- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Letter: Augusta, Georgia to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, probably between 1927 and 1929
- Creator:
- Walker, Al
- Date of Original:
- 1927/1929
- Subject:
- Boxing matches--Georgia--Macon
African American boxers--Georgia--Macon
Arenas--Georgia--Macon
Boxers--Georgia--Augusta
Boxers--Georgia--Macon
Boxing--Georgia--Macon
Entertainment events--Georgia--Macon
Boxing managers--Georgia--Augusta
Sports promoters--Georgia--Augusta
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
Stein, Ben
Jackson, Battling
Leroy, Kid
Luckey, Abe
Webb, Spike - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
text/html - Description:
- Letter from Al Walker, promoter and owner of the Augusta-based Dixie Fighters, to Ben Stein, manager and owner of the Douglass Theatre, regarding possible boxing matches. Responding to a telegram from Stein, Walker apologizes for sending a 125 pound boxer and offers Kid Leroy, who he describes as a willing fighter of 135 pounds. He compares the rumored 160 pound weight of Stein's boxer, Jimmie, to the 150 pound weight of his boxer, indicating his disadvantage. Walker mentions that he is sending Stein advertising materials.
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. - Local Identifier:
- dbr008
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr008
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr008
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr008/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [2] p.
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 156, document 27.
- Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[Note: This document contains both written and printed text.]
[printed text:
AL WALKER
816 1/2 ELLIS STREET
PROMOTER AND MANAGER
OF
DIXIE FIGHTERS FIGHTERS THAT FIGHT
AUGUSTA, GA. [GEORGIA]
WRITE WIRE PHONE
ENROUTE]
[written text: Augusta Ga [Georgia] Saturday
Ben Stein
Douglas Thr [Theatre]
Macon, Ga. [Georgia]
Dear Sir
your special Tel. [Telegram] received this morning. Will answer at once so you may be able to get your show started. Now I am sorry about the 125 lb. [pound] Boy but the Best I have is Kid Leroy who weighs 135, if you can use him. Let me know and I will bring him along. He is a willing Fighter. and has never been whipped. Now some people tell me this Jimmie Boy weighs over 160. My Boy only weighs 150 stripped.]
[printed text:
NOW BOOKING
"Spike" Webb Abe Luckey Battling Jackson
155-160 138-140 155-160
Southern Middleweight Champion Welterweight Contender Colored Middleweight
Champion of the South.
Holder of Belt Given by
The American Legion 1927 Bars No One at
These Weights. will box any colored man in the world
at 160 lbs. [pounds] You Pick 'Em [Them].
]
Page: 2
[written text: any way [anyway] every things [everything] is OK for the 8th I can not [cannot] Box on the 9th as I am Booked for that Day. I am mailing you to Day [today] mat [material] on Jackson for your newspaper and you have the Paper make you a die for the cards. Also clippings, I will arrive in Macon morning of the fight. Hope every thing [everything] is O.K.
Very Truly Yours
[Signed] Al Walker]