The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
Light Heavyweights Will Be Handsomely Rewarded For Their Efforts - Other News of the Ring Men.

Larry Williams of this city and Kid Norfolk, of Panama, the colored heavyweight, have been rematched and will box eight rounds, no-decision, before the Armory A. A. of Jersey City on Monday night, June 30. Johnny Jennings, the Jersey City pro- moter, has been angling for this bout for several weeks, but not until to- day did the two managers agree on the terms.
 Eddie Tremblay, the Nebraska light heavyweight who defeated Harry Greb of Pittsburgh in the King 8 tournament in London last winter and who is making this city his home. is anxious to get into harness. His manager, Dan Morgan, has prac- tically decided to keep him out of the ring for the summer as there is very little doing pugilistically in this coun- try now. Eddie is working at the Lake Torpedo Boat Co.
 As a referee Young McAuliffe, the account of himself last night at the Akorn A. c. smoker. He kept the boys busy and made them box. He
 
 judgment in stopping the semi-final and main bouts.
 Benny Valger, the classy feather weight and claimant of the cham pionship for that class, and Lew Tender of Philadelphia will meet in the main bout at the next big show that the Armory \. A. of Boston con ducts. This announcement officially comes from the club headquarters at 1903 Washington street, Boston.
 Artie OLeary, the coming light weight, has been matched by his manager, Jimmy Davenport, to boA eight rounds with Johnny Drummie of Jersey City at the Bayonne A. c. of Bayonne, N. J., on next Friday night. Mickey Russell of Brooklyn and Al Cook of Newark will furnish the semi-final, also of eight rounds.
 The little fellows will have their inning at the Armory A. A. in ter sey City on next Monday night, ac- cording to Promoter John Jennings He has practically matched Johnny Rosner of New York with Johnny Buff of Brooklyn. In another bout Johnny Murray, Doc Ragley's clever little scrapper, will hook it with Jimmy Taylor. of New York.
 The Coliseum out in St. Louis will be ehe scene of a heavyweight bout a week from tonight. The match maker there has signed Harry Greb of Pittsburgh to meet Billy Miske of St. Paul. The two fought in Pitts burgh some time ago and the news paper men differed as to the final de- cision.
 Eddie Meade, manager of a string of classy ringmen, is hot under the collar and says that he has a loose S25O stored away that he is willing to stake on Battling Reddy, formerly of this city, but now of New York. Eddie claims that Reddy can beat Frankie Burns of Jersey City any time he wants to, despite the fact that Burns was given the newspaper verdict over the former local feath- erweight the other night.
 Benny Valger of New York and Johnny Dundee of the same city have finally been matched and will have IL out in a 12-rounder that the Unity A. c. of Lawrence will promote a feature of an all-star outdoor show there within two weeks. The bout will probably be fought a week from Saturday afternoon.
 Speaking of Valger recalls an item that appeared in one of the Boston papers yesterday attempting to dis credit and belittle Benny's cleancut and easy victory over Frankie Britt of New Bedford at Lawrence lasl Saturday afternoon. The statement was not in condition. This is not 90 as was in condition Thi7 H not 90 as