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Show FEATHERS TOHAVE TMI1HI Azevedo Meets Chavez, and Sanders Tangles With Williams, Tounic Azvdo. the le-.-al feathertvejg'nt chsmpion, -who will tackle Bonny Chavez Tonight in the Grand theater in the six- round headliner of the Manhattan dub thow, is in shape for a strenuous battle and expects to nip the Denver sensation. Chavez is tho classiest boy Azevedo has ever tackled an1 his friends want to see how he will handle himself. The local boy has been doing pome, phenomena) battling bat-tling this winter and has had little trouble trou-ble in winning from his opponents so far. The, Denver featherweight, however, has had five years of active experience against some of the best little men in the ring and is an old timer at the six-round pa me. He has a terrific wallop and knows how-to how-to handle himself to get it across. The other six -gong- ba t tie will be between be-tween Guf Williams, the local favorite, and Frank ie Zanders, a fast Xew York scrapper. This battle is causing as much comment as the headline, as it is the first time Williams will have met a real classy rinester. Sanders has been rlnin? the short round frame in Xew York for a couple of years and is a tough boy. He not only experienced, but also has much ability and hits a fast clip right from the start. Mo has been schooled in the six-round six-round battles and can po a terrific pace. Williams has more ahilitv than anv other of the local string of boxer.-?. He began be-gan his ring career this winter and h;us boen showing wonderful improvement with every fight. He has a tough wallup and bandies himself like a vet. He id heralded as the "new find" and his supporters sup-porters are touting him as a coming nils' Ftar. In the four-tilt affair Kid Dutch and Yankee Allen will swap wallops. This should be a bout with plenty of action. Jack Brunsell, who has been showing-much showing-much class as a slam-bang battler, will mix things with Battling Nelson. Both these boys are tough customers who can make things lively for four rounds. Kid Holt, one of the classy little scrappers scrap-pers of the Manhattan club, will take on .lack Doyle this evening as the first preliminary. pre-liminary. These boys are both fast and game. A spirited battle is expected. The amateur curtain raiser will start .things off. |