Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-22
FOUR BOUTS ARE ON
MARSE|LLES c AR D
FOR DECEMBER I'D
PROMOTER KID" HARRIS AR.
RANGES SCHEDULE FOR NEXT
SERIES OF BOXING Exhl5I.
TloNs AT PAPER CITY.

The news that ring fans have beer
waiting on for the past few weeks
has at last come out. The date ioi
johnny kid" Harris. Marseillcs box
ing promoters next fight In the Paper
City Is announce for December %. His
last show was held at the American
, Legion Hail put ms next one is due e
be held in the Coliseum but has not
been announced as yet where 1t viii
be held except in Marseilles.
q Four fight and everyone good one
will be on this card and the fans will
not have TO sit around half the night
watching a flock Of embarrassing pre-
lminaries. Twenty six rounds OF fight
ing will comprise this card and some
of the best fighters in La Sale county
will be in action. Three siX.round
bouts with an eight round windur
will be the card
The windup will find Jack Sharkey,
of Marseiles and Kid George, of Strea.
tor, taugling up affairs for eight
rounds at a 1873 pounds. Both fighters
are we'll known in this locality and
have large ranks of followers.
Sharkey has showed his wares to
the fans of this district on several
previous occasions and holds vic
tories over Young, Foster and Bobby
Dean, two local prides and both rat
Ting good boxers.
Kid George is we'll known in these
parts and his fighting has been wit.
messed b yfans of Ottawa. La Sale,
Strgptnr anI Dant{aS bocidac cayoroi
other places where he performed.
Bobby Dean a local pride will take
on Terrible Bud Coates, Marseilles
lad who beat Kid Toneilli in their last
fights in Marseilles in a six round en-
counter at 40 pounds the day OF the
fight Dean hasn't fought lately but
Is in the best of condition and his
followers are backing him to stow
the Marseilles lad away. But Coates
is just getting started in the fighting
game and he is expected to show
some stuff according to his hackers
so he can keep his slate clean.
As announced at the last fight,
Tommy Jones Marseilles scrapper.
will meet Billy Scotmore of Morris
in another Of the six FOUNDERS. The
air fought to a draw in Morris La.
Dor day so the Marseilles bout will
be one TO see who is the best man
and let him win. They are both we'll
Irown and have fought many battles
and consequently will have large
rowds of bakers at the Marseilles
bout.
Scotmore is local pride at Morris
and he will have most OF his wor-
shippers with him when he invades
the Paper City but Jones according to
his hackers will have two followers to
every one of Scotmore's, so their
ought to be some crowd.
The final six rounder will be a bout
kid" Harris himself and
Tommy Gribbons of Ottawa Harris
IS ex-fiyweight champion of the United
States Army and has a splendid rec.
ord of wins behind him Gribbons who
halls from Ottawa has only broke into
print lately in the fighting world. He
las no record but his friends who have
arranged the fight for him say he is
4 whiz. Being as fast as cyclone
and for little man, having punch
With the kick of mule. He will get
ais first chance to show his wares
n the Marseilies ring on the night of
he coming fights and from all indi-
,ations will show his stuff and may
be bring the honors back to this city.
The two midgets will tip the beam
1t l12 pounds the day Of the fight and