The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-15

!, wind-up between Johnny Dundee and Young Wagner, boys with strong fol- lowings in this city. Quite an att traotive show and one that will help to assuage the grief of the fans at the loss of opportunity to witness the feather-weight champion in action. This stunt of putting on "all star bills at local clubs is becoming very fashionable. In fact, everybody's do- ing it; everybody who is. anybody. Billy Gibson, Tim Hurst's successor as manager and matchmaker of Mad ison Square Garden, has fallen for the idea and will serve every week g big bill calling for the services of stars of the ring from far and near. Gib- sons first show is down for next Monday and will no doubt attract a big crowd at the historic arena. A joust between Hopes" Tom Kennedy and Jim Stewart will wind up a bill of more than forty rounds of boxing.
 Nothing, came of all the talk about Ad Wolgast meeting Packey McFar- land, Matt Wells and several other more or less promising light-weights. New Workers felt confident Ad would starting westward to- tackle Joe Riv- ers,, but the champion failed to sign the documents that would assure his appearance in a Gotham ring.
 Wolgast's failure to box here, to hear his friends tell it, was due to the neglect of matchmakers to come for ward with sufficiently alluring terms. If the truth were made known, it would be discovered that Ads disap- pointing exhibitions against Willie Ritchie, and later in the six round bout with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's s kid brother, were the real reasons To- cal offers were passed up The de- e. YTY@ k~ AKn- FarIand, and Tom Jones very. sensi- bly, refused to risk the champions reputation in a short bout with the classy Chicago boy. Wofgast would have to be at his very beststto make any kind of decent showing opposed to Packey. in a contest of only ten rounds.
 I note where Mcfarland has decid- ed to take a vacation in the shape of a trip to Europe. While on the other side he hopes to witness the Olympic games and otherwise enjoy the holi- days earned in a long and strenuous campaign in the ring. My best wish es for a pleasant voyage and all- round good time will go with Packey, who is one of the incest little gentle men in the profession.
 Willie Ritchie and Jack Britton have been in these parts for several weeks trying to induce local boys to meet them, but without success att tending their effor~e. Leach Cross, who boasts of his marvellous ability, was invited to sign articles, but would be beaten. It said that Cross also ran out on an agreement to box Joe Mandot at one of the local clubs.
 While Cross has shown improvement in his work recently, he has done nothing that would warrant his at- tempt to dictate terms to boys with regulations such as Briton, Mandot and Ritchie have earned in the profession These lads have gone the long routes against really. classy opponents, and with credit to themselves. Cross has never appeared to advantage in any but the short bouts in the East and then only when permitted to resort to tactics that should bar him from the sport. Cross single start over a distance ended in miserable failure. Dick Hyland, never a bear-cat, stop ped him on that question.
 JAS. J. CORBETT.