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Show . .j Officials for Friday's Big Battle at Toledo ' f? : L "?&j AK V X v' ; -k 4 v"-1 L n 5 1 vT, j 4 j 1- m- - J Olive -L; To - f mV " -r,4 OLL7E PKCORP, noted ivfcrce of Toledo. h;is boon named to referee the 1 championship contest on July 4 ;it Toledo between Jes Willard and .Tack! Dempsev, according to a report from Toledo. iYcunl will he assisted by Major, A. .). Drexcl Biddle, of PhiiuHelphia. and Tex Kiekard, promoter of the oontest, ! who will act as judges. W. Warren Barbour, former amateur heavyweight champion cham-pion boxer of New York, will be timekeeper. Jack Skelly, of Vonkers, N. Y., was named as alternate referee. Oliver rVronl, of Toledo, Ohio, is a former pro-I pro-I fessional boxer and bull player. He is yt-ars old. IVeord aided Jim L'orbett when the latter was training for his last contest with Jim Jeffries. His career as a referee began in IM'-i at YVillistnn, Ohio. Bouts at that time required a ; fearless referee, IVeord many times entering the ring with a revolver for projection. pro-jection. Since that time he bus rei'ereed about -I'll) contests. lie was appointed 'official referee of the Toledo boxing commission when it was organized a year ago last April. |