The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-07
LEONARD WILL GET 900 TO BOX BRETON AS WELTERWEGH
BOXING NEWC D AND CHATTER O

A s WAS exclusively published in n The Bridgeport Times four weeks ago, Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion, and Willie Ritchie, ex- champion, have been rematched for an eight-round bout before the Ma tionaI Sportsmen's Club of Newark al the First Regiment Armory there on April 28. Matchmaker Dave Mackey really closed the match a month ago when he received 8 reply from Rlly Gibson. who was then in Frisco. to proposition offering Leonard a gen erous guarantee with a liberal per centage to meet Ritchie who had al ready given his word. The only hitch was the weight question and upon the request of Gibson that that matter be settled upon his return 10 New York. negotiations ceased temporarily, al though the match was on.
 Jack Britton, weIterwetght cham pton, and Bryan Downey of Columbus will come together in a 12-round bout al McKinney's Canton club tonight. It was at this club several weeks back that Britton grabbed the crown from Ted Lewis. The semi-windup Will bring together Young Neil of Allen
 town and Silent Howard and will be
 foH ten rounds.
 Tommy Robson of Maiden and
 Harry Greb of Pittsburgh are sChed-
 duIed to clash in a ten-round bout a. Joe Dunfee's Syracuse club tonight.
 This will be the second time these boys have met. as they put up a
 corking bout out Ohio way a short
 time ago.
 Jim Cofey the Irish Giant, will be on exhibition at the Peerless A. .. of
 Wilkesbarre, Pa, tonight. The Ros-
 common battler is slated to mingle
 with Jack Clifford of Brooklyn Sin
 ten-round quarrel.
 Two eight-round contests are down to be decided at the Trenton Athletic club of Trenton. N. J.. tonight. Knock out Joe Daly of Brooklyn will mingle with Ray Hatfield, while Jack Russo of New Orleans will try conclusions with Jack Tracey.
 Joey Fox, the English feather weight. and Joe Tiplitz. the little Brrooklynite. will furnish the main six rounder at the Olympia in Phtla-
  the East Side and Johnny Maloney, the Quaker entry. will clash in the semi windup. Three other sixes round 1 out the card.
 l Jack Kramer the Denver boxing 1 promoter, whoehas been staging shows | regularly at the Stockyards Stadium, l of St. Foul, has booked Tom Gibbons ! of St. Paul to meet George Chip, the 1 New Castle battler. in a ten round de- cision contest Thursday evening, l They are advertising the bout as be 1 ing for the light-heavy-weight cham l pionship of the world. Battling Le- whisky has held this title for several 1 years, having won 1t from the little l mankiller Jack Dillon, and still holds ] it so far as everyone in the sporting
 world knows.
 Harvey Thorp, the Kansas City | lightweight who recently fought l Benny Leonard at Joplin, Mo, has 1 been signed to try conclusions in a lten-round bout with Bobby Waugh
 at the Rock Island A c. of Rock Is
 land, III, Thursday evening. Chic Johnson, Thorp's manager, is also
 looking after the welfare of Hugh | Walker, Billy McCarney's battler, l during the latter's absence. MCCar-
 ney is tied up with the Dempsey outfit ] as advance man.
 1 Louis White, son of the late Charlie 1 White, the well known referee, has proved himself to be a capable ring | arbiter. White is on the job every 1 time the Boxers Loyalty League puts 1 on a show for the wounded, and he | attends to his duties in 2. workmanlike 1 manner. Louis attributes his knowl- l edge of the sport to the teachings of | his father, who taught him how to 1 act as the third man in the ring. 1 While few know it, the newcomer has | refereered many decision bout while | he was in the navy, his verdicts giving 1 general satisfaction.
 It is said that George Washington | Grant. new owner of the Braves, can not get rid of Herzog's S10, 900 con tract. No other National League club will assume Herzog's salary and pay the waiver price for his release.