOWD, ATLANTA
AH-Star Boxing Card Is Billed
 By Athletic Club Officials

Everything is in readiness for what should be the fistic treat of the season, when Jack Brady and Battling Budd. 2 1Iightweights. and Lou Gomez and Tim 7 O'Dowd, bantamweights, clash at the Athletic club tonight In 1o-round bouts.
 All four battlers are on the Scene and rearing to go. O'Do~1 ynd Budd : arrived in Birmingham from Atlanta last night. and will Timber up in the club gym this afternoon, so that they will not be stiff when they enter the ring tonight Budd claims to be in the pink of condition and prepared for the fight of his life. Fresh from 1O- round victory every Harry Meyers in Jacksonville, Fla, last Thursday. he will attempt to stop Brady tonight be- fore the limit is reached.
 Budd needs no introduction to Magic City fans, as he has performed here before and made 8 very favorable i'm = ~pression on the public by staging -terrific 10-round encounter with Freddie Boorde.
 Both Budd and Brady have each won one and lost one fight to Boorde, so il @will be interesting to know which of -the two really is the better. l5udd, -schooled along the lines of the typical -battler, will pit his hitting power @against that of the more scientific Brady Brady, the fast and sh!fty To- cal product, seems to be gathering .nore speed every time he works. and Eff he can score a win over Budd to- Knight it will boost his stock consid- Ferable.
 BRADY CONFIDENT
 To say that Brady is brim full of -confidence goes without saying. He says that after he dsposes of Budd tonight he will go right after Soorde again, and be willing to wager that -he stops him in less than 10 rounds. Brady has trained hard for this Eight, -and should make good showing, even though he is going up against -one of the toughest lghtweights ill the country.
 : To give the public all that comes to them. the Athletic club has added an -other feature bout by putting on Go meg and O'Dowd for 10 rounds This should also be a humdinger, Aas both men can hit exceptionally hard for little fellows, although it Is generally conceded that Gomez hits the harder -of the two, and will be able to tell ~better after the fight tonight Both boys will weigh in at 116 pounds -ringside.
 If Gomez can dispose of ODowo Tonight, he has been promised final -bout with Ashton Donza, the clever -little bantam from New Orleans. AL though Gomez will have no easy time of it. nevertheless he is favored to win by a safe margin, but, of course, there is many a slip between the hip and the lip, and friend O'Dowd may spill the dope by spilling Gomez. PRELIMIN ARIES
 These two features should have strength enough to draw most anyone -any time and a packed house is Hooked for tonight when the curtain raises for the first preliminary. which Will bring together George Harwell of Central High school and Hollis Arnold of the B. A. c. for four rounds
 The other preliminary will be be- tween Eugene Honeycutt, Sailor Dix -on's protege of Bessemer, and Horace Hooper of the Boys club, who is being .handled by Dave Evans. This bout will go for four rounds. Being a grudge affair it should furnish lots of excitement, as both boys are noted for slugging tactics.
 Jack Parry will referee the main fights, while George Walters and Karl Iandgrebe will act as judges. The first bout will start promptly at S.30 D. m.