The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23
RING GOSSIP
BY BILL HIGGINS
CONTEMPORARIES Signed
For Bout Here Next Week

Courtney-Lar1fvec Signed
For Bout Here Next Week
While New Haven, Bridgeport
and Hartford matchmakers are
letting their fight clubs stay dark
for months at q time because of
their reported inability to obtain
attractive matches, George NULL
gan comes to the front to-day
with the announcement that he
has clinched match between Leo
T.arrivee and George Courtney.
This IL the third outstanding star
bout secured by Genial George In
as many weeks, and despite the
attractiVeness OF the others, the
Courtney-Gainer and Larrivee-
Hood bouts, this seems to be the
most attractive of the three.
The Larrlvee-Courtney match,
according to Mulligan's announce
mont, will be over the 10 round
route and will be staged at his
Phoenix avenue club on the night
of March 31--one week from
Thursday. The supporting bill
has not been completed as yet but
will be announced within a day or
so. 1t was learned, however, that
Danny Regain, newcomer TO the
state heavyweight ranks, who Is
now making his home In New Ha.
ven, Will be on the card In Il pre-
liminary bout. Regain made his
first start In this state down In
Bridgeport on the Delaney-John-
son show and TO say that he stole
the show would be putting 1t
He IL q big fellow, Weighing
around 1876 pounds, and showed
exceptional aggressiveness In his
first Connecticut start. He Is a
good puncher and takes 1T" just
as WE'LL Waterbury will like him
and want him back
Here and There
More than q few of the local
fight faithful are planning 10 hop
down TO New York tomorrow
night to watch Bat Battalino In
action against Billy Petrolle. i.
That IL if tho Fargo Express
doesn't get stiffness OF the neck
again and ask for another post
ponement. Which reminds US
that tho first postponement OF this
bout IL going to prove rather ex-
penslve for those that pay to make
the mitt mills grind. Z. The
scale OF prices for the postponed
show ran from $3.50 UP to So,
now they have been booped, as the
card players say, to almost double
those amounts. The new seat
scale being from 50 to sS.75.
Stiff necks come high these days
Jim Downing, New Haven
wrestling promoter, II having his
A. lVae ~ VAtttgAAatn thA
mat game In tho Elm City. .
tufnstiles used to click mcrrily
every Tuesday night at, the Arena.
Then for some reason un-
known to Downing the attendance
fell almost to half with the result
that only q comparative few were
watching shows OF higher callbre
than those well attended few
weeks previous First Jim
brought In Milo Steinborn and
announced him as full nedgcd
resident Of tho Elm City In an at
tempt TO bolster the gate receipts,
This did not have the desired
effect 80 now Downing IL resort.
Ing 10 one OF the mat games old
est trlcks--the Masked Man. . . .
For several days this masked
grappler and his manager have
been parading the streets of New
Haven. The manager wore a
mask also and their presence on
the streets attracted no little at
tentlon. .. Some OF II from zeal.
Gus police officers who threatened
to arrest the pair as suspicious
characters. Ordinarily that
would be u good break for Down.
Ing, but strange as II may seem.
Il was not his desire and his ef-
forts ut keeping the masked pair
out OF the hoose-gow kept Jim on
tho jump. Yes--there were
quite n few coppers sitting In
choice seats Mt the wrestling
show staged by Downing last
night