Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-26
GEORGE WARD
IN BOUT HERE
Meets Willie Thompson, of
Brooklyn, Tomorrow Night.
Honan Will Not Fight.

Two of the best of the new crop
of w~elterweight title hunters will
meet in an elimination bout tomor-
row night at the Auditorium Sport
Club. They are George Ward, of
Elizabeth. and Willie Thompson, of
Brooklyn.
Ward and Thmpson top the list of
newcomers in the 142-pound class
who have made rapid progress
toward a meeting with the welter
king, Jack Britton. He has promised
Matchmaker Charles Doessereck to
take on the winner of tomorrow
nights bout shortly after Labor Day,
Wit hthis big bout in view. 1t is a
certainty that Ward and Thompson
will strive for a knockout victory.
Ward has been installed a fayorite
over Thompson for tomorrow nights
bout, but the Brooklyn boy has a big
following that thinks he can sustain
his string of nockouts against Ward.
In place Of Joe Honan, who, II was
advertised would meet Barney Nc
Govern, OF New York, the club a
secured Eddie Hassett Of Jersey City,
who has been coming to the front
rapidly of late. This bout Is sure to
be a smuggling match from bell to
bell.
In the six-round bout Young JEFF
Smith of Bayonne, will hook UP with
Joe Mills of Elizabeth.
With reference to the Honan-
McGovern bout. promoter Doesereck.
of the Auditorium Sport Club, has
written a letter to the sporting editor
giving his side of the trouble with
'the fighting Waiter" over his pro-
posed bout. Honan wrote a letter to
the sporting editor last week stating
that he had not signed any agree
ment to meet McGovern and ex-
planned personally, that he had been
promised $3.50 If he would fight but
that when the papers were given him
to sign he learned by reading them
over that SIS was all that was offered
him for the eight round SCRAP. Joe
says he refused to fight for that
money. Here is Doesereck's side of
the story:
Sporting Editor
Dear Sir:
az am not in the habit of taking
up your time and space in regards to
my troubles with fighters and their
managers, but in the case of Joe
Honan the local pride I must make
an exception and tell you and your
kind readers that the statement that
appeared in your paper the other day
regarding the said Joe Honan was
nothing short of a lie.
Joe Honan and Hugh Boyle, OF
Elizabeth, came to me about ten days
ago at the Auditorium and asked me
to give Honan a chance to box at
the local club. I told both Honan
and Boyle that / did not care about
having Honan box at the club as I
have known Honan about six years
and in that time have found him to
be both cratic and unreliable. After
considerable talk on their part ! let
my friendship for Mr.. Boyle besway
me to give Honan a chance to box.
1 told Boyle I would get an opponent
for Honan and let him know in a
day or so who he was to box. l met
Mr.. Boyle two days later and told
him I had selected Barney McGovern.
Boyle was satisfied and we agreed on
the price Honan was to get. On last
Thursday Honan came to me at n
| Auditorium and told me that Joe
McNulty, his former manager, would
not let him box at the local club. I
told him in front of Boxing Com
missioner E. S. Grain who was
present that Mr.. McNulty would not
stop him and did not care where he
boxed. He then told me that he did
lOL CdIt dOOul DOAlIlS NuC9ONClA anu
would box someone not as tough as
the New Yorker. He also claimed
that he was in the habit of selecting
his own opponent and not let the club
tell him who he was to box. Mr..
E. S. Grain then told him in front
of several people that he would have
to box the boy selected by the club
or not at all. Honan then left and
instead of telling his friends that he
had taken a run out powder made
the foolish claim that he was not
matched at the club at all.
1T have since secured the services
OF Eddie Hassett, of Jersey City, to
take the place of Joe Honan and l
am sure that he will give the fans
as good il not a better bout than the
local pride.
Very truly yours.
"CHAS. DOESERICK.
Auditorium Sport Club"