The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
CLUBS
GARD IS
HEAVY

City Club members will see
much fur flying in II good
bouts arranged to be staged
IN the clubs auditorium Mon
day at $50 o clock, and prob
ably three more in the nature
of preliminaries.
There are at least three grudge
matches listed,~ which DIR. o. u.
Singer. chairman of the athletic
commission. guarantees will provide
many thrills
The City Clubs team has shown
itself to be made of the stuff vim
ners are made of and the material
has all been hand picked following
gymnasium observation. They have
shown remarkable Improvement.
Over at Baltimore last Saturday
night the team met the best in town.
Three OF the four bouts went to q
fourth round and they were lost
by the merest margin tof points.
Kenneth Bryan who made his
debut in the ring last month won
for the second time over
worthy opponent 1t Baltimore.
Great interest centers around this
fGO-pounder. He handles himself
like a professional and has won the
admiration OF the entire membership
OF the City Club and proved him.
self quite az popular in Baltimore.
Those who have seen him in action
are quite firm in their belief that
Al S.s,.r ha
professional ranks and is certainly
one of the outstanding smembers OF
the team.
Joe Lesser. captain of the team.
is in tip-top form and has been
working out with the team regularly
for the past three months.
Leighton Minor, 172 pounds, il a
newcomer to the team. He is not a
polished figIlter-needs to get some
weight off before he will be rounded
into shape. His greatest difficulty
Is to slow UP his action in the ring.
He fights 50 fast and furious during
the first two rounds that he weakens
himself from sheer exhaustion by the
time the third rolls around. He has
been working on the theory Of dis
posing of his opponent in the first
or second round. The coach at the
club has been trying to slow him Up
and il he succeeds he viii be one
of the best light heayies in the town.
Another dark horse In the
form al = light heavy Is under
trainings big Ianlxy boy on
the build If Bryan. who the
club believes has great possibilt
ties.
He may be trotted out for this
show and will be held in reserve for
the next show in February. The
chief grudge match viii be between
Stewart Ball OF the City Club and
j Leo Coyeiesh OF the X of C..
t,oveleski defeated Ball on prev
ious occasion by a slight margin.
Both of these boys are as good
as they come in their class and
certainly have shown their worth as
first-class amateurs in D. G.
The fights arranged are as fol;
lows:
Hugo StellabOtta VS.. Bob New
ms; Douglas Swefman vs..
/ Humphrey DecOla; hoe Lesser
VS.. FI0Fentine COIabia; Hoe Tam.
agni vs.. Pvt. M. 8. Marchun;
AT Satryh VS.. Pvt. Arnold:
Henry Slaughter VS.. George
Beckett: Stewart Ball vs.. Leo
/ C0veIeslSi: Jack Trueland vs..
I Mickey Harrison; Kenneth
Bryan VS.. Pvt. Fred Bennett;
Leighton Minor VS.. X. o.
Schwartz: Dick Steel VS.. Pvt.
LeandOslxi and Pvt. sDrumbroski
vs.. Earl Waterman.
While II fights are intended, the
club will undoubtedly stage the IL
bouts listed as It wishes TO put
across real program. Many of
these men have been seen in action
before. All are excellent men. and
so the customers OF the CITY Club
may expect to see real show. Ac.
cording to H, j. Odenthal. the club
will not permit guests. Aimittance
= by membership card and identi.
fication only.