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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
Home
Brew

Howdy. folks. Only three day.
until Christmas There Is n
santa Claus, There Is a Santa
Claus,
The thoughtful Christmas giver
viii include In her list a number Of
straight jackets 70 so with the cross.
word puzzles she sends 20 her friends.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
From Mayor Brown 10 Councilman
Nichols; A toadstool sandwich.
Prom Councilman Nichols 10 May.
n Brown; A prussic acid cocktail.
Mayer Brotrn spoke az me dcdi.
rutioa Of the West Spokane 81
bridge pcsferdap.
Docs an expert on bridge-trork.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
Dope Sentence Is
2 Years at Mcneil

William Fahey, found guilty Of
violating the narcotics law. was SEN
fenced 70 serve two years at Nc
Nell's federal penitontlary Monday
by Judge Jeremiah Netcrcr,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22

on June -. 1910. webb killed a
man In Portland. a bravi. Blows
back and forth with a blackjack and
one man ly!ng snrawlod across a
bed. dead. with a cracked skull In
October the Judge asked God 70 have
mercy on the soul OF Jesse webb.
Then there was a stay % execution.
a new hearing and another appeal 10
heaven FOR mercy on the soul which
was 20 BE- jerked from It's earthly
housing September 5. 1911.
You want TO know how Il felt
when they told me ! wouldn't be
hanged said Jesse Webb. suI1
speaking softly. We'll. you can
set faint ldca Of IL. suppos.
you were ordered 10 70 10 New
York and planned 10 take In the
big apple and then. suddenly. lust
a. you were getting on the train.
they told you you weren't 10 10.
Something like that.
You see lived with death
and walked with draih and slept
with death for nrariy n year.
And ] had got TO the point where
l imagined myself a. a sort Of
explorer. going into n strange
new country. I wondered what
I'D see there.
NO, I didn't figure Il would
hurt much. No worse than n
tooth being pulled. It's instan.
iansous. They've got II all fir.
nrod out. They weigh you and
sire You up and measure the
rope, 80 that everything IL all
right. Sometimes. Of course,
man comes down In two pieces.
... But not often"
SO the man who cheated death and
felt somewhat disappointed about II.
went into the prison printshop. In
his salad days he was printer. then
a reporter. Ho combined the vocn.
tons In the Oregon state peni,en.
tlary. There he composed. printed
and bound n book. The American
Prison System" that n n standard
reference work. Also he wrote The
Autobiography Of Four.Timc
Loser. Prison Tours Tho Ore.
gon State Ponitentiary, and other
stories.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
N. Y. Poison Booze
Toll 35 in Month

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Two add.
tlonRl deaths from poison liquor over
tho weekend brought tho months
toll to 90.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22

Men hddte mp in fs and heavy cooen clothing to keen
toarm this oeaterb Seattle girls 90 around smiling in
low shoes s stockings open-necked frocks-and seem to
thrive on it. Here's Miss ViUian Meade 1909 18th ave-
neced dress and apparently quite comfortable in chiffon
hosiery and Hn-sod pumps, NTH inches of snoto ON
the ground and the thermometer cav doiOn Hon. do ey
90 it? PHOTO BY price q carter star san pbo,,,,.,s.,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
STANLEY STEAMER IN
DISGUISE

Mrs. Church charged tha, Mabel
Normard drank ard Strapped icrist
aHisdotes ir!ih her hssbGrd"-Eu-
cTstf Eeps.
4 irTisi antidote. no doubt. being
trhat voH apply after somebody has
slapped you on the tcTist.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON
IVY lIITR

The gooi who buys $50 worth
Of scratch paper because no has
the seyen-year itch.
Film At the Columbia {. called
The Wine OF Youth"
We don't know what tho wine Of
youth is. but We suspect us lime
coke.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22

EXTRA! EXTRA!
Governor Hart refuses par.
don TO murderer who has al
ready served u days Of his
sentence!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22

