Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-17
BANTAM SITUATION
DUE FOR CLEARING
New York to Recognize
Brown-Gregorio Winner as
Defending Champion.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, June IT. - Another
N effort to do something about
VI the bantamweight situation
4 provides the Nation with its
principal fistic tidbit this week.
Boxing authorities have been trying
to find champion for the 118-pounders
ever since Charley Phil Rosenberg came
in overweight in titular bout with
Bushy Graham and thereby forfeited
his title.
The New York State Athletic Com
mission has agreed to recognize as
defending bantamweight champion"
the winner Of a l5-round clash between
Al Brown and Vidal Gregorio at the
greensboro Stadium tomorrow night.
Brown, an anatomical freak with his
six feet of height and .l1S5 pounds of
weight, long has been an outstanding
challenger for the title. The Panama
Negro has been forced to do much of
his campaigning in Europe, chiefly be-
cause he has had great difficulty in
getting matches here. Gregorio, a
rushing. tearing Spaniard, should test
Brown to the limit.
Kid Chocolate meets Terry Roth Of
New York in the semi-final on the
same card, and Pete Myers, San Fran
cisco, and Tony Vacareln, New York,
smuggling welterweights, clash in an
other 10.
Stribling Comes Back.
The week also will see the return to
the ring of Young Stribling. The
Macon heavyweight idle since his de-
of Ponca City, Okla, in a hereunder
at Wichita, Kans., tonight.
AT Boston Johnny Risko. the Cleve-
land baker boy, will meet George Cook
OF England in the main hereunder
at Braves Field tonight. RiSko orig
tnally was billed to fight Jimmy Ma
loney but the Boston heavyweight suf-
tered an injury to his eye during train
ing and was forced to withdraw.
AL Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
tonight. Leo Lomski, Aberdeen Wash.
light heavyweight, meets Matt Adgie of
Philadelphia: Sammy Mandell, light
weight champion, faces Tony Lom-
bardo OF Chicago at Jackson, Mich, on
Thursday; Joe Anderson, Covington.
KY, and Make Rosenbloom of New
York, leading middleweights, clash at
cincinnati Tuesday night; Young Cor
6ett. Fresno, Calf, welterweight, meets
clyde Chastian, the Dallas Slugger, at
san francisco, Friday night.
Other Bouts Listed.
Other bouts on the national sched-
ule include:
Tonight-At San Francisco, Frankie
Stetson, San Francisco, VS.. Leslie wild
Cato Carter, Seattle Negro, lightweights
10 rounds; at Kansas City. Steve Smith,
Bridgeport, Conn, VS.. Mickey Cohen,
Denver featherweights, 10 rounds: at
Philadelphia, Jack Gross, Salem, N, j..
VS.. Al Weeks. New York Negro, heavy
weights; Roy (Ace) Clark, Florida
Negro, VS.. Big Boy Peterson, Min
neapoliS, heavyweights, and Tony
Talarcio, Aberdeen, VS.. Tom Toner.
Philadelphia, heavyweights. all 10
rounds; at New York, Dexter Park, Al
Singer VS.. Augie Pisano, lightweights,
10 rounds.
Tuesday-At New York, Greensboro
Stadium, Pete Sanston, Norway, VS..
Sammy Farber, New York, bantam
weights, rounds: at Los Angeles,
Speedy Dado, Philippines. VS.. Delos
kid Williams, flyweights, 10 rounds;
at Portland, Ore, Red Uhlan, Oakland,
VS.. George Dixon, Portland Negro, mid
dleweights, 10 rounds.
Wednesday-At San Francisco, Pablo
Dano, Manila, VS.. Tony Russell, New
Orleans, lightweights, 10 rounds; at
Oakland, Jimmy Duffy, Oakland, VS..
Don Frazer, Spokane, welterweights,
10 rounds.
Thursday-At Boston, Sammy Fuller
VS.. Jake zeranby, bantamweights,
10 rounds.
Friday-At Los Angeles, Vincent
Forgione, Philadelphia, vs.. Homer
Sheridan, Sioux City. Iowa. middle
weights, 10 rounds.