New Britain herald., 1928-03-23

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 Reporting ready for grgolilgg contest tonight, Leo larrIsIer ot Waterbury and Johnny CHnch of this city are eagerly awaiting th" starting bell of their feature ve.t.r- weight bout Tn the -fohaEjs X r. amateur tournament st the T1l-' hall tonight. The qrastlon "' whether CHncb sloH)I te r4taI among the leaIms coGt,nd.t- ior the state championship should uo decidcd tonight m the meeting. For tllis reason, tonight's bout, ou" of a series lu an unofficial 'EmWatloU pointing towards the St3tr lonols, as their chances Of sgreesa m in is an important one for both ro}a state tournament wlll he i8IGed on their actions in the ring tonight
 Since handing Billy Taylor of Hartford such 9 decisive beating two weeks ago, Larrl1irr IS strongly ro- -HtB'd tS tue iHNt' H' i'A tdI owl Clmch His ability 10 hoN and 10 hit has earned hu hullr.ds uf friends who will he backing hun against the local srrapper m the meeting.
 Tbis Wlll be one Of the last few occasions on which I-arrlDer vllI appear as an amateur heraUse h" has already decided that. win, lose or draw, he will turn professional after the national title bouts m Eos- ton, He has already made arrange men's 10 become 3 member ot Denny McHshon's stable in Norideu,
 Both boys have been training hard for the encounter. ClInch Is q bun dle of confidence as the tlne for the bout draws near. He hasn't much to say with regard 10 bis chances but he firmly believes tha he will trim Larrivier in tonieht's contest. Those closely associated with him declare that on in" strength of the form ho Is showing in training, he should win over Larriyier. Clnch, rightfully, expects tough fight. He realizes that the Waterbury scrapper is about the toughest man in the division but he is unperturbed about the matter.
 Larrlvier, not prone 10 predicting the outcome Of a fight, will so into tonight's battle with the same idea in his mind a. he had when he last met Taylor. He will either beat Clinch declsively or take a lacing himself. This means that q smash. ing and lively fight should be expect ed when the two clash together.
 Nine other bouts studded with fca- ture meetings, will make up the tournament card. Waterbury, Hart ford. New Britain, Windsor Locks and Bristol teams have entered for the tournament and there should be plenty Of action as the bouts arc rolled. off.
 A heavyweight feature has hecn arranged with Vic Carlson of Terry ville and Gerry Trissilla of Water bury as the main attractions. Both Of these boys are hard hitting scrap pers and kayo IS liable 10 come al any moment. Jim Kelly or Wind, sor Locks and Jack ODowd Of Ter ryville are down for q scrap m the Dlid1leNeight class.
 Frank Coumho Of Windsor Lock- and Gene Martin Of TorryNlle arc scheduled 10 meet in the 13S-pornd class and there should be plenty ot action in this match. Martin hasn appeared in this city in some ilmo bat reports state that he is fghtns better than ever at thc present time Joe Dignal will again appear on q local card when he takes on Nick Christie Of Bristol ln the 132 poune class. Dicnal. another member o' 'hc Franco American club of Water, bury. is fast becoming one Of th' most popular amatcDr fighters tc appear here.
 New Britain, besides Clinrh. vil hc represented by Afillc Tabblooue Frank CuEno and Don Frisco T1i' trio has hceu coming along jn goo, shape and many Of thnir frlond' wilt hc present to watch thcm in ac. ton.
 Matches p,ll ho n7adu tH all th, classes From ttS jo ITO pounds. { fuD card Of 'n bouts is being ar ranged The First will tr started a' 2 o'clock and th. others Ntll follow closely after.