El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-25
TALKING IT OVER
YOUR VIEWS AND NINE

TOMMY CONNOLLY. New Mexico
lightweight champion wants to
= come 20 FL Paso.
Recognizing this city as the fistic
mecca OF the southwest the Roswell
star is keeping IA touch with match
Athletic association and manager
Nicholas Soilitto OF Dutch Crozier,
with the view OF arranging g match
with the navy champion Connoily's
record contains a number Of matches
with Crozier and delvinE into the
matter there Is ample evidence here
that they arc old rivals and that the
New Mexican has given the navy star
a number Of hard battles. It ls pos
si1le that the bout viii be staged in
Roswell unless arrangements can be
made TO get the two men together
here.
One or two little obstacles ap-
peared on the horizon Friday after
noon 20 the scheduled return battle
between Dick Griffin and Gene Payo
and it IS possible that this contest
VIII not be staged earlier than Octo-
Der 2.
Lieut.. MCCULLOUGH, district athletic
officer, desires that the bout not be
staged on either october 8 or 6. due
TO gymkana at the post
Fl Paso'a big carnival OPEN
on Monday October 4 so that this
dure f. also out OF question. De-
tober would be a humdfnger nH
IL would o cur on Thursday night
and there f. nothing 10 be held
on this particular date other than
the boxing match. II a. not the
idea Of eliminating competition 50
much us IL Is to work hand IN
hand with other interests that a.
being conEidered In the selection
OF satisfactory dates, By match
maker Erwin At all events, De-
tober viii be the boxing month
a. three bouts are scheduled be-
between the first and 3Ist.
Ben F. Upton. II Paso cartoouist
ana scenic artist, is working on the
Pacific coast,
he is at present engaged in scenic
Work FOR the Redmond Follies, the
same company with which he was
in Fl Paso. The company
-s playing an extensive engagement 7
1t the Strand theater in Long Beach.
TIP advises IN a letter 20 The Her I
ala sports editor that he and family I
are feeling fine and that he often
thinks Of ~ Paso and longs 20 re-
turn here he vas employed by the I
'lagg scenic company FOR some time
after arriving on the coast but was .
engaged py Mr. Redmond when he ]
-eorganized his company.
Jack Reynolds, claimant OF the 4
worlds WelterWelght wrestling title, ]
has been unable 20 get Matty Nat /
Iuda into the ring for a return match. /
So writes Robert Wesley. OF Cedar 1
Rapids, Iowa, whom basketball fans 4
viii remember as one Of the speediest /
orWards OF the Church and City \
basketball league OF 1918. Wesley /
hen Quartermaster sergeant OF the I
.rmy was ordered from FL Paso to /
Jacksonville, Fla, in July, 1913 and
ater became a commissioned officer,
.eing stationed ia the canal zone. He
ends greetings TO his friends IN Fl
'aso IN a letter 20 physical director
l. I. Holm OF the y. II. c. A. Wesley 4
effects the spirit OF many Reynolds
Importers IN FL Paso in the following
atter.
i wash TO write FL Pasonans in be-
ar OF Jack Reynolds who wrestled
d FL Paso with 1fatsuda the Jap. and u
lst 20 the latter on forfeit. Now Rey-
olds has beaten the Jap seven out OF
light falls, and 7 have seen the trick {
one twice. IN fact once Reynolds beat 4
i'm with the toe hold barred, and this {