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FIGHT SHOW TO BE HELD AT 8 TONIGHT'Everything All Sot for Big Athletic Festival at K.C. Hall. FIVE MATCHES ON CARD FOR TONIGHTThe boxing . trnlval planned by the hie Four barber shop and JoePercente for * hthe fight fan**of the city have been waiting, will , be held tonight starting a’ lt;t IT. rain ] or shine and promise* to be one of the best events of this variety ever staged in Logansporf. The Pght^rs * are all ready and the r-rsg is np, the timekeeper has his watch out and t ;e referee s got hi? gum shoes on lt;••rid everything is ad ?lt;-♦ for a big 1 11 inc.There b;-s beert much speculation ]about the big mab'hes. How will 1 Xeusbaum, the b. a! bantamweight. 'stark np against Hilly McClure, the ^ demon IJ5 pounder of big time cir , cults? Neusbaum is a smooth article but lack* the experience Me- lt;Clure has. This six round affair J should prove a thriller iThe Jeffries Hans scrap billed to 1 go eight rounds is also expected to t be a sight worth whib* These boy.- 1 put on a real show- for the Kokomo fans not long since and they are both bearcats in the 140 pound di-1 ; \ :sion.The well known Web h twins and twii other local boys will open the show for the lt;••, .niug The bov -have all met before and the calibre of the former scrap.- induced the promoters of tonight's festival toengage them.Joe Percente and Kid McKeever will meet in the main event of the, carnival and some-scientific glovetossing is expected of these men Both have fought first class bruisers a!! over the country, although they ( have never before faced each other Percente, however, has the edge on the dark skinned Philadelphian through bis many years' experience in lighting. He has fought such men as Terry Mctlovern and Bat tling Nelson when they were iu their prime and always put up strong op position. The bout promises to tie worthy of the feature pla« e on i heThe seats for the show arc selling at popular prices and a hi i*iupsides have been sold tor ni.ui) days. Many of the places in the re served section are also taken but ai; (he good seats are not yet .aken.from over the ha.iThe doors will be open at oYlo. k to allow the early birds with unreserved seats to take theirt liO'ifCr
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Logansport Morning Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 30, 1921
Page 6
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IL, USA 20 Sep 2017
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