T'he shades Of pioht iecrc falling
fast.
when thru an Alpine uirlaoc passed
4 vouth tDho bore mid snoD and
icc
4 banner 10Th this strange dcUice :
II ntnc-Ietter beginning piN "c'
and ending Nth "r,' si0HUvin0 ma
terial used N stuffin0 upholstery"
SUGGESTION
"a pair Of twin boys were born 10
sIr. and Mrs. Bunker Monday
News Item.
Might call one Of them Sand, and
the other Divot.
Nominated for the Poison Ivy club
by J. J. D.: The healthy-lookinE
man. remaining seated on a crowded
street car. who asks a tired lady. who
Is standing, II he can hold her pack.
ages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
10000 LETTERS
IN AEROPLANE

There were approximately 10000
letters I'm the wrecked plane. all OF
which were saved. Egge said
Indications are that Gilbert lost
control OF his machine while several
hundred feet in the air and crashed
into field. sustaining serious In
jurieE
Exposure 10 the cold caused death.
II was indicated
Gilbert apparently tried 10 make
his way 10 a farmhouse. but In his
weakened condition he was unable
10 resist the paralyzing cold and
succumbed
Gilbert was last seen about
o'clock last night by another flyer.
who took off a few moments after
the Inflated airnan left for Omaha
with his packet OF mail.
G1bert's plane was observed ny
Ing low over Ranesville, about 20
miles from here, and II was thought
he was merely seeking a lower al,i.
tude.
Gilbert apparently mlscaiculated
the distance 10 the ground. probably
deceived by the covering Of snow.
Too late. he realized his danger, and
Indications are that he leaped from
the machine in the hope OF landing
in cushioning snow pie.
Gilbert did not have an opportun-
ity to release his parachute after
making the Jump.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
ABIGAIL APPLEsAUcE SAYS:

"Airplanes viii
soon be equipped
with berths. Then
II win be easy 10
get Willie out Of
bed just loop the
loop"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
LII GEE GEE. TIL OFFICE
NAsiP. SEE
tn man who can't take OF.
ders shouldn't get married.

Big Eddie 20 his wife: When I say
FIVE I'm going 10 hit you In the nose.
Five!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
HE'LL NEYER Or OuT


HE'LL NEVER GET OUT
How does " happen that YOU'RE
still In PRISON. asked tho sympa.
thetic lady visitor. Il thought Gov.
Hart pardoned all you murdercrs."
"0h. I'm not a murderer" replied
the meek little man In Cell IL. TIN
Just the gink who got 20 years for
stealing n loaf Of bread for his fam
~"
There Is no truth 20 the rumor that
after Gov. Hart's term OF office, the
Vella waiia peniieniiary viii be
turned into beat sugar factory.
Sign 90 the Back % . Fsydi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22
CRASHES
ON NIGHT
AIR TRIP
Body of Victim Is
Found by Brother
Pilot Close to His
Plane

NE KALB, Ill, Dec. 2z.-The
~ body Of Charles Gilbert, air
mail flyer. missing since last
night, was found 20 miles east
Of here today. according 20 the
local telephone office.
The body was several hundred
yards form the demolished air.
plane.
Gllbert's plane was found one mile
north Of Khnesvihe by r. @. Page.
another air mail pilot. who flew
from haywood field at dawn TO look
for u.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-22

Photo By Price Carter Star stair Photographers
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Evening star., 1924-12-31
NAVY FIVE WOULD ADD
MICHIGAN TO VICTIMS

CHICAGO, December Sion to
Michigan" is the cry of the Naval Acad-
emy basketers. who won their second
straight game on the Western invasion
Chicago was the victim last night, 20
to 81.
After Navy took the lead there was
little doubt of the outcome, but it was
long while before the Fasteners
could stop the Big Ten champions.
Chicago opened a whirlwiild attack in
the first 10 minutes and ran up a 10-to-2
score. The home five sank clean shots
from all angles and distances of the
floor.
Navy was slow to start, particu-
larly in view of the bewildering early
speed of Chicago. Finally Parrish
and Jones worked themselves In for
three baskets, and after that the Mid
dies gradually crept up until the
score was in their favor, 10 to II. at
half time.
The Navy squad leaves for Ann
Arbor, where the third game will be
played on Friday with Michigan.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
CENTRAL FIVE PLAYS
ALUMNI TOMORROW

