Show JACK DOWNEY IS TRAINING HARD Jack Downey Downer the local ml middleweight boxer who meets Eddie Palmer Palmor tho the recognized champion of 01 the colored race race In one of ot Downings main events In n tho the Grand theatre next Monday night Is training like 0 a champion for forthe forthe the match Downey Downe was formerly one of or the tho best middleweights in the countr country coun coon tr try until ho neglected his training He took look on so much weight that he has been compelled to box boJo all the white hopes around this part of ot the country It is Just recently that the fans realized real real- 17 d that he had tal taken en tho the game se seriously so- so again this season and had trained down to his natural fighting weight of poun pounds Dow Downey e has trained dally daily for tor tho the past four tour months not only In the g gymnasium and on the tho roads but he hehns has hns performed a regular c comebackS comeback and although the fans realize that Palmer Is the best fighter of his weight In the tho colored race today the majority of or them arc willing to stake the family fam fani- ily platter on the thc local veteran to bring home homo the tho long end of or the tho money Heretofore Palmer has hus dazzled his hla opponents with his speed and cleverness clever clever- ness nose hut but tho the fans tans will see Mee Palmer tho the tighter fighter this time not the boxerS boxer us as ho he realizes that ho mn made e a n grave mistake before by br not going in to finish his opponents He Ho sn says s 's ho lie will either do doBO BO 80 this time lime or go down for the count t trying a I Both men have been doing a lot of road work In the mornings and boxing In the gymnasium In iii the afternoons and unless the they meet with some accident accident accident acci acci- dent between now nos- and amid Monday night will step in the ring trained to the minute Thi is tho the first t time that Downey has hus ever e had a real opportunity to show tho the local fans tans that ho is a real top and he ho Is going s to make makeI I the tho best of It Palmer will be fighting to regain the pre prestige that he lost loat som some sometime time ago and realizes that he must battlo battle over every Inch of tho the wa way and win decisively in order to a again be a il good g card carll here Swede Johnson and Bob Moore l who vho will turn furnish Ish the other round six six main event are arc also working hard and will and will be c In the best hest of 01 shape for the two ex extra extra ex- ex tra rounds The Thc unusual Interest that In is being Laing manifested In the bouts has imas spread to the fighters anti and thc they arc are all working all like hike beavers ers to got get In perfect condition I in order to win their bouts as quickly as possible i I |