The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-12
IMATCHMAKERSLAx
AS TO GUARANTEES
EIeOenth Hour Substitutions
Are Too Frequent.
Rr oHARLEa 3. MATHIsoN.

John Jennings OF the Armory A. A..
Jersey City. hns furnished proof that
he is one OF tho best matehmakers In
the country. He apparently has genius
for putting well matched pairs In the
ring. Examples At hand are the match
between Jack SharlSey and Frankie
Burma set for tonight. that between
Charley Ledoux. bantam champion OF
Europe. and Joe Lynch OF the West
Side. and Still anotherN between Gene
Tunney Of Greenwich Village and Mar
tin Burke OF New Orleans.
II would be = difficult matter to i'm
prove on these matches. and each Is
full Of promise as TO action. Yet Jen-
nings has one serious fault that mars
the best matches. He has failed TO
compel boxers and managers 10 post
forfelts 10 guarantee their appearance
In the ring. and as a result his patrons
, have been the sufferers. as he has been
forced 10 put In substitutes az the
eleventh hour.
So far as the bout between Burns
and Sharkey IL concerned they can be
depended on, to present themselves at
the appointed hour. but Jennings should
see to II that Joe Lynch and his man
hbct AAc oOuno W ChSu tuEtelt 70
make weight and appear In the ring
The last time that Lynch was scheduled
for bout at the Armory A.. A. the
young man. according to the story told
by his manager. engulfed seventeen
rolls and six cups OF coffee the day set
for tho bout. taking on 80 much weight
he was unable to make the poundage
agreed on. His prospective opponent.
PAL AnNNa AaQtfwsmA 49, A.
weight and there was no contest II
would also be an excellent idea for Jen-
ntnGn 70 have Tunney and Burke put
down substantial forfeits for appear
ance.
In fact every promoter in the country
should insist on cash guarantees from
matched boxers as protection to ths
public that pays for the entertainment
Philadelphia Is In a condition Of con-
siderable excitement over the bout be-
tween Willie Jackson and Lew Tender
that u to be STAGED In the Philadelphia
National League Baseball Park to-
night There does not appear to be rea-
son for undue exhilaration. With the
exception Of their last meeting the
bouts between this pair have not been
calculated TO arouse the public TO a
pitch OF frenzy. When Tender and
jackson are pitted against other op-
ponents they are well worth watching,
but In the main the bouts between the
pair have been anything but exciting.
A hfteen round affair at New Haven
was so dun that the referee threatened
TO eyict them from the ring, and II af-
terward was learned that the 'flve
ounce gloves agreed on had been spIr-
ited away just before the bout and eight
ounce nitts substituted Therefore II
may be well to restrain wild enthu-
siasm till the boxers do something to
justify It,
Mike MCGOWAN declares that he q
the manager OF the next lightweight
champion and that his name is Tommy
Stapleton, MCGOWAN insists that Sta
pleton can hit harder than any light
weight In the game and points 10 the
fact that StApleton checked the knock
out career OF Oakley Keyes MCGOWAN
refers &c his man as a new spectre
on the pugilistie horizon" For a
spectre Stapleton Is a husky sort OF
ghost
Dan Morgan insists that Eddie Fitz-
simmons knocked out Charley White in
ten rounds 1t Is known. that Jack
Britton did the trick In eighteen rounds