New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Harlem Club
10 Give Four
Bouts Tonight G,
Jimmy Johnston Offers Four
Ten-Round Bouts at The
Reopening of His Casino
BY w. J. Macbeth


Take it from one j, J. Johnston, the
Manhattan Casino, 155th Street and
Eighth Avenue, will reopen as a boxing
club tonight with great ado and eclat
James j. has sent in reams and reams
OF copy about it, and exhausted every
adjective and adverb in Noah Webster's
volumes; but the main idea seems to be
that there will be four ten-round bouts,
each better than any other one If
Jinlany is serious, he'll have to pull all
four fights at once so as to be sure to
place his final properly.
but, as framed up, this reopening
show should be worth a trip to north
Harlem. Featherweights viii predom-
mate, though one welterweight attrac-
tion will be presented. This welter
bout will introduce Morris Lux, who
comes from the Pacific Coast highly
recommended. Lux will box Marty
Summers of the East Side. Lux came
east with the avowed intention of
fighting his way to the recognition of
Jack Britton. Providing he gets past
Summers safely, he will then be in
line to meet any and all of the others
Of his class.
Charlie Pilkington will engage
| Charley Hayes in one of the feather
weight attractions. Pilkington has
been substituted for Sammy sieger,
who injured himself in training a few
days ago. There is neighborhood
rivalry between Pilkington andsHayes,
who both live in Harlem, and the
neighborhood proposes to declare it's
champion after the mill.
Jacks to Box Beecher
Freddy Jacks, of England, and Char
lie Beecher, of the East Side, will
feature another featherweight test.
Those who have been watching Jacks
declare him as elusive as jim Driscoll,
when that great little master first came
to America. Beecher will try his
punch against Jacks speed, for the
East Slider has kick in either fin and
believes it is simply matter of cor
nering the Englishman.
Jimmy Kane, another featherweight,
will go out of his class to box Packey
Hommey, the lightweight. The York
Vile featherweight is substituting for
Billy DeFoe, who was forbidden by the
Boxing Commission to keep the date
| because of an injured hand.
Gordon Munce, winner of the inter
city amateur heavyweight championship
I held in Madison Square Garden last
week, will box William Spengler in a
special bout at the International Sport
ing Clubs boxing carnival in the grand
ballroom of the Hotel Commodore to-
morrow night. Munce has been sub
stituted for Captain E. V. Chandler,
champion of the British army.
Captain Chandler was forced to can
eel his engagement because Of the re
currence of an old wound received in
action at Ypres. He was hit in the
ankle by a she'll fragment and spent
year in a hospital. After the war, when
Chandler began to train for an amateur
bout in England, he was forced to dis
continue because of small splinter
of bone protruding through the flesh,
Identically the same thing happened
to him last week. The ankle tightened
up. He tried to work out the stiffness,
but soon discovered another bone splin-
ter working to the surface, Chandler
believes the road work he was indulging
in loosened the splinter.
Munce Issued Challenge
But the attraction should be in nc
manner spoiled through the substitu-
ton of Munce for Captain Chandler.
The bout will be robbed of its interna-
tional flavor, it is true, but is not likely
to lose whit in interest. Immediately
after winning his medal in last weeks
tournament Munce issued challenge
to Spengler, who is champion of the
New York Police Department. These
heavyweight amateurs are sure to fight
their best with the city championship
at stake.
Jimmy Kelly, the Bronx welter-
weight who has been doing great guns
for a year, will box Phil Bloom in the
final bout at Madison Square Garden
Wednesday night. Rickard is putting
on four twelve-round bouts. Midget
Smith and K. o. (Joe) O'Donnell, of
Philadelphia, will appear in one of the
other three. Charlie Beecher VS.. Dick
Loadman, Of Buffalo, and Johnny Buff,
of Jersey City, vs. frankie DAILY will
complete the card.
Wilson may pick up 800 if he cares
to mingle with Joe Ortego for fifteen
rounds at the Pioneer Sporting Club.
The Commerce Club, of Los Angeles,
Joes home, has posted in the Irving
Bank, of this city, the sum of $4,000,
which is to be Wilson's if he will give
Ortego battle.
Charles Doesserick, of the Pioneer
| club, has offered to put $500 with
ne $4,000, making purse in all Of
S22,50 to gain Wilson's good will.
Wilson is still to be heard from. In
the contract given Ortego the Pioneer
club is protected in the event that
ortego is defeated by Carbone Friday
night.
On Saturday night the Woodhaven
Sporting Club, Dexter Park, will pre-
sent the following program: Sailor
Joe Daily VS.. Young Stewart, twelve
rounds; Young Jersey VS.. Phil Nc
Govern, ten rounds; frankie Pitcher
VS.. Tom MCGOWAN, ten rounds; Johnny
| Cannon vs. Sailor (Kid) Hanor. six
! rounds, Paul Daner VS.. Al Berman,
four rounds.
The banner attraction of the year at
the Star Sporting Club will be held to-
night at the 107th Street club, when
Knockout Phil belmont of the East