Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18

| PlLl.Y GIBSON and Lightweight Cham
pion Benny Leonard left New York
| an the west and southwest. For the three
bouts already arranged 1t is expected
Benny will gather In, at n conservative
estimate, at least $40, 600.
Not so bad for months work
Leonard even now is considered as
having made more money In the ring than
| any other lightweight in the history of
pugilism.
Before his weight or the superior skin
OF some other boxer deprive him of the
opportunity to take In money in chunks
gathered together enough money to live
like a retired banker without 'mussing
up that immaculate haircomb any more
than he usually does In the ring.
Benny Is going out this year to make
stake his title for the big money, and
already has agreed to meet Jimmy
Duffy. the Lookport boy, at Tulsa.
Okla. this month. Tie bout will be at
Is rounds ana to decision.
Some criticism has been leveled at
ence to other more prominent contenders
for his crown, but the season is young
and the champion can scarcely be
blamed Il he waits bit later nnsin in the
training will put him in the very best of
condition
After the Tulsa bout Benny will take
on another welterweight, Johnny Grit
and early in December he will meet
Harvey Thorpe, another heavier boy. in
Kansas city in his second l0-round bout
of the trip.
"RlpDY" Bishop, the astute Cincinnati
- manager OF boxers. Is sending out
y unique appearing card advertising his
h sscsS wo chsmpons
picture post card shows the pictures of
Pat Moran. manager of the world cham.
pion Reds and Dick o'Brlen. ''Biddy'
writes in asking for a bout with Harry
williams the local heavyweight scrapper,
for his battler. He says he has no place
in view at present, where the match
make the match IL a suitable place could
be fond.
TT HAS been said among a number of
Omaha sport fans; that after Friday
goes to st. Paul that sporting events of
interest to local fans will be dead issue
until December 5, when Earl caddoek re-
turns to the mat game against Sam
clapham, the British champion.
J TT IS likely that the fans making this
L remark have forgotten that an specially
! good card of boxing events together with
| a star mat performance will be staged in
| Council Bluffs auditorium on Friday, No.
yember 2s. by the Council Bluffs Athletic
| association, of which AL Fiori is the lead
will be a best two out OF three fall match
| between Charlie Peters. the Sarpy county
| sheriff and some mysterious gentleman
| from Chicago. who posted an appearance
| forfeit. but does not wish to disclose his
| identity until the night Of the match,
| THIS new Mystery Man" from Chicago
l. declares he has long wanted a crack
at Peters and he fears that something will
| go wrong IL 1t is known to the general
| public just who he is, His forfeit binds
him to appear and Fior assures the fans
| that he is real wrestler, having met
some of the best in the game, within the
| last few years
besides the Peters Mystery Man"
- wrestling match. two boxing bouts will
be staged. The feature boxing event will
be the return engagement between Harry
Williams and Billy Uvick. This time, they
VIII go six rounds to referees decision
The club reserves the privilege of naming
| the referee, and 1t is likely that Jack
Fitzgerald will be asked to handle this
bout.
THE four-round preliminary will probab-
ly be closed today or tomorrow. The
Fiuffs association matchmaker Is trying
to get Council Bluffs boxer to appear
against an Omaha scrapper Feather,
boxing ability, may possibly land bout
for November 20.
FOR some reason or other, Jimmy Drex-
ell will not meet Johnny Noyes in the
scmi-windup to the Mike Gibbons N Ike
,, O'Dowd battle at St Paul Friday night
frankie Callahan. the Columbus (Ohio).
lightweight, who defeated Drexel by a
referees decision little less than week
ago, will take the local scrapper's place
and meet Noyes. 1t has been suggested
that Drexel, after the bout with Calla-
han. Is in no shape to take such a
tough" character Johnny Moves. The
general trend of thought around Omaha
regarding the matter is that the st. Paul
promoters did not care to put Drexei on
after losing a contest. AS a mat
ter OF fact, the defeat suffered by Drexel
should not have interferred with the st.
Paul bout at ALL for the main event is the
attraction for that night, anyway, and it
might have meant real comeback" for
DreXel