Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18
AMATEUR Tourney
FOR PH|LA. TITLES
Quaker City Club viii Hold
Championship Boxing Meet
In November
MANY STARS TURN PRO
by LOUIS II. JAFTE

|DENDING sanction by the Middle
l. Atlantic Association Of the A. A.
q, the newly organized Quaker City
A. A., has started a movement to hold
the first major amateur tournament Of
the season the second or third week in
November at n big arena here.
This tourney will be for "The Phila.
tclphia Championships" amateur box.
ers in Philadelphia and vicinity being
eligible to compete. Quaker City IT,.
ties will be decided In seven different
classes, from the hyweight to heavy.
weight divisions inclusive.
Tommy O'Malley, president Of the
Quaker City association and at pres
cnt student at villancva College. will
be actively engaged In supervising tour
neys under the auspices Of tho new
club.
Owing to a recent operation on his
foot. OMailey, who Is the present
holder Of the lightweight title of the
Middle Atlantic States, will be unable
to box. He probably will be out Of
ring commission for four months.
James p. Snyder. re elected rresi-
dent Of the Middle Atlantic Associa-
tion. is taking lot Of interest in stir
ring up enthusiasm in several branches
OF amateur sport conceded "dead" In
Philadelphia. boxing in particular.
New amateur blood is needed here
this season. OF the 1922 stars. in
cluding several Middle Atlantic States
champions. many have forsaken the
all for glcry' ranks and have entered
the professional field.
Among these are George Helmar,
bantam. champion; Benny Pascal, hy-
weight; Judge Rice, featherweght; Joe
tice; featherwcight champion; Sam
weight champion; Sam Hewitt. welter.
weight, and Chick Weasey. fyweisht
Baxter Continues
As F1ywcight Boxer
After announcing that he would be
open for bantamweight competition this
season. Jimmy Baxter, Kensington
younlgster, finds that he will hare no
trouble making 112 pounds at . o'clock
and has decided to continue in the fly-
weight division. The little fellow. who
is being groomed by Freddy Nitchie,
retired local boxer. started his 1922 %
season with victory against Little
Jet. CT Baltimore, last week.
Baxter remained on the side lines
throughout the summer, almost five
months for that natter. SO that he could
take on avoirdupois and then 60 after
the bantams, but the little fellow. after
resumins training, discovered that he
sun was IN the division now being ruled
by Pancho Villa, the Filipino.
The victory of Baxter against JEFF.
who Is styled as the "fyweight cham
pion OF the South really came as
surprise even to the most ardent con-
stituents of the Nitchie battler. Jimmy
himself is bubbling with confidence and
ne Is anxious to get into the running
for a punch at Pancho. the Puncho.
''But do not want to rush Jamesie
into u battle with Villa right off the
reel. explained Freddy. Anyone else
In the fyweisht division. however. can
have a crack at Baxter and we pick no
one in particular.
frankie Mason, frankie Ganero.
Benny Schwartz. Patsy Wallace. Kid
Wolf and Charley Ray are fstmen
against whom Nitchie Is ready to send
his little charge.
Knockerouts in
New York Bouts Friday
A brace of lightweight knockerouts
will get together in a fifteen round bout
to q judges decision at the Madison
square FRIDAY night, when Charley
White. he of left hook fame. squares
off with the right cross Canadian
socker, Sid Marks.
1t will be case of veteran meeting
youth, as White has been angling for a
tisttc crown for more than dozen
years, while this is the first season IN
the limel!ght for the Canadian.
Marks first sprang into prominence
by knocking down Willie Jackson and
later stopping Bobby Barrett in quicker
time that either Lew Tender or Charley
White. accomplishing the feat in sixty
one seconds.
White was expected to arrive in New
York today to finish training for Friday
nights S fracas.
Following his meeting with the Chi
cagoan, Marks will come to Philadel-
phia on Monday night and take on Joe
Tiplitz at the Olympia.