The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03
BOCASH-BROWN WILL MEET IN
 ELM CIT RING
LightWeights Will Battle For State Championship on April
 10-Other Boxing News.

 Driver, his manager. matched him to box six rounds in the principal bout with Chic Brown of New Haven at the Arena in that city on next Thurs day night. This same match was sought by the promoter at Derby, but the latter was beaten to the bout by the New Havener.
 Now along comes another promoter in New Haven who wants Lou's ser vices for a six-round battle also at the Arena on April 25. His opponent in this match will be Paul Doyle of New Haven and New York, if Man ager Driver accepts the terms of tered him by the mate ,aker today. On the same card Chic Brown will meet some other classy lightweight. in all probability Ralph Brady of Syracuse. Two such six-rounders would surely pack the Arena to it's doors.
 The promoter at i arby. having los- out in the Bogash-Brown match, is now attempting to rematch Louis with Pete Hartley of that city for the 24th of this month. Manager Drive win in all probability accept this match as he is confdent his protege can defeat the lightweight pride of Leo P. Hymns stable.
 From Albany today came word to the effect that the judic.- " commit tee will again report a boxing com mission bill to the General Assembly which will be like the one recently reported unfavorably. but amended to provide for eight-ounce gloves and no-decision contests Of not more than eight rounds. The bill is identical to the one passed by the New Jersey legislature two years ago.
 Sam Driver, the popular local handler of boxers, has acquired two more boxers. They are Young Erne, 8 California lightweight, and Young Neil of Allentown, Pa, a welter- weight. Drivers stable now includes six battlers. The others are Larry Williams of this city, light heavy weight; Louis Bogash of this city, lightweight; Red Allen and Sergt. Charley Pitts.
 Larry Williams was today match ed to box 12 rounds with CIeve Haw- l1ins Of HoIyoke at the Twentieth Century A. c. in Webster, Mass, on April 10. On the same card Young (Ralph) Erne of California will take on some good 133-pounder, probably Young Lahore of Manchester, N H.
 Louis Pogash of this city and John ny Clinton Of New York will meet again in a. 12-rounder at the Com nlerctaI A. C. in Boston on Fri day, April II. This match was closed today over the long distance phone This will be their second meeting Clinton won the first bout On the l same card Young Erne will in all probability take on Phinney Boyle of Lowell.
 Arrangements were completed to. i day whereby Billy Carney of Boston and Red Allen of this city will i clash in a 12-rounder at the Earring i ton A. C. in Brockton, Mass, on F'ri- 1 day, April II. Allen is taking 80 i gash's place. The bout was orig 1 Inally offered to Louis, but he passed 1 1t up in order to take on Johnny 1 Clinton in Boston on the sa me night l Jimmy Kane of this city and some l good 116-pounder from Boston vii figure in the seni~fnaI of 10 rounds 1 at ule April 10 meeting of the Com merciaI 4. c. in Boston. Kane is 1T 1 daily training and should be at hi: 1 best for this engagement.
 Young Neil of Allentown, Driver't | new welterweight, and Chick Wes i of Holyoke, Mass, will be the prin. i cipals in the principal attraction o1 1 12 rounds (two six-rounders) at the l Lewiston, Me, club on April Il. Thi: should be a very interesting bout al i the two are evenly matched.
 The aii-star show of the Armory 4. A. in Boston on Tuesday nieIst dit i not draw as well as it was expected 1 for Johnny Clinton and Eddie ETtz simmons each received s10s for t1aeil 1 end. Both, however. will reappeai | there in the near future in a his bout. The amateur tournament or l Monday is given as the reason why the fans did not turn out.
 1 Battling Reddy Of New York and Bridgeport has started training foI l his four-roUnd bout with Tommy | Shea of New Haven in the semi -fna l affair of the aIl-star show to be staged 1 at the Arena in the Elm City on next 1 Thursday night. Eddie Meade, Red l dy's manager, expects his protege tt | win easily.
 1 Battling Levinsky of this city today ] turned down an offer made to him by John Reisler. the Tulsa, Okla, pro 1 noter, for a bout with Billy 8Iiske
 of St. Paul in the first mentioned city l on April Il. John said the bou
 would draw at least 5000. but Le- | whisky didn't think so. His reason l for turning down the match, however was due to the fat that he had TO time
 in which to get himself into condition 1 for the battle.
 IeFinsily, by the way, does not Tn. l tend doing any fighting at all thi, l season. Today he told the writer tha- 1 hs had made his up mind to keeI
 out of the ring for the summer
 months and probably return in Sep. i tember. Barney hasn't been kept a. 1 busy as might have been and rathei | han idIs sround he has determined l -c make good use of his time H, | will probably spend the summer a
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