Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-06-15

Here Fourth Of July

,u,orican Legion, which is in
Ihs q The gigantic Fourth Of July
az 1g..t + for Bogalusa accounts it.
Y usually fortunate in being able
II unT n one of the finest wrestling
W. MIG y cards to be had in the en-
q e so,tb In the feature event, to
pe IJI st the Pleasant Hill ball park,
: n5 r-t 4 welterweight champion
" ,i.r If the world. will meet Cap
f.s''I Waiter Evans of Chicago Le-
% .i,o and champion of the Ameri-
PonS Evolutionary Forces, in a finish
. IArTb These men viii wrestle until
fa'.I ~ 4be shoulders Of the other to
q I pg' twice. There will be no tine
- I1 They have met in time-limit
~ .s IN several occasions, each
gl.', ar-rsstIing to a draw. There eX-
u. .so keenest rivalry between them
n tSe match promises to 1evo!ve
~ drudge affair, and is certain
" utterly contested. The mag
E.srt cbapionship belt, presented
l c,trer as an emblem of the worlds
s..-rniorsbip, whiHl he holds, by the
s si.P Gazette, will be at stake, as
IN. match will be a regulation cham
ain affair. This belt will De on
a5ition at tn City Drug store.
/. support of the main attraction,
a,ima nan GUY Rich, Of the boxing
~-mittee has lined up some classy
.-siminary events, the first of which
n Ne A battle royal between five
I'm negro scrappers, the last of
.ti,t remaining in the ring will be
4. winner. This event is sure-fire, !
N viii provide much mirth-provok- |
: entertainment. Following the /
isils royal will come a siX-round |
ring contest between Battling |
i-gns a Bogalusa boy who has
,lisyed considerable success in the !
Jared circle, and Joe Lewis of /
Rs9p Rouge, boy Of no mean abil-
4 These boys will fight to de-
IAN on a winner-take-all basis,
rii,h in itself assures a rafting good
gl II
l. Rodgers, physical director of
AVN G. A., announces that the
n,k meet to be held on this date is
irsady assured of a big success. Z,
ggs than one hundred dollars has
Nh spent for medals to be awarded II
4 winners of the different events.
lntestants from all surrounding
llisana and Mississippi towns have
inihed their intention to partici-
Es Mr.. Rodgers will endeavor 10 !
ure team competition, SO mat the I
ne. will probably resolve itself into
Struggle for supremacy between
slidana and Mississippi track teams.
Chairman J. B. Lindsey of the
14utive committee, states that
-a than fifteen hundred dollars
u Be spent to make this the biggest {
lnction in the history of this sec ?
10 q the country. There will be 9
IAHg missing - carnival shows, )
aasS, athletics, merry-gO-rOunds,
asbsl and speaking by the most +
saninent men Of two states. In, ad- r
islH to the Hon. Theo. G. Bilbo and s
1llor ]. E. Ransdell, there viii be b
.la 7. Semmes Walmsley, assistant !,
1sney general for Louisiana, him Ii
d 4 member of the American Lee
aal with foreign service behind him. n
y single event would be worth COM
Z oct for. and combined, they form
Program Of q scope more vast than Il
{ ever been attempted before. r
! B. Purvis, in charge of the com- j
Tee on prize and funds, has been
work getting up the prizes for the o
s decorated automobiles and an g
lHces that the garages have been 81
q more liberal than last year. tt
I'fe will be some fifteen prizes for n
best decorated automobiles, trade is
iss and trucks. c.
Next weeks Enterprise will give tt
PARTICULARS Of this feature of the ",
a'th Of Juluy celebration. g
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