The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
FANS INTERESTED IN ROPER : BERRY BOUT FOR MONDAY
Tickets For Feature Show To Go On Sale Thursday
 Morning

The advance ticket sale for the Roper-Berry fight, which will be held at the Birminham Athletic club next Monday night, will start day ahead Of it's original schedule. There's a reason. 1t was stated at first that the advance sale would be- gin Friday morning. In the same story information was given out that out-of-town reservations would be taken care of by Secretary Roberts when requests for reservations were accompanied by money orders or money. Te demand for out-of- town reservations has become so great that club officials decided 1t would be best to protect the interests or local bugs who have supported the game all along Hence, announce that tickets for the stellar attraction would go on sale Thursday morning.
 From the present angie 1t LOOKS like A "sell-out" in advance of the scrap, and fans who are counting on seeing Capl Bob and Tom Berry Tn action should really see about thelr tickets as early as possible
 No Advance In Price,
 The Birmingham Athletic club makes another ten-strike In It's cam paign to win the affections Of local boxing fans. In spite of the DIE guarantee that 1t took to sign Roper for the melee, and regardless or the fact that there is such demand TOT tickets. regardless of the price, Bill Streit. chairman of boxing at the club. announced Wednesday that thera would be no advance in the price of tickets. We could set much more than the usual price, said Bill but it has never oeeh oui policy to try and gouge tne puG.ro' 1t,l,o The club had rather not make a dlIhe ont of the mill than to make one enemy." he stated. We are con tent 10 give the local fans treat, Money grabbing Is not our sloSdn'
 Dave Evans, matchmaker Tor the club, was as happy as raoolu tbe citv pound gets busy, as re suit of Bills decision; ,,1,Ga ricss stands for big cards and liVtie pItoSS9' 1Ja had worked like a Trojan to make Tho hout between Roper ana beIty ,,assibIe and while he knew the poatcb was of such, importance to merit a raise in the price or llchets, I,'5.a,, he is ever champion of the InasSSa I,5r and wanted to keep, the auiiii'ei price within the reach or aii
 Edwards Is Dummy's FOe'
 Dummy Barringtons oponent Tor +ba evening of maui was detlnltel9 dacIded mon Wednesday afternoon and the announcement went AO5 - from fight headquarters that Bls poy Edwards had been selected as DI,nmv's trial horse in his efforts to stage A comeback. Edwards mas Fultonian jaw, as to architecture hut if Is not so delicate as Plaster ing Fred's lantern jaw. Ihese wv viii box for six rounds-naSD pc. Should Dummy's pile-drlylng llsl connect with the button in Blg boy S io,1 hefore the sixth the conflict Will nrobablv halt abruptly there.
 Ton1 Harrison, the champion lio- ,o1,nd amateur for the state of Ala hama. has little argument ne wishes to settle with Iohy M"t fr nE These two gladiators Will rosln M dogs and debate the mater Nl of o. in the B. A. C. ring Monu@'
 Earl Craddock will tage on Paul NcCintv in another four-round slus zinc bee. and while it is stated thal RoFie Saab and Spark Plug Will pc on inc bill, 1t hasn't been determines whether they will seek to erase eAen eA. other from the next census repoi - or not. nre- ltps a 1o-round wrestling bout De- tween Tom Lacey and Kid Pasley- a real grudge affair-and then re- n,ember that two of the best lshl reayywei ghts In the nation Will HlA S matters for 10 rounds-or iess-alle one begins to grasp the magnitude ol tha Monday night card.