The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17

the Grays feel that this season means nothing in their young life and that they are doing Messrs. Daniel O'Neil & Co. a favor and that next year they will be where, they believe, they riehtfully belong-in the new In ternational League.
 But we shall see.
 ' Ew Brown wants 1t distinctly un- L derstood that Chic Brown. his lightweight. has not retired from the the boxing game because of the knockout he sustained at the hands of Pete Hartley, the Durable Dane, in Derby several weeks ago. Lew informs us that he has just come in receipt of a letter from Matchmaker Jack Doherty of the Nation2l Ath- letic club of Marieville. R. l., who desires the services of the former state champion.
 Yes, and there are other match makers who handle boxers who would no doubt like to make use of a boxer who finds himself in the position that Chic Brown Is in today. Jack Do- herty happens to manage Billy De Foe of St. Paul, who made his home here for a while. Jack is also matchmaker of the National A. c in Marieville, R! I.
 These are nos prosperous days for boxers who will sell their services or their namc---to a clever boy whom influential individuals are trying un- ceasins7y to develop into a good local card. Billy De-To ie a clever boy and, like Pete Hartley, could stop Chic without any trouble. No one knows this better than Jack Doherty. That's why Chic has received an offer from him
 And, the fact that Lew Brown is welcoming such offers is the best sign in the world that Chic Brown is through boxing. He's now probably in records of any boxer who can pay the price
 T T will seem like old times again on Thursday and Friday when Yale and Harvard row their annual regatta on tho Thames near New London The two crews have been training faithfully and industriously for the past four weeks and reports from their camps today were most promis- ing of two days full of interesting sport
 Rowing has been phenomenal1y re- vived at both Yale and Harvard after being absolutely dead for two years. It has came back with a bang and there is much interest and enthu- siasm in this weeks regatta as there was in previous water carnivals staged between the two famous rivals four and five years ago. It will be a grand day for undergrads of Yale and Har- yard on Thursday, and everything points forward to the greatest attend ance that ever saw the historic row. ing events. which, by the way, got their inception way back in 1852.
  DENNY vALGER, the classy French O featherweight. is coming along like a house afire and there is every reason why his energetic manager Joe Jacobs, should claim the feather weight championship for him. Benny the other night in Lawrence again de- featcd Frankie Britt, New England's foremost battler. And the victory was . clean cut one. Valger did as he pleased with the New Bedford flash
 Joe Jacobs has tried day and nigh to get a hearing with Johnny Filbant of Cleveland. the champion feather weight. but the latter's manager ha! always given his advances a deaf ear Johnny first told Benny to go out anC get a reputation. And now that BennJ has established himself solfdly be cause of his magnetic boxing tactic. and his cleancut victories. Johnny vii nOt so muCn as even say IIldl ne won meet the French flash.
 The writer fails to fathom Johnny'i silence. Surely Benny deserves crack at the championship. We dom believe and off hand cannot think of feathsrweight who is clever, fast anC aggressive enough to give Valger ever . stiff argument. Benny has beatei the tougher boys and has only th' champion to beat. And the champion will have nothing to do with him What course other than to publicl claim the title is there left for Valge to take? Absolutely none.
 HE won't he<ttate minute abou " saying that in the event tha Benny valger and Johnny Kilban ever meet in 12 or 15-round bout, 1 will be a most busy night for tn champion. Tn our humble opinio, Benny is an abbreviated Benny Leon ard He is fastsand a hard punchel He is as nashy scrapper we've ha. the good fortune to see in many
 day.
 Because hs has beaten practical all of the keathsrweights and becaus