The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-09
LOCAL FIGHT
.M0GUL SEEKS
JIMMY DUGAN
Heavyweight Champion Of
Iowa Will Oppose Local
Protege Of Flynn
THIRTY ROUNDS SOUGHT
Exceptional Card Has Been
Planned For Missouri
Slope Fans
THIRTY ROUNDS SOUGHT

After three weeks OF hectic nego'
tiations, Jack McCann, Bismarck
heavyweight and new addition tc
the stable Of Leo P. Flynn, man
arer Of Jack Dempsey, has beer
signed to meet Ralph Alexander
champion heavyweight Of Iowa, in a
ten round bout billed for Patterson
hall, Thursday night, December 10
It will be McCann's first profess
sional appearance IN North Dakota
the heavy smuggling Bismarck boy
having appeared but once in North
Dakota ring and that was an cxhi'
bition.
Staged for the benefit Of Com.
PAW A Of the North Dakota Ma
tional guards, Missouri Slope fans
will be offered one of the few
heavyweight scraps that have been
arranged in North Dakota in the
past % years and in signing Nc
Cam Who has some recognition as q
challenger for Tunney's crown, To-
cal promoters have scored scoop
on Twin City and Chicago promo
ters who have eagerly sought this
natural match.
That the local followers Of the
fiRht racket may be offered the best
that is to be had in this section, the
services Of stout-hearted Jimmy
Duran. Capital City lniddleweight,
are being bid for. Dugan has baked
It. the prospect Of IL round en-.
counter with an unannounced op.
ponent. Dugan has never Travelled
more than eight rounds and states
111et b has been training for only
800 yu1nd encounters.
Dugsn Balks
Just - Dugan will face If his
nane = affixed to . contract IS q
mystery but II is thought that Ralph
McGirl, Elgin slugger and formerly
Denver ring luminary, is one posi-
bility while Earl Orion or Jimmy
Lynch Of Grand Forks are two
other likely foes.
Alexander, who halls from Water
loo, Iowa, is veteran Of 86 tights.
Among the men he has met and de-
feated in his career are Bob Mar
tin, A. E. F. champion whom he
knocked out twice. Kid Muskie.
lock Adams, Earl Blue, stablemate
Of Billy Petrolle, who called quits
after being manhandled by the Iowa
boy for Z rounds. and many other
ring luminaries. :.
il q telegram to the sports editor
q The Tribune today, Alexander
Said that he was in the best trim Of
bis career, that he has beer
training for an invation OF Chi.
caro arenas, that he has still
to be knocked out AND
that McCann's reputation will be
ruined when he gets through with
him.
II Dugan signs today, arrange
ments for the preliminary bouts
viii 20 forward. Thirty rounds Of
milling will probably be offered
with three or four warmup goes
preceding the McCann-Alexande1
and Dugan-? embroglio. One
match between two colored boys and
another between the "scrappingest'
soldiers at Fort Lincoln are wanted
Proceeds to Company A
All the proceeds Of the fight card
will 20 to Company A who have
been having financial difficulties
lately and were only too glad to have
the chance Of promoting the card.
A long distance call from Sanger
N. D., where McCann has been do.
ing heavy training during the fall
brought the news that the stslwart
sparring partner. Of Dempsey
wonld trek to Bismarck the early
part Of next week and giv+ the ring.
worms = chance to look him over.
Alexander stated in his telegram
that it was doubtful il he would ar.
rive before Dec. IL. three days be.
fore the fight, but that he would bt
on deck to hold . public workout
with the rest Of the scrapners OF
the charity program.
Seats for 700 fans are being bull
and every seat will be ringsid.
lookout and not . "rimside" frost
according to the moguls.