The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
STAGE SET FOR BIG RING BOUT Odds Even On Dillon And Cox To Win
 Battle

The stage is all set for one of the greatest mitt-n,ixing contests of the year which will take place at the Birmlng- ham Athletic club tonight when Young Jack Dillon, welterweight of Louisville, Ky, will assay to swap punches with Jimmy Cox, of Memphis, Tenn. As the two wslters prepare to enter the ring for one of the best shows the club has ever staged, it is stated in sportive circles that the betting is even.
 Dillon was originally booked to meet Jimmy Finley and the betting was Tn favor of Dillon for that struggle. Just as soon as it was announced that t1niey could not report, however, and that Cox had been substituted the dial or the betting went to fifty-fifty. In some instances odds have been given that Cox will win.
 Cox won a barrel of prestige just week ago when he gave Young Wallace the beating of his life in a Memphis ring. Wallace had just scored victory over Rebel Red Herring at Biloxi, Miss, and went to Tennessee expecting to knock Cox into cooked hat. Imagine his surprise when the Memphis boy tore into him from the first gong, took the aggressive throughout the battle and won in every round. When local fans heard of that victory and word was passed around that Cox was the boy chosen to meet Dillon instead of Finley, much money was wagered on Cox to win.
 Prominent Figure
 Jimmy Cox has fought all over the United States and is wellknown fig ure in welterweiRht circles. Due to his his class as fighter and also due to the fact that he gets big purses wherever he shows the club officials were forced to give him a huge guaran- tee to come into Birmingham. By yir- ture of this big guarantee they do not hope to make any money out of to- nights fight, but President Herbert Cobbs has announced there will be no advance in the sale of tickets. "We will hold the price of tickets to the figure we bayc quoted all along" said Prcsi- dent Cohbs. "We really stand chance to lose some money, but when Finley fell down on us. we wanted to give our fans an even bigger attraction than Finley, hence we got in touch. with Cox"
 Cox enjoys a ten and fifteen round victory over Tommy Freeman. Free man is man who has won from Finley. He beat Kid Dugan, who boasts n draw with Red Herring, and he beat Young Wallace after Wallace had jelly-ized Reds face in Biloxi and won from him in every round.
 The main semi-windup attraction of six rounds booked for tonight should prove another thriller. Red Burke, who has beaten every man his weight in Birmingham with the exception of Sam Lavoy will take on Lavoy in the six rounder tonight. If Red gets Layoy out of the way and scores victory over him he has been promised bout with Claudio Wilson in the near future.
 Harry Carter and Kid Lott will also fight six rounds, with Jimmy Smith and Young Rich stepping out over four rounds fin the curtain-raiser. Bogie Snab goes ginning for wrestling laurels to- night and meets a Tartar in Max Seholder. Bogie, in his return to the wrestling game, thinks he has chance to beat Max. Those who have watched Scholder's work do not believe there is man in the south who can beat him in hIs own weight.
 With such classy show to offer the fans club officials are planning to play to q packed house tonight. Young Jack Dillon arrived in Birmingham Sunday morning and Cox. his foe, came in from Memphis Sunday night. With the principals on hand every thing is ready for the premier sport show of the club.