Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
WESTERN BOXERS
INVADE THE EAST
More Than Dozen Mittmer
Cross Horace Greeley's Ad-
vice in Seeking Bouts
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

An influx Of leather pushers from the
West IS becoming promiscuous in the
East, and more than n dozen new faces
have been or will be seen in squared
circles Of New York and Philadelphia.
Some of these mittmcn have made good,
others not so good and few still have
to exhibit their respective wares.
Invaders who nre following the ad-
vice of Horace Greeley. with reversed
English, include members in every divi-
sion with the exception of the feather
weight class. Welterweights are in the
majority. five 145-pounders being
among the visitors. There are three
lightweight newcomers from out thar,
one heavyweight and a middleweight.
Representing California is n family
Of fistmen. the Shade brothers. three
of EN-. The heavyweight hitter is
Billy. Dave is a welterweight and
George is lightweight. The Shades.
together with their father, who trains
his fighting sons, are in New York.
where they are making their headQuar-
ters while appearing in the East. Dave
boxed in Philadelphia last week. but
he did not show anything like sensa-
tional form.
aZeVedO Is Star
Other Californians who are trying to
win fame and fortune on this side Of
the continent are Manuel Azevedo and
Phil Salvatore. lightweights; lilly Her
man and Joe Miller. welterweights, and
Al Walker, bantam. Azevedo already
has proved himself rugged and hard
hitting battlcr, Herman has scored n
number of victories, including one Of
Soldier Bartfeld. around New York
Miller displayed cleverness in two bouts
here, while Walkers only reCommenda-
ton is that he is Il tough kid.
The Salvatore scrapprr of the Cali =
fornia invaders is an Italian Ampri- =
can and comes to Philadelphia heralded
as a rugged guy. Whether Phil is TO
remain in the Fast for any length of
time will be decided on Monday night
for, if he can make n favorable show
ing against George Chaney. Salvatore
will be assured of further competition
OF the other weterwcights Morr!e
Lux halls from Kansas City and Alex
Hart is Cleveland youngster under
Johnny Kilbane's tutclage. Lux is in
the East with I.arney Lichtenstein. n
veteran manager of boxers and whose
Judgment Of fist fingers il highly re
garded all over the country. "A bout
with Jack BrttOn in decision match
would result in new welterweight
Champion. SAYS l.arncy of Lux.
Another Kiibane Boxer
Hart is on" Of four boxers included
in stable being handled by Kilbanr.
Alex helped in training the feather
weight champion for his title tilt with
Danny FruSh.
Another Kansas City invader is
Hugh Walker. II middleweight. Hugh
has been around New York for several
months and he has been showing him :
self off as Il crack bOxer-one who is
being considered seriously to dcthrone
| the disrrcdit"d champ, Johnny Will
| son.
Simm"rcd down to the remaining
visiting boxers, we find pair of ban :
tnms-Al Xcimer. of Cleveland. and
Phil DDowd. another Ohioan from
Columbus. Xcimer has boxed in .the
Fast before, but now he is here under
| the direction of Kilbanc to remain
throughout the season. O'DOwd
/ sprang surprise in New York last
week by gaining the judges decision
over Joe Lynch.