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Show ANY OLD EXCUSE WILL DO IN A PINCH ' Tommy Walsh the New Orleans promoter and handler of boxers, IB not at all dismayed that K. O Brown was given the decision over! Frankle Russell In a recent letter he says- While many of the fans thought that Russell was entitled to a draw Cgalnst Brown, still we will abide by the decision of the referee Russell I was a victim of overconfidencc in that mntch He had bet all his i nd of the purse on himself and also had his friends betting It was natural When he Jumped Into the ring dm ! he should bp nervous He did not i start until the seventh round, and I from then until the end he beat Brown al! the way. Frankie will soon star' on a tour of the middle west andj on returning will meet Leach Cross hero some time in March He is a I bo who had to run away from horn to get a chance to box and will make good in the end. |