The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-05
COX And DILLON
READY FOR BOUT
B. A. C. Fight Card Mon
day Night Holds
Real Class

Matchmaker Dave Evans tor the DIT
mingham Athletic club had no sooner
got the announcement out of his mouth
that Jimmy Cox, conqueror of Young
Wallace, would meet Young Jack Dill
lon here Monday night than he also
came to bat with the lineup on the
remainder of the card. Cox gave Wal
lace a severe beating in Memphis last
of Wallaces victory over Red Herring.
Wallace gave Herring pummeling in
Monday night, this coming on the heels
his own home town at Biloxi, Miss.
just two weeks ago.
From this it appears at glance
that the club officials are getting a
better man to face Dillon here Mon
day night than would have been the
case had Jimmy Finley carried out
his end Of the contract. Finley called
off his end Of the fight when his eye
was reopened in a workout at Louis
vile this week. 1t was the same bad
eye that Jimmy sported when last seen
here against Johnny McGinty and he
was afraid to take chance with il
against Dillon.
Burke VS.. Lavoy
Red Burke and Sam Lavoy will fur
nish the feature semi-windup attrac-
ton of six rounds Monday night. Burke
has cleaned up everything of his weight
round Birmingham with the exception
OF Sam Layoy. He was fighting n
terrific battle against Lavoy some
months ago when the latter claimed q
low blow and the bout was stopped.
Burke is anxious to dispose of Lavoy
for he wants to go cunning against
Claude Wilson in the near future.
Harry Carter, the Atlanta boy, and
Kid Lott will fight for six rounds ms
another semi windup attraction, while
Jimmy Smith and Young Rich will
battle over the four-round route. In
addition to these preliminaries and the
corking headliner, Bogie Saab will seek
to show the mat fans that he is good
enough for Max Scholder or anybody
else his weight. Bogie was doing wrest
ling even before he took up boxing
and won the championship in the ITO.
pound class.
1t looks like stellar card all the
way round for local athletic enthusi.
asts.
When Jimmy Finley Cancelled his end
OF the bout with Jack Dillon, 1t would
seem that he did the fans of Birming-
ham favor, for the club officials inn
mediately got in touch with better
man than Finley and agreed to give
MIN huge guarantee to appear here
against Young Jack Dillon. The club
expects to play to a capacity house
when Dillon and Jimmy Cox meet in
their 1O-round go at the B. A. C. gym
tomorrow night, but it doesn't expect to
more than clear expenses on the sport
snow. Fact that such big guarantee
had to be given to get a man of the
type of Cox here for an appearance
makes it impossible for the club to clear
any money.
To Be Great Show
In spite of the merit of the card.
however, and regardless of the fact that
1t looks like the most meritorious show
staged here during 1924, President Her
bert Cobbs and his associates nm
nounced Saturday that prices for the
Dfllon-Cox go would not be raised A
bit. Every seat will sell for the price
OF all our attractions" said Mr.. Cobbs.
Finley disappointed us, and this is the
b. A. Us chance to show Birmingham
that we do big things in big way. We
dug down in our jeans and paid Cox a
big guarantee in order that we would
not disappoint the boxing fans of Biz
mingham."
A peep into Cox's record shows the
ring bug that he is a stellar boxer in
so far as Dixie is concerned and many
sheckles have been placed that he will
win from that socker of seekers, Young
Jack Dillon. Cox's most recent tri-
umph was over Young Wallace of New
Orleans in 10-round bout in Memphis
last Monday night. Wallace saw more
boxing gloves and felt more stunning
jolts on that evening that ever in his
ring career.
flush of victory on his face, having
handed Rebel Red Herring the worst
beating the red-head ever received, in
Biloxi, two weeks previous. Wallace
entered the ring full Of confidence and
emerged from it looking very much like
he might be full of prunes. Jimmy Cox
beat him in every round.
In the past six months Cox has boxed
and beaten Tommy Freeman twice, once
in Hereunder and once in 15-round-
er. The real significance in these two
victories is seen in the fact that Free
man has win over Jimmy Finley to
his credit. He also beat Kid Dugan in
10 rounds after the Kid had held Red
Herring to a draw. The past half-year
has seen Cox batter out victories over
Mickey Forkins, Icy Tanner, Cal Stew
ems and Oklahoma Smith.
This will mark the second time that
Cox has crossed Young Jack Dillon's
path. He met him in a Hereunder in
Louisville just a year ago. Two of the
Kentucky papers gave Cox the decision
at that time, one paper handed down
verdict that Dillon had won and one