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Show ONE OF THE COMING MEN- .lames Williams. Champion Pug"it of . 1 tali. '-...' The coming athletic event nt the Golden Gate Athletic clnh promises to bo of great interest. In addition to the match between Jack Asliton and an unknown un-known James Williams, the pugilist who recently defeated Stradcr of lark Citv, will have a go with an Ogden man. Speaking of Williams, who, by the wav.isaSall Lake City man. he is one of the coming men. He is youngyet, being be-ing but 23 years of age. He weighs when iu condition KiO, and his manager, Ziek Abrahams, will back him against any man of his weight in Utah for from $lt)0"to $1000 per side. Williams has a good record. He lias defeated Johnny Glina of Los Angeles in eight rounds; Tom Youug of Peoria, 111.. iu eighteen rounds; Young Cannon two rounds, and Tom Mcluerney of Sacramento, Cal., in forty rounds. This was the hardest light of his life and while he did not knock his man out, Mclnerney was so badly punished that his seconds threw uj) the -sponge. His last light was with Strader, whom he defeated in seven rounds. Jinnnie is a good man. |