The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-20
WILL WORKOUT
IN DAVENPORT
ON FIRST DAY
Then Training Scene VIII Shift to
Tent on Grounds Of Pageant
of Progress.

Tri-city fans will have several
days in which TO see Charlie White,
the hard hitting Chicago light
weight, go through his training
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Dundee at Douglas park, Rock Is
land, the afternoon of June q. lie
will divide his time between Rock
Island and Davenport.
In a long distance conversation
with Rock Island legion headquar-
ters this morning, White assured
the promoters that he will leave
Chicago sometime Thursday. He
was not certain that he could
break came in the Windy City in
time to catch the Rocky Mountain
limited and land here around .
O'Clock Thursday, but said that at
the very latest his departure would
be timed to put him in Rock Island
early Friday morning.
If Charlie reaches here Thursday
afternoon, he will Immediately don
his spangles and go through an
hour of drill at Smiths gymnasium,
Davenport. In any event the fans
will have their first chance to see
him Friday afternoon. when he will
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Shifts to Ball Park.
Beginning Saturday afternoon
and continuing through Monday.
the scene of Whites training pro-
gram will be Douglas park, Rock
Island, where the fight arena is
being laid However, Charlie will
not workout in the open. Instead
he and his retinue of sparring part
ners VIII be sheltered by a big tent
and a nominal charge to cover his
expenses while here will be as
sessed
Abe Kaplan Here.
Abe Kaplan was in Rock Island
yesterday representing White. Kap-
Ian mad charge of the sale of ring
side tickets in Chicago and is the
genius directing plans for the spe-
cial train to Rock Island on the
day of the fight
kaplan came down yesterday to
arrange for Whites training quar-
tiers while in Rock Island aud to
make hotel reservations for the
party, which will include White,
Ike Dorgan, Frank Flournoy, a
trainer. and two sparring partners.
Dorgan is a brother of Tad, the
cartoonist, and is himself the edi-
tor of the latest boxing magazine
known as THE Ring" FlOurnoy
is matchmaker for Tex Richard at
Madison Square Garden. New York
Johnny Dundee has wired legion
offic' Gals that he has made reser-
vations on the Twentieth Century
limited out of New York Thursday.
This will put him and his party n
Chicago Friday morning, where he
plans for an afternoon of drill at
one of the city's leading gymnasi-
ums. He is expected to come on to
Rock Island Saturday morning.
This will give him two days in the
n city prior TO the scrap and it is
Explained to install him in Smiths
/gymnasium, Davenport, for his
windup stunts.
Cummings Building IN.
George Cummings. Davenport
welter, who is to meet Bud McFdd-
den of Sterling in the semi-windup,
is putting on weight The reason
for this is that George has agreed
to let McFadden weigh in at $50
pounds the morning of the fight.
George is somewhat under this fig
ure and therefore can afford to add
few pounds.
He is working daily at Smiths
and should be in excellent shane
for a hard test against McFaddeu.
Bud. too, is hard at work in his
home town, according to reports
Announce Preliminaries.
The preliminaries will bring
Johnny S no wers, Davenport,
against Jimmy Gill, Rock Island,
and Sonny Lloyd, Davenport,
against Young Mocha. Rock Island.
The Lloyd Moha tilt was the last
to be signed. Moha was arouni
these parts three or four years ago
and was quite some sensation. He
is back under the guidance OF