Arizona republican., 1922-03-03
BOXING
Neff. spaw at Miami


Chet Neff and Mack Spaw will
probably top the boxing card at Mi
ami on March 21, according to word
received from the Concentrator City
yesterday. Spaw won a 10-round de-
cision over Red AIilburn at Miami
last week and is entitled to the next
match. but Milhurn Is the popular
idol OF Miami fans and according TO
the dope from the mining camp the
fans prefer a Neff- Nfilburn bout.
Neff win be one of the principals
at Miami, but his opponent has not
been definitely named.
At the Coliseum
George Adams worked at the Coli
scum yesterday afternoon with Young
Douglas and Sailor Cox and when he
finished working Dick Cody took on
the same pair for six frames. In the
workout Cox looks like an old ring
general and takes 'em on the jaw
like a real miller. Why he flunks in
the ring is a puzzle TO the rail birds,
unless he gets stage fright.
Adams and Cody should make an
ideal main event. The boys are
about the same size. height and
weight, and by dropping down to the
bantams, the fans get a real change.
Little fellows look good in the ring.
but the big boys don't show up well
unless they are champions. The fans
expect to see heavyweights step
around as speedy as the little boys,
but they don't do that outside of the
championship class. When you find
big boy who can hit hard and is
fast with his hands and feet you
have champion.
With the little fellows IT'S differ
ent: they have speed and occasion
ally show a real punch. When the
fans see a bantam crash an oppo-
nent with a wallop that downs him
the little fellow is hitting hard. A
big boy doesn't need a hard punch to
floor his opponent, but with the little
boy it's hard work.
Cody is a hard hitter for little
fellow. but from the workout Adams
appears to have the edge on kick.
This bout should go over better than
any card staged here in some time
and II the preliminaries are properly
matched the card will draw a good
house. 1t takes more than main
event to get out the fans.
Anderson Meehan Sunday
Willie Meehan was given the gate
in the northwest and he has outliyed
his ring usefulness in California so
the Plat one migrated to Mexico in
search of his ham and. Sunday
afternoon Meehan and Lee Anderson
will meet in q scheduled 20-round
bout at Mexicali. The match was
planned for February %, but Meehan
requested more time to get in condi-
tion and Anderson agreed to post
pone the bout to March 5.
In the Juarez Arena
Ben Dobbert is going big at the
Gonzales Garden at Juarez. Ben is
staging bouts every Tuesday evening
at SO cents, 81 and 80 ringside. His
latest sensation is Tiger Flowers Of
Atlanta, Georgia. Flowers stopped
Gorilla Jones at Juarez a few weeks
ago and Tuesday he meets Jimmy
Barry in a 15-round number.
Dobbert is figuring on starting Sui
ly Montgomery against the winner
at an early date.
CHAMPS MEXICO BOUT OFF
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 2--Negotia-
tions for a fight here between Jack
Dempsey and some unknown oppon-
ent have been called off. Dempsey
has accepted an offer of 100000 but
a demand by him that his opponent
be given 100000, caused the pro-
moters to end the negotiations. 1t
was purposed to hold the fight in the
'''' PINKEy WINS BATTLE
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Mar 2-Pin-
key Mitchell. Milwaukee lightweight
boxer. decisively defeated Sid Bar
berian, Detroit. In a 10-round no de-
cision bout here tonight newspaper
critics unanimously decided.