Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-02 | Page 11 | Jazzy Sports

Jack Britton now considers Canton, Ohio, his luckiest stamping grounds, since he won tho welter title In tho I Buckeye city, and -has since scored victories over some formidable opponents oppo-nents there. Barney Adair, New York lightweight, light-weight, recently recelvod a battered ear in a bout with Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwuukce. The ear swelled so badly bad-ly that Adair was compelled to enter a hospital for treatment to save the appendage. lie was obliged to cancel three battles on account of tho injury. in-jury. ,-Doc- Johnston, Cleveland, veteran first basoman, hitting tho ball hardtir and. more-froquontly -than ever- boforo Jin his long career on the diamond. Is I up against the proposition of his legs giving out under him. Johnston is undergoing un-dergoing special treatment to keep his pins In proper condition. Bryan Downey, Columbus, Ohio, battler who has been meeting all comers with much success In the welterweight wel-terweight class, has announced ho Is through with the 145 pound brigade and will immediately Join the middleweight middle-weight class. Downey scales naturally in fighting trim at about 155. He has issued a challenge to meet Johny Wilson, Wil-son, the lad who relieved Miko O'Dowd of hia crown. The action of the Akron City boxing commission In refusing to permit Soldier Bob Martin, champion heavyweight heavy-weight of the A. E. F, to fight in tho Rubber City on July 5tb, unless he agreed to meet ono of several men named by the commission, is unprecedented unpre-cedented in the annals or boxing com missions. The Akron boxing solons declared Martin has appeared In that city several times but has never met a man with sufficient class to mako the bout interesting. It was senii-official-ly announced that tho commission was tired of "set ups." Having had his consecutive win record rec-ord smashed by tho New York Yun-kecs Yun-kecs ton days ago when Pitcher Jack Qulnn of the Yanks poled a homer at a critical stage, Georgo Covelcskle. of the Cleveland team, Is striving to refrain re-frain from moro than five defeats throughout the season. Ho has been pitching remarkable ball. Chick Harley, star footballer with the Ohio State University football team for the past three seasons, announced an-nounced recently wlion ho accepted a position on the coaching staff of his alma mater, that ho would positively not bo Identified In any way with professional pro-fessional football. Massachusetts wants legalized boxing box-ing now and an attempt to have a measure placed on the statute books will be made soon. Tho proposed measures differ radically from those of tho other states, and Imposes a heavy fine upon thosu who attend unlicensed un-licensed boxing exhibitions In tho state. It is said boxing under tho proposed pro-posed bill would not tho state approximately approx-imately $400,000 per year. Tho bill has been turned over to tho ways and means committee of the Massachusetts house. nn