The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
New Haven Boxing Promoters
 Will Resume Sport In April
Dick CurIey Already Has Book ed All-Star Show for WarCh
 2S-BOXing News.

2S-BOXing News.
 New Have boxing promoters 2. not intend tc stand by and see SUI posedly competent legislators make football of boxing and are accordingls making plans for C, resumption of the sr ort. Dick Cur.ey. one of America 1es- known promoters, now located in New Haven. will conduct Q bze show at the Arena there March 2S- Tn the main bout Paul Doyle of New Haven will meet Joe Yelling of Chi cago.
 Sam Driver is rating his light weight Louis Bogash Of this city. with the very best. This he showed the other day when he asked DiaE CurIey, the New Haven promoter, for 80 per cent. of the gate for Louis services against Paul Doyle at the smoker in the Elm City Arena on March 28. Bogash was wanted for four rounds.
 Al Lppe, the manager Of battlers, who Is now making Philadelphia his home, iS in Boston for 8 few days. and today paused long enough to send us the following: Have matched Fred Dyer with Frankie Mack of Beachmont Mass, for l2 rounds 8 the Unity Cycle Club, Lawrence, Mass, on Thursday night"
 Jimmy Johnston is being pestered, he says. with letters from George Robinson, a Boston pug, who wants to meet Tommy Robson of Maiden. ] Jimmy seys he will willingly send Tga ., matchmaker crazy enough to match them can be found"
 Benny VaIger. the Fighting French i man of New York, gave Ralph Bra dy a good battle in Portland the other day. but the best he was given was a draw. However, there is a strong likelihood that they will meet again in the near future.
 Johnny Ray of Pittsburgh sched- uled to box Ralph Brady in Boston on next Tuesday night evidently changed his mind about tackIing the Syracusau, thus forcing the Armory A A. folks there to shift their card for that night.
 Matt Hinkle. tho Cleveland mil Iionajre- promoter. has matched Fran 1 kte Britt of New Bedford with Pal Moran of the Ohio City, at his club in Cleveland on April T. Ray Cass- ! Britts manager, has accepted terms whereby the Whaler will receive 2 i per cent. for his services.
 Little credence is being given the report that Johnny Kilhane is think ing of retiring. The only reason ar- tributed for this contemplated step is tho wallopiuE the champion sustained a the hands of Frankie Brown of New York in Philly last week.
 If the boxing bill now before the Rhode Island Legislature is passed, Mike Slattery, a wealthy broker and sporting man of Providence, will erect a mammoth arnphitheatre, will that city. Slattery used to stage box ing bouts at Thornton, R. l., in op- position to the old MarievllIe club in the same State.
 Frankie Brown of New York, con queror of Johnny KiIbane, the feath- erweight champion, and Frankis Burns of jersey City will be the prin- cipals in a six-round bout before the Olympia A, C. in Philadelphia on March 24. This should be an inter esting battle as both are exceedingly clever boys and hard hl5te~s, Brown having knocked KiIbane down in their fight on Monday.
 Kid Coster of New Orleans is anxious to meet featherwei hts but he refuses to make weight for any body The Kid had Q chance to ap- pear in the main bout at Lawrence next Friday, but he refused to make 124 pounds for Battling Reddy.
 By the way, Brady and Frankie Britt, the New Bedford battler who won the verdict over the Syracuse lightweight in Boston last Tuesday night, have been rematched for a 12- rounder before that same club on March 25. Brady, according to his
 manager, was given a raw deal.
 Battling Reddy of this city is train ing down at Billy Grupp's in New York. Eddie Meade his manager, is arranging a busy campaign for the featherweight champion of New Eng land and said today that his protege was ready to meet all corners.
 Leo Houck, who meets Larry Will Hams Of this city next week, is said to be a big sensation in Western Pennsylvania and there is some talk of hitching him up with Willie Meehan when the San Franciscan reaches this section. Willie isn't due in New York until the second week in April.