The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
JACK DILLON TO
 FIGHT HERRING
Two SIuggerss To Meet In Bout At Athletic Club On Fri
 day Night

Young Jack Dillon, Cincinnati vel ter, cohqueror of Frankie Jones and Johnny Tillman, is expected to land in the Magic City Tuesday. It will mark Dillon's first trip to the Magic City and he sincerely trusts it will not Joe his last. That all depends. If Dillon lives up to his reputation of being able to beat Red Herring he will be invited back again. If, on the other hand, he is unable to withstand the punches of the freckle-face he won't find the iatch-string hanging out in local box ing circles sny more: HeritnS anu Dli- lon are booked to shoot punches over the ten-round route at the Birmingham Athletic club Friday night.
 In bringing Dillon to Birmingham, Matchmaker Dave Evans sincerely he- lieves that he is trotting down iunl- mary who can give Red Herring a trouneing. Dave has nothing aga,nst Red Herring, miHd you, but the fans here have ne ~,r seen him beaten de- cisirely, and they are anxious to see some boxer attack Reds Angora and a goodly portion of his scalp as well.
 Before Dave would agree to bring Dillon in here for an engagement with Herring he sent for newspaper clip pings. These duly received, be saw where young Jack had plastered a big coyey of gloves in tho face of Johnny Tillman and received a referees yer dict Another clipping proved beyond the shadow of doubt that Dillon was master of Frankie Jones', the Pacific | coast boxer. In fact, Dillon's victory | over Jones was spectacular. Heralded as g. tough nut, Jones encountered js l fusilade of fists and was so badly bat. tered that he covered in his corner and refused to cope up for the sixth round.
 l Red Has Developed
 Local fans who would like to see l Herring Knocked for a row of roN boats shouldn't become too optimisti, over Dillon's chances of plastering tho kayo on Sir Red,. however. Herring ha. practically made himself over down or his farm on the Mississippi coast. H' has been wintering on that farm ant he has whipped himself into. excellen condition by impersonating the kaise as to wood-chopping. Red has beer cutting down timber and clearing nev ground. He has also been taking hike and plunges into the gulf. But hest 0 all, he has been soaking his. fists il | brine several hours daily, and he an nounces this method of treatment ha touehened his dukes wonderfully. Tha Las always been Reds sore spot pugi listically--his hands. They had a habi
 
 each tough fight with bona-fracture appearing occasionally. Advised by Bol | Roper to apply this method of treat ment to his rather tender hands, Re announces that his lunch hooks are a tough as anybodys now, and. that h is not only ready to go, but rearin to do SO. b
 Matchmaker Evans says he is work ing on, good preliminary feast fo the fahs and that the coming bou promises to eclipse anything he ha served up in some time. If Dillo knocks Reds map off he will probabl then be asked, to see what he can d in plastic surgery. On the other hand if Red wins, he and McGinty may neS be matched. Johnny, in the meantim, is taking a weeks vacation. The goin has been too strenuous for the boy tn past week; when he met AtIanta's cro of welters and came away with tw decisions and draw. Johnny met an defeated Avera on Monday night, h } got draw with Budd on Wednesda night in Atlanta, and Friday night l. came right back and knocked Chic Branch for row of dirigibles.