The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-23
Curley Offers To Give Driver $l,OOO If Doyle
 Cannot Defeat BOgash
BOUTS TONIGHT.

Young Bushee vs. Young Chakas at Derry.
 Jimmy Taylor vs. Paul Demers at Marieville, R. I.
 to that effect, however Williams has already signed to box Leo Houck at Lancaster, Pa, and 1t is doubtful if his manager would have signed him up for such two tough fights in as many nights.
 Benny Leonard, lightweight cham pion, resumed his strenuous training yesterday in preparation for his fight with Willie Ritchie at Newark next Monday night. Benny boxed three rounds at StiIlman's gym in NeI York yesterday with Paul Doyle, 1A o. Joe Daily and two rounds with Johnny Harvey and Benny Va1ger.
 Willie Jackson, the crack New York lightweight, has been i'll for the past ten days, but will resume train ing today in anticipation of a, busy season. Willie is a good card in any part of the country and as he can fight and always satisfies his popular manager, Doc Bagley, should en- counter no trouble in securing match es for him.
 Harry Congdon of Brooklyn is a big card in Montreal and in all prob ability he will soon appear in action there in g. bout with Paul Doyle of New Haven. Doyle won over many friends by giving a good account of himself there in a bout fought a week ago.
 The writer has Tom McArdIe's word for it that the advance sale for the Benny Leonard-WiIlie, Ritchie bout at Newark next Monday is al most twice as much as that recorded for the Benny Leonard-Ted Kid Lew is battle at Weidenmeyer Park il that city last Fall. Tom said tnat Gibson, Benny's manager, has alone sold more than $7,00O worth of tick cts. The Bronx will turn out in large numbers. Harlem, too. will be well represented, for the tickets placed on sale at Billy Grupps' down at 18th Street and Bergman's on Lenox ave nue, in the big town have been ex- hausted.
 Joe Leonard of New York and Young Nichae1s were today matched for a ten-round bout at the West Side A. c. of Binghamton, N Y, for a week from tonight Leonard should have little trouble defeating this box CT, however.
 Two Rhode Island clubs will hold shows tonight The National A. c. O. Marieville will stage an all star card hIy 0P TQa1 ford and Jimmy Taylor of New York. At the RoIo A. c. at Newport. George Alger. the Boston we1ter- terweight. will tackle Pal Reid of Newport. Mike Vietri is matchmaker for the Newport club.
 Frankie Burns of New Jersey and Frankie Brown of New York will not meet a the Pine Tree A. c. in Port land, Me. on Monday night, as Burns las been taken i'll and has been ad- vised to keep out of the ring for at leaet a month. The club promoter is now seeking a substitute bout.
 Sergt. Charley Pitts, the local bat tier, is putting in some hard work down in Billy Grupps gym in New York, according to word that has just reached the writer. Pitts is expect ing to hear from his manager regard ing future matches, but so fas as is known, Sam Driver has nothing in store for this clever performer.
 Matt Hink1e, the millionaire pro- m noter-referee from Cleveland, is hav- ing glorious time in New York and vicinity, according to latest reports Matt is one of those fellows who makes friends wherever he goes. He is an all-round good fellow and a real friend.