The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Wilson Meets ODoud For Third Time n Feature Bout At A. C.
RIVALS OF OLD, TIM
 AND CLAUDE SEEKING EACH OTHERS SCALPS
Card of Attractive Bouts
 Billed For Monday Nights .Fiqht Show at Athletic Club

;, As the old-timers fought-the guys with the the snaky. sharp swords
 SD will Claude Wilson and Tim CDowd battle at the; Birmingham Athletic club Monday night. That is, if they carry out all they are prom ising and threatening to do. The
 third meeting between these rival egladiators of the squared arena shows the earmarks of a regular, old-fash- = ' toned blood and thunder duel. It !. really will be the grudge scrap, . claim oth the boys most interested ill the affair, Claude and Tim them g selves.
 Their little rivalry started about year ago when Claude Wilson was q a beginner in the ring game and Tim
 mic O'Dowd himself only yearlng $ scrapper. The Dixie bantamweight
 title was an orphan then. and both
 O'Dowd and Wilson had paternal feel
 Sings toward the lonesome crown. A Especial little session was planned, sswhen legal possession and guardian .ship of the orphan championship ywould be decided. O'Dowd proved shimself the best ring lawyer, and {copped a 10-round decision over Will ..son for Dixie honors. That started gthe little affair, which has been de -veloping right along. as all healthy sSoung grudges do:
 r-C1aude Trys It Again.
 x Some time ago, Wilson, after fur Ether schooling, decided to again test .sshs persuasive powers in regard to tthe bantamweight case. Claude had ,simproved wonderfully, and secured ,slogfall with O'Dowd. However, pos session is nine points of the law, even kin boxing, and Tim ODowd carried .fthe crown in question back to At Ielanta with him.
 Sf And now. Claude Wilson is again Frying his luck with O'Dowd. and is -more worked up over the aftalr than sever. Wilson has been cutting quite "a swath in select eastern fight cir ~cles, and the victory O'Dowd waves Cover his head is ranking in his aris- Iocratic breast. Claude states that she is out to brush the stain away rMitf one long, luscious swipe of Sponge saturated with punch and az tgressiveness.
 ]. That's the layout of Monday 'snight's fight card at the B. A. C.
 Claude Wilson and Tim ODowd, whom the wise ones say are the best banta IS in Dixie, will meet for their 7 third time, with rivalry heated to the . melting point. and each eagerly on . the lookout for a chance to settle 1 the old duel with clean, decisive [ Knockout.
 ! A Wilson O'Dowd fight needs no ! .ballyhooing." for both are old ac-
 euaintances to Magic City fight rail-
 birds. Wilson and O'Dowd weigh in 7 between 12o and 124 pounds tonight, q their managers stated Sunday.
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 ' Remainder of Card.
 The remainder of Monday nights V fight card follows:
 f Wrestling-Tom Lacey vs. Bill Martin, middlew eights, 10 rounds. , Boxing vs. Wrestling-Clyde Adol- : phus, wrestler. vs. Bogie Saab, box { CT, lightweights, four rounds. < Boxing-Speedy Newman vs. Bat ting Sparkplug. lightweights, six , rounds; Sailor Simpson vs. Big Boy < Edwards. middleweights four rounds 7 Dave Evans will referee the main bouts, with two judges giving the decision, Tommy Tompkins, B. A. c. fight promoter, announced Sunday.