Show Chicago Becomes Battle Front This I Week for Flock of Pugilistic Tilts Griffiths Loughran Griffiths-Loughran Loughran Bout Middleweight Mid Mid- Tournament Offer Of Of- for fer Plenty of Action By Bj George Kirksey CHICAGO March 23 UP UP- UP FI Fights and anti rumors of fights today ushered In Chicago Chicago's biggest est u ms tic lc week thus far farIn farIn In 1931 A middleweight tournament to determine determine de de- de- de termine a new 60 pound champion champi n nto to replace Mickey e Walker will wUl open Tuesday night at atthe atthe the Coliseum andT andl Griffiths of oH oD Chicago will wUl Tommy Loughran n of Philadelphia In Inan 1 an 1 Important m p 0 r tan t S heavyweight bout 1 at the Chicago stadium sta Friday night Mean Mea Meanwhile n while n a nbattle battle goes on behind behind be- be rn hind the scenes bet be be- t w wee e c n fl Madison Johnston Square Garden corporation of NewYork New NewYork York Yo-k and the tho Chicago stadium forthe for forthe forthe the Tony Jack Kid lightweight championship bout After the Chicago stadium had announced an an- announced the Berg bout for April prU 24 2 the Garden countered with v the he announcement that the New NewYork NewYork York state athletic commission had I saved ed the mat match h for New York BERG CANZONERI-BERG I MATCH UNCERTAIN The match will be i held here as announced Matchmaker Match Matchmaker maker Nate Lewis said today Sammy Goldman Canzoneri's manager manager man ager has assured me that he will not back out of his agreement The New NewYork NewYork NewYork York commission Isn't running boxIng boxIng boxIng box box- Ing It Is only regulating the legislative legislative legisla tive tc end Like a ghost of the past the III fated L Wills Dempsey match was revived here today In circuit court when the former heavyweight champion appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap as defendant in a suit brought by B. B E. E Bill BlU Clements who Is charging Dempsey with breach of contract Clements Clement's claim Is that hc he had Dempsey Dempse who was then champion contracted to fight Wills Wilts In 1926 and that Jack Jak never t r fulfilled It S ARlEY IN DEMAND DE Failure Hure of the Ule proposed Max Young StrIbling heavy heavyweight weight title match to arouse Interest once more has brought Jack Sharkey back into the spotlight Sharkey will arrive e here tomorrow with his manager Johnny Buckley to o find at least four promoters bid ding for his servIces sen The Chicago I stadium Is trying to sign th the Boston I heavyweight to meet the winner of ci the Loughron bout in an nn I outdoor show here In June William H. H Carey president of ot Madison Square Gard Garden n. n and Jimmy Johnston who will promote outdoor sh shows ws at nt Ebbets field Brooklyn this summer arc are expected to be here to confer with Sharkey who Is on his wa way to Milwaukee where Ernie the sailors sailor's fights tights tomorrow night Dempsey Dempse who Is contemplating promoting outdoor shows here herc this summer Is 15 also after Sharkey's contract |