The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-07


 O thisg who said Battling Levin sky was all done for? oh. where is the one who was SO certain that as boxing topnotcher Battling Levin sky was ready to be shelved?
 It will interest (?) those who have been so generous in perputally knock ing the gamest and best and mos: generous boxer who have trodded Bridgeport soil, to know that the same Battling Levinsky they would want others to believe is a has-been decisively DEFEATED Billy Niske at Rossford.
 And for the sake of those who claimed that Levinsly was not wanted by matchmakers, because the latter knew he was no drawing card per init me to say that Dan Morgan has arranged for four matches for the former Bridgeport scrapper - and every one a real money maker, too. Permit me also 10 inform you that Battling Levinsky and Billy Miske drew S1O.0OO at Rossford the other night, which shows how popular the two are even today.
 And listen up what Charles A. Nel- son, a Rossford. O., sport expert. has to say about Barney. It will make in- teresting reading for those who have been yielding the hammer unjust ly:
 Battling Ievinsky of New York city, retained his light heavy weight title last night at the Rossford arena by out-boxing Billy AIiske, of St. Paul, in a 12- round bout before large crowd.
 It was almost Ii o'clock be- fore the main go of the evening started. When the Battler and Miske took their respective cor ners the fans stood and cheered. Matt Kinkle, of Cleveland the famous referee was the third man in the ring.
 For the first six rounds, Le- whisky took things easy and all lowed Miske to force the fight but now and then the Battler opened up with his lightning left hand. jabbins the big St. Paul fighter several times before he could get away. Miske forced the fight throughout the entire mill and several times had the New York heavyweight worried but the punch to put the Battler away wa9 lacking.
 Early in the hght, Miske open ed up q cut over Levinsky's right eye but it bothered the champion but little.
 Toward the end of the fight, Levinsky let himself out and car ried the fight to Miske. who came back strong but was unable to cover up fin time to escape the Battier's left and right hand jabs to the face.
 When the gong sounded in the final round, both fighters were going strong and both were try ing to put over a haymaker.
 The big St. Paul scrapper rush ed time and time again punching Levinsky in the stomach and side of the head but was unable to get into a clinch before the Rat tley repeated the same trick. Niske outweighed the New York fighter and time and again forced him to the ropes or compelled him 10 clinch. Referee Hinkle had quite a little difficulty in breaking the fighters but as whole worked the two nauIlers every minute of the 12 rounds.
 Should Dempsey win the reavy- weight title this afternoon at Boyview Park, it is almost cer- tain that Levinsky will challenge him for the worlds heavyweight belt.
 One of the best goes of the program which preceded the main bout of the evening. was the semi-finai go between Fran kie Callahan, of Columbus, ana Tommy Gary, of Dayton. Both fighters put across some real punches and displayed one of the prettiest exhibitions of box ing ever staged in the city.
 Harry Stout, of Milwaukee, who handled the preliminaries showed that he is a veteran third man in the fighting game and kept the fighters moving every minute.