The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
Big SUMMER SEASON
IN VIEW FOR BOXERS
Leonard. Dundee. Welsh and
White to Fight |; out for
Lightweight Title.
JACK DILLON LAST HOPE

The heavyN gh; and lightweight
classes. always the most popular among
the fans. promise to furnish plenty of
action during n summer season that
bids fair to break all records of fistiana.
Jack Dillon and Frank Moran are
scheduled for the most important battle
among the bigger fellows sine, Moran
met Jess Willard. Benny Leonard vs..
johnny Dundee. Freddie Welsh against
Leonard and Welsh against charlie
White are tho star lightweight cards Of
the near future.
Billy Gibson's expedition to South
America will provide enough pugilistic
cNcitmcn, to keep the cables from
Buenos Ayres hot during the months Of
July and August. The Bronx promoter
will have at least twenty boxers III his
party that sails on June -. His head
liners will he Welsh. White, Leonard and
Phil Bloom among the lightwcigh's.
Jack Britton md Ted Kid Lewis among
the welters and the three big negroes.
Harry Wills. Joe Jeanette and sam
McVey. Middlcweights. feathers and
bantains will not cut much of a figure In
the South American affairs.
The Lcona rd- dundee. Leonard Welsh
and Dillon Moran encounters lie just
ahead and will he ought in local rings.
Welsli's battle with White. a twenty
round affair. viii be a feature of the
Buenos Ayres series. All OF these con
tests will he in the open air except that
bet Dundee and Leonard in Madison
Square Garden Wednesday night. jim
my Johnston. manager OF the Garden.
has some new scheme for removing most
Of the roof and installing giant 50-foot
electric fans which he says will make
his arena as good in summer as IN out
door one.
Leonard has a tough job on his hands
to dispose OF Dundee this week and then
tackle the champion at Washington Park
on Thursday night. June Is. barely two
weeks later. He realizes II and Is train
hard at Grupp's gymnasium. Even these
two tasks are not enough for the lit
tie East Slider, who is also matched to
face Vic Moran of New Orleans on June
-.
Dundee Is doing his training for his
match with Leonard over in Jersey. He
boxes ten rounds every day. taking turns
against Willie Jackson. Johnny Mario
n Battling Reddy. 1t would he an
awful blow to Leonard's championship
aspirations II his match with Welsh
should have to he cancelled because of
a beating at the hands OF Dundee. lie
has met the Italian before. the battle
eEtfk ~ MS ' ~ off@ ~
IT margins.
Leonard also has had "A previous crack
At Welsh. in the Garden last March.
when the champion got one of the worst
~no-decision beatings OF his life. lie
10 expected TO weigh in at 1875 pounds at
Z o'clock for Welsh. but 1t is pretty GER
tain he will be lighter M as to make
clear his claim to the title in case he
knocks out the aging Englishman. Leon
ard figures this 49, his last chance to
win the crown from Welsh. for he re-
CARDS Il as certain that the champion
can't last twenty rounds with White in
BueroS Ayres.
No tile will he at stake when Dillon
and Moran clash at Washington Park
on the night OF Thursday. June 90. out
there Is probably more interest gener-
ally in that struggle thar In any one of
the prospective lightweight scraps. Some
time ago white hope was a popular
phrase. but il has dropped out Of use
since the eradication Of Jack johnson
from the championship landscape. \
new phrase might be invented for Jack
Dillon-last hope. Jess Willard prove
when he overwhelmed Moran here that
lie ou;classes all the present giants of
the ring. There IL a chance, just a
chance. hat Dillon. a comparatively
small man. may outclass them too.
In which case Dillon might be called
tho last hope. the only man with the
slightest possible chance 20 beat Willard.
1t Is that one thing. that bare posi-
bility, which makes the Dillon-M Moran
match a card. one for which the Brook
Ign promoters have promised the fight
oes a total OF $40 goo.