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THIRD SECTION PAGE EIGHT PITTSBURGH GAZETTE TIMES. SUNDAY. APRIL 17. 1927. flVlC-D TTL MARCO FOR BA Finally RSeet Again Many Bouts.

Music and Singing Booked for Wimler Benefit Friday JACK HOPES TO CHANGE HIS LUCK Itl BOUT HERE lln Bomefit; Program Completed For Lyceum Battles Motor Square Ring Scene Final arrangements have been made for "h-- amateur boxing pliow to be held Tuesday night at the Pittsburgh Lyceum. Eight bouts will be staged bringing together the best of Bearcat's Finest Snc amateur fighters in their respective classes that this district boasts. Bp-twpn bouts musical numbers will be rendered and several vaudeville acts will be performed. The boxing bouts will be staged as follows: 126-pound class. Eddie vs.

Nunci Vilia, Ilazelw-ood A. C. Pat O'Toole, Lyceum, vs. Mar-key, Willow Club, and Sylvester Pas-torious. Lyceum, vs.

Ernie Sesto. Willow Club: 135-pound class, Lawrence Coihira. Lyceum, Junior champion, vs. 11. 'McConnel.

Willow CIud, and Archie Parker, Lyceum, vs. Andy Andrueci. illow Club, senior cham-pion; 160-pound class. Tom Malco. Lvceurn.

vs. Jack Selsiuck senior champion, and 175-pound class, Jimmy Rooncy. junior champion, vs. Leo Clemmoris, senior champion. i Sfr: Boxers and Fans Rally to Aid of Former Local Bantamweight, Now Crippled as Result of Mine Accident.

Brother Chalky Meets Crowley in Main Event De-' Marco. DeSanders, Kirk, Rodgers, Brannigan, Carver, Circus and Other Notables' on Attractive Program. FROM 13 to 13 bouts, singing by a quartet, music and Other entertainment have been arranged by the committee in charge of the benefit Ixjxing smoker for Kddic Wimler and the latter' family, which will be held next Friday night in the Sooth Side Market House. Boxers who flourished in Winder's heyday in the ring will have prominent positions on the card, as will also the flsUflingers who are familiar to the present-day fans. This will be the first and perhaps the last opportunity the newer generation of ring followers will get to watch some of the old-timers in action.

All of the bouts with the exception of the main bout, which wUl be of six rounds, will be fought over the three-round route, so that the program will not be long drawn out despite the number of engagements. Chalky Wimler, brother of Kddie, will appear In the wind-up against Tommy Crowley of the South Side, local- "wik-. cesses Caddy is Confident. CLASH TOMORROW NIGHT By HARRY KECK. FOR the first time in a year, Jack Zivic boxes in his lui Wy spot, the Motor Square ring, lomomm 'night.

the arond time in a little less than two years tie meets his perennial rival, Cuddy DeMarco of McKeesport, in a match that lui the word painted all over it. capacity crowd such as saw Ziric knock, out IjC-w Teaidler in the same ring more than two years ago will witness the clash, the demand (or reservations baring exceeded that of all shows since the Tendler battle. Zivic made most of his reputation -in the Motor Square ring as a lightweight. Then lie graduated into the Jk featherweight champion. Old Rivalries Flare Again.

Two famous old will be renewed in the preliminaries. One of these is between Johnny Kirk and Mickey Rodgers, in their prime the bitterejiof enemies in the ring, and the other is between K. O. Circus and Eddie Carver, who fought a number of times and always bitterly. Dick DeSanders, lightweight pride Seifert's Pilot Replies to Basco On Seifert Bout W9 of Eloorafleld up to a few years ago, will return for a battle with his brother, Johnny, and will be accompanied by a large throng of rooters from Bloonxfield- Uncle and nephew will appear on the same bill when latsy Brannigan, a Pittsburgh ring immortal, steps with Tommy Norman, South Side bantamweight, and Tommy Phillips will travel with Toung Piazzi.

Phillips, who has been out of the ring for a couple of years, is planning a "comeback" and will use this bout as a test. DeMarco vs. Tug Phillips. JIMMY BROXSON of New York, manager of Sandy Seifert. Jack and Pete Zivic and other Pittsburgh boxers, hopes Joe Basco of Barberton, doesn't feel hurt because he feels constrained to make the following reply to Basco's offer to let his heavyweight.

