The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-19

J1ngleS dnRf ANffd W IL Afi1fA itSi~ Friday night, with indications Of an- other one of ;nose stugger versus boxer agements. Railbirds seem to think that the man Nho Is better in his line of fighting than his oppo- nent is in hls will be returned the victor. e. gS Ayera Is skifty
 Avera is known to local fans as very shifty, scientific scrapper, who can hit fairly hard blow when he opens up. It takes q good scrapper to hit Avera with any degEse of sue cess, while the Atiantan has d mis- leading way Of seeming to continually cover up, but finains opportunities ito slip ln bIews that count, If Jim gles can scofs,a clean win over ANera, 4 he will prove -his abidtY, and right to matches with the best welter weights in Dixie.
 Jingles' semi-fi fight with Keith was billed as a trial pattie Tor the Louisville boy, but Il really dldh t show what Billy has i'll stock, and railbirds arc not yet convinced that Jingles can hold hls own wfeh Dlxie top,notchers.
 The Louisville siagger found it. Vory easy to stop Aeith. 1ingies prppably cidn land 10 b,ows fin three EOuHQSs put GAGfN OlA 0A lAlOoG At blows seemed to jar Keith from the floor up, and down again. Three fourths of the time Jingles was con tent to stay on the detensive, avoid ing Keiths blows by shifting his body. The Louisville boy really seem ed 10 nave. the body shift town pat for he wasn hit .ciean blow dur ing the whole light .a
 Has Good Left
 .Jinsles exhibited good left arm with lots of kick behind his Jsps and hooks He scored d cIean knoeN -down With a snort left arm jolt, i>eith be- ing completely out flor six or seven seconds.
 The way local raidbirds dope it, fl Jingies can be as aggressive as he was effective in his bout With keith, he stands good chauee of slipping Larry ANera the prize surprise pack age of the season. when the two meet at the 5. 4. C. Friday nignt.
 IODINE BooSTs HERRING
 When the age Herald carrled story the other day saating that |. A, C. officials were considering book ing Red Herring in d bout al the lieol club, J. K. Bodine of the Porter Clothing company, former manager oi Herring, came through with the fol- lowing letter concerning the prowess l.of this scrapper.
 l"Dear Marvin: just d line asking sou to do me the favor of letting the fans Of the city who do not follow the fight game closely know who Red Herring is. T have handled this boy, and have been trying to get him OH here ever since l came to the city.
 When you read ths record. you will readily see why this boy should be given fights in this city, as he has beaten the best in his class. s. A. C.. officials should be eager to get this boy.
 (sianed) eJ. R. BoDINE.' Rcd Herring, of Louisville, Ky. 1 lightweight champion of the south;
 Herring is considered. one of the top notch lightweights Of todaN. Com pare the followin ereeorq with some 1 o( the so- called lightweight cham pions of the south;
 "Herrin,, has fought them all. Up to and including Champion Benny Leon ard In fact, Leonard and Pete Hart- lev arc the only ones Red has met who have beaten him. Herring fought Pete Hartley 1a rounds at Louisville and continued the fight after the fifth round with three broken ribs. Reds record, in part: st,s
 Lost to champioh Leonard. at Memphis. six rounds. 1 / Lost to Pete Hartley, at Louisville. i 12 rounds. e54-
 Won from Jimmie Hanlon. of Dem ! yer. twice. and 12 rounds.
 stopped Brooklyn Jack Ryan in i the fifth round. aas
 stepped Red Dolan, New Orleans, 1 in six rounds. at Memphis,
 '"Stopped. Leo Witt. St. Louis, in one i round at Fayetteville, Ark.
 stopped Kid Henry, Memphis, in 1 five rounds at Memphis.
 Won from Abe Kabakoff, Mem phis. in ten rounds, at Memphis.
 Won from Patsy McMahan (Jack | DiIlion), Indianapolis. four times. i Won from Sailor Friedman in F l rounds. at Fort Worth
 .'Knocked out Harlan Eddie Kelly,