The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09

FAN~OA dIAe5. w. wv dlLGE ST. IenlS
the demon publicist, of the Queens.
bofo, everything that was said and
wfitten. about Wills and Madden
before May IL, now goes double.
That Is, everything except the
weight. Harry and BARLEY have
been in training so long now that
they weigh about half as. much as
they did when their sscuffle was
first arranged away. back in Jan
uary.
The latest statistics on the fight,
az compiled by Mr.. st. Denis, show
that MRdden, since The first went
into training for Wills, has, con
spnfied 1905 pounds OF scorned beef
and forty crates. of ). cabbage.
Charley Rose, his manager, has a
permanent headache from footing
up Bartley's feed bills.
eff that guy doesn't fight pretty
soon, complains, Rose, II will
start fighting myself and let him
manage me. You remember that
old story about, the saloon keeper
Outsmarting the bartender by Civ.
Ing him the saloon and tending
bar himself. Well, if we don't
night pretty soon BARLEY don't
eat, that's ALL" ,.
The Greensboro folks have al.
tered and remodeled their new
arena and every precaution has
been taken for the safety of
patrons. Seats will be provided for
about $4,000 customers and if it
doesn't rain or. snow tonight the
opening show should pack 'em in.
When the Wills!Madden thing
was first postponed the advance
sale had exceeded $4,000 and since
then less than $4,000 worth of these
reservations had been returned
The match may not gross as much
Us it would in the May IL spot but
It is expected to do around $4,000
at least. 80 -
Wills must win decisively to es.
tAblish himself as real contender
for Dempsey's title. He sees a for
tune just ahead in the Firpo bout
and. Madden will have similar Wis.
ions If he can go the route with
tie }colored giant. Barley is a
tough 'un. He can take it, and
Wills must he careful to avoid
hurting his hands on Bartley's
read. =. Il. :, ~ 3f 'ts ~
The long delay in staging this
Wight made some changes necessary
IN the preliminaries. Jimmy Stat
terry and Jack Lynch will fight the
edx-round semi.final as originally
Programmed but in place OF Larry
Estridge and Tommy Robson the
management has substituted a ten
round engagement between two
good lightweights, Ray Mitchell, Of
Philadelphia, and Tommy O'Brien
There will be three other bouts.
.,.Pancho villa and. Bud Taylor
win furnish the fireworks over at
HendersOn's Bowl tomorrow night.
It is good match: one that prom
iSeS sensational action and the
possibility of a knockout. There
has been good advance sale,
but with the Greensboro card
cutting in just ahead on the pub
liCity, the Nostrand folks are
simply out TO luck.
asrhe opening show at Henderson's
Bowl had to be postponed on ae.
count Of rain and the second one
was held up by court proceedings.
When the promoters finally got set
tor the championship match he.
tween Villa and frankie Ash they
were compelled to stage it on al
cold night and it was a financial
flop. |t,
Last Tuesday night the weather
turned sour again two hours, before
Sid ferris and Eddie Wagner. ca.
tered the ring and again the, ring.
side. seats were. not thickly .popu.
lated. Now. with another good
match in sight, the Greensboro
backs in. Verify, the life Of IA pro-;
Inoter in the great open spaces is
not a happy one.