United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Stein, Ben1927-10-19Business contract between manager and owner of the Douglass Theatre Ben Stein and boxer Texas Tanner, dated October 19, 1927, establishing the terms of a proposed boxing match at the Douglass Theatre. Tanner agrees to fight Atlanta-based boxer Eddie Cox or another opponent at the Douglass Theatre, and Stein agrees to pay Tanner forty dollars or the privilege of taking a fifty percent share of the gross receipts from the fight. The contract is signed only by Tanner.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.text/htmlimage/jpegdbr006enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 156, document 21.African American boxers--Georgia--MaconBoxing matches--Georgia--MaconBoxers--Georgia--MaconProfessional sports contracts--Georgia--MaconEntertainment events--Georgia--MaconBoxing--Georgia--MaconArenas--Georgia--MaconTanner, TexasCox, EddieStein, BenDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Contract between Ben Stein and Texas Tanner, 1927 Oct. 19Text