The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-26
ny EDWARD w. cocnRANE

BY EDWARD W. COCHRANE
win the approach OF new year.
followers of things pugilistic In this
country are expecting the lif'ipE nt
- fcW bo,ng crowns from the noble
bruws uf the present weArers and
the crawuinR of new kNgs Of the
hcnpcd circle before twelve more
months are showed into the discard
Some 81 tho six rcigning title hold
crs may retain their lnurcls. but II
is safe to predict that some OF them
will not. unless they follow the cS
ample sot by Johnny kilbauc fcath
orwoight, and Johnny Wilson. mid
dlcwoight. and refuse 80 meet Chal-
lengors. which they will not do be-
cause ~ the financial possibilities OF
battles already ON the schedule.
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight, II
sure to meet Jess willard and
Georges Carpenter. Jack Hritton
will continue his busy campaign un-
III he ~ beaten. nt least. and the
most worthy rival Tor his title " Ted
Lewis Benny Leonard will clash
with all the aspiring foes OF tho
lightweight brigade Joe Lynch IL
ready to meet all OF the opposition
forces, now that he has beatcr Her
man.
since the bout with Rill Brannon
in which the challenger, who was
not rated as n worthy foe for In,
champion. stayed IL hard rounds
Dempsey has been criticised severel,
for hts showing and critics are fret
In thoi- predictions that the heavy
weight championship Will chang'
hands In "A short time. They do no
seem willing to pick the on" maj
cnpabc OF lifting tho crown from
the brow OF the Salt Lake cit!
"assassin." but they do not believe
he IN as great champion ~ SOM
we have had In years past and 1
sure To pass into tho discard II
1921.
Willard Means business.
Dempsoy's first scrap viii he Will
Jess willard. whom ne defeated Il
three rounds In Toledo. July 4. 1918
/ willard did not take that fight scri
o,rsly. but when he meets the cham
| pion In New York March II he wi
| be trained to as near physical per
| fcction as a man can attain at hi
| advanced age---advanccd for on
seeking ring honors. The ox-chan
| pion has been training quietly at hi
! farm near Lawrence, Kan, "a
many months. Friends noticed tn
| loss of lot OF surplus weight an
| remarked about the SPLENDID con
! dition OF willard long before II wa
known that he would fight Dempse'
They thought no had bccr workin
on the farm. He had, He took tn
place OF farm hand and worked n
summer lie also boxed consider
able and went through symnasiui
| exercises,
Willard knew that u took lonj
systematic training for him 10 ste
through fifteen rounds with n tigh
cr OF Dempscy's calihcr Now b
is ready FOR, the final siege to {
himself for the battle In March. II
Ia trying To employ sparrin
mariners. Not the kind he had ,
Toledo. who failed To get him Int
condition, because they were old an
worn out, But he wants liuG
Walker, one Of the toughest an
best In the game. Bin Brennan
Harry Wills and somo more II !
can get them. lie may not be ab
to employ such men. bu, the me
fact that he Is making them offe
shows consclusively that Willal
means to do tho very best he ca
to redeem himself In the cycs
his friends, who lost heavily on hi
when his showing at Toledo W
such n disappointment.
CarpTnticr Comes Second.
When tho Willard fight over,
he wins, Dempsey will prepare {
Georges Carpenter, The fronc
man Is rated hy many experts as Z
- f..A IN a. "A N
They point to the fact that Carpc
,ica is "A clever boxer Of the CorhC
tyne. a terrific puncher and an .
pcricnccd, shrcwd ring general,
will take such man, they argt
Ia outboN Dempsey, hewildcr hi
with n shower of gloves and fina'
heat him into submission, The
~ some logic in this. and vet I
question ia whether tho Frcnchm
IL physically strong enough to sta
the amount Of punishment pempS
is able 20 administer before I
champion fails. This argument g
he settled only hy the battle itse
which will be the biggest pugllis
event Of an International natu
STAGED In many, many years.
with Johnny Wilson refusi
20 hoN anyone Of note, tho midd
weight division. will We left TO nef
champions Mike O'Dowd has n
offered Wilson $4,000 to stop II
ring with him and the titlcholC
refuses. Sc we will drop ia
wclNrs. Rrittou is the husi
champion OF tha lot. lie meets
p, challcneers, good or bad. His n,
.c really important battle now sch'
t, ulod Is with Tod LOWS In I.ond
in February. Britton won the q