New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Mickey Walker
Meets Krug at
NewarkTO-night
Briiton's Conqueror la First
Fight Since Winning Title,
Curtin Boxes Friedman
BY Jack Lawrence

Anybody looking for a hght should
have no trouble finding II this week.
The boxers are going 70 be 90 busy
that II will be hard for many Of thtm
20 find tine IN which 10 do their
Christmas shopping. The hshe whirl
gets under way this evening ls Jersey
where two good shows are 70 90 staged.
Ono Is In Newark and the other in
Jersey City. Either one shouid pro-
/ vide eufieient action 20 satisfy the
most e1actinR ring follower.
Over In Newark, IN that eity's huge
srmory, Mickey Walker, holder Of The
worlds welterVeiRht title, will don the
mits for tho first tine since winning
that crown from Jack Britton month
or more ago. Mieksy's opponen. 20.
night Il Phil Krug, who 10 really q
middlswsight. Walkers title will not
be az stake. but Jersey IL jpst aS ex.
eitsd over this affair as Though The
championship actually were involved.
Krug and walker are 10 20 twelve
rounds and have agreed 20 weigh IN
AZ ibt pounds at 3 o'clock this az
ternoon. walker will undoubtedly be
eontiderably under this weight. while
KruE will Just about make Il. Jersey
is thoroughly steamed up over this
match because both boys are NJ ives
Of that state. Mickey comes Srom
| Elizabeth, while Krugs home port is
the smoky town Of Harrison, a place
that was first heard Of when Jack
Dempsey put Fred Fulton's lights out
IN a single round.
Jersey takes itS boxing seriously AZ
all times. but this scrap has caused
80 much rivalry between the followers
Of the two boys that even Nsvsrk's
busy bootlsggers have been nsglseting
their trade. No small sun In cash
will change hands on the regult. Krug
has a great following In Newark. where
he il regarded as one Of the heroes Of
the World War. Since being mustered
out Of the service he has come 70 the
front rapidly. and for a time Il looked
as though he might become middle
weight champion.
While Krug and Walker are musslng
each other up In Newark, there viii
be another tidy Yumpus at the 4th
club that Is being run by Charley
Dosssersek. In the main bout another
Jersey hstlc idol will appear In the
pegson Of Irish Johnny Curtin, the
bAntam&eight who hattsned Pee Wee
Kaiser a. Madison Square Garden last
Monday night CuTtin's opponent Is
Abe Friedman, the New England young
ster who has ehampionship bees In bic
bonnet. From where wo sit it looks
like q rough evening for Abe.
Curtin, Just now, IL AZ the top Of bis
/ form and 70 all set for A shot at the
winner Of the fight between Joe Lynch
and Midget Smith at Madison Square
Garden next Friday night He has
been promised this match. Friedman
has q referees decision over Joe Lynch
70 his credit, won before the latter
became bAntamweight champion, and
has also defeated such shining lights
AZ Terry Martin and Young Mogtresl,
The Curtin Friedman ahAiT IL sci (uled
70 70 twelve rounds, but II probably
won't 70 more than half that distance.
ChriHtmAs shoppers who are too tired
70 20 70 New Jersey may enjoy them
selves on this eide Of the river to-
night II they care 70, a. a good show
will be put on at the Harlem-Fairmont
Sporting Club. In the main event on
this program Frankie Jerome, Billy
Gibson's ambitious bantam, will mix
with Jabes White, Of Albany, for
twelve rounds. This scrap viii be pre-
ceded By an sttraetive set Of prslim-
lnaries. The winner Of this affair has
been promised = shot st the bshtam-
weight title.