The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18
Extra Sports
ATHLETIC NEWS


 Frank Tttterton. the new junior Three mile champion, will be one of the back markers in the two mile run at the Long Island K. of c. games at Celtic Park, Staten Island, next Sunday. TGtteT-ton is running the two mile distance under 9.55. and. with a Fg ort handicap, should give Max BOhland, the national cross coun- try champion, a great race for the gold medal.
 Pat Flynn the former Irish -Ameri- can A. c. star who did his bit over there with the Rainbow Division, is running very well considering the fact that he was off the cfnderpath for fully two years. Flynn is pointing for the fall distance championships.
 The word is about that Charles Pores the sturdy College Pointer. who holds the American record for five miles. is running yards faster at all distances than he was a year ago. Pores may be in line for trip to Europe next year, aside from the pos sIbIe holding of the Olympic games at Antwerp.
 Mike Ryan. the former Marathon champion. is still at Camp Upton as athletic aid and doing fine work with the returning doughboys who pass through the Long Island camp.
 Pyan ry ttc way. believes that Larry Scudder, the former University os Pennsylvania star. will effect a complete comeback to form in time. Mike has worked hard with Scudder during the last few months trying to smooth out Larry's form.
 Homer Baker. the Glencoe star. will do but very little training pe- tween now and the metropolitan championship; relying on his races to keep him 1t. Baker is going bet ter now than at any time since 1915.
 Billy McCarney. formerly of Phila- delphia, according to q New fork report. expects 10 resume promoting boxing in Kansas City. Billy is now acting as publicity representative and business manager for Champion Jack Dempsey. Billy is well liked through the Middlewest and should find it easy to make money out there.
 Battling Levinsky of Philadelphia. formerly of this city. is working hard these days for he has a busy month ahead of him. Since he outpointed Harry Greb in Philadelphia he has been in great demand, despite the fact that this is the off season in box ing. Levinsky meets Clay Turner for the second time in Jersey City on Monday night. The last time Bat claims he was i'll. On Friday, July %, at Harrison, N. J., LevinslSy will meet Eddie Kinley of Long Branch again. The two fought a draw at that club last April and a good crowd is expected to turn out to see them in action again. On Aug. 1 at Dayton he meets Terry Kellar in an outdoor show.
 Jack Malone. the promising St Paul welterweight, and Bryan Downey of Columbus have been re matched for bout at Columbus on the afternoon of July 2S The two fought tn semi-hna1 in the Jess Will lard-Jack Dempsey fight at Toledo and made q splendid showing. accord ing to all accounts that have reached this city.
 Dick Howell, editor of the Sunday Herald and one of the foremost writers on boxing topics, is back in Bridgeport. after having spent two weeks of hard-earned rest motoring about the country. Dick witnessed the Toledo fight, but apparently was disappointed with the manner in which the whole thing was handled.
 Silvey Burns, affiliated with Burns & Meade, boxing promoters with of fees in the Exchange building. West i5th Street, announces that Harlem Eddie Kelly of New York is well again and prepared to take on the best boys in the country. On July 2S Eddie will meet Chick West of HolyoEe at New Bedford. while on July 24 he meets Jimmy Sullivan at Jersey City.