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Show Mitchell Suffers Paralytic Attack Just Before Bout MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan 2 Benny Leonard, lightweight champion cham-pion boxer, will meet Pinky Mitchell Mitch-ell at Milwaukee on Monday night, January 9, in a ten-round im decision de-cision bout Instead of thin afternoon after-noon aa originally arranged, the postponement being occasioned by a muscular affliction suffered by Mitchell. Leonard went through the formalitj oi weighing weigh-ing in this forenoon, tipping tho beams at 137 1-4 pounds. Billy Gibson, manager of Leonard, Leon-ard, figures that by having the champion meet Mitchell on the ninth ho will still be able to carry out tho arrangement for the champion cham-pion to fulfill his engagement at Now Orleans on January 1C. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan 2 The Benny Leonard-Pinky Mitchell Mitch-ell boxing bout scheduled for this afternoon has been declared off because of muscular affliction suf-fered suf-fered by Mr. Mitchell. Mitchell is suffering an attack of what physicians term myositis which is an inflammation of the muscles The trouble iffects his left shoulder and is said to paralyze para-lyze control of the arm. An effort is being made by Billy Mitchell, manager of Pinky. to have the bout postponed ten da.i. Mitchell wound up his active training Saturday and was reported report-ed to be In tho best of condition. The muscular trouble attackod him Sunday but nothing was glv- n out pending an effort to offset the affliction through a series of massage and either treatments. Not until this morning was announcement an-nouncement made about the trouble. trou-ble. Leonard and Mitchell were to weigh In for the boxing committee at 1 o'clock but this formality was abandoned when word came from the Mitchell camp that tho contest con-test uns off for tho day. Boxing .enthusiasts from all parts of the middle and northwest sections of the country had reserved re-served tickets for the affair. or. |