The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-13
SPORTS
Stribling Seems Slight FaUorite OUer Battler
Gbbons-rebe Bout Are Promised Fans B A. C. Tonght-Dave Evans to Referee Scrap
 Here Tonight
By MARVIN MCCARTHY

A crafty and experienced battier will face the youthful and energetic kid" scrapper of the south at the local Athletic club tonight, and raIl- birds are freely predicting the bat tie of the season. The warrior grow ing old In the service Is Battling Kelly of Birmingham. who is still a young fellow, but with many years of ring experience behind him. The youthful warrior is Young Str1biing of Macon, Ga, who has taken all before him in . rush to two Dixie championships. featherweight and lightweight.
 Interest in the Kelly -Stribiing bout Is probably greater than that in any previous match staged here in over a year. Gossip over the probable out come of this scrap has been frequent and varied in local sporting circles, and the record crowd of the year is expected to be on hand when these boys get together tonight. Secretary Woodruff of the B, A. C., states that the advance ticket sale has been greater than the total sale of seats for any of the last few bouts at the B. A c.
 It was announced yesterdsy
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 Madison Square Gmxdens New
 York. tonight, will he announced
 from the ring st the B. A. O.
 Interest in the Gibbons-Greb en-
 gagement is great and the an-
 nouncement that results will be
 given at the local entertainment
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 the StribIing-KelIy show.
 Dave Evans will referee the bout tonight, while two judges will give the decision. Roy Cohen will act as one> judge, while the other will be selected today The referee will be entitled to a vote if the two judges fail to agree on the winner.
 Advance Dope Mixed
 Late curbstone quotations on the probable outcome of the Kelly Stribling scrap seem to incline to- wards Stribling as the favorite, but Kelly has a goodly bunch of admirers who think that he will whip the Macon boy tonight. Stribling's record undoubtedly has been among the best of all Dixie scrappers, and this fact has a lot to do with him being named favorite for tonight. On the other hand, Kelly has friends who would probably back him against Benny Leonard, and this faction Is very enthusiastic in claiming that the local battler will maui Stribllng into submission.
 Comparative records are as deoep- tive as comparative scores, so 1t Is hardly possible to get line on the probable strength of the two boxers from this source.
 Battle of Lefts
 Local fans are expecting ths af- fair tonight to be a battle of left hands. in which case, they say, Kelly should come off the winner, as the local boy is said to have the best series of left hand blows of any Dixie scrappers. Stribling has shown local fans a great left hand in pre- vious bouts here, but railbirdss say that the Macon boy will have to un- hook his right mitten from around his own jaw and drop it around Kelly's if he intends to win.
 Both serappers will enter the ring wei eighing around l45 pounds tonight.
 Jingies vs. Keith
 ,$eBattling Phil Keith of Miami, Fla, who has been showing worlds of duff in his workouts here, will meet Billy Jingles of Louisville. in the