El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-12

b vail during peace times There IS
no doubt that great deal Of preju-
dice formerly existing against the
. boxing game will be wiped out and
the sport VIII come into its own in
the future.
Creates Much Interest.
Benny Leonard s trip to Denver
must have created considerable in
/ terest among the followers Of boxing
| in that part OF the country, for no
{ less than five queries have been re-
/ ceived from Colorado the past few
days as to whether Benny had move
B knockouts TO his credit than Charlie
White.
According to the records. there IS
Just one difference between the two.
/ White having 30 to his credit and
Leonard Il. which Includes his last
victory over Sailor Kirk al Denver
4 lt is just possible that Leonard win
score another one at St Paul during
the week
When IL comes 10 the Knockout
part Of the game, these two
1EhtWeiEhts appear to be almost
ON an equality, although Leonard
Il by far the prcttier boxer and
considered more clever than
" hite. There f. no doubt that
Charlie cRrrfe.s = sleep producer in
both hands and the same can be
said for Leonard. although Il f.
usually the right hand that Kenny
puts over when he wants TO score
the kaye.
There is talk OF matching these two
boys at New Haven Conn, in q 90
round battle for the lightweight
championship OF the world If the
deal goes through. IL viii draw one Of
The largest houses in the history or
championship affairs among the light
weights, providing Of course. hat
they can get place large enough 20
take care Of the crowd Strong ef-
ar.Ha
boys together at the Milwaukee audi
toriums but apparently without sue
cess
The big arena IN Milwaukee seats
close TO 5000 people, not counting any
standing room whatever, which makes
IL practically the largest and most
commodious boxing arena i'm this
country; in fact, in the world. If
there should be any hitch in the deal
~ New Haven 10 bring Leonard and
White together, II is possible th8t
they VIII reconsider the offer to 20
over the ten-round route in Milwau. .
kee
EdenberE Travels Some.
Charlie Edeuberg. the former MIL .
Waukee boxer who was sqarriug
partner Of Battling Nelson when tire
latter was champion. has become q I
real globe trOtter After quitting
the boxing game several years ago. .
Charlie took TO the vaudeville stage D
and has been very successful i'm pro- E
ducing head balancing act and other J
thletic stunts. During his trip I
around the world he has also boxed T
a such countries as South Africa. In .
dia and Australia He has been gone .
two and one-half years from Nilwau- I
kee and during that time has Travelled ]
al through the Orient down 20 South .
Africa and back again TO Australia, +
where he is now located. Charlie .
writes as follows:
"HRvs just returned 10 sydney /
from the enst where I was booked +
for five months Mt Manila. JavH.
Hong Kong, Shanghai and other
big cities In China. Have been
very successful with nv act In
most Of the places and attracted
quite lot Of attention by doing
my head balancing act on their
highest buildings.
cit proved quite a stunt and gave
me a great deal Of notorieJy. L have
had great deal Of sport during my
travels by boxing against all Corners
and have been very successful. of I
course I was not up against the kind
Of fighters that YOU meet in America,
but Just the same some of them We're
very good and gave me quite a battle
This was especially the case I'm South
Africa where there are a number OF
good boxers from the British Isles.
To Join Fighter.
II have travelled over $4,000 miles
during my trip and am now waiting
the time when I can join Jimmy Clab-
by, the American middleWeight. on
my trip home It is likely that Jimmy
and ] VIII return TO the states about