The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-21
THREAT TO TAKE. TITLE STI2S MIKE O'DOWD ID WIN
Middleweight Champ Stops Opponent After Referee Warns Him-Kilbana and Valger Win-Results of Saturdays Bouts

PARIS, April 21-(By the Asso- ctated PTa ss)-The boxing champion ships have now reached the survival Of the ftttest stage and before Gen eral Pershing, Ma 4snal Foch and a brilliant galaxy of officers from both the French and American staffs, the winners of the bouts on April 26 will be declared champions of the respeC- tive classes in the American army. The semi-finals were decided Friday night, but the finals will nor be held until next Saturday.
 Following are the boys who will compete:
 The spectators at Friday nights bouts at the Cirque de Paris were treated to one round of real fighting pion of the world.
 Mike had been sparring demurely through three uneventful rounds of his four-TOund exhibition with Jackie Clark when the DoughbOys and of fcers present were amazed to see O'TH5wd rush out of his corner and batter the bewildered Clark about with terrific punishing blows, while the crowd howled with glee. Clark went staggering back to his corner. looking reproachfulIv at | i The crowd ignored the fact that be- tween the third and fourth rounds 1 Jimmie Bronson who was refereeing, 1 walked to O'Dowd's corner and said:
 If you don't inject a little pepper into this round 1 will raise Clarbs hand and end the bout and there goes your championship"
 O'Dowd said something to inc cf- l feet that Bronson would neve- leave the ring alive if he gave the decision | to Clark, but apparently changed his mind. and instead of knocking Brou- son down tried to knock Clark out for the Doughboys' benefit.
 1 PHILADELPHIA. April 21-John- ny KiIbane, the featherweight cham pion, stopped John Mahoney of IIaz- elton, Pa, in the sixth round of their fight here Saturday night. The champion knocked Mahoney down in the fifth round and he was saved by 1 the bell in the next round. He had him in such bad shape that the ref cree stopped the bout.
 BOSTON, Mass, April 21-CharIey | Parker of Dorchester got the decision l over Johnny Noonan of this city iu a l 12-roundar before the Commercial | club here Saturday afternoon. Both boys fought well, bul Parker's az gressiveness earned him the decision, | which was well received.
 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. April 2r Al Shubert of this city proved con cIusively Saturday night that he is entitled to a crack at Johnny Xii bane, the featherweight king. for he subjected Chick Hayes of Indianapo- lis to a severe punishment in a 12- l round contest at the Elm A. c. here. Shubert was in good physical condi- ton and although Hayes offered stub | born resistance the local boy more than held his own.
 BROCKTON, Mass. April 21.- ! Chick West of HoIyoke and K. Q. Miller of this city will meet here l again in two weeks for their 12- round battle at the Harrington A. C. on satur69y was even affair. Chick is l a hard hitter. but was off form the 1 other night for the local weIter- weight was on top of him all through the contest. The bout was slow al unInteresting. but the promoter re matched them for another show ing.
 MARLBORO, Mass. April 2I-A- WTtse of Hartford had to strain him self in his bout with Young Strona of New Bedford at the Marlboro Driving club here Saturday. but he
 finally won. The bout, which was q 1O-round affair. was one of the best seen here this season.
 LYNN, Mass, April 21.-LocaI boys played 2 prominent part in the special show at the Casino A C. here Saturday night. Tn the principal bout of 10 rounds Joe OConne1l of Brock ton won from Willie Roberts of the IT g Radio School There were three
 other eight-rounders on the card. The
 show as Q whole was satisfactory and appropriate for the holiday.