The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-06
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4 championship Is at stake; but
which will furnish worthy opponents
4 for the title holders in two OF the
! eight divisions of pugiffsm. are the
j outstanding features Us rather
short lbut high class boxing calen-
4 dar for the current week. These two
are a 20-round engagement between
ham in London for the welter title
( OF England and lO-round battle
between Lew Tender and Richie
i Mitchell In Milwaukee.
Basham holds the welterweight
cham pionship of the tight little isle
and an effort has been made for
some time to induce Jack Brlttsn
worlds champion. to cross the pond
to meet him, but not enough money
has been offered Britton TO lure him
away from America, whore he ~ col
3lecting handsome purse almost
every week for displaying his wares
fThe next best foe for Basham is
Lewis. The latter held the world
title for long time and fought
n Britton regularly in no-decision af-
fairs. usually having n shade. Sew
eral times they fought to a decision
3 and a draw verdict was handed
4 down each time until last year.
when Britton planted Knockout
Wellop against the chin Of the Eng
hshman and won the champion
snip, which he has since defended,
Lewis went toEngland a short time
ago and reports from the other side
OF the Atlantic state that the ex-
champion Is in splendid condition.
naving taken a long rest. and has
launched campaign which he
hopes will result I'm the ultimate res
turatioH Of his title. In Basham
ne meets the best welterweight de-
~ Noped In England In long time.
Y-ut this may not be speaking
5co!umns for the Briton. as few real
4ooNing champions have been turned
5out OF England In the past score of
igears. Basham is supposed to be n
Z puncher and the possessor of at
IeaSt an ordinary amount of ring
skili. But there have heen many
n Hnighly-touted British boxers who
iailed to deliver when put to the
test and the only way to find or
u NJust hSw much class Basham has is
70 send him agalnst such "A man as
d Lewis. II he emerges victor I'm this
oaitle he will be considered a
worthy foe for Jack Britton and n
worlds championship bout with an
International flavor will be the re-
suit
Several cffCrtI have been made
70 hrlng Tender and Mitchell to-
? Eethcr, but each has been a failure.
IEcy were matched once In Milwau-
zee and at the eleventh hour Tend .
n taiIed to live up TO the rules laid
'ho"n ny tho strict Wisconsin box
ing commission and the contest was
SaIed OFT This may happen again.
Ihey have a commission In Milwau-
kee that forces boxers to observe the
law strictly and II any boxer fails
10 10 this the show Is Cancelled. no
matter how much money such can
Seiatlon costs the promoters or
ighters, II Is the one way to con
onct boxing properly And Wiscon
sin leads the world In this respec.
ms contest, however. is one that
moving followers the country over
nave eeen anxious 10 have staged Il
s,Fc them n good line on the actual
solIlty ~ the Philadelphia Hebrew
endler has been highly touted. lie
mas met and defeated a score OF top.
1otchers In the lightweight class
snu mas persistently dogged the rail
or Kenny Leonard. Leonard has dc.
nended certain terms that did not
ut the manager OF Tender, - n
uont was never arranged. but Il Is
\ sure 70 come later, should Tender
Mitchell.
Mitchell Is the leading trial horse
OF ,ne lightweight class. When Aus.
raHa sent Lew Edwards here il
was Mitchell who stopped him and
sent him back home. Johnny Shep-
pard came over from England tout
~ as champion, and Mitchell put
az ahrupt end to his American tour
Mllchell Is clover. craftY. hard init.