Tiny Jim Herman of Portland, box Seifert gratis in a 10-round windup for the Eddie Wimler benefit show "next Friday night: "That blast warbled by Joe Basco through your columns proves one of a coupla things: "My old friend Joe is either balancing near the brink of managerial senility or he's started dabbling where the well-known "hay-wire" Cuddy DeMarco, who meets Jack Zivic in their'much-sought-after re grows. Joe trod the fistic highway more years than Carter has pills and this welterweight class and moved East and has been having his hands since holding his own in the heavier drrteion after making an early gesture toward becoming champion. Many boxers do their best work away from the influences of their friends at home. On the contrary. Ziric never fights so well as he does in the Motor Square ring.

First Bout Here in Year. In his last appearance at Motor Square, April 19 of last year a full year ago. all but one day Zivic defeated Georgie Levine of New York, but judges disagreed and the referee ruled the bout a draw. The preceding Monday night, in the same ring. Levine had scored a victory oyer Jack, and the transformation of Zivic from a desultory boxer into a demon fighter during the week that imtervened between the two battles was amazing.

Just before boxing Levine here twice. Zivic had fought two hard battles wih Tommy Milligan, the Scotsman, in Madison rra are Garden. New York, winning the decision in the first and losing In the second. is me nrst time he been causht offering to do anything for nothing. i in A i I The alibi Dulled anent Tinv Jim Herman injuring his arm so badly that he had to 'chuck' it aeainst Sandy Seifert in the Philadelphia TUNNEY SAYS HE'S FIRST HEAVY CHAMPION TO INSIST OH TOUGH FOE By CKXE TVNXF.V, World's Heavyweight tliampion.

IT ALWAYS was my thought that a champion should prove himself such, by fighting and winning or get knocked off the throne and so make way for a real king. In the years When possession of the heavyweight crown was just a dream of mine I made a vow, which was this: "If ever I do become champion I'll be one in fact not merely in name. I won't be, an idle or a fightless champion. And I won't pick setups. I'll fight every man who is rated as a turn battle at Motor Square Garden tomorrow night, will box one of the feature bouts of the benefit with Tug the latest local sensation, as his opponent.

The O'Hara Midgets, 14-year-olds of McKeesport, will open the show with an exhibition. Tony Ross, Carnegie 140-pounder, will box Young Zabish, whom he met twice in hard bouts a few years ago; Frank Monroe, Fair Haven coal miner friend of Wimler, will box tilt, thereby losing by a technical knockout, smacks of the ol' "Ten days after Sandy knocked out Tiny Jim in Philadelphia, the A. P. carried a story out of Denver to the effect that Tiny Jim Herman and Chuck Wiggins had. that nUrht.

fought what was regarded as the bitterest and most sensational draw ever waged in the Rocky Mountain region. "Chuck Wiggins is known the length and breadth of the land as one of the roughest, toughest and Tommy Knoll in a middleweight tussle; Andy Stahura, Braddock featherweight, will mix with Johnny Dunn of New Kensington; Ray Schauers of the North Side and Anthony Nanci of Swissvale will appear in another battle, and Jack Berry will box Toung Ketchel of the HilL A Dumber of boxers who have offered their services have been placed on the alternate list, to be paired in most rampant of present-day heavy weights. "Tiny Jim's injured arm must have responded to rathei1 rapid treatment. don you think? "Arm so badly injured that he couldn't go further with Seifert, but TEN days later it was sufficiently healed to tangle with Chuck bouts on the night of the show or to be called as substitutes in the event of last-minute disappointments. "At any rate, our Sandy is ready and the sooner the better to give Tiny Jim another pasting.

Joe can Those already on the list include have it at any time he gets a pro motet to stick it in." Johnny Ray, Whitey Laubaugh, Abie Witz, Toung Say lor, Sandy Seifert, Jack Bany, Mike Polo, Monte Sirko, Since the two Levine Tights, he has boxed a draw with Willie Harmon, lost twice in 10 rounds to Al Mello at Boston, boxed a draw with Tommy Freeman, lost to Joe Dundee, won by a technical knockout over George Kid) Lee and lost to Al Roberts. In most of these battles, Zivic, hovering between the lightweight and wetter-weight classes, has been compelled to give away considerable weight, some of his opponents barely being able to scale 147 pounds in the afternoon anl being almost middle weights in the ring. In the battle here tomorrow Jack hopes to change his luck and get started on a new winning streak. The return match with DeMarco, for which the fans have been waiting ever the pair first met, following a great deal of haggling, in the feature attraction of the Milk and Ice Fund show at Forbes Field, May 16, 1925. will give Zivic a bout with a I bj Canzoneri and Rycheli U.

