The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-09
Bridgeport Gets Chance To Break Into Limelight and Win Holiday Bout At the Casino Next Week.

Bridgeport will have its own big battle on July 4th.
 It won't be a championship affair for no-decision rules will govern the match. But nevertheless a. cham pion will be one of the principals in the bout.
 It all depends on how Louis BOgask of Bridgeport shapes up against John ny Clinton of New York in one of the eight-round bouts at the all star show at the Casino on next Wednes- day night
 Another condition is that the box ing bill, which recently was passed by the General Assem- bly,, be enacted into a law through signature of the Governor. If the Governor signs the biu this bout will be an absolute fact.
 Billy Gibson. manager of Benny Leonard, has promised two well known local promoters, whose names cannot be mentioned at this time, that he will bring the champion here on July 1 to box any man available. This was decided tn New York city yesterday. The promoters referred to are popular and have treated Con- necticut fans to several good matches Their offer has been accepted, but the only condition is that the Governor sign the bill. for it is intended to stage this bout at the ball park.
 The promoters prefer Louis Bo- gash. who Is the best drawing card in Connecticut at present, and they will be at the ringside roofing for him to defeat Clinton next Wednes- day night. Not until after Wednes- days encounter will these promo ters make any effort to locate an op- pOnent for the champion.
 Prospect of being matched with the champion will no doubt stir Bogash to do his best against Clinton We'd nesday, for in the New Yorker he will be meeting the toughest boy he has yet met. Their 12-round battle at Boston was a hummer. both boys sIugging and roughing it from bell to bell. Dan Morgan Is confident that his protege will defeat Sam Driver $ champ decisively but the local ex- press agent-fight manager is equally as confident that if there is any de- cisive victory his boy will be "it.'
 Anyway, the two are training faithfully and a spectacular bout be- tween the two is a safe prediction, for they are both fast and clever.
 So far as next Wednesdays big show at the Casino itself is .concerned q everything points to a record-break- ing entertainment, pugilistically and otherwise. The advance sale con- tinues to shatter previous records and indica tions are that there will have been at least $1,5oO worth of seats sold by Wednesday night. Tickets have been placed in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury. Norwalk, Stam- ford. Derby and Danbury.
 The hattlers today resumed their training. Larry Williams of this city who meets Eddie Kinley of Long eight rounds that night has been having trouble getting someone his weight and height with whom to train, but a New York scrapper promised to join his camp today. Larry is rounding into great shape and said to the writer today that he will be out to score a, knockout.
 Kinley, however, is not a boxer with whom anybody can trifle. If Larry enters the ring with any idea that he is meeting only a promising man, he will be sadly mistaken, for Kinley is a finished scrapper All though he has only been boxing pub licly for three months, he has seen considerable service in the army and | has defeated some of the best scrap | pers wearing the uniform. He is 9 | long rangy chap with a wonderful | left jab and a good, healthy upper | cut that he wields well. A week | after his bout with Larry on May 23 | he will meet Charley Weinert o1 | Newark at Nick Kline's Park A. c. il 1 Newark. This will be their second i bout.
 1 Red" Allen also is working haro | and should be in top shape for Harry l Williams whom he will meet in ar 1 eight-rounder. Last night Red l went down to NorwaIk and met and 1 defeated Kig Angelo of Stamford il