Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-23
BOXING GOSSIP

Many sporting men in Chicago are
OF the opinion that Jess Willard will
ASK Jack Curley and Tom Jones TO
heip Tex Richard TO stage the Will
lard Dempsey fight on July !. VIII
lard told friends in Chicago that he
and not Richard is staging the bat
Tie and that he is guaranteeing Demp-
sey the t21 5000. ana that he tNillardD
Is 10 get what is left of the gaze after
expenses are taken out. There might
be some truth In the above report as
willard Is friendly with Curlcy and
Jores again.
Johnny Ertle. the st. Paul bantam
weight, made good in his first bout in
the East in several months at Balti-
more on Friday night by getting the
decision over frankie Daley of Staten
Island in twelve round bout ut tho
American A. A. OF that city Daley ,,ut
up stiff fight. but Ertles ring OK
pertence was too much Tor him. Ertle
may box IN Philadelphia shortly.
Jack Br.tton. the welterweirht
champion. will defend his title in sn-
other battle on Friday hight. He will
go against Jack Malone. the ST
Paul light middleweleht, N u ten
round bout at the Auditorium in ST.
Paul. Malone is training faithfully
FOR the bout as he intends to fight his
hardest TO knock Britton out and win
the title from him. Britton is 10 re-
ceive guarantee of $1,000 for his
end.
Charley Murray, matchmaker of the
Oueensberry A. c., OF Buffalo. was
ready TO match Clay Turner, the In
dian lighter OF St. Paul and Harry
Greb OF Pittsburgh for a ten round
bout at his club on May ., but as the
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matched for a twelve round bout on
May he was compelled to pass up
Murray's offer.
Levinsky after a three month Law
OF viii start lighting again next
month Dan Morgan having booked
several important bouts. on Nav 10
he will fight Harry Greb at Canton.
o.. May he will fight Johnnie How
ard eight rounds at Bayonne, n. j..
on May IL he will meet either Charlie
Welnert or Jim CoffeY at Jersey City
ana ne Is also booked to fight Tim
Logan. Philadelphia heavyweight.
That Worlds Lightweight Cham
pion Benny Leonard and Willie
Richie will perform before the larg-
est house-both n point of attend
ance and receipts-that a boxing
match in the state of New Jersey
ever drew, IS practically a certainty.
Indications now are that when these
two boxers enter the ring Of the New
ark Sportsmen's club d week from
Monday night capacity throng will
be one hand.
a capacity attendance in this arena
which Is bigger than Madison Square
Garden, totals 1000. At the prices
which the club is charging for the
lnatch-the scale ranges from 50 TO
fl0-a crowd OF this size would rem
resent more than $4,000 in the box
office
The choice for referee lies between
three or four men-Jimmy DeForest
OF Long Branch Danny Sullivan and
Harry Brittle of New and Bill Lewis.
Slim Brennan was also out for the
job. but as he officiated at the last
big bout in Newark-Tendler VS. We'll
ing-he magnanimously withdrew.
II IS said that Sullivan is the prob
able choice of the commission.
Frank Carbone, the Italian middle
weight, is going around these days
looking like a guy who has Just been
fired and then went home TO find his
rent had been doubled. Franks two
matches With Britton and Rabson
have been Cancelled which will cost the
Italian something like $3.50