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Preliminary Bouts Are Tiresome and Never Interest Patrons,Three ten-round bouts between boxersof sufficient ability to interest his patronsis the new idea advanced by ManagerGeorge'SBiemer, of the Summit Citv Athletic club, and in staging the opening card at the Majestic theater on Friday evening he will try this on the public.Provided all the bouts go the liipit, the card will provide: a couple of hours of good amusement and at the popular prices that will prevail the quality and quantity ought to be ample to satisfy. Putting on the bouts at the Majestic theater la also a new idea. Princess rink has drawn some excellent crowds but there was a decide dslump last year In attendance and ;.in' an effort to ascertain the cause the I location has been changed to a more central one.Bill O’Connell will send down another boy to try for Frankie Mason’s measure, something that most-of the Chicago stable boxers have failed to do. and this time it will be George Girrard. Blemer asked for a good boy to put on in the semi-, windup and the Chicago people seemed to think that George is the lad for the work and says he is rugged enough to stand any amount of punching that Mason may , be able to give him.They also say he Is something at that punching game himself and that unless the local boy jg better than he has been for some Lime he will have a tough argument on his hands.Young Klenke makes the third of the local boys on the bill as Glen Ooakley Is billed with Murphy In the feature event of tlie card. Kenkc is to go over the ten-round route with Harry Rlede. of Denver. It is proposed to make all three of these real boxing matches rather than to stage an opening list of events with a lot of joke fighters in the lot.Barney Furey will replace Eddie Santr.v as referee. He is from Cincinnati, and is said to be a capable third- man In thering.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Tue, Sep 15, 1914
Page 8
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