With the exception of the annual
Central Alumni-Central game in the
Central High gymnasium tomorrow
afternoon, local scholastic basketers
will get little action on their home
courts before the opening of the
championship series on January TO-
However, GonZaga has scheduled
contests with two of the high school
teams, meeting Western in the |
street gymnasium on January and
Central on January s. Western also
meets Catholic University freshmen
on the latter date.
At least two Washington schools
viii enter the University OF Pennsyl-
vania tournament, in which Central
made such good showing a year
ago. Eastern, Western and Central
have received invitations to enter the
annual competition, but Coach
Ahearn, at Western, does not intend
to accept unless his team makes a
creditable showing in the coming
titular series.
Eastern's five expected tough op-
position today against the strong
Reading tPa.) High team In the steel
cage at Reading. Bennie and Radice,
forwards; Heeke, center and Scruggs
and kessler, guards, probably will
start the game for the Washing
tonians.
Gonzaga High Schools quintet was
defeated last night by st. Joseph's of
Philadelphia, 81 to II, in a game in
which the visitors led from the start.
The Philadelphians scored IA field
goals to four for the local team.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
'CHARGlNG BUFFALO"
WILL JOIN YANKEES

NEW YORK, December 31.-John
Levi, the charging buffalo" of the
Haskell Indian foot ball team, is
coming to New York to play profess
sional base ball as an outfielder.
He has signed a contract with the
Yankees.
Lewis coming recalls other days to
New York fans. Years ago Harry
Sockalexis, an Indian, advanced to the
plate for his first appearance in major
league company, with a group of
fellow tribesmen from a little island
in the Penobscot River above Bangor.
Me-, in the stands clad in tribal
robes and feathers. There was a
crack of bat meeting ball and Harry
SockaleXis was seated on the bench
before the din died. His hit had gone
over the fence.
Then. a little more than 10 years
ago, the great Jim Thorpe OF Car
Isle came to the Giants, fresh from
numerous national and interna tional
conquests. He soon left the major
leagues, however, and journeyed
about playing in the Pacific Coast
League and later in the Eastern
League. At last reports he was ap-
pearing with Twilight Leagure clubs
around Boston Six feet one inch
tall, Levi, a full blooded Arapahoe,
who can hurl forward pass 10
yards, is declared to be an excellent
fielder and superb hitter. He weighs
100 pounds and is % years old.
Thorpe described Levi as the great
est foot ball player he had ever seen
The newcomer bats and throws
right-handed and is said to approx
innate the style of Bob Meusel, the
Yankees left fielder.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Big Athletic Meetings Accomplish Little California and Nohe Dan
WINS
BOYS TENNIS TITLE

NEW YORK, December 31.-Ed-
ward Jacobs. 14-year-oId BaIti-
more youth. today won the nations
al boys' indoor tennis champion
ship by defeating Frank Shields,
Silver Beach. N. ", g., S--4, in
the final.
A sensational upset marked the
play for the Junior singles title
when Kenneth Appel of East
Orange, n. j.. and Mercersburs
Academy. the defending champion.
was eliminated i'm the semi-finnl
round by III. l.. johnson of Newton
Academy. Wabnn. Mass, S-6, 6-1.
JohnsOn's opponent in the junior
final tomorrow will be Horace Or
ser, New York schOolboy, who de-
feated Malcoimn II. Hill OF New
ton Academy, 6-3, 6-2, in the
other semi-final contest.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
AL0YSIUS ROAD RACE
DRAWS SO RUNNERS

