The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-11
Lightweights Will Share Hon. OTIS With Hartley and Con-
 dOn-BOXing News.

dOn-BOXing News.
 Louis Bogash, Bridgeports pre- mier lightweight, and Chic Brown of New Haven, both trained to the minute and admittedly in the finest physical condition, will furnish the main fireworks for six rounds at a big smoker that will be held tonigh. at the Arena in the Elm City under the auspices of the New Haven Bowling club. The Br4dgeporter is the recognized lightweight champion or Connecticut, but while neither is expected to come into the ring as light as 135 pounds, the battle should be an interesting one.
 Brown has been training faith fuuy ill New Haven and today q re- port emanating from that city had 1t that he was down Io his best shape and determined to conquer the local luminary, whose rhetoric rise in pug dom, has been the sensation of New England Bogash is e rough and tear in battler, inclined sometimes to be wild, but unusually aggressive and fast. Brown, on the other hand, is a smooth performer, clever and 0 perplexing boxer
 On the same card with Bogash and Brown will be a scrap between Pete Hartley of Derby and Harry Con don of Brooklyn. This looks every inch as promising as the other star battle. Hartley is without a doubt one Of the most formidable light weights in the East. Condon is a hard-hittinE sluEger. He has to his y-i,- h, than any battler who has spent the last seven years in t-.e ring. Harry comes from BrookIyn-the home of clever battlers.
 By getting the verdict over Dutch Brandt of Brooklyn in a fast bout n Elizabeth, N. J., last night, Bat -iing Lahn. Leo P. FIynu's bantam weight, has earned a match with Joe Burns in Montreal tomorrow night. . The Montreal matchmaker was in need of the services of a. good boy i to oppose Burns and wired his New | York representative to find such a ] performer. The New Yorker. after hearing what Lahn did to Dutch, i'm 1 mediately signed him
 Jack sheehan. the Boston veteran . tlGl 5t-. IS dLolAlt'- ClG Sk'O1 | fAlC ti'l- . vises the sporting world to be pre- ! pared to meet the next heavyweight champion, Jack Dempsey of San : Francisco, Cal" Jack says that DempseY's ability, hard punching and a ring generalship that can be taken as superior to that Of the champion" will earn the heavyweight crown for ! him.
 1 Red" Allen of this city has been l faithfully training during the past l four days for his bout with Phinney i Boyle of Lowell at the Unity A. C. in | Lawrence on Thursday night. Allen $ ! knockout of Bud Murphy has made i him a big card in Lawrence and l many Massa clubs are bidding 1 for his services
 It has just come to light that Clay | Turner has no manager and has no l intentions of securing a mana ger, l contrary to current reports in box i ing circles. Some ambitious manager i tried to persuade Turner to engage 1 him, but the Indian passed him 1 up.
 Harry Thorpe and Benny Leonard
 will get together on March 24 at Jop- 1 lin, O.. instead of St. J'atricl1's Day
 as was originally agreed by the man | agers of the two fighters. Benny
 asked for the postponement so that 1 he could have more time in which r to train.
 l Dick CurIey and Chic Brown. the | New Haven Iightw eights. have parted. | When Chic enters the ring tonight a, ] the Arena he will hot be seconded by l Curley. Chic dropped into Dicks of 1 flee a couple of weeks ago and plead | ed with Curley to look after his af- 1 fairs. Dick promised to do so and l lost no time matching him with
 Louis 3ogash. The other day Brown g 1 brother 'phoned Dick that Chic need | ed no manager. All of which goes
 to show the gratitude of some box
 CTS.
 1 Louis Bogash of this city and John | ny Drummte of New York. will box
 eight rounds before the Armory A A. ! in Jersey City on April 28. This 1 distance telephone this morning. Bo-
 gash will box on a percentage basis.
 Ray Hatfield of Newark, said to be
 | fast welter, will get into action to-
 night by boxing K. O. Bill Thompson | of Brooklyn, in the main bout at the l Spring A. C. of West Hoboken Kid l Perkins of New York and Kid Felix 1 of West Hobolnen- will figure in an-