South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-21
BY TEX KELLY.

BY TEX KELLY.
Johnny Rubin, McGOwan's elias
~ welte rweight and Clarence VIII
lard. the hard-hitting Elkhartan
who will swap punches at the Nc
Gowan gymnasium tonight broke
off training at I o'clock yesterday
noon and prepared 10 do nothing
but rest for IS hours. Both men
are anxious 20 be In the best pos
sible condition for the ttular af-
fair tonight.
Mishawake BY midnight viii be
me home OF the new northern In
Diana and middleweight champion
or the fans IN that paradise OF
rubber viii have seen another
contender fail 10 produce and al
low the titular crown TO remain on
that blond battleT's head who has
turned back the best including
Rock Smith. Welsh and others.
Every effort Is 20 be directed to-
wards the bringing of that title 20
q closer proximity than Elkhart,
friends OF the Mishawakan Fighting
Irfshman said last night. No boxer
ever went through more thorough
course OF training or rubbing than
Johnny Rubin. Those many ad-
rnirers that claim 20 see in him the
logical holder OF the middle west
wolter crown have stuck 10 him
from the first day OF his training
at the MCGOWAN gymnasium. They
have cared for his every need. They
have sponsored hts every desire.
'Tes n mighty swell boxer that's .
sure champion" they say, and
that's why we treat him so We'll"
Elkhart Sure OF Willard.
Willard always has q great fol-
lowing. II Clarence Willard was 10
meet Jack Britton. Jack Perry or
any OF the other luminaries In the
squared circle, all Elkhart would
wager their money on the railroad
err" Quiet. unObtrusive and a
mighty good middleweight. he has
sprung into the limehght in the last
six months Half a year ago no
one regarded him as headline per-
former. The bout he is 20 partici-
pate H. tonight is worthy Of head
liner IN any city In the country.
willard by his bulldog tactics has
Rafned the monicker Of the Dol
stered kid" Some of the best men
willard has met hit him flush on
the Jaw many time Every time
the blow failed 20 even daze him.
II got TO be such a regular thing
that the opponents Of the Elkhart
youth used 20 dodge in back of him
20 see what was holding him up. No
one ever sent Clarence willard 20
the mat for the entire count. Doc
Holmes. the manager OF Willard,
doubts very much IL there IS any
body I'm the country that can. Doc
SAYS that his boy should be called
1.-THE Man They Can't Knock out
provided that Johnny Coulon Is al
lovvod 10 retain the label, The Man
You Cannot Life
Enlarge Seating Room.
The advance sale OF tickets for the
smoker bouts. which viii be five
IN number and each six rounds i'm
duration. has been so heavy that
the promoter. Johnny MCGOWAN.
cannot help but stage q succes al
exhibition Last night &c was de-
cided that the seating capacity of
the gym" had Go be enlarged and
stems were taken 10 secure O. NUM-
Der OF b.eacher seats that could BE
erected towards the rear OF the
hall
Every true bloo5ed fan In south
Bend. Nushawaka and Elkhart VIII
bs on hand for the scrap ot the
year When the tlueheeQer pulls
the bell 90 announce the starting OF
that show which has g1ined such
worthy comment. every fan VIII ba
packed into every seat and the
walls Of the room VIII Doe support
ing resting backs OF the many less
fortunate spectators one hundred
and fifty. at Least. accortins TO Doc
Holmes. are planning ON sw4rm.ns
into the MCGOWAN gym 90 root for
the boy from Elkhar- tonight. They
will De gathered from Goshen. Roe
chester and EIkhart, and have laid
plans TO make the trir here iu auto
buses. "They may have a hundred
or g. coming from Ellhlrt but that
bunch VIII be haDe.rss'y cu-ruW-
bered by the enthusiasts that VIII
strsam down s. Michigan ST. from
ALshaNaka tonight is the predic-
zion az q weI- known EEht fan in
the Rubber city early this morn
Ing. "Why. we haven't had cham
uioushlu contender in some time so
vo1 don't think ory OF us viii miss
the opportunity -o see one come
through now do yuu'' was the
question that ended The CONVERSE
tlon In which the Nishawakan had
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