The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-28

be the best that have ever been seen
on the grounds.
The secretary has just completed
negotiations whereby the sensational
young star, AL Norton, who is the
pride of the Twin City boxing fans
in the bantom weight class, will meet
Kid Johnson for a ten round match
at the fair on August 81. Al Nor
ton is considered by many in the box
ing world to be coming champion
in his class, and the secretary is very
pleased over the fact that he has
been able to secure this young wizard
for the fair. Kid johnson has chal-
Ienged him, and the Kid is consider
ed a very good man himself, so both
men are preparing now for reaI
match.
Neither one has ever met the other
in a match before so we Will nave
something very choice. The secre,
tary states that he can practlcall!
guarantee something doing every Sc
cond that the pair are within the
ropes. Norton has met some OF the
best boxers in his class, and has gam
ed a lot of notoriety and skill IN ms
art. Some of the men he has boxeo
are: Private Jaeger Of Brooklyn, N.
": Tommey Harmon Of st. Paul;
Battler Slavin, Kid Nolan, Sailor
Smith of Aberdeen, Kid Smith OF
Duluth, Red Emerson of Minneapolis.
TX O. Mcdonald, Dandy Dillon OF
Milwaukee. Freddy Gallentine OF
sioux CITY, Sammy Butts of Chicago
and a number of others.
Norton usually weighs l16 pouhos'
and stands four feet seven nches.
From all information that the secre-
tarv has been able to gain, Norton Is
some battler. He has also been d
star football player, having played on
several championship teams In tne
last five years. Some OF the hgn'
fans who know Norton say that ne IS
the best bantom weight that they
have ever seen; full of snap and pep
and a little dynamo in action. HIS
manager guarantees one OF the 1ast-
est. greatest and most scientific oouts
that will satisfy the most demand
ing boxing fan.
Mr.. Rogers Of St. Paul, manager
for Kid johnson, guarantees that ne
will also give our fight fans one Oh
the best men that has ever been seen
and states that if AL Norton does his
share, which he will of course nave
TO do when he meets Kid, the match
will be hard to equal anywhere.
On September /, the secretary has
also secured Doc Wallace, whom the
fighting world looks upon as the COM
ing champion in the welter-welght
class, to appear at our far Tor d
match. Negotiations are now unoer
way to- secure a man with enough
nerve to face Doc. These two box
ing matches will in all probability
draw a. large number of people from
outside territory who are interested
in this game, and without doaDe
will draw practically everyone local.
ly. -..
There are many other amusement
features which the secretary promls-
es to give us more complete details
on at a later date. He states that
the amusement program for this year
will eclipse anything that he has ever
seen here before.
We have a report from Secretary
Gillig of the Stearns County Far
that the citizens of the county and
the surrounding territory will pat
ronize the fair this year, better than
ever. Mr.. Gillig has been making
several trips to the various parts OF
the county to make both private calls
and to attend meetings and discuss
county fair matters with the people.
Several of the towns of the county
are planning to come in group with a
large delegation, bringing in some
cases, their band and other celebrat-
ing agencies with them.
Last Sunday Mr.. Gillig attended a