S. Carpentier, Phil Goldstein, young Rudy and Jimmy Conley. Sei fert and Conley, heavyweights, may On Card at Chicago be paired. All Donate Services. All of the local referees, Kddie Ken CHICAGO.

April 16. (A. Tony Canzoneri of New York, outstanding challenger for the bantamweight nedy, Red Robinson, joe Keaily and championship, was matched tonight Yoek Henniger will appear, alter to step 10 rounds with itay Rychell Chicago. 124-pounder. here May 3 or nating in the bouts.

A. C. Couch and Chester Phillips will act as timekeepers. Francis Kirley, John Rodgers and Nat Moll will do the announcing, William (Cap) Davis will the same card Jn which Bud Taylor will box Abe Attell Goldstein. Goldstein and Taylor also will box 10 rounds at 120 pounds, two pounds man around his own weight- The match has been made at 147 pounds, but that will be catchweights for both.

above the bantamweight limit. Tommy Grogan. Omaha Junior have charge of getting the boxers Neither should scale more than 143 lightweight, will meet Carl Duane of into the ring. Dr. William Weber will New York in another 10-rounder and pounds entering the ring.

The heavie 1 Kay Miller. Chicago featherweight. assist Harry Zoller, chairman of the notch called for in the contracts re real menace to my reign and either wtiip hint ana prove my championship caliber or go down to defeat in failure." I've kept that vow. When I whipped Jack Dempsey in Philadelphia, the world seemed full of fighters who wanted to take a crack at rat Of the dozen men who were conspicuous at the time at least eight of them looked like "setups." If I had merely desired to be a sham champion and merely use the prestige of a champion for financial purposes. I would have taken on a half do7.en of those fellows in rapid succession and, without any danger of defeat, made a fortune for myself.

Rut such an act was, in my opinion, not a thing of honor, nor a thing of fairness. It wouldn't have been playing fair with the public which supports the game. Insisted on Eliminations. And so, when I made the contract to fight under Tex RickarxTs promotion, I did not pick my foeman; I expressed no preference. Rather, I insisted upon the elimination tournament idea.

My views a the time, were this: "Kvery fellow in that group of a dozen thinks he's entitled to a crack at me. Kach has a legion of followers who think he is the best man. The only way to absolutely determine who is the greatest of the group the most formidable of them all is to put on an elimination. And 111 agree to fight the winner." So far as I can discover, that's the first time in heavyweight ring history that any champion ever tlid that. John L.

Sullivan picked his foeman; so did Jim Corbett. Rob Fitzsimmons refused to give Jim a return match, and elected to take on what looked like a "soft one" in the person of Jim Jeffries. But Jeff surprised the world by whipping Bob. Jeffries didn't do any dodging but Jim didn't let the public name his foeman. He did the choosing himself.

So did Jack Johnson; so did Jess Willard. And so did Jack Dempsey or, ratlier so did Jack earns, in Dempsey's behalf. But it all amounts to the same thing. Will Establish Precedent. Of the group from Sullivan's day down to mine no champion permitted an elimination contest or a public's desire to name his foeman.

Some of the boys frankly admitted it was "a langerous procedure." They liked the glory of being champion liked the idea of picking up money fighting "soft ones" and most of them ducked and dodged the toughest of the tough as long as was possible. But I'm doing things differently and I hope it will establish a rnstom in the ring. I do not think that a champion should be permitted to pick and choose his rivals. For certainly, if he does, the likelihood is that he will avoid the dangerous men and choose the "pushovers." Of course, I like this idea of being champion. I'm hopeful that I can hold the heights through many years.

But I'd rather be beaten next September, with the comfort of knowing I had fought the best man in the game, than to hold the title for 10 years through dodging dangerous men and fighting only occasionally against "setups." I'll be a champion in fact never a champion merely in name. So much was the promise to myself in my obscure fistic years; so much was my promise to the public when I won from Jack Demwey. nd so much will be my performance. fCopyrieht. 1917.