In a field of so barriers that will
face the starter in the Aloysius r
mile modified marathon at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning, the local athletic
club has collected one of the greatest
aggregations of long-distance run
ners that has ever performed in the
Capital
Aloysius Club of Washington,
Emorywood Club, Hilton Club, Ster-
ling Club, Y. NJ. H. A., all of Balti-
more, and the Nativity Club of Phila-
delphia, have entered capable dis
tance men. Numerous college stars
and several well known unattached
runners of this section also will be
seen in action.
Entries already received follow:
1, Dan Healy; ., l.. S. Hammond; 3.
Mike Lynch; 4, Carol Brooks; :,
James Montague; @, Grattan w. Mon
tague; z, Joseph Stanley; 3, jeremiah
Looney, 8, AIo sius SefpIe, 10, Gerard
Augustine, AIoysius, Washington.
IL, Hamilton Bruenier; Il, Robert
Peters; IS, Nick Snair; IA, Harold
Peters; Is, Vernon Glendening; 16,
Frank Nash; IL, Raymond Rider; 1S,
Emil HergenrOeder, 10. Oliver BealI;
20, William e. Peters; II, Milton Sher-
man; %, John j. Peters, EmorywOod
Club, Baltimore.
23, Richard OIwin; "a, Albert Ham,
merSley; 25, Carl CIary; 20, TiIden
MacCubIin; p, Hubert Flynn; -, VIII
liam Sherwood; 20, Morton Sacks; 80
Edward RosenfeId; 81, Thomas DifYey
81, Henry Miller, Hilton Club, BaIti-
more.
33, Ted Loewenson; 33, Maurice
Klein; "a, Leon Levy; 35, Emil Haff-
ner; SO, Sol kopl0d, Y. Nj. III. A., Bal
timore, Md.
81, Edwin III. Shaw, jr.; IS. Louis
Shaw; 38. Ray mond Dorsey, Sterling
Club, Baltimore.
40, Frank Blum, CrosS-COuntry
Club, Baltimore, Md.
Al. James Morris, Nativity Club.
Philadelphia, Pa.
42, William Agee, unattached, Bal
timore, Md.
43, Samuel III. Martin, Dartmouth
College.
~, John s. Mckee, Cornell Univer-
sity.
as, Henry ID. Mirick, Princeton Uni
versity.
At, ELLIS III. Martin, Washington
Canoe Club.
4s, Edwin S. Mckee, U. S. Naval
Academy.
40, William C. Nicholson, De Molay
Club, Washington.
SO, Karl G0ttschalk, unattached, Re-
lay, Md.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
STANFORD TO COUNT
ON SEVERE PLUNGING
BY WALTER CAMP.

NEW YORK, December 3I.-Gienn
Warner and his Stanford team will
go at Notre Dame at Los Angeles to-
morrow with some severe line plung-
ing on the part of Hey and Bogue.
two stalwart line drivers. The writer
does not expect to see them give
Rockne's line q great deal of trouble
at first, but the cumulative effect of
their plunging will tend to wear down
the line. They will not drive at the
middle, but on and off guard and tao
kle, just as Hey did against CALI
fornia.
To Warmers aerial game, while he
will use a few short ones, his main
reliance will be the long passes. the
ball being handled twice behind the
line before 1T Is passed.
warner has no great speed men
behind his line, although he has one
or two that he may slip in for that
purpose. He has no really extraordi-
narily long punter, but his punters
get good height and his ends cover
the kick well.
On the defense he is tight and DOW
erful enough in the line, but against
Notre Dame he will have to bolster up
his line behind tackle and end with
his secondary, spreading them out
little more than usual, so as to take
care of the end and tackle running of
the -four horsemen."
This is likely to leave his defense
Vulnerable to an Intermediate for
ward pass, which Rockne's team work
with great precision.
Notre Dame will go in for speed.
Rockne may put in some second
string men for a time, as he has done
In other important games, but when
he does make his strike 1t will be fast
and furious. with a mixture of shifts
and passes. Moreover, IL Stanford
takes care Of the wings or drops a
man out of the line as a rowing GEN.
ter, Stuhldreher will make a cross
fire back for the middle OF the line, a
play that hurt West Point very seri-
ously last year.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

