Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

Dundee. Benny Leonard and Charle
white, and has met the entire bunch
OF lightweight stars with the exception
Oh Oh leonard He was credited with
shading Welsh in their ten-round bout
last spring. Domiuick Tortorich of
New Orleans is ready to stage cham
plonsh1p contest between Mitchell and
Welsh. and it is up to Harry Pollok to
get busy and accept the same.
Jack Dillon. the giant-killer and for
TIME champion of the light heavy
weight class. seems to have fallen into
oblivion since his defeat at the hands
of Mike Gibbons in st. Paul few
weeks ago. There were reports out
that Jack had made UP his mind to re
tire from the game for all time and
become master of hotel near indian
apoliS. but it is not probable that the
Hoosiet battler will do anything Of
the kind. He may purchase place of
that kind but it VIII take more than
that to keep Jack out of the ring while
he has strength and speed to travel
along the way he has been going. The
whole trouble with Jack was too many
dates. He tried to fight often as
Battling LevinSky without keeping in
proper trim. and as a result went stale.
He defeated Levinsky in no-deCiSiun
bouts when he was right ard then per-
mitted himself to run down. 50 that
when he fought the batter in Boston
to decision the Hebrew won and also
took Jacks title. The Gibbons affair
probably convinced Jack that he needs
"A rest and the chances are that he has
been taking a good one in the HooEior
state. 1t is good bet that he win
not retire as reported. but will soon
he on the ton line bills again. against
some of the heavy leading lights.
IT might he well to mention here that
LevinSky also made a mistake when
he thought he could take on men of
Jess Wizards class and get away with
them. The battler fought Carl Morris.
the Oklahoma giant. in Kansas city
fifteen rounds and lost the decision.
Levinsky displayed great endurance by
staying the fifteen rounds. but it was
evident that he could not hope to give
away nearly seventy pounds to big
man like Morris and win out. He
would find willard a great deal harder
than Morris. 50 such a match would
seem ridiculous.
Levinsky proved himself a great
fighter in his own class-!isht heavy
wcight-and that is where he should
remain. When a fighter tries to go
out of his class to meet another cham
pion he usually makes a big mistake
that is. if he is Obliged to give away
a lot Of weight height and reach-for
the bigger man has the better Of it nine
out of ten times. 1T has just been
announced that Jack is to meet Bob
Moha New Year day at Boston.)
During the past few weeks several
queries have been received by the
writer as to whether Battling Nelson
or Jimmy Britt was ever a lightweight
cha npion. Frank Erne. the famous
buffalo lightweight. claimed the title
and rightfully so. when he defeated
Kid Lavigne in twenty rounds in 1893
The next year Erne won over Joe Cans
in twelve rounds at New York. but in
1902, at Fort Erie, Cans stopped Erne
in one round, the weight being given
out at 1876 pounds. Cans refused to
make the lightweight limit for "A battle
with Jimmy Britt. the California light
weight, and match WAS made between
Britt and Erne at San Francisco No
vember 26, 1902. Britt knocked out
Erne in seven rounds and claimed the
title. There We're many writers and