Kir.g Features Syndicate.) probably will be matched to box 10 rounds with Henry Tuttle. otherwise committee, and Al Conwell, Justice of the peace of Overbrook, in handling lieves both from the worry of makin, weight. DeMarco Uoset Dope Before. the receipts and having general known as King Tut. TrTI-E BOUT AT NEW ORLEANS.

April 1. charge of the show, while Reed When the pair met in their firt battle, Zivic was an overwhelming favorite to win. He had been knock (Specials) Big Boy Peterson and Brown and Fred Bochert will pass on the admission of boxers and their seconds at the door. be no free list, aside from the men ac- Tom Winn meet in a 12-round tight AC'K ZIVIC (left) and DeMarco, who finally are brought together again in the ring after a lapse of two years. They will meet at Motor Square Garden tomorrow night in what probably ing out the stars, while DeMarco had been boxing' in in-and-out fashion, Tjeating good opponents and dubbing here Monday night to decide which is the Gulf Coast heavyweight cham pion.

Winn is a slight favorite. Continned oa Page 9. Tfci Section. around with inferior foes. The fans Is the greatest "natural" boxing attraction the city ever has offered.

DeMarco, very much the underdog in the betting, upset the dope by winning their first clash, in the Milk and Ice Fund show at Forbes Field, May 10, 1925. rnUnnrI on Pace Mne, This Section. iLest We Focsei-INfo. Tony Hoss Issues HDefi LOB' Patsy Brannigan. Tommy Crowley.

Mickey Rodgers. LITTIJP2 PAX. CHO VI LI, former fly. To Tug Phillips Pirates and Reds Paulino Is Signed For Delaney Bout Carded June 22 weight champion of the world, who came unheralded from the Philippines in 1923 and speedily became one of the greatest drawing cards in the sport because of his CarnegieGlobeTrotterAnx iousto Show Against Best Before Home Folks. To Attend Kaceys' StagSmokerBouts WILLIE DAVIES IS BUSY ANDREWS' NEW YORK April IS.

(IT. Paulino, SpanisU heavyweight. BOXING UQUESNE COUNCIL. Knights of COLUMN ON D' i i i cuiurnci xuuat Jack Delaney, world's light-heavyweight champion, in a 15-round bout in, the Yankee Stadium, June 22. Tho contract also was signed by Jess Mc Mahon, Tex Rickard's matchmaker.

'X 1 Columbus. will hold a stas smoker at. its clubrooms. Fifth AVAST there. Young Say lor and Tug Phillips and all you other 1 lO-pounders: Tony Ross, Carnegie's ailing citizen next to Honus Wagner, would have word with you.

In fact, he challenges you to fistic mmaEss, i I By TOM S. ANDREWS (Veteran Boxing Authority and Compiler of Boxing History.) and B-llefield avenues, next Thursday night. Members of the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati baseball clubs, which open the season at Forbes Field that day, have been invited to attend. Five good amateur bouts and other entertainment make up the program arranged by Bobby Burke, In charge of the affair. combat.

Tony, who has boxed in many cities of these United States and also in Havana. Cuba, is one of the real globe-trotters of No spot MA.DF over Night Stars" have been quite numerous the past year or two and another was added to the list when Al the New England welterweight champion, of liowell, knocked out Kddie Roberts of Tacoma in one round at Boston. uTs Tust four months since Roberts did the same trick to Joe Pan-dee of JUMtoSr, who at that time was being prepared for a champ.o.i- a trip to the Coast before taking cm thx, Dundee wanted to hn. hi r1t be- on the map is too remote for him if there is assurance of a battle when lorful personality and real fighting ability. He won the American fly.

weight title from Johnny Bo ft and lost it to a but speedily came back to win the world's crown by knocking out Jimmy Wilde in seven rounds in New York in 1023. He died. July 14, 1935, following a bout on the Coast w-ith Jimmy Mc-Larnin, strangling under an anaesthetic while being prepared for an operation on his threat, necessitated by tho swelling of the glands, caused by ulcerated teeth. He had boxed Me- he reaches it Just now his manager. Harold Walsh of Akron, has tenders for him to aooear in Jo hannesburg.

South Africa, for a serios being anxious to nave niairn. i nt vi-ith hu mn9n.r Mai Why man It was said at Madison Square rar-den that Bickard was not alarmed over the legal obstacles placed in tho way of the Jim Maloney-Jack Sharkey heavyweight fight and that he would not cut short his vacation in Florida. It was reported today that he might arrive here tonight or tomorrow to take personal charge of the situation. StriblingByrne Match Derby Eve Approved LOUISVILLE, KT, April IS. (A.

