The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-16
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AGs2s AGssSzaI LUST how much slower Johnny Q Dundee, tho "'wop terror" is in comparison to q year ago today will bc asccrtained tonight when he tackles Benny Leonard. the classy and clever lightweight champion, in eight round dccisionlcss battle at the Ma tional League baseball park in Phila- delphia. Both wound up their train ing yesterday in New York, where the sports last night were offering 3 to l that the champion would get the newspaper verdict
 Benny is today just as good, if not better, than he ever was. He is not a youth who dissipates and neither is he one who is negligent about get ting himself into condition. The fact that few of his friends ever see him workout, unless he is publicly train ing in some gym, has given risc to yarns that he has not taken this bout seriously. That is not so.
 Last night we ran into Mannie Sea mon, Benny's pal and trainer, down jn one of the Harlem restaurants. We asked Mamie what Bennah had done in the way of preparing himself for tonight'S ordeal
 What has he done?'' said Mamie, rather surprised. why, I've just got through rubbing him. You know Benny isn't one of those boys who goes about telling every Tom, Dick and Harry what he is doing You never have to worry about Benny not being in condition. Why hardly a day passes when the champion does not go on the road Unlike other fighters Leonard doesn't hit the road in the morning. On the contrary, he does his roadworix after suntlown." f Upon Interrogation we ascertained the reason why Benny hits the road at that late hour. And the reason is as sensible as everything else that the champion does. Benny is a. wise chap in every respect The sun. he con tends. steams him to such an extent that instead of being refreshed after running mile or so he is tired. This. he also claims, tends to minimize ones vitality and eventually wear a man down to a point where retire ment is the only salvation. And take 1t from Bennah himself he has no idea of retiring either as champion or as boxer for quite some time yet.
 N \ A sporting way this is going to be an unusually busy day for Johnny Dundee, for in addition to meeting the champion in Philly tonight his proud stopper. War Mask, will run in the feature three-year-old race at .Ja- maiea this afternoon. Dundee's heart and soul is wrapped up in this horse. And there will be quite a few bezeks for the wop ksttler.
 rrHE order of Director General of the
 
 the request of War Secretary Baker, prohibiting the leasing .of special trains to take fans to the Willard Dempsey bout in Toledo comes as a hard blow, but so far as the writer has been able to ascertain none of Hne New York who have advertised special trips, following receipt of the necessary permission from Washing ton. arc taking the nanda1e seriously. The ticket sale for the special trains continues at a record-breaking pace and there is every reason for believing that 1t will continue to be so, the or der from MT Hines notwithstanding. NMET Ray Rivers, the well known lsA lightweight from the Coast, while on Broadway yesterday morning. Ray fhas just returned from France. His folks are all on the Coast, but he in tends to continue to make New York his home Here is one lightweight who could fight. Ray said he was far from being through and that as soon as he "got over his celebratin'" he was going to get back into training and pick off' a lot of the easy abies now nasqueardins as liGhtweights."
 ThMY JOHNSTON should worry about his former boxers and
 what they are doing Jimmy promoted the successful automobile races down at Sheepshead Bay the -other day and is said to have pocket ed a couple of thousands as the re- suit of his venture Jimmy Johnston is New York's Tex Rickard. The writer recalls the day when Jimmy announced that he would conduct a six-day bike race down at the Garden in spite of the presence of the war They characterized him as nut" a cuckoo But the race drew more fans and earned more money than any other previous. That's Jimmy Johnston luck.
 m ARTFORD may get on the box AA ing map next season. according to reliable information that came into our possession rom the Capital to- day. Now that the governor has publicly announced that he has no personal grievance against the sport. if conducted properly, and that, on the contrary. he is advocate for clean and honest boxing. the chief of police of that city has stated that he is ready to entertain applications for licenses. But he will entertain no applications for summer shows. A better spot than Hartford fer real contests is impossible to find in this section It is midway between New York and Boston and n short ride from Springfield. Pittshed, worces- ter and Providence. It is also con venient1y reached from New Haven. New Britain, New London and the rest of the cities on the main line of the New Haven road.
 HAT great baseball is appreciated