The Washington herald., 1922-06-19
BATEMAN MATCHES
HEAVYWEICHTSFO FOR
TWELVE-ROUND GO
Young Bowen and Mickey
,Daugherty Rematched
For First Semi-Final.
By RAY HELGESEN.

Henry Darneille, the Districts
alleged lighting cop" has been
nstched with the Australian heavy
Weight, LaBlanche, in the main bout
Yf the Sportland Heights Arenas
next card, which will be staged
next Saturday afternoon.
Darneille has been fighting in and
Around New York for the past three
Or four months, but has failed to
add to thu reputation which he
garnered here last summer when
he. alone and unaided. put to sleep
AR-indefinite number OF F street
cowboys" at a fiapper dance some
Ilace in Maryland. For few weeks
last winter Darneille was being
primed to lift the heavyweight
crown from the unwrinkled brow
6f one Mister Dempsey. However.
his hackers optimism faded after
the hghting cop had shown his
wares against a few of Broadway's.
roped arena lesser lights, and
Henry was put ION his own" again.
Convinced that he was really a
fighter and not just an ordinary
cop, Henry proceeded to make n
few matches for himself. He
fought a few times in Philly and
met a couple of ordinary box tight
ers IN Jersey recently, but has
never shown anything to warrant
the belief that he is the future
king OF the heavyweight division.
LaBlanehe . Newcomer.
LaBlanche is q fair heavyweight
who has merely been taking things
easy since his arrival in this coun-
try from Belgium some months ago.
The Australian fought in France
and Belgium until last December.
when he came to New York. So
far he has been unsuccessful In his
advertised effort to cut a path
through his division right up TO
Dempssy's door.
This match Is scheduled to go
twelve rounds as the feature OF the
sportland Heights Arenas second
show. Darneille is lighting at 1875.
while LaBlanche enters the ring
around 400.
There Is this TO be said about the
match: An indefinite number Of fight
fans will want to see 1t II only to
see the fighting cop" take a beat
ing. whether or not LaBlanche Is
capable Of administering said beat
ing Is not yet known. but the odds
are that II he Is even half as good
rs advertised Darneille will in the
future confine his battling efforts
around Washington to mixups with
dancing cowboys
In the nrst semi-hnals of next
Saturdays card Young Bowen and
Mickey Daugherty, of Philadelphia.
have been rematched for ten rounds.
Daugherty-Bowen Rematched.
Daugherty fought Bowen to a
draw last Saturday and had he been
in condition undoubtedly would
have taken the local battler.
According to his manager, Daugh-
erty had not been in the ring dur
ing the ten months previous to last
Saturdays bout. He had only
trained two weeks for the Bowen
fight and it's a cinch another two
weeks wouldn't have hurt him. At
that ne gave Bowen all he wanted
and with another weeks work
should be In shape to give a better
account Of himself
Joe Bateman, matchmaker at
spoEtland Heights, plans to match
Danny Duarte. the two-fisted little
sailor, against the winner of the
Bowen-DauEherty match for the
main attraction of his July show.
Daugherty's manager has already
signifed his Willingness to send the
PhilIy battIer against Duarte. pro-
vidinE he trims Bowen next Satur-
day but Gordon Leech. Bowen's
manager. has Vet TO assent to the
proposed match providing his man
gets the verdict this week.
Duarte and Bowen would make a
good match for any fight club.
Danny. while slightly smaller than
the nfeguard. carries a punch in
either mitt. and both of them are
haart crushers. Furthermore. he iF
considerably faster than Bowen,
who has slowed uD in the last two
years partly due to his daily work
as a lifeguard at the Tidal Basin.
Leech's disinclination to match
his battler against Duarte is easily
understood. Bowen would have a
tough job going twelve rounds with
the speedy little sailor. Duarte can
shoot them through with either
hand and every blow he lands car
rfes a message. He doesn't waste
punches. On the other hand. Bowen
seems to have only one punch.
swinging right. which he telegraphs
every time he starts it. Unless it
LANDS mis- Cnance TOT a KNOCKOUT Is
sliuo- against any lightweight who is
in condition to go the distance.
Joe Freeman yesterday received
Johnny Dundee's verbal acceptance
of terms to meet George "Knockout"
CLANCY in the feature match OF the
Laurel American Legion's big show
which is to be staged in the Laurel
race track on July 4. Freeman was
trying t. land Rocky Kansas for this
hght.s but the Buffalo boy is dated
for the holiday and won't be in the
East unAl the middle of September,
when Freeman hopes to get him to
meet the winner of the Dundee
CLANCY affair.
The last time Dundee and CLANCY
fought was in Philadelphia some
months ago when the Scotch Wop
won on a foul in the eighth round.