East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-22
TITLE
IS AT STAKE TONIGHT
IN MATCH AT GOTHAM
Joe Lynch and Pete Herman on
Cards to Battle for Honor
Now Held by Latter; Chal-
lenger is Favorite.

I NEW YORK. Dee. 22.-(By Henry
l.. Farrell, U. p. staff Correspondent
"A sunny haired young Irish boy
! worth close 10 500. 600, but who drives
a truck for his father just the same. a
long outgrowth Of kid who ruled the
west side with pair Of freckled
Dukes" real American lad who
dropped everything and rushed to the
colors when the call came, goes after
the worlds bantamweight champion.
ship tonight in Madison Square Car
den.
Joe Lynch. the idol Of the west side,
meets Pete Herman, the squatty little
champion In a l5-round bout to a de-
cision, put on by Tex Richard.
Lynch won the right to bid for
the championship of the little fellows
by knocking out Jack sharkey. the
oonqueror OF Jimmy Wilde, In the
fifteenth round OF a sensational fight
Here December 2.
BY the boxing skill and the punch
shown in that bout. Lynch is the fav-
orite to beat the titleholder.
Both are to weigh 1lS pounds at >
o'clock this afternoon.
Lynch viii Have Crowd
A crowd OF over 10000 is expected
TO see the cattle and it is safe to as
sert that SO per cent Of the assem-
blage will he raising a vocal din for
Lynch. as he is the idol Of the town
and Herman never has been popular
champion in the east.
Herman, "a, a native OF New Or
leans, has been boxing for eight years
5e won the bantamweight title fro
Kid Williams in 1917 Since that
time he has boxed indiffcrently. bein'
inclined to favor no-decision affairs II
preference 10 rislsing his title.
His lodging tactics in getting ou'
OF the defense Of his title made hin
exceediBgly unpopular. After he had
lacked cut of a contract to meet jim
my Wilde In London last summer,
Charles y. Cochrane, the London pop
ular promoter who held the contract
announced that he could not deal will
fighters and Keep his faith With tn
public. and ne retired.
Herman has fought threp no-dec'
sion bouts with Lynch, but retained hi
title. although Lynch was given the
popular verdict on each meeting.
Lynch is % years of age and was
born in New York. He started hlf
ring career in 1916 in no-decisior
contest with Johnny Ertle. He losl
two decision bouts to Jimmy Wilde
worlds flyweight champion. staying
with him fifteen rounds in their las
meeting last year. He has fought ali
the leading American little fellows, in
Guiding Pal Moore, frankie Burns
frankie Mason. Joe Burman, and III
Wolfe.
He won 2O-round bout from Tom
my Noble in London last year and late
trimmed Joie Fox. the little Brirsher-
in Newark
Challenger Has Money
I.vnch is one OF the boxers the ex-
ponents of the game like to hold un
as model He is a clean-living
thrifty lad. who has earned something
close to 500. 600 in the ring. He lives
with his father, n brother and tive
sisters on the west side His father j.
engaged in the trucking business and
when Joe is not training for a fight
he can generally be found at the wheel
of one of the elder Lynch's trucks
His father and his brother always at
tend his fights, but he doesn't like t"I
have his sisters around,
at was long time before Ia let
Dad and te Kid around the ring, he
said. 81 was afraid they would want
to take hand IL things went wrong