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Show battle of Bantams Tor the Championship at r Detroit De-troit toaight. . DETROIT, Feb. 27.Harry. Forbea 19 he favorite over Andy Tokell In to-Ight's to-Ight's fight for" the bantam-weight hamplonshfp cf the world, at odds of Vi and 3 tp 1. These figures are largo-! y the creation of Tokell'a followers, ho have rnonev to betf but will not lace jt At anytrTTng under 24a to 1. The 'orbes people, v who have already In ! neir minds counted,, carried away and I pent the winner's part Of the purse, ! v-ill not give better than even - money, j 'hey claim that Tokell is largely an un- nown quantity, and under the clrcum- i tancea. J.hey should not be called on to I ive odjr.3. The bettin? at the ringside ill -probably be about 7 to 5 on Forbea. I Forbf-8 has had considerable difficulty i malting the stipulated weight 115, at i o'clock, but this morning he expressed imself as being within the limit and eclared that he would :not weigh an unce over. , Tokell will b Inside the eight "without question. . - The fight will be called tonight at bout 10:30 o'clock.- There are two ten-ound ten-ound preliminaries. |