The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-14
Statement Branded As Alb surd Authorities to In vestigate-Boxing News.

The "confessiou'' Of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion and an exile from this country, was no surprise to American boxing fans. They expected that the colored man would resort to such a trick to force Jess Willard into a match with him. His reported intention of claiming the heavyweight championship if Jess ignores him Is taken as a joke by boxers, their managers and the pub Iic.
 Phil Lewis, manager of Ralph Brady of Syracuse, in @ letter re- ceived at this office today, says: Brady beat Frankie Britt in Boston Tuesday beyond a, doubt and why the referee gave the decision to that guy is more than l can understand Phil added his claim that Ralph won every round except the 12th, which, he says, was even
 Benny vaIger, the New York French featherweight, was today signed by his manager, Joe Jacobs, to substitute for Johnny Dundee against Ralph Brady in Syracuse on Monday night. DuAdee is suffering from an absoess oo the ear and will be forced to lay off for a couple of weeks.
 Tom McArdle, who now manages Jim Coffey of New York. was highly eiated over the published reports that Coffey and Battling Levtnsl1y had been rematched for Monday in Jersey City. Tom said that he had made no such arraD genents. However. words are useless now as the match, if one really was arranged. has been called off because Levinsky wrenched his knee while training in Stratford yes terday-
 If young Conan of this city will call at the sporting department of The Times tonight he will learn some thing that will be to his advantage.
 An important match will in all prot ility be consummated today. Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champion and George Chaney of Bal timore are wanted by the National and Olympic clubs in Philadelphia for a sIx-round bout there on March 25. Sammy Harris, Chaney's man 1 ager has already accepted the terms i of Jimmy Dougherty of the Ma tionaI A. c. Kilbane is expected to accept today.
 Friends of Pete Herman, the 1 worlds bantanweight champion, are not over enthused these days because 1 the New Orleans lad will soon leave 1 for London where will meet Jimmy l Wilde, the English champion. Her i man has not been meeting with much ! success lately and his friends fear ! r, I, q, { England.
 Clay Turner, the Indian who has recovered from injuries sustained in a bout with Kid Norfolk, will return to the ring on next Thursday night | at Atlantic City where he will meet Jim Hosic of that city. Larry Will Hams of this city and the Indian will meet at the VeIodrame in Buffalo on March 25.
 Red" Allen of this city will not meet Phinney Boyle at Lawrence to- night. The Lowell lad ran out of the bout, claiming that the Bridgeporter would have too many pounds on him. | Efforts on the part of Matchmaker Jim CriIley to secure a suitable op- i ponent failed completely. However, Red will appear there within two weeks.
 Joe Jacobs has already arranged 2
 series of three good matches for hi
 new featherweight championshil | contender. Benny Valger of Nev
 York. Benny will meet Frankie
 Brown at George Engle's Olympia il
 Philadelphia on March 24 and or
 April he will box 12 rounds to
 CT were the best of friends Several
 times promoters offered to match them, but each refused.
 Had they accepted these offers they probably would have made thousands
 of dollars. but Connolly was a real