The Washington herald., 1915-12-27

looks like they will r-t tosethcr. shanks is
| she Western heavyweight that Leo p. Flynn
is toutinS around the country.
smith has gone stale as a result Of fighting too
much. his manager Jim Buckley. has induced him
to take trip to Hot Springs. where he will take
| the baths and rest up for few weeks. smith
will lcsre for the springs IN Monday and will be
| ready to fight again in about four weeks.
Johnny Ertlc the crack St Paul bantam weight,
made such q great hit with the fight fans In Pha-
delphia BY the quick in which he knocked
out Young Diegns Of that rity in one round a
few weeks ago. that hc has Just been matched To
meet Erdie o'kcefe. another good Quaker Cit,
| bantam. for siN rounds at special show of the
| Olympia 4. e. on Isnnary u. Ertlc. it is said,
Is to receive guarantee II son.
Eddie Harvey. manager Of Frankie Whitney. Of
Cedar RaTids. Mich. who beat Ad Wolszst in five
| rounds at Atlanta Ga. last week. that he has
matched Whitney to meet Leach Gross in the main
go al the opening boxing entertainment Of the
| January l. They will battle for ten rounds st Is
pounds
Two bis onlorcd hea,y-Weishis. Harry Wills and
Dave Mills, will help Jim Cofey get into trim
| for his bout with Frank Moran in New York. next
| month.
Joe Mandot evidently can appreciate jok. as
| well as any one. After his knockout at the hands
Of Benny Leonard the other night. Joe turned to
his manager and said. We'll, forgot to duck that
one didn't II
Willie Astey tho riSred little west side bani am
weight and Young Rose q the cast side. will clash
in the main event OF ten rounds next Monday
night al the Olympic Club Of Harlem Astcy.
vino only last week defeated Young Rosner in one
of the most sensational bouts ever witnessed be-
| TWEEN little men. has been promised a match with
Johnny Erte al this club provided he is success
| full in winning decisirely over Rosc.
Knockout Brown. the blondhaire lightweight.
| who recently has been displaying his old form.
! has two bouts on kaso is now resident Of
Arlington. y. j.. where he has farm. with
| hundreds Of hens. and forth. He will
buN Banty Lewis. Of Newark. for the light weight
hampionshiT, Of New Jersey at the Pioneer Sport
| ing club January 6. On December > Brown
will meet Hauy Wagner at Gan. Ind.
Charlie weincrt. the Newark boxer. who meets
Jim Savage at the Pioneer Sporting Club next
| Thur-day night. will probably be signed to meet
Jim Flynn. the fighting fireman. before the En-
gineers' A C.. at their oI,hins show on January
/ j. Bocr Rodel and Sailor White Joined weineet Q
| training camp at Troxler's in Newark today.
Dan Morgan. manager of Battling
| Levinsky, now claims that the latter Is
| the light heavyweight champion.
| Morgan points to Levinsky's work
against all the light heavy-weights.
He claims Levinsky has beaten Cof-
fey. Dillon. Mcmahon. Porky Flynn.
Jack Geyer. Weinert. Gunboat Smith
and Bob Moha. Morgan says Levinsky
! wants TO meet Jess Willard in a limit
bout from one to forty-five rounds.
All details for the ten-round scrap
| between Leach Cross and Johnny Har-
vey. the rugged Harlem battler. were
arranged last night. Eddie Mcmahon.
! manager and matchmaker of the Man
| haitian A. c, New York. signed the
! fighters to articles of agreement CALL
| ing for them TO meet in a ten-round
90 at the second show of the club on
January Is.
Miah Murray. who arranges all the
| bouts for the boxing entertainments
| held by the Hippodrome 4. G., Of Bos-
| ton. succeeded today in booking up
another good pair of light-weights for
twelve-round scrap at his club on
| the night of December IS. The fight
ers that will battle are Phil Bloom
Of Brooklyn and Sam Robideau. of
Philadelphia.
| Carl Morris is willing to enter the ring against
jess willard but stipuates that the bout be a long
one say forty-fivc rounds. What = piker. he might
| have made it fifty.
NeT Orleans rromotcrs arc willing to bid on
| the proposed Freddy Welsh Charley White hsht, but
| they demand that the light weight champion take
| on Joe Mandot first
All Obstacles removed for the match BE-
tween Frank Moran and Jim Cofey when the man.
aser Of Moran signed to meet Cohey on the night
\ Of January Z.
Sam Wsllach manager Of Leach Cross was
offered a match for Leach with Charley White. q
Chicago for twelve rounds at the Hippodrome 4.
C.. Of Boston. Tuesday evening. January T. but
when Sam asked for a guarantee OF $500 Pro
moter Miah Murray, Of the club, called of the
| negotiations. Murray was willing to ofer Cfua
a guarantee of a.ooo. with option Of % per cent
| of the receipts.
Jack Britton who has been laid UP for repairs
for several weeks. is all night again. and he noti
| ned his manager. Dan Morgan, today to 90 ahead
and Souts for him. Jacks first 60 will Prob
ably be with Fighting Gunner. Of Buffalo for ten
ruunds at the Queensbury A. c., Of Buffalo. the
1 night Of December 2.