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BOXING.IF—•lark Johnson were not » heavyweight champion ho would bo a cotton carrier;Ad Wolgast would bo a hoofblaric;I'ackey McFarland a btrtc.hor boy;XT. Gibbons a rallrond f How;At Falser a fine boilermaker;K. 0. Brown a hot-dog peddler;Johnny Kllbane a nice little clerk, wearing nick (lea to match h a socks and hatband.Joe* Rivers, the l/* Angeles nspir ont for th lightweight champlonelp, la thlt; latest victim of Joe Maodot, the little Frenchman from New ('r-leins. Some punch has this llttl, j French wonder.Jim Driscoll, the champion English ' lightweight, will make hi* third visit to this country, sailing tomorrow. He wants to meet Ad Wolgast, Johnny Kllban und I'ackey McFarland, and mo. go to Australia from America.Freddie, who la now matched to rnii-t Mutt Wells in I.ondon early In November (or the lightweight championship of England, arrived In America last week and was at once ap proached by Billy Gibson with a proposition to tak. Ad Wolgast'■ place against Packer McFarland. Welsh hag met McFarland three times. TheI Inst battle was a t»enty round affair in fgradon and was called a draw.Freddie has been tossing hay up on Elbert Hubbard’s farm for tbc past two months and has worked himself into th, best condition he has been In for a long time.Jack Britton Is also a candidate for the position as subst lute for Wolgast against McFarlnnd.8lckePs full millinery opening. All arc Invited. From 1:30 to 10:00 tonight.visit the Ilcrrick millinery opening, Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
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Ottumwa Daily Review
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1912
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