Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-30
LEARY HOPES TO
PROVE HE'S THERE
Billy Thinks He Can "Come
Back" and Gus TrOxler
Gives Him Chance.
JACK PALMER OPPONENT

Billy Leary, fc .her leading well |
terweight, of this State, hopes to
make good at the Central Institute
tonight, when he will box four rounds |
with Jack Palmer, sturdy local lad
in a bout billed as the main event |
Leary has been in training for the
last two weeks, and several of his
friends believe he will record a vic
tory.
Kid Boonton, of Orange, and Young |
Frenchy, of this city, will have it out
in the four-round semi wind-up. The
preliminaries, which number five, are /
as follows: Battling Stevens VS.. Carl
Wherle, Kid Tray VS.. Elmer Leigh
ton, George Gillon VS.. Andrew Cum
ningham, Young Dundee VS.. Bob
Russell and Jimmy Smith VS.. Jack
Trautwetter.
Banty Lewis, of this city, added
Bobby Grant to his string of victims
at Browns Gymnasium. New York,
on Saturday night, when he knocked
out the Manhattanite in the sixth of
a scheduled ten-round bout. left
swing to the jaw did the trick, the
finish coming rather suddenly. Both
boys were fighting hard when Banty
put over his left.
Joe Jeanette, of New York, and
Harry Wills. of New Orleans, negro
heavyweights, were matched yester-
day for ten-round bout at New
Orleans July l.
Georges Carpenter and Bombar-
der Wells have signed articles for a
return match next fall in Paris or
London. Carpenter has signed to
fight Joe Jeanette, of New York.
some time in November or December
in Paris. Billey Beynon, new British
bantamweight champion, and Charles
Ledoux. French champion. now in
Los Angeles. have signed to fight in
the fall in London.
Jack Dillon keeps busy. His next
bout will be against Bill McKinnon,
the Boston middleweight on July g.
for ten rounds.
The St Nicholas A. c., of New
York, will hold the semi final Of the
featherweight elimination affair TO
find a candidate to meet Johnny Kill
bane on Wednesday night. The prin-
cipals in the triple event are six of
the foremost contenders in this di-
vision frankie Fleming, the cham
pion of Canada, is scheduled to box
Joe Goldberg, of Rochester, in the
opening event. Tommy Buck, of
Philadelphia. will meet Matt Brock,
of Cleveland, and Kid Julian, of
Syracuse, will try conclusions with
AL belmont, of Boston.
Charles Ledoux, of Paris, and Kid
williams. of Baltimore, were matched
Saturday to meet at Vernon. July 10,
in a twenty bantamweight
boxing contest.
Jim Flynn, who is en- route from
! Denver, Col, to New York via auto,
! to fight "Gunboat" Smith. said yes
terday that he will retire after the
] battle.
There are two important> boxing
bouts to be decided this week on the
Pacific coast Willie Richie will de-
fend the worlds title against Joe
Rivers at Frisco, and Leach Cross
will box Bud Anderson at Los
! Angeles.
In a boxing bout at Boyertown,
Pa, Saturday between Kid Alberts.
Of Elizabeth. and Kid Watson, of
Pottstown, the former was given the
decision Watson. who had the bet
ter of the initial round, saved himself
in close quarters by clinching.
|
Five rounds were fought between
Joe Grim and Barney Ford yesterday
in a closely guarded stable at Phila-
delphia. The fight took place in the
presence of more than fifty business
men and several boxers of the south
ern section of that city.
When the bout was ended in the
fifth round by Mike Curcio, who acted
as referee, both men were on the floor
of the ring, which was specially put
up for the occasion. During the fight
Grim scored two knockdowps and
showed some of his oldtime skill,
and also proved to the audience,
whose cheers could be heard for a
block away, that he can still take
punches on the Jaw and keep on
smiling.
Frankie Conway, of Philadelphia.
and also known as Hun" Ferris, of
Orange, will box Kid Herman in the
! main event at the Point Breeze Mo-
tordromc, Philadelphia. tonight.