The New York herald., 1922-01-04
WILSON SUSPENDED
BY BOXING SOLONS
Barred From the Ring in This
State Till Greb Contract
Is Fulfilled.
BY CHARLES II. MArHIsoN.

The New York State Athletic Asso-
citation yesterday. notified Johnny Will
son that he had been indefinitely sus-
pended and would not be permitted to
box in this State till such time as he
fulfilled his agreement to box Harry
Greb at Madison Square Garden. The
commission announced that it would
take up the matter with other State
boxing commissions with view of hav-
ing Wilson barred In other localities
until such time as he kept his engage
ment with Greb
Wilson came to New York two weeks
ago and had several interviews with
Tex Rickard regarding the S35,0 due
him for his bout with Bryan Downey In
Jersey City last Labor Day. Wilson
finally reached an agreement with Rick
ard by the terms of which the pro-
moter interceded with the Jersey Boxing
Commission and obtained the consent OF
that oody for the lifting of the order
Withholding the amount. In return Will
son signed contract TO meet Harry
Greb in a title match at Madison Square
Garden February 6. After receiving the
money and reaching his home In Boston
Wilson announced that he would refuse
to keep the engagement with Greb.
Harry Greb and his manager, George
Engei, were about to board a train In
Press dispatch from that city, when they
were shown dispatch from Boston set
ting forth Wilson's action.
1T is an outrage" exclaimed Engel.
II posted $1,000 to bind the match with
Wilson and Greb agreed to make $50
pounds at o'clock. The match was to
have taken place on February at Mad
ison square Garden. will take the
matter up with Promoter Rickard as
a 4 ROD oh. L.,
Archie Walkers Ambition.
Archie Walker, for five years ANA
teur lightweight champion, will make
his bow at Madison Square Garden
Friday night. where he boxes Benny
Valger in ten round encounter. They
will weigh 1S5 pounds at 2 o'clock.
Walker quit the amateur ranks several
months ago and since then has bowled
over ten opponents. He has improved
materially since he Joined the profess
sional ranks. He Is hitting hard. AS an
amateur he outboxed and outguessed his
opponents, but he realized when he boxed
his first professional battle that he
would have to take some punches II he
expected to get In some OF his own
Valger has boxed in both .he feather
and light weight divisions. Hs has won
his last four bouts by the knockout
route.
The main event will show two con-
tenders for kilbanes crown In Babe
Herman, the speedy Californian, and
Andy Chaney, formerly Of Baltimore.
Preceding this pair Abe Goldstein, the
clever bantam. meets Billy Marlowe OF
Far Rockaway, and Frankie Jones of
California boxes Jimmy Kelley of the
Bronx.
The burning Of the Beechhurst Country
Club building. at the foot OF Harbor
road, Whitestone, yesterday, and the
fact that Joe yelling, the Chicago
| lightweight and his brother Frank, had
used the structure as training quarters
! gave rise to a report that they had per-
| ished In the flames. No trace Of them
could be found, and the chances are
the boxers were not in the building Mt
the time OF the fire.
yelling had made a match to box
Benny Leonard In New Orleans Janu-
AIRY 16, but cancelled It, and IL IL known
that yelling was In Chicago at the
time the match with Leonard was madu,
McTiguc as a Substitute.
Mike McTigue says he is ready 70
take Wilson's place against Harry Greb
IN the Garden February 6. 1t does not
follow that McTigue would be an easy
mark for Greb. However. IL McTigue
or any other mlddleweight can get the
title away from Wilson, the victor will
be assured of a contest with GreD.
| TX any aspiring lightweights would
like to so to Manila and thence 20
Australia On n pugilistic expedition.
lasting six months, they should get into
communication with III. j. Nilsson. Hotel
st. Marks Oakland. Cal Nilsson has a
bantam and a middleweight booked and
needs lightweight. Nilsson stlpulates
10 keep the boxers busy. as he has many
offers for the services OF his men.