The Stat Board of Athletio Control today inctioned the boxing, match be twee i W. L. (Young) Stribling of Macon. and Jimmy Byrne of Owensbero, Kjr, for Derby Eve, May 13. The bout will be a II-rouml, no-decision match.

Stribling is to receive a guarantee of 3.0P0 v.ith a privilege of 38 per cent of the gate, while Byrne is to get per cent. of bouts, and Tom Andrews of Mi hir event of his life, waukec. American reuresentative of lorn uKuiiuF. and. fail- Australian promoters, is tryine- to challenge may reach him at his home in Carnegie.

Two Bouts for Davies. Willie Pavies of Charlcroi. state flyweight champion, will be a busv boxer this week. He meets Toung Chappie of "Philadelphia at Marietta Tuesdav nicht and Luis Carpentero. a Filipino, at Canton Friday night.

Da-vies has beaten Newsboy Brown. Matty White and Willie LaMorte within the last month, and has a challenge filed with the State Commission for a championship match with Fidel EaBarba. induce him to tro to Kangarooland for another series of belting bees. Mean while Tony, who has not boxed at home for some time, is anxious to do a bit of biffing be.fore the home folk He Is in fine fettle asrain IV and thinks that on his record he is entitled to mingle with the best around here. He will box on the benefit card for Kddie Wimler in the Homer Robertson, former local Ne South Side Market House Kridav S1RKO of Oakland, fought again and it ended in glory for Dundee.

Roberts was a dangerous customer and the boys of his weight in the East were not over-anxious for his rarao. Mello has been known as a hardhitting youngster with plenty of color, but the fans-did not cxpct him to turn in a one-round knockout over such a formidable foe as Roberta. The battle did not go two minutes. It: during that short space of time tli re. were aW ki-nds of bombs exploded.

Mello simply left-hooked himself into the limelight, putting night, and will be ready immediately thereafter to take on Tug or Savior. Among the better known oppo -loe went ing to get on with Mushy Callahan or Ace llmlkins in Ixs Angeles, he went to San Francisco. In the good old town made famous in boxing by James W. Coffroth. new end of the big race track at Tia Mexico, Dundee was matched to fight Roberts.

No one outside of tlx- regular fans around the Coast ever had heard of Roberts, but when he knocked out the Eastern contender in less than a round his name brcamrj a by-word among the boxing fans over night. The Kusterners ron'd not believe the reports and a reti'rn match was made for Roberts in New York. They ero middleweight, who boxed Phil Kaplan here a few weeks ago. and is anxious to get a return bout with the New Yorker, meets Pierre G- -don of Pran-e for the third time in a bout at Boston tomorrow night. Sammy Fuller and Chick Suggs top the card.

young featherweight who has been making rapid progress under the management of Bill Heckman. Sirko is aged 19 and is of Lithuanian parentage. He is a rangy boxer. He has met Phil Zwick of Cleveland at Youngstown. Frank ie Porto, Andy Stahnra, Tommy Crowley and, Joey Katkisb (twice).

I.F.ACH CROSS OPENS CAFK. Cross, at once time a star lightweight in New 'ork. has opened up a bie cafe near the American Legion Boxing Club in Hollywood. Leach is a dentist by tracle. but he likes to mingle with the fans ar.d boxers, and for that reasons cr fers to be wbere the crowds nents Tunv has faced are I'hil Jacv Bernstein, former champion: Johnnv Saceo.

T-ddy Meyers. Freddie Boylstein. Hilario Martinez. Tony Sanders. Harry Kahn.

Bobhv Tracev (twice Russie IRoy Jack McFarland of Newark. N. Cuddv DeMarco. Johnny Hayes. Johnny Meaiey.

Artie Mc-Cann and Jackie Hausner. Promoters interested In Tony's Iamin against the advice of his physician and had lost the decision. This was his first bout following a triumphant return to the Philippines, during which he twice defended his title. A monument has been erected to Iris memory at Manila. He was the greatest of all Filipino borers and his snccess induced many others to follow him to this country.

Young Xeny. local dentist-boxer, now under the management of Red Carr of Buffalo, pilot of Jimmy Slat-tery. meets Johnnv Shupack of Pafer- CoMinuei) on Page-9. Tb Sect Cvatintird on Page Tfcla.