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EACH IS SHIFTY BOXER AND ABLE I TO PUT BP SCRAPWILLIAMS AM) CLARKE CONTENDERS FOR TITLE.j -j Their Bout Next Week Will GiveFuns Opportunity of Wit.ue.s.s-inju Be«t Go of Tear.Member;:* of the Southwest Athletic Club are going fG vvitriei-s one of the cleverest exhibitions of (tstcuflfw ever turned out when Bnrnoy Williams and Jeff - 'larke step into the squared circle at the dub theater next Wednesday night.Followers of boxing know Abe Attlel’s reputation for dancing. sidestepping around a foo and shooting in a jack and getting away; they know how Battling Nelson ha? withstood punishment and has allowed rights and lefts to rain onto his face, and they also know how Tom Sharkey could hit. ,There'‘t a wonderful combination -At* toll's cleverness, Nelson's ability to stand the* gaff and Hharkey’.j terrific punch.Working Ereby Day.Well, just roll all that into a couple •►f packages of Jflo pounds each and you have these William}* and Clarke persons.Both Williams and Clark* are doing stunts each afternoon and evening in the athletic club’s gym quarters. They arc there to show admirers how they move about in the 24*foot circle. Clarke Is j working out in the afternoons and WJ1- | dams perforins under tho calcium at j night. !These two men—Williams a Caucasian and Clarke an Ethiopian are serious contenders for them iddleweight championship. One or the other of them is to be outpointed when again they meet.Of this there is no question.Get Popular Award.A popular decision is to be awarded one or the other.At their previous entertainment they boxed ten rounds to a draw. Hardly any two men in the house could agree on a decision. Their fifteen-round scrap next week will determine which ia the best man. iIt's only a matter of time until they will break out in some fight town and demand a go with the champion. Either Williams or Clarke Is going ahead fast from the bout next week and each man is going to exert every effort to outbox -Ida opponent.Fans here are going to see an exhibition well worth the club assessment. To miss it will be to pass up one of the I best shows the club ever has staged, i----
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Wed, Dec 20, 1911
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