The New York herald., 1922-02-28
MANAGER OF WILLS
IS SURE OF VICTORY
1t Will Be a Lean Spring for
Paddy Mullins if Kid
Norfolk Wins.
ny w. o. McGEEHAN.


Interest on the part of the inmates of
the Harlem coal belt in the meeting OF
Kid Norfolk and Harry Wills at the
Garden Thursday night Is keen. If Wills
should knock Kid Norfolk loose from his
prehensile hold on the cocoanut tree his
chances for the losers end of a match
with Jack Dempsey, the Lily white
heavyweight champion, will be just that
much better.
Paddy Mullins, manager of Wills, Is
an optimist. Said Patrick yesterday. 'Tf
a knockout is scored it will be scored
by Wills" If Paddy should be wrong
1t will be lean spring and summer as
far as he Is concerned. Some good
judges are beginning to feel sorry for
Patrick already because, while the Kid J.
lacks the tonnage possessed by Wills, he
has many of the attributes of the wild
cat II reused.
Jack Dempsey will be given an invi-
tation to come to the Garden and look
Wills over. The heavyweight champion
is now entertaining at the Hippodrome
along with his manager, Jack Kearns.
According to the press agent at the
theater Dempsey and Kearns scored a
X. o. on the first night and promise to
continue knocking them right off their
seats.
Kid Norfolk ls working earnestly for
the main event. Yesterday he took on
Bill Brennan, Dave Shade and Panama
Joe Cans, the Senegambian middle
weight. Panama Joseph made the Kid
step at top speed and pleasant time
was had by all.
Some change has been necessitated IN
the preliminaries because of death in
the family of Al Reich, the local heavy.
Reich was to have boxed Farmer Lodge
or Minneapolis. Capt. Bob Roper Will
be substituted to entertain the Farmer.
Billy Miske, who has been resting since
last socked by ]. Dempsey, will meet
Al Roberts and Mike Burke will battle
Jack Reeves Of California
Harry Greb, billed as the Pittsburgh
Bearcat, Is due to-day to start work for
his bout with Tom Gibbons at Madison
Square Garden on March 49, Greb will
is due Friday and will train at Freddy
Welsh's Bayside estate The prices for
this bout will be from 80 to SIS. There
will be few skulls, Annie Oakleys or
complimentaries, as W. s. (Egg) Farms
worth will be at the portals with a sap
stick to repell gate crushers.
The bout will be held under the
patronage of Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst and the net proceeds, after tho
gladiators get theirs, will be turned over
to the milk fund.
Bill Gibson will arrive to-day towing
in Benjamin Leonard. the lightweight
champion Of the world. The boys will
be met at the station by Dumb Isaac
Dorgan, who is looking after the inter-
ests of Charles Anchowits better known
In cauliflower circles as Charlie White.
Ike will dare Leonard to meet his man
on March IT, and as Benjamin has
nothing in particular on for that date
It may be that the bout can be ar
ranged.
The last time Leonard met White he
absentmindedly hit him on the chin.
and the customers did not get full
measure of boxing for their money.
This time White promises to take steps
to have his chin out Of Leonard's way.
Tarzan Larkin successor TO the wild
Man of Borneo, meets Pat Bolger of the
West Side in the main event of the
Pioneer Athletic Club tonight. Tarzan
was tanned short while back by a tap
on the chin from Sailor Maxted. but
has recovered from the setback. Maxted
will appear on the same card. He will
try to keep himself from being devoured
by Wolf Larsen. Jimmy Johnston's
latest white hope.
william Gibson will exhibit his bantam
hope at the Star Sporting Club of Har-
lem tonight. The bantam Is frankie
Jerome, who will use Sammy Nable for
the purposes of demonstration. r.
Leonard himself will be In the Jerome
corner with Gibson.