The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
CHAMPIONS TO BOX
IN LABOR DAY BOUTS
Mike 0'Dowd and Pete Her.
man Will Defend Their
HonOrs Tomorrow.
LEONARD VS.. FAIRFIELD
Lightweight Title Holder VIII
Meet Welter in Philadel-
phia Ring.
ny CHARLES #. MATHIsoN.


Day or Immediately thereafter In
defence Of their titles. Jack Dempsey.
the heavyweight title holder, and Kill
bane, the featherweight champion, will
be the only absentees. In the case Of
Dempsey it is but fair to give him
reasonable length of time in which to
demonstrate how badly he can act on
the stage. As to Kilbane he perhaps
could not find an opponent he felt con-
ndent of defeating and therefore will
wait until next Labor Day.
Although none of the champions who
will appear in the ring tomorrow or
the succeeding few days will lose his
title unless he Is knocked out, very
unlikely occurrence, yet the title
holders are TO be commended for
making even that much concession to
the public Among the champions who
will defend their honors are the fol-
lowing:
Mike O'Dowd, middleweight champion
of the world, who will meet Kid Lewis,
former weller champion in a ten round.
decisionless bout at Syracuse tomorrow.
Pete Herman, worlds bantam cham
pion, who will box twelve round de-
cisionless bout with Joe Lynch of New
York at Waterbury, Conn.,, tomorrow.
Benny Leonard, lightweight champion
Of the world, who will box a six round
decisionless contest at Philadelphia on
the night of September 3.
No Title mt Stake Abroad.
Over in England Joe Beckett, the
lxr Id haa Eaforlaf nhor MIR
will meet Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh in
twenty round bout to a decision. No
title will be at stake as no one except a
citizen of Great Britain can win a box
Ing title Of that country.
To step outside the charmed cham
pionship circle we have a near title bout
near our own doorstep. Willie Jackson
and Johnny Dundee, aspirants for Leon
ards title, win meet at the Armory A.
A. Jersey City, in n decisionless bout
limited to eight rounds.
Frankie Burns of Jersey City, q cham
pion without a title. will box Harvey
Crosby. an ambitious bantam of Bay
onne. N. J.. in an eight round decision
less boat at the Bayonne A c. on the
night Of September 2.
Two New York lightweights, Mel
Coogan and Barney Adair. will 80 all
the way to South Bend. Ind. and enter
tain tne people there with n len round
decisonless contest.
There is hardly boxer IN the country
who will not have some sort of bout
tomorrow, which promises to be the
liveliest boxing day in the history OF the
holiday.
Bouts should be Interesting.
Some of the bouts should prove to
be very interesting, notably that between
Leonard and Bartfield. The soldier once
outpointed Mike Gibbons and he no
doubt thinks he should have no trouble
with Leonard. But the redoubtable
Bartfleld will find in Leonard an oppo-
nent differing radically from the st. Paul
Ghost. The soldier will discover that
Leonard not only is a clever boxer, but
n hitter of discouraging force. Bart
field will doubtless stay the limit. but
he will have rough time.
If Mike O'Dowd's handlers have per-
mftted him to get back to his normal
fighting weight of 100 pounds the mid
d,eweight champion should defeat Lewis,
providing the former weller king pro-
ceeds as he did in his bout with Brit
ton. O'Dowd is a harder hitter than
Britton. and unless he is in the weak
ened condition in which he met Britton
the middleweight should hand Lewis
some convincing thumps.
However, II O'Dowd has continued to
nlI1stI III weight ana ldckS tne
stamina that is his chief asset, Lewis,
who is at his best, is apt to do serious
damage to the middleweght title holder
and even stop him. O'Dowd may think
II is an honor to prove to the public
that he can make weight that leaves
him physically weak. but he is apt to
find il a dangerous distinction.
Lynch Meets Herman.
Joe Lynch, the capable Yves. Side
fantomweisht. who meets Champio
Herman at Waterbury, insists that he
viii take away the title from the Cres-
cent City boy. IN support OF his con-
tention Lynch points to his knockout
record, giving the names Of number of
mediocre opponents he has put to sleep.
Lynch will find that Herman is a shifty,
rugged young person, with much ring
experience and the utmost confidence in
himself. Lynch will learn that there is
considerable difference between Herman
and Jimmy Wilde. 1t would appear that
Herman likely will outpoint Lynch or
hold his own even at all events.
Johnny Dundee is not likely to for
get during his natural life the one round
knockout he received from Willie Jack
son at Philadelphia January is, 1917.
Although the boys have had severai
meetings since then, in which Dundee
Kept his jaw out Of the way Of Jack
sons fists. yet there is feeling that
jackson may repeat the dose ona II
these fine days. Jackson is a dangerous
hitter. as Lew Tender will testify, and
he invariably cuts loose early IN the
game. Those who go to Jersey City
Monday night will see an interesting
contest II 1t goes the limit Dundee
should win on points.
Interest In ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bout
The Beckett McGoorty contest In Lon
don Will have much interest for Amer
leans, for the Oshkosh boy is known 20
be one OF the most effective hitters In
the game. McGoorty is by no means
in the good condition he possessed in
the days when he tussled with Jack
Dillon. Frank Klaus and other rugged
middleweights, but he still retains his
punching power, and II he lands square
~ on the chin OF Englands premier
heavyweight the result will be in the
nature Of sensation.
There is small reason for believing
that Beckett is a topnotch heavyweight,
for Bombardier Wells and Frank God
dard. Beckett's chief victims are pain
fully lacking in class.
1t would not be at all surprising II
McGoorty hung a knockout wallop on
the Briton. SO far as Beckett meeting
Dempsey or any other American heavy
weight OF class Is concerned II would
mean pugilistlc oblivion for the Eng