Vincent Reina Will
Promote Boxing In
Montreal Next Year
New Haven Mnn Gets Ap
pointment Other Live News
of Boxers Hrre and Else
where. Vincent Belna, wfco has been re
sponsible for several excellent boxing
attractions staged in Xew York city
during the past few years, received
notification today that he has been
appointed matchmaker of the Hippo
drome A. C. of Montreal, Canada.
Reina has been dickering for the
berth for several weeks and the an
nouncement of his appointment comes
as no surprise to those in boxing cir
cles. He left for Boston yesterday
afternoon to make arrangements for
his first show which will be staged
the third week in August. Reina
declared yesterday that he will make
a lucrative offer to Jimmy Wilde, fly
weight champion, to come to Canada
and box Joe Lynch. He is also de
sirous of arrajiglng a championship
battle between Benny Leonard and
Johnny Dundee. It is also probable
that he will find work for several of
Now Haven's cla&slest mlttsters.
In all of the bouts which Reina
staged in Nevr Haven he made a
financial success of them. He was
the first man to promote a boxing
show in the Arena. His crowning ef
fort was the fifteen sound bout be
tween Johnny Dundee and Willie
Jackson, which drew the largest gate
in the history of boxing in this city.
This bout was staged about two years
ago.
