New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

De-.pseV, the present champion,
Glands out as one Of the most capable
-,rmen th@. ever held the title. He
,ss the purch. the ring ferocity and
.yeryth,ng ttat goes 20 make heavy
rs;sht champion 1t is not likely that
!. will lose his sitle for years TO
.one unless lie should deteriorate
! ,bvsicany to az ncouceivable extent.
Ys; in Europe they are convinced that
-srpentisr has fair chance of becom-
4 ,p his successor.
In the other classes the passing
~ssr has seen 70 changes 10 speak of.
.irh one exception. Jack Britton won
re wel-ere-eight title from Ted
avis. pe-e Herman, the bantam
weight che npion. still ciings TO the
.,le. though taete has beer little in
ores = tt's class. johnny klibane
s,i wears the .ea,herweig ighr crown,
though ore c. these days he may try
70 p.ck d soft one and instead get the
Unexpected clip or the chin. That hap
pens to all champions sooner or later.
Leonard Nay Quit Class
In The lightweigh division Benny
Leonard LOOMS far above anybody IN
his class There IS 10 ''loGical con
snder' in ght e. the present writing.
!, .ooxs Is though he eventually would
grow olt q the class. That seems 10
oe the caly cuance Of new champion
n hat division.
Jack Brir-on. the veteran. holds the
title IN tre we.rerwe gh- division by
virtue Of h;s nrerr.ng straight lett and
bis corslmmate ing generalship. He
-egalned Ire championship by stop
Ming Lewis in nine ROUNDS at Canton,
0to, on March II last. In the mid
dlewaight class Nike O'Dowd, the SOL
dier-boxer. c.irgs 10 the title by virtue
Of his st4m.us and solid wallops. Kim
.ed-ro1rd bouts are not conducive 20
he raud changing IN the ownership OF
rils r...es.
Tae year tina. Is on It's way prom
'es & olg ,evivAl for p1ofessiona!
boxers, Wnich vi. last as .ong as the
lighter. .nanaszgs and promoters be-
ave themseive ard play fair with the
pub biic-not minrte long It is a
NOS cersalrt. that the next Legisla-
gre VII mass boxing bill Tor the
State OF New York.
Wnat the rs~ms Of this bill viii be
harl to predict. The optimistic be-
aeva that It viii aMow twenty rounds
70 dec on. some only hope for
'Heive rouuCs Il may be matter OF
aliY ten rounds.
Ther, II rs5y force behind boxing
the Army. Navy and Civilian Board o.
Boxing Control. made up o. rsn VIII
ere Interested in boxing for the sport $
sake Iae members Of this orsaNlza-
ion ere backing the international
Sporting Club Of New York, an insti-
.ution founded on the lines OF the Ma
iclal Sporting Club Of London. The
rev club has started WORK on its CLUB
house n this city and expects 10 be
sagin, boxing bouts early next year.
New Force in Boxing
To some the notions Of the new
latrons 81 5oXing toward the game may
seem somewhat idsaMstic. but these
lew forces deserve a chance to fry
heir theories Certainly boxing has
TOT proepered. ror has u attained any
PARTICULARLY good repute under the old
ausrlces. The Army, Navy and Civil
ian Board Of Boxin. Control deserves
respectfG' hearing. and ii seems Ger
ain that they Will get it al the next
etS-!NN o. t4t Atk,4S II -fc.
boXirg in New York WAS killed by
rooae- promoters, taking boxers ana
ohci4is syho did rot have the best IN
leres-s oil the game at heart. It was
not stopped because il w4s regarded as
oru,ai or degraded II lost ou- be-
cause of interruptions management.
For ny part, l believe that it would
oe bette t. let the game lie dead than
n rrrrt -.l-
ior that would mean that it would be
allied again and for keeps.
The rev patrons Of boxing have
nlzed he act tAat certala modiic&-
lions OF the Marquis of Queensoerry
rules are necessary, and they have gone
about ia tae Undertaking OF Standard
iNng aHd nlurnationallzng the ring
game. The have been met halfway IA
his by -he sportsmen Of England and
France. The entrance Of this new Gle
men iu.0 the game promises big de-
"!opments for next year.
Inc cnange Of champions IN the
neavywe igh, di'. sion was highly melo-
drametic. Dempsey showed himself 10
Oe better man than willard wac at
als best, not that the former cham
plon wss a shell" or anything Of the
sort. Demp ey brought him down, all
me huge Suik Of him. with piston
drive punches hat carried moro
ierocsty ard fol behind them than
any Of the punches OF Fitzsimm ons or
lefres.
Demands $5G0.00
At the current writing Dempsey is
uemanclng something Ike $500,000 for
rs - snare Of the purse when he meets
Narpentler- his Manager, Jack Kearns,
eseatends tnat the fight would draw
e1'0O0, 600. 1t might 4 the world con-
u'ues az sport mad as it WAS this
yea' snd II tne enthusiasm for boxing
Surould u,S,d hold out But the Dempsey
n'iIsrd fight did not indicate this. Il
urew new something like $500, 900 and Tex
HlcSard figured that il should have
cfawn $1,000 geo
NarpeHter's rise and his Knockout
" Joe Beckett makes All even more
nrshsalonai story than The story Of
pempsey. The poilu boxer, just re-
20 as"Sed from the army after four years
- CONTINUOUS service, WAS reported t.
K physical wreck He knocked out
su s,.e heavier and huskier Beckett in the
NY ra round, to the surprise and conster-
40 on OF the British sportsmen who
.sfe grooming Beckett as the chal-
sHger for the title held by Dempsey.
prize ring bouts were decided in
srceordance with the fitness Of things,
sarpentier, the idol of France, The
ggDlIu' g' me real fighter. should defeat
sosmpsey and become the worlds
ssssavSyweight ssS champion But boxing
iiou's are not decided that way. 1t
soss not seem possible 20 anybody who