Walter then resumed wrestling as a middleweight, and won the world title from Johnny Meyers, which he held for a year and eight months, Meyers regaining his title from Evans. Evans continued wrestling for some time, but gradually turned to refereeing and promoting. Later he assisted his father on the latter's Duroc-Jersey paper. In 1935 Evans turned his attention to golf, and since that date has been a member of the National Professional Golfers Association, attached to the southeastern section. In 1949 he won the senior championship at Atlanta, Georgia, and was runner-up in 1950, and again won that sectional title in the championship tournament at Birmingham, Alabama, in 1951. At present Walter is connected with the Columbus, Mississippi, Country Club.
Reverend Leroy R. S. Ferguson
Leroy Ferguson was born October 19, 1876 in the house which is now 115 East Fifth Street in El Paso. He attended and was graduated from the old East Side High School, later named the McKinley School. He was ordained a minister in the Methodist church, serving his first
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