Sam Thompson'S career began in a
rather homely sort of fashion. The
start was much like Sans position at
bat where he violated all the rules
that are presumed to be set down for
proper placing of the feet, and a
proper stance, and stood any old way
that he felt like standing Usually
he was half slouched down. permit
ting all of his weight to rest on one
leg, but when he stood up and let
drive, he could hit the ball so hard
that infielders used to blow on their
fingers when they tried to stop
ground balls that he batted. and
many outfielders raced half way
across the town to catch up with
hits that got beyond them.
One day Sam was putting a roof
on house out in Indiana where he
lived. The town team was to play
Detroit and one of the town players
was unable to report. The head of
the club hitched up his trotter and
hurried to Thompson's home. They
told the base ball man there that Sam
was shingling house in the neigh
borhood and to the house the man
ager went.
After little negotiation he sue
ceeded in getting Sam to play that
afternoon for his team. 1t is said that
the price was $3.50, which correspond
ed to a days wages, and Thompson
thought he was driving good bar
gain to get a full days pay for a
half days work because he also had
his time coming on the shingling job.
Thompson was picked right off the
roof as he stood and went over to the
Evening star., 1924-12-31
GIBBONS -FIRPO BOUT
IN LONDON PLANNED

ST. PAUL, Mimi. December 81
Tommy Gibbons st. Paul light
heavyweight, today awaited word
from his manager. Eddie Kane, who
was in Chicago, as to acceptance of
terms for a bout in London, England.
with Luis Angel Firpo. heavyweight,
of South America.
Gibbons last night received a teIe-
gram from a New York representa-
tive of the National Sporting Club of
London. offering a 2o-round fight
with Ffrpo next March. A purse OF
approximately 100000 would be put
up. It was said. 60 per cent to go to
the winner
One thing WIS certain, Gibbons said
that before he accepted he would
make sure that the money would be
ready for him. When he visited the
British Isles recently to fight Jack
Bloomfield, Tommy received only a
small portion of the promised sum.
Gibbons took a long run through
the snow in hunt for rabbits yes
terday, and will continue that pas
time in lieu OF training stunts. His
next fight Is with Jack Burke, at
Grand Rapids, Mich. January 8.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

OllcI local QulIitSp StdIIlHS DIT .Ou y
Chet Webster, formerly of Business
High School, is handling the Jacks
and has under him a number of clever
tossers. Jack Smith, who made q
name for himself at Eastern High
last year and is now member of the
freshmen squad at Maryland Univer-
sity, will start the game at center;
Stevens and Faber, also former East
ern stars and now sporting Mary
lands colors, and Artie Boyd, a Tech
grad, now at Maryland, win take
turns at forward; while Joe O'Dea and
Pat OConnor of Catholic University will
fill the guard positions.
The Jacks have been practicing
daily against Coach Charley Guyon's
fast Eastern High five and are ex-
pecting to make trouble for the Corby
outfit.
Argyle Athletic Club will play the
first of a series of games with out-of-
town teams tomorrow night, when It
tackles the strong Western Presby-
terian team of Baltimore in the Will
son Normal gymnasium. The Balti-
more team is among the leading con-
tenders for the 135-pound title of the
Monumental City.
Washington Barracks Flyweights
fell before the Anacostia Midgets, 6S
to 10. Rankin and Gibbons were the
outstanding players for the victors,
while Rehkrof scored four goals for
the losers.
Sherwood 11O-pound team wants
two games for Friday. Call North
100S3.
Schwartz and Wiltshire starred for
the Freer Props when the Eastern
Preps were downed, 80 to 9.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
CLUB JOHNSON SEEKS
NO LONGER FOR SALE

