The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 235, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1923 Page: 13 of 18
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TUESDAY.
We Do Business With Champions!
Champions of fair
play and fair prices >
—r who want good 's/:/) j5W\
work and are willing -
to pay for it.
We are expert at ~t7
‘knocking out’ knocks -£(/■ \fl
from automobile en- j&y
gines.
When your car “is down for the count”
bring it to us and we’ll repair it.
GENE ROTH & CO.
103 San Pedro Ave. Crockett 66
ROAD AND WRECKING SERVICE
DAY AND NIGHT
What Animal Has Neither
Tail Hands Nor Feet?
__ Answer:—Hot Dog!
KWe sell them (cool) •
—and too all other
tremendously good
meats.
Your meat menu is
one of the greatest fac-
• tors in long life and
you are selecting it well
when you trade at
k VANHORN’S
Quality Market
123 Ave. C.
fa DEMPSEY-FIRPO
SCHWAB FIELD
Next Saturday and Sunday No Games
Park Rented to Bull Fighters.
FREDERICKSBURG GIANTS
Two Games Sunday Sept. 23 10 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
MILMO NATIONAL BANK OF LAREDO
3 Games Sept. 29th and 30th.
’ now many will it Draw- 0
Tile biggest spelling event in history will
be held the evening cf September It. Men
are coming from Soyth and Central Amer-
ica fiom Europe Africa and even from
the Orient to be at the r ngside. This
super-attraction is the battle between Luis
Firpw the giant Argentinian—''Wild Bull
of the Pampas"—and Jack Dempsey the
ideal American fighting machine — naw
champion of the world.
The prophets of Sportdom say that if
Fir|>u lands just one of his mighty wal-
lops lie will knock Dempsey into the mid-
dle of Michigan. Whether he can or not
millions of people are wondering and lit-
erally one-half of the humans of this coun-
try will be waiting at the “ring sides" of
radio sets telegraph tickers and news-
paper bulletins while these giants are in
tlte ring.
MONDAY—SOLEDAD ROOF
KID GENE
PANCHO vs LaRUE
THREE OTHER GOOD BOUTS
IC J/ .V History of Pancho and La Rua’s two previous
*-- Al fights:
) "•" )"* *
J Kid Pancho won the first bout August 20th - _ .
" 1923 on a technical KNOCK OUT in the third
G round -
The second bout held on September 4th 1923 M
Pancho and La Rue were KNOCKED OUT in the X
' — fourth round both being counted out by the \
referee.
( fl ' THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN RING
r) 0 HISTORY THAT A DOUBLE KAYOE HAS
HAPPENED.
TICKETS ON SALE:
HOFFMAN HOUSE BAR HOLZSCHUHER’S DRUG STORE
412 E. HOUSTON ST. “THE HANDY CORNER”
TRAVIS 544 329 N. ST. MARY’S ST.
*
HEAR THE FIGHT
RETURNS BY RADIO
*
—
BLOW BY BLOW BETCKXS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS FROM THE ARENA. WILL
BE BROADCASTED FROM WOAI. Tuno up the old «rt ami
set in on DompW* biggest fight. If your sot Isn’t working
or you need a new battery or tube phone Crockett 2046 and
the trouble man will fix you up reasonably. For the bene-
fit of thos<> who do not own receiving eti w< have arrant 1
to receive the light returns at our store and you arc cordially
ii»ued to come dowr and listen to them.
WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF RADIO SETS.
Standard makes ranging in price from *35 to >275. FREE
TRIAL AND EASY TERMS IF DESIRED.
Wo also have a large stock of radio pa»ts and accessories
nil qualdy merehandlso at reasonable prices.
Mail Orders Filled Promptly
Wm. A. Parker Co.
Authorized R. C. A. Radio Dealer*
Phone Cr. 2046 324 W. Commerce St.
THE «AN ANTONIO LIGHT
The great Interest in this internMwmtl
boxing contest luts led merchants advertis-
ing on this page to offer several cash prize
ti the. persons who forecast or esthirite
mist ccrrcctly th? total attendance.
WIN A PRIZE
I'RIZKS—S7.OO for nearest estimate.
$3.00 for second best estimate.
$2.00 for third best estimate.
Contest eloses o p. m.. September 13th.
lu forecasting take into consideration
these facts: That the attendance of the
Dempsey-Gibbons fight was 20.000; that
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight was 01.000;
the Firpo-Wlllard cantest was 90.000: ami
the Dempsey ■ Willard bout was 30(100
Also give due weight to the fact that the
SPECIA HARDWARE CO
“HOUSE OF SPORT”
DEMPSEY AND FIRPO WILL WEAR 4-OUNCE GLOV?"
_ •' No Doubt They Will Be
—REACH—-
jx v 1\ COMPLETE LINE OF ATHLETIC
JU WB EQUIPMENT
W*-* BOXING TRUNKS FOOTBALL
— T “ AND SHOES AND
\ ( >7 SPECIAL DISCOUNT BASKET BALL
529 W. HOUSTON ST. CR. 8482
TRAVELLER’S
HOTEL
218 Broadway
(formerly Avenue C)
7 Stories of Solid Comfort
I
The Travelers Hotel <igar store will give 12 ten •
cent cigars (winner's choice) as a FOl lt'l H PKIZE
The winner's unnie will bo posted on the cigar
stand Saturday ft may be yon
We Hold the Steaks!
We serve fl delicious club steak supper with all
the trimmings. 5:30 p. m. to 8:30 p. ni.
All the guests of the Travelers Hotel are cor-
dially invited to dine at the Travelers Cafe.
Traveler’s Cafe
• 216 Broadway
I’oio Grounds Stadium will hold an almost
unlimited crowd; that th? prices of tickets
range from SS.GU to $23.00 ami that the
«<>:ites( is an international :ie.
Mail estimates with j air name ami ad-
dress to Ihe Contest Editor of the San
Antonio Light.
I estimate the attendnacc at the
Dempsey-Firpo bout will be:
Name
Addi•ess I
I
Jgty WE WANT
TO TELL
YOU WE
(•/)) CAN S AVE
v 1 • YOU MONEY 7
NO STORE ON YOUR
EVER DARED NEW FALI
MARK GOOD b
CLOTHES AS SUIT 1
LOW AS WE DO
M. J. ROOS CO.
1 ixclusive Clothiers
MAVERICK BUILDING
f
You'll Never “Throw Up the
Sponge" You Buy Here
Everything that
Firpo and Dempsey
will use before during
and after the fight —5 :
may be purchased
here. k( 1 1
Smelling salts band- ' » ) (
age tape absorbent -
cotton court plaster -
sponges tonics sanitary
lotions of all sorts—
Everything for the
invalid as well as the athlete.
Holzschuher’s Drug Store
“THE HANDY CORNER'’
329 North St. Mary's Street
“DEPENDABILITY RELIABILITY AND J
SERVICE”
PHONES:
CR. 881 CR. 345
CR- 8620 ’
SEPTEMBER 11 ft
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The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 235, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1923, newspaper, September 11, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1592699/m1/13/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .