The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
B.A.C..Offers A Fine Card
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Semi-Windup Affair In It. self Will Be Real
 Attraction

In addition to the two headliners. an affair of the mat between Kid Barring ton and Tom Lacey, and a knuckle- tapping between Freddie Boorde of At lanta and Phil Nelson of Nashville, Matchmaker Evans came through with another bundle of news in regard to the wrestling festival and athletic show to be staged in the Birmingham Ath- letic club gym Friday night of this week.
 Brother Evans takes special pride in spilling the principals of his six-round semi-windup affair. and fans will be surprised over the names of the par ticipants. They are Speedy Newman and Spark Plug. Back several months ago, Messrs. Newman and Sparky took issue with each other in a B. A. c. ring. Things travelled along nicely until Spark Plug suddenly took up the study of astronomy and started calling all the stars by their first names. Speedy had caught him with a stiff one to the jaw, and Sparky went down like the market on Doc Cook oil stock.
 Spark Plug had an alibi for that humiliating incident in his pugnacious career. After he had "come to-" he made the assertion that Newman had caught him out of condition, had sneaked over a. lucky punch and that that was all there was too it. Many took Sparky's explanation with a grain of salt. They firmly believed that New man was Sparkys master The much mooted question will be settled Friday night, when the two boys renew their fistic feud.
 Chance For Crockard
 In juggling around to get the best possible card for the Saturday night show, Matchmaker Evans eyes rested on Bigboy Edwards. If he could only get a foe for the light-heavy. No sooner thought than done. Bigboy Crockard, 175-pounder, who thinks he has a great future in the ring, begged for the chance of trying his wares against Ed wards, and he was given the chance. Crockard takes the game seriously and has been training for months in the hope that he would eventually prove to boxing fans that he had enough merit to go against Young Stribling. It may be that Crockard, If he proves his merit in B. A. c. appearances, will eventually get a whack at Stribling. These two will step four rounds.
 Another preliminary event which has been arranged for Friday is a tussle between Petey Sarron and Kid Rich. This also will be unwound in four reels.
 BOOrde Popular Boxer
 Freddy Boorde hasn't been around Birmingham in almost a year. The fans still remember Freddy, however, and he is one of the most popular box CTS ever to appear here. They have been requesting for some time that he be brought back to the Ham and placed against some good boy. Freddy, who has been camping out in Atlanta since his return for sojourn in tho east, has written Matchmaker Evans that he would dock in Birmingham Monday morning and that he would work out daily at the club to taper off his training for his go with Nelson.
 It will mark Nelson's first appear ance in Birmingham, though much has been heard of him anent his prowess. Nelson is still in high school and in his teens, but in spite of his youth he has met some of the best southern featherweights in the business. When he triumphed over Benny Parman, who once fought such a sensational fight fans began craving an eyeful of this boy. Later. when he met and defeated Tommy Fowlkes. after Tommy had bat tied Tim O'Dowd to a standstill, draw here, boxing fans began urging Evans to bring him onto Birmingham. This he succeeded in doing the past week, when he got him to sign them there papers" for a 10-round go with Boorde.
 Officials of the B. A. c. expect to play to a capacity house Friday night, when the athletes get busy on what looks to be the best athletic card of the year