South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-04
VETERAN REFEREE
STRONG IN PRAISE
OF CHICAGO BOXER
Says Bill Henry, Who Meets
Root Here Tomorrow,
is Real Star.
BY ED W. SMITH.

Considerable activity is being shown
an around in that interesting new
division Of boxing men known as the
junior light weights. They are par
toularly strong around Chicago and
as they usually put up the most in
teroating Of scraps their popularity
is well justified. There are focks of
them around here, too, and a real
series of contests to prove which of
them is the best would prove mighty
intereetinc
Tomorrow night in South Bend
Bill Henry. one of the foremost Of
the scrappers in the 12S pound sIass
around here, will take on Artie
Root OF Cleveland in ten round
battle before Gene Kessler's boxing
club. 1t Will be decided in the Oil
yer Theater and should prove at
tractive enough To completely fill
that lice little house
Henry has been on tie shelf for
some time as the result Of an injury
suffered while he was in the east but
; his manager, Jack O'Keefe, declares
he is better than ever. If that is
/ true Artie Root is in for n decidedly
/ interesting evening because Bill is
one of the best of the juniors around
here and capable Of holding his own
nicely with any Of the second rate
/ light weights
Interesting History.
Bill has an interesting history
He was one of the steadiest and
most reliable of the big mob OF
fighting men that Jack Kennedy and
his helpers kept on tap at Great
Lakes naval training station. Bill
showed the highest class right a
the start and wound up by winning
three titles at the station, something
no other man ever was able TO do
He went from the feathers to tn,
welters and cleaned all of them.
Out of "A trifle over $50 contest
Henry was beaten but cnce in th'
ring at the huge training station
Willie Green, the Philadelphia Stat
accomplished the trick in the ligh
weight class but Bill turned abou
: and got the decision the very mex
, time they came together. These en-
gagements were accounted the yer
best out of the thousands of bout
; that were decided there during tn
period of the war.
Henry and Root are TO meet a
12S pounds i'm the South Ben
e match and Henry can make the f
E CURE without the least trouble. Roo
b is an overgrown featherweight an
L around Cleveland is accounted on
3, of the best boys that ever came on
of that city. and they have sen
r some pretty good men to the arena
, Regarded Highly.
= The former COB is highly regard
e ed around South Chicago and JAG
O'Keefe is willing TO wager a littl
r. something that he and his other sta
J lightweight, Jimmy Brady are IN
r absolute class of the junior division
5 Tom Wallace, Paddy Clancy's ne
r. manager, is all steamed up over tn
good showing that the south sic
j Irishman is making in his receT
y training stunts in the gymnasium
b He has had a number of good offel
for Paddy's services and within
n short time will start him off on a
y entirely fresh campaign.
e PADDY is another Junior WI
should do we'll around here after
is rested up a bit Always a pOpul'
r. card he does not seem TO have 10
b. any of his following through reCeI
s. reverses. They like him because !
IS always give an opponent the vel
n best he has in the shop.