The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-04
Bridgeport Former Soldiers To Be Principals In All Star
 Show Al Waterbury Club

 eight-rounder at the Bayonne A. c. of Bayonne, N. J., Friday night This will be their third meeting Their last bout was fought up in Portland, Me-, where Frankie was awarded the decision, after a hard fight.
 If Louis Bogash and Johnny CHn- ton of New York ever meet again in Boston-and chances are that they wiil--the local chanpion's manager will insist that some referee other than a Hub official work as third man. Bogash has named Al Jennings, Clinton's manager.
 Leo P. Flynn, who has been keep ing his boxers working almost every night for the past six years, today matched Barney Adair of New York to box 12 rounds with Pinkey Mitchell in town just outside of Chicago on June 12. Leo P. Flynn will be up this way tomorrow night to handle Pete Hartley in the Danes battle with Brown at Derby.
 Larry Williams of this city and Kid Norfolk of Panama will box again. This time they will go 12 rounds to a decision. The match, which will be staged for the benefit of members of the Fenway A. c. of Boston on Mon day night, will no doubt attract a large number of fans from this city. The two heavyewights made a spec tacu1ar showing at the Casino last week. Williams is training faithfully every day for this match.
 Anyway, Levinsky will be a busy man next month, for in addition to his bout with Billy Miske at Rossford, O., he will box Bill Brennan of Chi cago at John, the Barber's club at Tulsa, Okla, on July 10. For this bout he has been guaranteed a flat s1,O00. Bill Brennan will get S1,700. Brennan is very popular in Tulsa, his bout with Billy Miske there being a big success.
 Boxing is financially going like hot cakes down in Baltimore, according to Sammy Harris, one of the promoters of the American A. c. there. Sammy claims that the bout between George Clancy of Baltimore and Babe Pic ato of Cincinnati last Friday night drew just s6,230. Of this amount the boxers each received s1,557.75 or 25 per cent. of the gate.
 Sammy in his letter informs the writer also that he has just signed Kid Norfolk, the co1ored heavyweight of Panama, to box 12 rounds with Bob Ward of Baltimore at his club on June 13. This means a very busy month for the colored scrapper for he has been signed to entertain Billy Miske at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh on June 16.
 Dave Fitzgerald, the New Haven ref cree, IS very much pleased on being informed that in all probability Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey will be contented with whenever Tex Rickard names as referee for the big tuss1e. Dave was virtually asured by Tex, when he was in Toledo. that if it came right down to the point where he would have to select the referee he would name the New Havener.
 Al Thatcher, who as member of the Toledo Boxing Commission, is helping Tex Rfckard put on the big how on the Fouth, will be in charge of the preliminary card. Al has staged the most successful boxing shows in Toledo and for that reason can be depended upon to use nothing but the very best.
 Benny Valger of New York and Billy De Foe, who is very we'll known here, will in all probability be the principals in an all-star card that Jack Doherty, matchmaker cf the Nation al A. c. of MartevNle. R. l., will use at his Fourth of July show. Jack is said to have made Joe Jacobs, Val gers manager, a very generous offer for his services on that day.
 Jess Willard arriving at Toledo caused lot of food for the fight fans And said fans will go without many a meal to pay the bill that thiis trp to Ohio Is going to cost.
 Nutter, who is suffering from sprained back. has been replaced by a man who has a strained batting average.
 The Giants are about due for an- other trip to the west where they all ways get nice bag scalps to their credit