The sun., 1918-07-28
CLINE HOT ON TRAIL
OF BENNY LEONARD
Harlem Boy Thinks He Can
Regain Lightweight Title
for Irish Race. :
GOSSIP OF ROPED ARENA
nv CROSS COUNTER.

ny CROSS COUNTER.
/, pst.y Cline OF Harlem recently ex>
c,cssed the opinion that II he got =
chance to meet Benny Leonard in q
title match he would bring back the
Championship to the Irish race" II an
1r,shman Is to hold the title within the
next decade It will come about through
,y,ctory by Cline over Leonard. for the
p,rlern boy is the only representative
q, the Old Sod now In the lightweight
division who would have possible
chance against the champion.
II Cline managed to wrest the light
v.Ight crown from Leonard he would
n, the second Irishman TO hold the title
Of that class in fifty years. Jack Nc
Auline was the other Celt to, hold the
bopors. The early contenders for the
heavyweight title OF America were nearly
ali Englishmen, including Abe Hicken.
Billy Edwards. Arthur Chambers and
Johnny Clark. Hcken, who held the
title from 1868 to 1872. seems to have
made good his claim to the champion
ship. After Hicken Chambers took title
by defeating Clark and Edwards, and
wore the crown till 1879. when the title
Iansed TN 1885, when McAuliffe came
10 the fore and held the championship
TN 1896, when he retired without a ref
sree's decision. having been made against
him. -- '.- .s..-s' -tf -.
George Lavigne, who succeeded to the
title, was OF French Canadian parentage.
Erne Foreign Born.
In
v,ene, was born In Zurich. Switzerland.
but lived nearly all his life in Buffalo.
Joe Cans. who succeeded Erne. was a
Baltimore negro. and Battling Nelson
was Dane.
Adolph Wolgast was American born
Of German parentage ard so also was
Willie Richie, whose name Is Geary
stefen. The present champion Is Amer
lean born of Jewish parentage.
OF the leading contende's for Leon
ards title frankie Callahan is Samuel
Hoffman, American born Of Jewish
parentage.
Johnny Dundee Is Joseph .Carrora.
born IN Italy.
Joe yelling is Joseph whining, Amer
han born, Of Bohemian parentaee.
Charlie White is Charles Anchowitx,
English born, OF Jewish parentage.
Lew Tender IL American born OF Jew
M parentage.
Patsy Cline was born in County Long
ford, Ireland, and moved to Harlem at
an early age.
II readily can be seen that II Patsy
Cline Is to bring back the lightweight
title 20 the Irish race he will travel a
rocky pugilistic road.
Kid williams to Work.
Apparently Kid williams. former ban
tam champion, enjoys the distinction OF
being the first boxer to be ordered to en-
gage in essential employment or go 10
the front At last reports Williams was
headed for shipyard. and will doubtless
help along the good work OF frustrating
the U-boats. Unquestionably many
other boxers of draft age will get the
same summons that Williams did, and
many of them will be compelled to retire
rom the boxing game for the duration
Of the war
At the same time boxing will not be
20 seriously affected az baseball by the
work or fight order. The reason Is that
majority OF boxers are below the draft
age Boxers at IS to 20 are In a ma
jority OF cases at their best and the
clubs will find only such with which to
I'LL their programmes.
yond draft age are able to give a good
account of themselves in the ring.
AS scores of the leading boxers OF the
country have been doing valuable work
IN fitting soldiers for duty It is hardly
likely that work will be classed as non
essential
In the case of Williams. he neither
did any camp work nor showed a dispo-
sttion TO give his services for war funds.
Therefore he appears. to have received
his just deserts.
Choynski's Latest Excuse.
No heavyweight in the history of pu-
gil!sm has produced 50 many excuses for
fe'eat as Joe Choynski, and the impress
sion is created, that but for ILL luck he
would have romped, away with the
heavyweight title. In Q labored excuse
for bis knockout at the hands or Joe
Walcott in seven rounds, an apologist
for Choynski says: =.
"Walcott didn't perform any n1racu-
lous feat In knocking out Choynski.- The
Black Demon was a wonderful fighter.
but never good enough to beat Joe on
his merits.
- few days before fighting walcott
choynski fought Peter Maher. Choyn-
ski was a sick man on the day of the
''N'NOAN ISL I1c Nlslltu II
New York doctor, who found that he
had two badly broken ribs. Choynski
asked the doctor to plaster him up so
mat he could fight Walcott. The doc-
Tor told him II was impossible for him
10 night, md that IL he insisted upon
rghtlng he would have to get some other
physician to look after him. -
Courageous Joseph.
"Choynskrs chief second begged him
TO have the match postponed. saying that
MS friends would bet their money on
MIN and lose but Choynski obstinately
Insisted that he could beat Walcott. ribs
o. no ribs. He thought he could keep
ne injury q secret until after the
fight" -
1T is asking a great deal of a eredu-
lous public to expect belief in the state
ment that Choynsh fought seven rounds
with broken ribs. II no did 30 he should
nave been Hhrred from the game for
getting money under false pretenses.
cUBANs OUT TO REPEAT.
Viii Try TO Take Measure of
Lincoln Giants Again To-day.
The fifth Of the series OF double head