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Show HOLD-UP TACTICS OF CONLEY FAIL LOS ANCELES. Juna II. Tha propoeed July 4 boxing bout between Frankle Con-ley. Con-ley. ex -bantam weight champion, nnd the winner of the Rlvera-DUon bout, eched-nled eched-nled for June 10, wa practically declared off laet night. Conley, who le now In New Orleans, after advancing Ills terms and having them O K d. tried to raise the snte, with the result that Promoter T. J. McCarey. dlsgueted at the holdup lattice lat-tice of the Kenosha boy. haa announced the! he will look for another man. Young Klrkwood. who made uch n eurprlslng showing egelnst River In Sen Francisco last Friday night, may be given thle date. McCarey la pulling several Strang wires In an attempt to land a topnotcW performer per-former to meet the winner of the Memslr. McCarthy event here on June 17. Both Parker McFarlsnd and Freddie Welah are being considered. Al Kaufman waa In for a talk with McCarey yesterday. Tha big boy wanta to rest for a few weeke. hut le willing to take on Jim Flynn again In July. A wire rrora Flvnn reed: "Kaufman or anybody else. 1 don't pick them." |