Unless ]. Cal Ewing, principal
owner of the Oakland Pacific Coast
League base ball club, is doing a deal
of meaningless sputtering, Walter
Johnson probably will be back with
the world champion Nationals next
Spring. There may be something to
that runor from Ann Arbor of an
offer of financial aid to the extent of
$4,000 for Johnson, who aspires to
be a minor league magnate, but
Ewing says his club, which Johnson
once dickered for, is no longer on
the market.
According to reports from Oakland,
Ewing said yesterday: I'VE have
made all of our plans for next seas on
and are going ahead with them. We
have not heard from any Ann Arbor
men, nor any one else, since the deal
with Johnson was called off. The club
is not for sale.
Johnson, at his home in Reno, has
admitted that through Derrill Pratt
he had been negotiating with an Ann
Arbor capitalist hoping to reopen the
Oakland deal. The Ann Arbor man
is said to be p. T. Dobson, former
owner OF the Akron, Ohio, News.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

Ainsmith. battery mate of Walter
Johnson for several years; Ivy Olson,
long a shortstop in Brooklyn; Walton
Cruise, outfielder of the Cardinals and
Braves; Johnny Lavan, once noted
physician -shortstop OF the Cardinals,
and Johnny Rawlings, whose mar
velous play in the world series of 1921
was the final blow to the Yankees
Harold E. (Boots) Lever, former
University of Pennsylvania track star
who won the Intercollegiate 100-yard
championship of the annual Wilco
A A games last year in 9 AS seconds,
has entered for this Winters contest
on February and expects to face
Louis Clark. Chet Bowman, Alfred
Leconey and Frank HuSSey.
In the two East-West foot ball
games in California tomorrow three
members of Walter Camps first all
American eleven will appear.
At Berkeley, Capt. Horrell, the Cali
fornia center, whom Camp placed as a
line, in which Mckinley, one of the
Camp tackles, is a powerful link. At
Pasadena, Stuhldreher, first choice for
quarterback, will lead the attack
against Stanford.
Camps second team will be repre-
sented by Lawson, Stanford captain
and end, and Crowley, Notre Dame
fullback, one of the four horsemen.
The third all-star mythical eleven
will contribute Walsh. the Notre
Dame captain and center, and Inlay,
California halfback.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
CARRY DUCKPINNERS
BEAT BALTIMOREANS

The second block of three games
ketween the duckpin teams of the
Cay Ice Cream Co. of this city and
t& Hendler Ice Cream Co. of Balti-
more was rolled last night at the
Recreation alleys and resulted in a
victory for the locals by II pins. The
totals were: Carry, 1905; Hendler,
Ass.
The first block was rolled in Balti-
more December 16 and the Carrys
won by 95 pins. The third block prob
ably will be rolled in Baltimore, al
though the local quint has the right
to name the alleys. Previous to last
nights match the teams and several
guests were banqueted. The high
set went to the Hendlers, 579, and the
best game rolled was that of Peters,
who smashed the NAPLES for 1877.
The scores:
Evening star., 1924-12-31
K. o.'s "JACK DEMPSEY. "

HAMMOND, Ind, December 31.-
Jack Dempsey was knocked out yes
terday-a pasteboard Jack Dempsey.
A full-sized picture Of the heavy
weight champion in fighting attitude
in an East Chicago drug store win
dow so irritated Charles Logan as he
passed it that he let fly with hay
maker through the plate glass
Bleeding from cut wrist and face, Lo-
gan still was swinging when ar
rested
Evening star., 1924-12-31
TURNER AND BASHARA
PRIMED FOR BATTLE

Jack Turner and Joe Bashara are
reported to be in fine condition for
their New Year bout, which heads the
fight card at Fort Myer tomorrow
night.
Both fighters have enthusiastic fol-
lowings among the local fans and
should draw a crowd.
Matchmaker Frankie Mann has ar
ranged three preliminary bouts,
which promise some lively doings.
Kid Nakel and Black Pearl. two COL
ored featherweights, will meet in
the opener, while Billy Foreman of
Fort Myer, will tackle Billy Miske.
Midget Carbon. the Sd Cavalry's
little Corporal" and Eddie Leonard.
the Baltimore bantamweight, who
holds the scalps of frankie Neill and
Jack Cafoni, will mix 1t up in the
semi-final.