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WILL BE THE SEASON'SBIGGEST BOUT.■ _ wHarry Wuest, Cincinnati Heavyweight, Is Here Getting Ready for Contest With Jeff Clarke*Harry Wuest, the phenomenal Cincinnati heavyweight who is carded to travel over the marathon route in the feature bout with Jeff Clarke as an opponent before the members of the Southwest Athletic club at the Club theater on Friday night, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon accompanied by Joe Gorman, the Frisco middleweight, who will act as his handler in putting the finishing touches to his training.Wuest had an unusually long jump. From Charleston, S. C., where he defeated Jack Gilbert Friday night, he has traveled night and day to get on the ground to condition himself properly to negotiate the distance.Clarke, who had been looked upon as an invincible proposition in the boxing game until he met defeat at the hands of Wuest at Springfield on two occasions, has been putting in some mighty strenuous licks in the gymnasium with Luther JMcCarthy, and appears to be whipping into condition.—
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Tue, Feb 27, 1912
Page 4
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