New Britain herald., 1926-01-18

Bouts start al S:l5 o'clock.
 More than 500 pounds of fighting adroirdupois will inaugurate the opening of the State Armory to box ing tonight.
 Jack Sharkey, heavywcight king of New England and booked to meet Gene Tunncy in q feature bout at the New Madison Square Garden in the near future, will swap punches with Mexican Joe" Lawson. q rough tough looking big boy" from Co., lumbus, Ohio. in tho s,nr bout.
 Corking Semi Final.
 Jim stone. the fighting grey honnd' from Montreal, is on the program with Clem Johnson. the good negro fighter from New York, whose biggest achievement was his thirteen round slugfest with Harry Wills, consistent and persistent chul- lenger of Jack Dempsey
 All four of tho heavies arc tower- ing leather-pushcrs and the ring, put up yesterday at the Armory. has been reinforced to stand the addi. tional strain of the extra poundage to which it will be subjected.
 It records count for anything, the clashes of the big boys should be productive of the kind of fighting the fans crave. All are good = punchcrs and none of them possess a weak chin.
 Sharkey has met and defeated some of the leading lighters in the unlimited class. Jack Rcnault, Jim Maloney, King Solomon, Romero Roias and others of that caliber have been conquered by the Boston, ian.
 Western Scrappcr.
 "McXican Joe" Lawson has done | most Of his fighting in the west, which accounts for him being prac- tically unknown around here. He has fought the most rugged opposi- ton that section Of the land has pro- duced and his manager guarantees good fight or no moncy' with Lawson being in there at the finish l Jim Stone, although occupying a place in the semi-finaIs. is really one of the magnets on the program. The , colorful giant from the other side of the line is. with the exception o l Ell Tate, the taN~st fighter in the ! business.
 His record Is also impressive 1 which leads one to the belief that i Honest John" O'Brien, manager oi 1 Ed Kcelcy, must have seen 1t when he scratched the Bridgeport boxer off the card.
 ! Johnson, Stones opponent, is one of the outstanding negro fighters of the day. He has been battling long and often and gave Harry Wills probably the hardest fight of that contestants career. Johnson and 1 Wills hattled thirteen rounds before 1 Wills won on technical knockout and even then 1t was the referee wht | stopped the affair. not Wills.
 Stone is confident that he will whip Johnson and hopes he will he matched with Sharkcy for a return engagement here.
 As his manager put it: "l didn't come down here to get Kicked. I'm looking to bigger bouts and l would llko nothing better than shot at Sharkcy.
 Frankie O'Brien, Hartford south. paw, hooks up with Frankie Senk, 2 i hard hitting and clever lad from Springfield, while Jack Horner. whC has scored two victories in a Hart ford ring. comes up from New York 10 fight Young Emmons of Water bury.
 The Armory was put in shape fol the bouts yesterday. Reserved seats occupy almost half the great floo, space of the building while the rusl seats, to he occupied by tho gallery gods will accommodate l50O per. sons.
 Indications last night were tha' close 10 $500 fans will be prtSom when IIughie Rorty steps into tho ring to make his first speech Of the evening.