New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
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Champions of Navy Favored to Be Returned Winners in Amateur Tournament-Joe Howard Confident of Turning Back Tough Sailor-Billy Taylor to Fur nish Feature in New Britain Debut-Ten Sensa- tional Bouts on Card-Few Tickets Left.

The new Tabs hall or Main s,reet wi. be filled 70 capacity to- night at the weekly amateur tour. ramer, c, the Mohawk A. z. un- Ger the supervision Of the A. A. r., when a trio os sailors from the United States Navy Base at New port. F, !. meets q trio of the best simon pures ln Connecticut.
 Besides the sailors, number ot ether sensational bouts are prom ised from the list O. entries re- ee'ved and many of the layorites of New Britain amateur fight fans will b. seen in action. Billy Taylor former Hartford High school star athlete. making his debut in this city in the amateur ranks, will be the center or interest 10 large number Of New Britain people, es- pecially high school students who have seen him in action on the football, baseball and basketball fields and courts. Tn his first fight ,n South Manchester the other night, he knocked out Ed Squire of Waterbury and furnished the real features Of the tournament there. Fl. will probably step against Frankie Polo of New Haven as both boys are the only entries in their glass
 Lester Briggs, middleweight; Ed ward Whalen, welterweight and Meyer Jacobs. featherweight, each ono champion among the ana feurs in the navy, will compose the team or Rh.1e Island battlers who will try to u>Aold the honor of the sea against #, landlubbers tonight. Briggs will m4Jt probably be drawn to meet Howard, Connecticut mid dleweight champion in the 165 pound class. Whalen will be match ed, IL is apparent with Pinkey Kaufman of Hartford, former vel terHeight champion of Ohio while Jacobs will step in against Oscar Bergstrom, Of Hartford, former sensation Of Boston. These three bouts in themselves should furnish enough features for some time.
 Ray Taylor, Terryville sensation, and Johnny Angelo, both of whom fought here two weeks ago, have again entered and they stand alone in the 130 pound class, and will probably be seen In action again. Taylor won from Angelo In Hart ford: Angelo won from Taylor in this city and tonight's battle should decide the tie. This should be q sen sa,ional punch swapping perform ance.
 There are few choice seats left fn the reserved section and these may be secured either at Patsy Bridgett's, Walsh X Hollfelders or the Presto Lunch. Hartford IS turn ing out especially strong tonight to watch Billy Taylor and indications gre that the S. R. o. sign will be hung out soon after the box office opens.
 Recruiting Officer Dordelrnan, official representative of the r. $. Navy in this city, will be a guest of the management tonight. He has an especial interest in the three 'musketeers' from Newport and he predicts that 1t will take three good men to beat them. Dordelman knows the Newport boys very well and has seen them in action on sev- srai occasions.
 The entire list Of entries for to- nights tournament In the various classes Is as follows: 165 pounds, Joe Howard, Lester Briggs and Ed Skinner Of New Haven: 147 pounds, Ed Whalen, Newport and Pinkey Kaufman, Hartford; f23 pounds, Meyer Jacobs, Newport a$Oscar Bersstrorn, Hartford; 130 pounds, Ray Taylor. Terryville and Johnny Angelo, Hartford.
 14s pounds. Billy Taylor, Hart ford and Frankie Polo New Haven: 140 pounds. Ray Hall. Hartford and Charles Anderson. New Haven; I1S pounds, Ray Strong. Hartford and William Lobock, Hartford; 160 pounds, Larry Nalvo, Hartford and George Beasley. New Haven; 1i0 poun 1s, Ross Campbell, Manchester and Edward Nelson. Hartford; 122 pounds, John Shjve, Hartford and Poe Clamp, Hartford; 1G3 pounds, Push 'en Up' Tony BGlassimo, Hartford and William Flynn, New Haven: I50 pounds. Vic Morley, Hartford and Ilmmy Bushka. late or ths r. s. Navy, Torrineton. Other entries received for the night in- c!pda, Barney Yousemau. Frank Kovalok and Jimmy Minetto. the last two from Hartford
 The first bout tonight viii he saget al 830 o'clock sharp and a 'v'l card ot 10 bouts will b. fur rishea,