The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-15
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 Tommy Tompkins will send his prize young bantamweight, Claude Wilson, in for another try at the Dixie title the latter part of this month. Tim O'Dowd, Atlanta's Dixie champ in that division, will meet Wilson at the B. A. c. on March 16, week from Monday night.
 Claude and Tommy are due to ar rive from New York at any time now, and will probably be here be- fore the week Is past. Wilson has wound up his schedule of eastern en- agreements for the time being, and will spend a couple of weeks below the Mason and Dixon line before re- turning to New Jersey to continue his ring campaign there.
 Wilson has taken on several pounds in weight. and will not be at such a disadvantage when he meets Tim ODowd a week from Monday night.
 Tim always has been just a notch better than Claude, at least, he al ways has been able to finish just a yard or so ahead of Wilson in a box ing match. Whether Claude has been able to make up that yard or not TeHldlnS tO De SeeH
 Octavus Roy Cohen, chairman
 of the boxing committee nt the
 E. A. C., states that he has about
 figured out way to take cEre
 of the matter of rendering de-
 cisiOns on bouts in the local
 arena. referee to handle the
 affair, with Judges from the
 three newspapers is the plan ug-
 gested by MT. Cohen. two votes
 out of the three cast to decide
 the winner. That plan mE'y or s'
 may not prove success in the
 correct deciding of contests. but
 at any rate. 1t will save the ref
 eree's the risk of n "raxzinx'"
 when scribes and officials fail
 to agree on the winners.
 A bright ring future certainly seems to await little Jimmy Proto, sturdy little bantamw eight who met Joe Cook at the B. X. C. Monday night. Jimmy seems to have every thing, and promises of what he lacks right now.
 Jimmy, though fans thought he lost to Cook Monday night, fought a great battle against the Crescent City lad Proto. whose reach is rothing to brag about. but whose courage is great, was forced to bore straight into stinging left jab and a jarring right hook when forcing the battling against Cook. Jimmy took everything his foe had, and came through battered about quite a bit, but smiling nevertheless. It was case of fight and be beaten or let the bout drag, and Proto chose the former.
 Jimmy has gameness. hard punch in either hand, and something more tbap rnd p1aptary hnyiupr i'll He is young and has lots of time to i'm prove, and his ever-present smile and good nature makes him a ready fla vorite with the crowds.
 Proto was beaten by COOK, but he suffered not in the least in the esti- nation of Birmingham fandom. They W ould like to see him in action again.
 As to Joe Cook, they nre still
 talking of that boys style and
 ability to battle from start to
 finish, Jimmy PrOtO smiIingiy
 remarked to the writer that Cook
 Is a "verra good lad; he can stand
 punches all day" Roy Cohen
 thinks Cook Is one of the best
 fighters the Crescent City has
 sent to Birmingham in II long.
 long time. and could whip any
 number of the bantams fighting
 big fights throughout the east.
 Out at Redwood each afternoon the Regulars and Yannigans are bat ting. The battle is not confined to the playing field, either, for Joe Dunn and Shutter .Matthews-pilot and assistant. respectively-keep up a running fire of comment and ban terinC across the field, as their clubs" fight it out on the diamond. Joe Dunn has the classier of the two squads. of course; it's the law of the game that the Yannigans must succumb to the Regulars. But Smut ter Matthews sends his scrub pas timers out on the field fighting mad and the battle waXes very warm be- fore the afternoons engagement IS over.
 When the Yannigans are given first class pitcher, the battle is even. and those railbirds who dot the stands and bleachers each afternoon will testify to the class of baseball displayed in Baron practice games this season.