The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23

represented by a large aggregation of members of the club and these will support the contention that of the two Anderson is the better. Kane, how ever, Is one boxer who is to be fear ed in this city, for he is game and shifty
 Young Sniffens and Young Saxon will box in the curtain raiser also of four rounds. There will be still an other meeting between Young Malloy and Kid Reagon. both clever chaps. who aspire to get somewhere in the boxing world.
 Joe Shea. who will promote the aIl-star show at the Auditorium in Waterbury on Thursday night, an- nounced today that there will be at least s3.O00 represented in the crowd that will attend the affair as the au- vance sale already has passed the thousand mark. The show is a good one and local boys will take a big part in the card. Special machines will make the trip to the Brass City. leaving here at 6:30 o'clock on the night of the battles.
 Larry Williams, Louis Bogash and their trainer. Joe Smith. arrived in town today from New York. where the two boxers have been entertain Ing wounded soldiers at special bene- fits arranged by the American Box CTS Loyalty League. They resumed training for Mondays bouts at the Casino today.
 Officials of the Broadway Sport ing club have offered the use of the club house for a boxing entertain ment to further the efforts of the Salvation Army to obtain funds fo.- the carrying on of their work. Many of the leading boxers of the country will appear. including Soldier Bart field. Eddie Wallace, Johnny Dundec and Battling Levinsly.
 Billy Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard. has arranged to run a spe- cial train to Toledo for those who desire to attend the Dempsey-Willard bout July 4. The train will leave Grand Central station July ?, and the tickets will include transportation both ways, admission to the arens and hotel accommodations in Toledo The special will return July 5.
 Jimmy Wilde apparently IS prepar- ing hin self to land a possible knock
 
 meet in London next month. The nyweight champion has started a se- ries of bouts with mediocre feather weights in England, his first victim being Young Mansfield, an easy mark, who was stopped in the thirteenth round.
 Matt Halpin, chairman of the Com mittee on Athletics of the New York A. C.. has arranged a boxing enter tainment fer the club for tomorrow right for the benefit of the Salvation Army Home Service Fund.
 Tom Sharkey expresses the opinion that Dempsey will beat Willard. and declares the size and strength of the champion will not enable him to stand up under the thumps of the challenger. That statement is a re- hection on the Sailors ability as a hitter for he tflumped big Jim Jeff ries on the jaw 296 times with his left one pleasant evening at Coney Island and the Boilermaker never even winked.
 The Idaho Boxing Commission has adopted a plan that will do away with drawn battles. It has empowered q referees lO oTCeT tllTee cAlTd in the event of inability to name a winner at the end of the 12 rounds as prescribed by the law. Joe Yelling Svill have his first hard tryout in the welter class tonight when HH, meets Champion Jack Brit | ton in a ten round bout at the Olym- pia A. A. of Syracuse. The impres- sion prevails that Britton carries too many guns for Sailor Yelling. Jeff Smith, who was engaged in several bouts in Jersey that failed to reflect much glory on him, met Silen; l Martin in an eight round contest re- gently in Bayonne, Smiths home | town The deaf mute was willing | to make a fight of it, but Smith | seemed to feel it was his night to | waltz, and he refused to exchange | thumps. The spectators hooted him Now that Michigan, where intoler l ance as to rough sports Is rampant ! has adopted boxing bill, and the measure has been signed by Gov. | Sleeper (who seems to be wide awake) there should be hope of a boxing law for the benighted citizens | of New York state.