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PRIZE FI6HT DOPEThe Jeffertes-Johneton fight which is to be pulled off July 4th, for the heavy weight champion of the world.is attracting much attention in Montpelier, and already bets have begun to be pooled. While moat of the sympathy in the coming bout is with Jefferies, yet there is one supporter of the black man in Montpelier who feels that Jefferies will not be able tc get back in shape. A bet of $100 has been made and the money, on deposit at the FI net National Bank between the Johnson hacker and a re tired physician, ringside odds to be given. The same fellow says that he will bet several hundred more at the same odds that the negro winsMontpelier admirers of Biz Mackey, of Lima, the light-weight fighter, who appeared in Montpelier several years ago, wiU be interested to learn that Mackey fought a six round draw with Ad Woigaat, the present light-weight champion of the world. In 1007 at a little town in Michigan, and it Is said that Mackey had the best of the battle. Mackey was knocked out a few days ago In Boaton, but the man he fought had twenty pounds the bsst of hinai on weight. He will flgbl In the near futars at Boaton, and later at TMHhiw.
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Montpelier Evening Herald
Montpelier, Indiana, US
Tue, Mar 22, 1910
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