Sunday, April 19 1907 -- Jim Jeffries' new arena boasts its first title fight next week, a welterweight championship match between Mike "Twin" Sullivan and Jimmy Gardner. Herriman wonders about the legitimacy of the championship fight, presumably because Gardner, the reigning champ, just fought Stan Ketchel for his middleweight title and lost. However, that did not affect Gardner's claim to the welterweight crown.
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