The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-07
Local Boxer Says He Will Sur prise Fans By Coming In at
 t25 Pounds at Casino.

Boxers who will take part in the all star card at the State Street Ca sino next Wednesday night are in constant training and should be at their best for their respective tests by next week. Larry Williams, who meets Eddie Kinley of Long Branch, N. J., Louis BOgash who tackles John ny Clinton of New York; Red Allen
 who meets Harry Williams of New Haven and Issy Conan, who boxes Mickey Travers of New Haven, are all working out every day at the Remington Arms.
 The signing of Travers and Conan for the curtain-raiser of six rounds was a big surprise here, for there were many fans here who believed
 that the New IIaveners could not be induced to come into the ring with
 the local battler. There has been considerable talk to the effect that TraVers was too light for Conan, but reliable information had it today that Issy weighs 129 pounds now and that next Wedn esday he will have got himself down to 124 to 125 pounds. If he actually makes this weight, and his brother, Johnny Sharpe, is pre- pared to wager $500 that he can do it, he will set aside forever the cur | rent report that he is no legitimate Iigh weight.
 Jimmy De Forest has Eddie Kin | ley. who meets Williams, in hand, and putting him through a, series of
 drills every day. Eddie is working 1 out down at Jimmy's Long Branch 1 training quarters with a, number Of l other heavyweights. He will com pIete his training here, however, as he and his manager will in all prob ability be in town by next Tuesday afternoon.
 | Danny Morgan will personally han l dIe Johnny Clinton in the New York 1 CTS battle with Louis Bogash in one of the eight-rounders. Johnny already | has a 12 round verdict over Bogash,
 but in a letter received today he said that he would be here deter | mined to stop his opponent. This, | however, is improbable for Louis is 1 himself a. clever performer and per sonaIly asked for this match so that ! the opportunity to even matters
 might be granted him.
 | Red" Allen and his East Side ad- mirers can not see Harry Williams of New Haven at all in the other i eight-rounder. In fact Red" said ltoday that he will rock his opponent | into sum DerIand sometime Tn the neighborhood Of the fourth or fifth
 round.
 1 Dick Curley was in town today en
 route to New York for a days stay | with friends there. Dick took the
 occasion to inform us that there is now a strong probability of the Sew | Haven Arena not being turned into a ] garage. Whether the Arena will re- tain it's present status depends en-
 tirely upon the attitude of the gover- nor toward the boxing bill. If he at l taches his signature to the measure,
 Dick will be retained as manager and 1 matchmaker for what will be known as the Arena A. A.
 CurIey has been asked by Nick Kline of Newark to manage the Park A. c. in that city for him, but when ! recent developments have prompted Dick to change his plans and he may
 remain in this state in spite of the
 unjust criticism directed at him by certain individuals in New Haven. Jack Doherty, who makes the
 matches for the National A C. in
 Marieville, R. l.. has offered Doc Bagley, manager for Willie Jackson,