The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-08
Phil GlaSSman A Sticker;; Despite Heavy Losses He
 Will Stage Bouts Monday
Tendler of Philadelphia and Joe Yelling of Chicago.

W cling Of Chicago.
 Dave Mackay of Newark is plan ming on reopening the boxing season in that cty on Labri Day afternoon with a championship affair between Champion Jack Dempsey and Willie Meehan of San Francisco. While Dave isc onf1dent that he will be able to close this match, this is doubtful as Jack Kearns has agreed to keep Dempsey in the show business at least another six months.
 Joe Jacobs, manager of Benny Val ger, the French featherweight and Fred Moore, who conducts boxing shows at Lowell, Mass, are at log gerheads. Joe refused to allow Benny to box Harry Carlson at that club last Friday unless he recJved his guaran- tee before the Freuchman went in. This Moore refused to do and the bout was cancelled
 By the way, Benny Valger of New York, and Johnny Dundee of the same place will hitch up in a 12-round bout that will top theb ill at the Ar mory A. A. in Boston on next Tues day night. Matchmakers Ivy Lewis and Miah Murray report a big ad- vance sale.
 Boxing has proven a failure down at Pennsgrove, N. J.. according to all reports on hand. and there will be no more boxing shows conducted. there for some little time. The last show, according to what has been said, drew in the neighb orhood of ss2.
 Danny Morgan has been made a. booster for Cumberland. Md. Dan was down there a week or so ago with Jack Britton and was 90 pleased with the place that today he came out with announcement to the effect that that town is everything that it's booster who put in for big heavy weight bout said it was
 Looks mighty bad for Billy Recap, he who writes on Philadelphia news papers. Billy published a statement to the effect that the Willard-Demp- sey bout was a fake, but 1t seems he has nothing with which to prove his contentious. The Toledo Boxing Commission investigated the contest yesterday and announced that so far as it Is concerned all was fought on the "up and up."
 LdTfy " lllldTnS or InlS GUY ana Louis Bogash will in all probability rest up until Labor Day, now that there isn't much doing in the boxing game in this part of thee ountry. Larry needs a good rest. He will re- turn to the ring next fall and meet all corners.
 Reports have 1t that Johnny Jen- nings has been clearing weekly profit of about $500 on the shows he has been conducting at the Armory A. A. in Jersey City. Johnny isn't afraid to spend money. He listens to the fans and gives them what they want, which is the reason for his great financial success.
 Red Allen of South Norwalk is restless Red is anxious to get going again and cannot understand why he does not receive offers or is not matched with anybody. Allen is training faithfully down at South Norwalk and says he is in fine phy- sical condition.
 Texas is ambitious and wants a boxing commission just like every other progressive State in the Union and everything points forward to such a body. A bill creating such a commission is now before the com mission there and chances are more than ? to 1 that the bill will pass. Jack Dempsey, champion heavy weight of the world, is being swamp ed with offers for matches. Battling Levinsky, Willie Meehan and Billy Miske ave his most persistent chal- lengers, but he will have nothing to do with any of them until probably next October or November.
 Matt Iifnkle, the Cleveland sport, refereed the Battling Levinsky-Billy Miske fight at Rossford, O., last Thursday night. Matt thinks lot of the two boys and. according to an, article we read in the Cleveland Press, the millionaire sport thinks either man would make a good op- ponent for Dempsey.
 Johnny Lisse, the 12S pounder, who is well known here and who is man. aged by Nat Rogers. well known here but who is now making Philadelphia his home, has been discharged from the army and is now ready to take all corners. Nat is working hard to match his protege. with, Benny Va1ger or any other good 12s-1so pounder.
 A report circulated here that Der by was to conduct another boxing show this month was denied empha- tica1ly today by the promoter there. There will be nothing doing at any of the Connecticut clubs until Labor Day when several of them promise to open with high class bills. Chic Brown of New Haven Is in trouble again. according to a report from that city. Chic together with several others was recently placed under arrest in his saloon for. illegal sale of liquor on Sunday. The affair