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BURGE WILL f BE REFEREEI 4I«. II ICHOSEN TODAY TO OFFICIATE AT •* THUR^TON-WILLIAMS FIGHT jON THURSDAYr__.Johnson and Donovan and Forbes and I Hamilton Entered for Pre-I liminaries.Billy, otherwise known as “Monk* Burge was selected today to act a referee at the fifteen round fight : tween “Kid Williams, welterweigi t champion of the Pacific Coast ai 1 . ‘ Dutch” Thurston, at Scribner's Opera ; House, Thursday night. No better; man could have been chosen. Burg *, lias refereed every fight in the cb/j this season and there has never been • a kick coming at his decisions. King followers are always satisfied that ! there will be something doing every minute of the time when it is giv* ri out that Billy is to referee, as he i-not the kind of a sport to stand foi ; any stalling or crooked work in the ring.Before the last fight, Burge declared ! that if the welterweights did not iigh*. from the first clap of the gong hlt; j would call the fight off without the I slightest hesitation and he has r\pressed the same determination rlt;#\ garding the coming go.| 'Die preliminaries, as they were changed last evening, promise to be nearly as good as fie* main event. The first will be between “Kid ’ Johnson of Los Angeles and “Young Donovan, o' Butte Montana The two feather j■ Wrights already lave reputations afast, goers. The bout is scheduled for -h1v rounds. Hamilton and Forbes, I both of local fame are entered for thlt; second preliminary which is to la t! four rounds. Th* *lt;* f wo boys hav both fou o.i in pndiminary bouts in, i hlt;* city during the past few menti s (and have made a good showing on ealt; a . occasion. The card as a whole, is better than any that has been present-' ed to the local ring followers this sea json.
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The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Tue, Jun 13, 1905
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
John H.
IL, USA 17 Jun 2018
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