Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-08
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
BY LOUIS JAFFE

TEENS WILDE, released from his
d ironclad contract held by the Inter
national Sporting Club of New York,
will make his first appearance as free
ssent in st. Louis tonight. The Brit
op'S renutation was deeply cut when
bA was defeated by Jack Sharkey on
his American debut in Milwaukee re-
GENTLY. and while Jimmy's services may
be in demand by promoters throughout
the country, it is cinch that his earn
pg capacity in the ring will not be so
large as was expected when he first in
yaded the shores of our Unk Sam'l.
Wildes opponent tonight will be
Babe" Asher. st. Louis lad. whose
first name really is John. Johnny was
brought back by Uncle Sam from La
Belle France with the American y. +.
bantam championship dangling from
his belt, or words to that effect. While
Asher was little known. or unknown.
in fstic society before the doughboy
championships in Paris. his exhibitions
in that tourney and his few bouts since
returning home have stamped him as
swell little batter. So it looks rs If
Wilde is due for no easy task tonight.
A number of little fellows are anxiously
waiting for the arrival of ], wilde IN Phil
sdslphia; There are at least half dozen sn
would make life miserable for the Briton
around these diggings. For INSTANCE; take
Battling Murray Patty i WALLACE Joe Nets1n bnnY
Mcloney.
Frankie MaEuire. who put on bunch OF
good bouts around here several years ago.
will get back in local competition tomorroW
night at the Cambria. His opponent Will
he one Of Nike o'Dowd's sparrinG partners
Charley o'Neli .will be the semi; Att, 0tto
Hughes VS.. Dominick Kata-sky. Young Mill
aR ,vsi, vs Chsrlcy s Mckee, and MILE Witme Mack
Benny valger Is one of the busiest boxers
In the country His second bout of the week
VII be against Cal Delaney. Of Cleveland.
Se.ss " ter Sls man Hs"! VIII SQUARE .as or Win
n swell scrap recently at Lancaster, In
ihe other numbers Whitley Fitzgerald meets
sorsie Seors Brow Zoe Welsh faces Young & Joe
With Battling Mack.
Adams RYAN is conhdent that Jimmy Muir
y ss .nss nssu s; to st ny his d,me stride a
prep.rly Monday night when he takes on
Johnny Drummie in the first half of a
Double headliner. with Willie Jackson VS.
Pels Hartley In the latter half. Joe Jack
son; the slugeer and Ping Bodie. another
walloper, are to appear In bouts respectively
against Young Frank and Jimmy Austin.
Another bout will be between Frank Ma
honey and Billy Curry.
Charley Swinehart who used to handle
rs DoSers In PHILADELPHIA. Is in the same ca.
pety n san Francisco. Charley has a
heaYweight boxer among others. The bis
SW Is Jack Thompson. the burky gen man
rugRy Shane. writes William Falls. Il
open 70 meet any of the liHhtweights. Shane
,tsturned from France He Is representing
"e sixteenth ward in the istic world.
"hie Manning wants to box Ray O'Mal-
" any other l20.pounder also may have
hasnnlhss game. He is training daily at
~ asres Mres !. Sharkey Is out with howl to
nas,aaeet sneet mat his three CHAMPIONS are being
pShsseo up He states that Johnny Howard
R.nthne apparently wants none of Tommy
game, and the lightweights seen
AFRAID OF Jack Manning.
A'ahR oBrlen. who permits his friends tc