The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-10

A IN Iard's businaSs manager, is anx- ious to buy the services of Larry Williams of this city; Battling Le- vinsly, formerly of Bridgeport, but now of Philadelphia. and Charley weinert of Newark. Within the next AS hours sam Driver, who manages Williams, can expect to receive an offer for Larry's services from Archer.
 Jess Willard apparently Is having a hard time with sparring partners, for today the writer was informed that the Heavyweight champion has yet to find a sparrinE partner who iS en- tfrely satisfa ctory to him. The ap- pended letter from a friend of the writer from Toledo will interest local fans The letter, which is only in part, follows:
 "Friend Roger:
 Toledo is raving over the coming fight All you hear is fight fight fight. from morning until night Nothing else. Seems every man. woman and child here is a fight fan.
 Toledo has got it's eyeful of both Willard and Dempsey and so far as l have been able to ascertain the ma lives like Dempsey's chances. The general impression among the local critics who have seen Dempsey in ac- ton for the past four weeks, is that Willard Is far from being in good condition.
 q understand that several New
 York writers wired back yarns
 telling about the wonderful con
 dition of Willard. Don't you
 believe it. l wished you were out
 here to see for yourself. Jess is
 tv-stE Er,fr
 sparring partners are mediocre
 men who are afraid and do not
 give the champion the necessary
 opposition. Some of them-with-
 ont a bit of exaggeration-are
 knocked out before the champion
 touches them. of course, by that
 mean that the sight of the hu-
 man mountain before them
 frirhtens and intimidates them.
 "Thef5 was some talk about
 camp this morning Sunday
 about Willard engaging Larry
 williams of your city, Battling
 Levinsky and Charley Weinert of
 Newark. Ray Acher is expected
 here tomorrow and soon after
 conference with Willard will wire
 the manag gers of those fighters
 for theIrs services to train the
 champion for July A."
 THE money Archer will spend in wiring the managers of LeViusky' Williams and Weinert will be y7rnIy spent. for none care to join the champions training camp. Larry could have gone to Toledo. some time ago as sparring partner to Jack Dempsey. but he turned down the offer. Larry has no intention of serving as punching bag for Willard nor anybody else Any heavyweight with whom he will exchange punches will have to meet him in the ring. And that goes for Willard, too, said Larry.
 Dan Morgan when he receives Archer's offer will laugh and throw 1t Into the basket where IL belongs. Dan has arranged for a big bout between Levinsl<y and Billy Mtske for July at Rossford. O., and that is as near to willard's training camp as Barney will go. What a foolish man Levinsky would be to so be- little himself as to serve as only 'sparring partner. And Charley Weinert
 The writer took the trouble of talking to weinert's manage over the phone last night What Charley's mana Fer thinks of willard's nerve is not a characterization fit for publi- cat1on fin a respectable family news paper like The Times. The only time willard will meet weinert will be when he consents to box him for the title Anyway. Charley will also turn down the offer.
 So 1t does seem to us as if Will lard will have to do some more tall hustling to land a sparring partner. TOE BOOTH. the soccer expert for . The Times. has just been reap pointed a member of the United States National Challenge Cup Com petition committee. which has in it's charge the pioneer soccer tourna- ment held annually in this country and which Is on a par with the Eng fish cup competitions. The Chal- -/ nge Cup series is to soccer fans That the worlds series is to those al no follow baseball.
 wi,
 Ter Gnyway, a better selection could 'r tt have been made. Both as writer on The Times sporting staff and as soccer promoter, Mir. Booth is ex- ceedingIy popular. He is the most ,. versed soccer authority in the coun- try and is practically the soccer king of Connecticut. for there is not a game or league in which he is not a big factor. The appointment Is his fourth consecutive one. He has at tended all the big soccer meetings and is found at all the big games.
 Joe's record is one that speaks for the ability of the man. All through the country wherever soccer is play ed the fans look up to Booth as an unbiased writer who knows what he is writing about and whose sole in terest in the sport is that of a thor oughbred sportsman.
 THERE is considerable talk to the ' effect that next season there will be a big class A baseball circuit or ganized in New England The cities mentioned for places in the new cir