St. Louis and Kansas City Amateur Boxers Meet in the Audi-
torium Tonight ... The Night of the Ross-Armstrong Fight
«..“Phog” Allen Will Conduct a Basketball and Athletic
‘Injury Treatment School in June |

(By The Star’s Sports Editor.)

. LASSIEST of amateur boxers of St. Louis and Kansas , City will
meet in the Auditorium ring tonight, the receipts beyond the
expenses, which have been held to a minimum, to go to the
Shrine hospitals for crippled children,

Patrons of amateur boxing and all others who like fast action and
plenty of it in their sports will find royal entertainment in this show.
"The Kansas City boxers haye a score to even, with their St. Louis
. ¢ousins. Several weeks ago the Kansas City boys lost in an intercity

|. show in St. Louis, so tonight they will be fighting to even the slate.

The customers will find popular prices at the box office, the show ;
will be a worth-while entertainment in its line, and the money goes to
a worthy charity.

ue Barney Must Be at His Best.
oe is the night that may see Barney Ross come to the as of
_the way as a champion and the elevation of another Negro fighter,
Henry Armstrong, to the throne.
The main question seems to be—can Ross weather the terrific Arm-
| strong punching?
Ross is rated the smarter bhtes a and cdetadelty he has gone to the
fistic wars for a greater experience than has Armstrong. Armstrong
is young, but Ross is not old. Armstrong has been on a steady fighting
diet, Ross has been coasting....and that may make a difference.
Ross can hit and he is clever. Armstrong knows nothing of clever-
“ness, but throws his all into a tornado of blows. And he carries aK. O,
punch.

On Ross’s ability to withstand the shock of the Armstrong panties
depends his chance of victory. In his McLarnin fights Barney showed:
that he could weather storms and absorb punches. If he is the Barney
Ross of the McLarnin fights he should win.

But if he is a Barney Ross faded several degrees from the Ross
- who marched against McLarnin he may be nearing the end of. his

triumphant pugilistic journey as he wears away the. hours before his
meeting with Henry Armstrong in the Long Island fistic bowl tonight.
A “Phog” Allen Coaching School.

EVERAL letters have come to this department making inquiries as

to whether “Phog” Allen, basketball coach and author, will appear oe
as a faculty member in a basketball coaching school this summer;

So we put, the question to the K. U. coach himself, a

The question brought the information that the Kansas eae. an |
“received fifteen letters of inquiry on the. game. subject. The letters
“cover a wide territory—from Maine to California and Oregon, to Texas in
the South. :

“I will be in Lawrence all summer, working on our physical educa=
tion program,” the Kansas coach said this morning, “and numerous
inquiries regarding a coaching school have about convinced. me that

| ‘such a school over a week’s time might be a good thing to hold right

I. here in Lawrence, There hasn’t been a ee school here in abou
|. ten years, so I believe I'll do it.” ;

The Kansas coach said that if he goes. through with the idea the a
school of basketball and treatment of athletic injuries will be" for one -
week, June 13 to 18. “

 

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