The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-03
Card Tonight in Elm City
Comprises Five Star
Bouts Of Twelve Rounds
Each Terry Lee of This
City to Be Third Man in
Ring.

The biggest and most attractive
card ever arranged in the history of
state boxing will be staged for the
approval of Connecticut fans at the
Arena in New Haven tonight under
the direction of the Riverside Ath-
letic club, headed by Vincent Reina,
the man who was resonsible for the
now famous Dundee-Jackson battle.
Tonight's card comprises five star
bouts, all of which are scheduled for
twelve rounds. Terry Lee, of this
city, has consented to referee, and
will render decisions in all of the
bouts. Owing to the length of the
bouts the management has deemed it
best to start the rogram at T:45
o'clock.
All the bouts seem to be of equal
interest and importance, and all are
OF the star bout quality. Every one
| is big feature attraction and the
fans ought to see exciting boxing
enough tonight to last them for some
time.
One of the features introduces
frankie Burns, the veteran bantam
weight of New Jersey. Burns. who.
has appeared in New Haven. several
times and is a big favorite, has on
several occasions fought for the.
worlds title and held his own against
the champs. He went a 20 round
draw with Worlds Champion Kid
Williams and in 1914 knocked out
Pete Herman, the present champion
IN 10 rounds. On November 5, 1917.
Burns Fought Herman again. for the.
title. The bout went 20 rounds in
shade. Only last year Burns knock
eo out frankie. Brown, Young Zulu,
KID, and Battling Lain, Burns has.
| oeen boxing for the past ten years
ana mas never taken the count. His
opponent tonight Batting Reddy, is
a young New Yorker, who has shown
,liuch real class and is considered a
logical candidate for the JERSEY hat
tler' Reddy outpointed Kid Williams
ana made frankie Britt quit in five
rounds. He is a regular little bear.
cat and this should prove an exciting
bout. ms
Another II rounder which shou1d
produce considerable class is between
Al Shubert, the tough little New Bed
lord boy and Joe Lynch, the New
YORK sensation. Both Schubert and
Lynch beat Kid Williams in ten round
bouts and Lynch outpointed Cham
plon Pete Herman over the ten round
course. These two boys are bitter
ring rivals and there is much imnor-
lance to this meeting Lynch recently,
knocked out Kid Williams, beat Pal
Moore and won over Dick Ieanman
the boy who knocked out JOHNNY
! ErtIe ny
Johnny Dundee, the clever 1itt1e
Italian lightweight, the boy who is be-
ing touted as the coming lightweight
champion of the world, now that the
present champion, has outgrown the
lightweight class, is matched with
worthy opponent in Billy Defoe the
81. Paul wonder. Defoe beat Willie
Jackson, knocked out Tommy Tovhev
and also stopped the hard hitter and
tough K. 0. Eggers. Defoe has been
! boxing five years and for a little while
made his home in Bridgeport. where
he has many friends. Dundee's rec.
ord is too well known to every fan
around here to need rehearsing. He is
one of the wonders of the present day
lightweights.
| Harry Pierce will meet BrookIyn's
veteran lightweight, Phil Bloom, in
another II round feature. Bloom
has boxed many champions and his
series with Benny Leonard are well
remembered by all.
This big feature would not be com
plete without the appearance of Chic
Brown. So Matchmaker Reina signed
the sailor boy and for an opponent
ne signed Harlem Eddie Kelly, the
gent, who for so long a time has been
hurting challenges at Brown. Kelly
beat Battling Kunz of South Norwalk,
He knocked Kunz to the mat for sew
eral seconds which shows he is some
hitter. Kelly beat Pete Hartley and
Young Jack O'Brien so the clash with
Sailor Brown should be sensational
one. The fans are liable to see plenty
of old fashioned milling and slugging
in this bout, something they ALWAYS
seem to enjoy