The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-25


 W Dempsey's chances of becom- ing the next champion. having been well satisfied that he Is of the title Oaltbre after having seen him in &C., ton in Toledo and other cities, we do not rest our claim .on the old say ing that youth must be served" This rule Is most misleading and we have had it broken time and again. Par ticularly Is this true of boxing.
 To say that because Dempsey is younger than Willard is the principal reason why the challenger should win is proof that the individual quoted is talking simply because he wants to make himself heard. It nowadays seems to us, 1t is the youth-inex- perienced, but ambitioQs-who has the hardest time. Youth will have nothing to do with this coming bat tie. Neither can it be said in view of what has transpired fin our modern day ring that rule holds good in box ing for records show that 1t does not.
 There has been lot said and writ ten about Jack Britton, the welter- weight champion. He Is far from be- ing a boy. He Is well along in years and yet younger opponents have never been able to down him. What more vigorous and tougher opponent than Ted Kid Lewis is there in the welterweight division? The answer is Jack Britton. Jack has bea ten them and in our judgment can defeat any one near his weight in the ring to- day Here is one boxer who doesn't give a snap about youth They can come in as they like for this boy, for they all go out the same way-de- cisively defeated. And Britton is no youth.
 And let us for q intimate give Fran kie Burns of Jersey City the up and down. Here's a batt1er who has been in the ring every bit of II years. He celebrated his 3Oth birthday yester- day and you don't see him taking his hat off to any featherweight whether younger or as old as he. Take 1t from Frankie he's just trifle over 30 years YOUNG now. That OLD stuff don't go with him. They cant and haven't been making them too tough |, for this gent. And remember he is n -.mming them all and will be pnsting suhem when some of the younger boys Tin the featherweight division have been shelved. That's how much youth means fin boxing.
 0OU CAN'T help admiring Benny
 U Leonard, the lightweight cham pion- Benny and his brother. Char ley. have openod a tire shop on up- per Broadway and according to latest reports they are doing a splendid business. The Jewish in Benny makes him. no doubt, a wonderful business man and the American In him wins him over friends galore. He has made thousands and thousands of friends since he acquired the rsamp,ou- ship.
 But Benny knows that he can't be champion forever. He expects to lose his championship some day. And he knows, too. that there are some peo- pie in this world who stick only when the money flows or when all Is sun- shine He knows that there will pc many who say they are his friends now who will be missing when he is no longer champion. He knows that Benny Leonard has a job plenty big enough looking after Benny Leonard himself.
 In other words. Benny is making hay while the sun shine. He Is es- tabiishing a good paying business while the establishing is good. His brother knows the business thorough 1y and is manager of the place. for Benny Is seldom there. His time Is taken up mostly with boxing and training for bouts. Just now he E in Toledo.
 But it shows that Benny is a won der. He is first his mothers pal and then boxer. But he knows one thing and that he will have a hard time even though he has saved the greare, portion of his earnings. ahead of him after he passes out of the pugilistiC limelight-unless he has something to fall back on. Success to the Leonard brothers and all the luck in the world.
 .+sRAT"' MAsTERsoN of the New
 D York Telegraph is a carefu