The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-22

Tulsa.
 One-Round Davis vs. Tom Cowler
 at Buffalo.
 Jimmy Duffy vs. F. Runner and Elmer Doaue vs. J. Michael at Buff faIo.
 Lee Johnson vs. Dummy Burns at Augusta.
 Sam adds they want Bognsh for Lew Tender of Philadelphia. But Lou will
 have to take off weight if he hopes
 to meet Tender, for Lew is one of
 those particular wise boxers who aI-
 ways insists on Knowing what his op-
 ponent will weigh when he comes in-
 to the ring.
 Battling Levinsky. who will pro mote the first boxing enter rtainment
 since the police commissioners lifted
 the lid on the sport here, today was
 expecting o hear from Tom McArdIe,
 manager of Jim Coffey, the Roscom-
 mon heavyweight, that everything is
 Ok. for a bout between that giant
 and Larry Williams at the big alI
 star show at the Casino on May 5.
 McArdIe has accepted all terms, but
 asked Levinsl1y that the matter Of signing be put over until today so that he might be given an opportun- ity to talk with his scrapper. The match will be closed today, anyway. says Levinsky for if Coffey doesn't sign he has another good man whom i he will match without any further ] delay. Anyway, Levinsky's com l pIete card will be known by morning. l Leo P. Flynn has g, new boxer. The | latest acquisition to the Flynn stable 1 is none other than Mike McTigue, he 1 Irish heavyweight whom the writer | recalls as a principal in a bout in l which L. P.'s oI star, Knockout 1 Sweeney, was literally forced to dive 1 out of the ring. But Mike has m l prove consierabiy in the past four 1 years His first bout will be with
 Jeff Smith at Atlantic City on May 1st.
 Leo P Flynn announced also to-
 day that h has closed match for
 Pete Hartley of Derby with Larry
 Hanson the Swede fighter, at the i Crescent 4. c. in Lowell Mass. next Tuesday night. This practically | means that Louis Bogash of this city. | will not meet Hartley a [ New Haven next Tuesday. However neither
 Curley nor Manager Driver for Bo- i gash. know anything about this | match. Flynn is not anxious to send | Hartley against Bogash anyway. and
 the announcement coming from him
 means there is nothing doing in New
 Haven.
 Dan Morgan, manager of Battling
 Levinsky, today announced that Ja | addition to Mondays bout between
 Barney and Harry Greb at the Nc
 Kinney A. c. of Canton, O., he has | matched the local heavyweight for
 two other battles. On May at l Bayonne, N. J., the BattIer will meet l Johnny Howard in eight rounds,
 while on May 20 he will travel to i Chester, Pa, where he will tackle Jim
 Logan, whom he should beat easily. 1 Because he injured his hand while training for the bout scheduled last night at the Dunfee A. c. in Syracuse. Joe Welling of Chicago, was forced ! to call off his contest with Barney 1 Adair of New York. Johnny CIin- ton took Wellings place and gave i Barney a stiff argument
 ] Leo Flynn announced the follow l ing matches for his stable: Barney 1 Adair-Charley White, Racine, Wis, ! April 30; Al McCoy-Joe Chip, Youngs- 1 town, O., April 29; Pete Hartley l Frankie Britt, Boston, April A; Pete l Hartley-Dick Stosh, Baltimore, May l. 1 and Harry Thorpe-Pete Hartley. Rock i Island, H., May ?,
 Jack Britton. the weIterweight 1 king, and his manager, Dan Morgan, l leave for Joplin, O.. tonight as that | batCler is booked to box Jock" Ma lone of St. Paul there on Friday night. Britton has been given a flat ] guarantee of $L,00O for his end and 1 he should have no trouble beating 1 Malone. Frankie Callahan of Brooklyn anI 1 Dan Mcketrick have parted Frsn4ts 1 has asked a well known Connecticut
 manager to do his business and this l chap has accepted. Callahan was to have gone to the Coast, but he has 1 cancelled the trip and will remain ] here.
 AnOther former Dan McKetriclz 1 star whom the writer heard from to- l day is Soldier Bartfeld also of i Brooklyn. The soldier just now Is ou l4l6 OOaSI, put Within g lew days he l will start home. On his way he will [ be a busy chap for he has been book
 ed for three bouts at Oakland Cal: 1 Seattle and Tacono, Wash. Friday 1 he meets Mike Gibbons of St. Paul at 1 the Coliseum in San Francisco. This i will be four-rounder.
 Al Lippe must be looking for easv-
 marks. He has just matched his star i middleweight, Jeff Smith. of Bay | onne, N. J., with BarSley Madden of l New York for Hereunder at the l Town Hall 4. c. of Scranton. Pa. for
 May S. Smith, however. will be giving i away considerable weight for Bartley 1 is a husky heavyweight. i Paul Doyle. who meets. Walter i Mohr of Brooklyn at the all-star show d at the Arena in New Haven next | Tuesday night, is training Benny Leonard. the worlds lightweight
 champion. for the Willie Ritchie bout. Pauf has T1eeus down at Maufice es4iJT