The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-17

referee of boxing bouts in the state Of
New Jersey. has just been granted a IL
cense by the New Jersey Boxing COM
mission to stage boxing shows at hts
gymnasium at Long Branch. n. J.
Benny valEer the likely French
lightweight. IS no longer under tho
management of Frank Bagley. Valger,
it is reported got peeved over Baglcy
going to San Francisco with willie
Jackson and leaving him behind. and hs
has placed himself under the manage
ment of Joe Jacobs
Although Al Lippe. manager OF
frankie Brown. agreed to let Brown
make the weight demanded by Frankie
Burns for q twelve-round bout at PORT
| land. Me-. on March II. the club
changed its mind about putting on the
bout.
Charley Murray. premier boxing pro
moter Of Buffalo, n Y. today informed
| the writer that he has secured Cham
pion Benny Leonard to meet Jimmy
! Duffy. the, good wclterwetght OF Lock
| port. y. e. in a ten-round bout az that
city.
!
! erweight championship title, who has
; not fought a real fight since he was
knocked out by Benny Leonard in Phil
adelphia in 1917, IS to receive a guar
antee of $1,000 for meeting Frankie
| Brown. the New York featherweight In
/ their six-round bout at Philadelphia
| on next Monday night
For the opening boxing show OF the
Atlantic City Sporting club on March IA.
Matchmaker Herman Taylor of Ph11ada-
! phia, has engaged Jeff Smith. the
! clever middleweight Of Bayonne, N j.
TO meet Henry Booker Of Philadelphia
! in the main event Of eight rounds
Pete Hartley, the durable Dane who
| decisirely outpointed Johnny Ray the
Pittsburgh lightweight in ten-round
bout at Pittsburgh on Monday night.
was Immediately matched after his vic
tory to meet Johnny Dundee, the crack
local lightweight, for ten rounds OF
Pittsburgh on Monday evening. March
"a.
| In q telegram Just received from
| Frank Baglcy, manager of Willie jock
son, the local lightweight. BaEiey states
that be has just received an offer from
Frank Lackcrsten, the boxing promoter
| of Australia. for Jackson to engage m
five fights N the Anupodcs.
Barley Madden. the New York
heavyweight, was today booked to meet
Sailor Carroll for fifteen rounds at
Halifax. Nova Scotia, on March II.
| Clay Turner yesterday enplaticany
| denied the story published in tho boxing
, column Of morning paper on Saturday
! that he intended to get u new manager.
D! Turner stated that many managers haHe
tried TO get him to place himself under
their MANAGEMENT, but that he was par
: fectly satisfied with the treatment ne
vas receiving from his present mana
ger.
Tho ten-round bout between Tom
Cowler. the English heavyweight, and
| Billy Miskc. the fast big fellow OF St
Paul. will be fought at Joplin, Mo-, On
the right OF March IS The bout was
to have been held on March IA. but as
! Aiske asked for moro time in which to
get into condition. the promoter put tho
bout back two weeks
Johnny Clinton. the promising hight
weight. and Louie Bngash, tho New
england lightweight. have been secured
! 10 meet in a 12-round decision bout at
| Boston on March 49,
Benny Valger, the fcathcrwcight mar
! eel of the east. known throughout tho
i country az the "frcnch Flash is In
!! linz fur several good matches. Accord
|, ,ny to hts ncws manager. Joe Jacobs
! SaIgrr is wanted 70 box in several or
The large cities within the next month
| Jeff Smith will be 4 busy tighter Tor
the next seven days. He signed up FOR
! two more battles. the first with jim
! Eookcr. the cVinrcd fighter nf Atlantic
| CRY. at tho Atlantic CRY Sporting club
on March 10, and his second with Joe
! E:gan. the Boston tighter. for tw"'ve
rounds to n decision 4. Boston on March
: l1th.
i cha nlrion Pete Herman. of nav Or
.ea;ts. I, ;;tt;mata han.a'nw"'i;ht cham
pion. will make his first appearance in
a bout in Now England tonight. He
will take on Al Shuh"rt. the feather
weight Of New Bedford. for twelve
rounds star bout IT NrH Bedford.
Johnny prli1!rnie, of Jersey city. m"
cond lightw"j aht. vii! h""i. a. with AZ
Il" OI."ar%. r." local ha'!i'r. m ihr
star b"u, ot eight rounds nj III" Ar'n"ry
\. y. nf jersey city I!"Ghts tonight.
Eiorno. N" 9r"n,;'.r box nG promoter
II Franco. has not received h' !irHr:;"
60 far 10 stage boxing shows at Paris.