The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-13
Williams 10 To 8 Favorite
 Over Kinley;; Clinton Will
 Report Here This Evening


 De Forest.
 Eddie has left no stone unturned in preparing for this battle. Realiz- ing the importance of the outcome of
 the clash, Eddie is anxious to be at his best. He does most of his work out l doors, but the bad weather has pre- vented him from doing this during the
 past few days. He has been boxing steadily with Johnny Howard of Bayonne. N. J., who is also training at De Forests health farm in Long
 Branch.
 Williams. too. should be at his best, for he has trained harder for this
 battle than he has for any previous
 one. He will wind up his training
 tomorrow morning and rest all after noon. Having been promised a match with Harry Greb of Pittsburgh at the first June show here in the event that he wins tomorrow night, Larry has worked to the end that he may be in the condition where he will have the Long Branchtte at his mercy. But the fact remains that this Ed die Kinley can not be under estimated. True, he has not had the ring expert ence of Larry Williams. but he has been coming right along and under the guidance of Jimmy De Forest has developed into quite a fast boy. What he can do against Williams is proble- nautical, for Larry is one of the heav- fest hitters in the heavyweight divi- sion. If the New Jersey giant can stay clear of Larry's swings, he may outpoint the BridgepOrter, but if he attempts to slug it with Williams he will soon find himself smacking the mat
 Johnny Clinton of New York is due here late this afternoon from New York Johnny spent part of the day | working out with Frankie Carbone, 1 the rnfddleweight. and several other boys down at Bill GruDp's gym in New York. He planned on leaving | the metropolis on the 5 o'clock train this afternoon.
 Clinton is in splendid shape and when seen Sunday boxed six stiff rounds with clever New York boys.
 Johnny since being taken over by Danny Morgan has developed into quite a nifty performer. He has pair of hard hands that he uses effec- lively On his feet he is unusually fast.
 Louis Bogash, whom he will meet, is perhaps the most promising light
 
 | blot on his record is that decision
 Referee AIafft Flaherty gave against him when he met Clinton at the Ar onry A A in Boston. Louis has claimed right along that he was given a raw treatment and it is because he | is set on showing his home folks that he is Clintons master that he con- sented to take on such a tough boy i right here in Bridgeport.
 Bogash has made good for just one
 reason---he has barred no one. He thas consented to meet the toughest and it is no wonder that Bridgeport ! CTS are proud of him for there isn't 1 and this is said without fear of dis l Ipute---a tougher and gamer lad in 1 New England. He has proved this time and again. He has met all the : New England contenders. And he has defeated them all.
 1 Perhaps his most important and most decisive victory was the one he scored over Terry Brooks of Boston. 1 Lou literally chopped Terry into rib
 bons. Brooks is a veteran and has
 met all the best boys. That fight---it was at the Commercial Club in Bos- 1 ton where they met on February 21--- 1 Brooks was made to look live nov | ice That victory made" Bogash in 1 Boston and today he is one of the biggest drawing cards in the City of Culture.
 But there is one lightweight who has ibaffted Lou. And this one is none 1 other than Johnny Clinton. In fact, Johnny has puzzled many a good l lightweight. Yet, Lou is confident i that he will defeat him. Today when
 seen by the writer he said:
 ''I got Q. raw deal in Boston. That's ' %od 44 ha +011 bpa aT boy I have ever boxed right in my home town I want my friends to see i for themselves that my claims are well founded and that I am Johnny Clinton's master. Mind you am not
 underestimatin.g Clinton.
 "I am only confident. have trained hard and know what am capable of Ia accomplishing. I met Johnny Clinton before. He Is a fighter who is at his best when fighting at close quarters.
 There are a lot of things about his
 fighting that puzzled me in our first meeting that will afford me the
 chances I will seek. I don't expect that I will have an easy time with Clinton, for as I said before. he is the toughest man I've ever met, but
 I'm confident I'll trim him. Red Allen and Harry Williams, who will figure in the third eight-rounder, also are expected to be in good con dition. The opening bout will be a, six
 rounder between Sapper Conan of this city and Miczy Travers of New Haven.
 Terry Lee, who will refgeree' the bouts tomorrow, arrived in town last night. The advance sale at noone to- day amounted to a trif1e under $1.SO0, indicating that a notwithstanding crowd will be on hand and that but few reserved seats will be available Toy tomorrow night if the demand for
 reservations continues to be what it has been during the past four days The all-star bouts at the Casino tomorrow night will attract a large
 number of mana gers from the metro 1 polls. Among those who will be at
 the ringside to watch the bouts gre the following: Dick Curley, formerly
 manager of the Arena in New Hav en: Eddie Meade, manager of Joe Lynch. the sensational New York featherweight; Mamie Seamon,
 trainer of Benny Leonard; Scotty
 Johnny Dundee; Dan Morgan. who
 will handle Johnny Clinton in the |