The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07
IS TO LEAVE FOR
 EUROPE SOON
Classy Light Heavyweight Will Go In September To Meet Georges Carpen- tier in Paris.

Battling Levinsky, formerly of Bridgeport, but now of Philadelphia, is perhaps the most sought boxer in the world, which far from substan- tiates the contention of a local con- temporary that Barney is all in. Not only IS Levinsky sought by promoters in this country, but early in Septem- her he will leave for Europe where he will take part in several bouts. LevInsky and Georges Carpenter have been virtually matched to box for the light heavyweight champion
 ship of the world during the latter
 part of November or early in De- cember Veine, the Paris promoter, will stage the show in the French
 capital.
 According to tentative articles that
 Levinsky has just signed Georges
 Carpenter will make 175 pounds
 ringside for Levinsky. This weight, which is agreeable to the Frenchman,
 was decided upon on demand by Le-
 whisky who is now down to 173
 pounds.
 Charley Pitts and his manager, Clarence Gillispie, leave New York
 today for Montreal where on Monday
 night the former Bridgeport boxer
 wA meet Benny Leouard, lightweight champion. Pitts Is in fine fettle. He and his manager will arrive in Mon
 treal early tomorrow when Charley will do a little training at the French Canadian A. c. of that city,
 In addition to serving as first lieu tenant to Tex Rickard at the Jess W1llard-Jack Dempsey out in Tolebdo
 on July 4, Joe Mulvihill, the Dan
 bury promoter and snowman, has ctpd fo
 the fight for number of Connecti- cut newspapers.
 Terry Lee will in all probability be appointed a boxing referee in New Jersey, according to reliable infor- nation received by the writer today. Lee is very popular in Newark where he IS now located and two weeks ago
 1led his aplication for a license Fa- vorab1e action is said to have been taken on the recommendation. There will be nothing to interfere
 with the staging of the Jess Willard Jack Dempsey bout at Toledo on July Fourth, Tex Rickard an- nounced today. Take 1t from Tex the bout will be held on July rain or shine Meanwhile the boxers are training faithfully. Willard is seek ing the services of new sparing part l ners. He has asked Bartley Madden 1 of Jersey City and Clay Turner, the | Indian, to work with him.
 | Chic Brown, whom Pete Hartley stopped in Derby last night, announc- | ed his retirement from the ring to- | day Chic has been on the decline for the past year. Three years ago | he was the best card in this state | The climax came when he took the count in that memorable bout with Benny Leonard at Dave Ryan's show | in New Haven about IS months ago. Bridgeport will soon have a formsr
 soldiers show and it is hoped. at
 least, that the public will show bettet appreciation for what the soldier boxers did when in France than did the folks in Waterbury. The box ofhce receipts were ridiculously low and the promoter is said to have lost several hundred dollars
 Louis Bogash of this city and Pete hartley or Derby constitute the next big card. However, if Bogash ex-
 poets to meet Hartley he will have to
 get down to the lightweight limit. Leo P. Flynn, before leaving for New
 ork with Mrs. l.. P. Flynn in his
 high-powered machine last night.
 said that he has $2,0oO that he will wager that Hartley can do the same
 thing with Bogash that he did with
 Brown last night
 Larry Williams is training hard in
 expectations of a bout with Willie Meehan, the California heavyweisht. with whose manager, Sam Driver. is communicating. Several western cities seek this bout
 will start at 3:30 o'clock.