The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-22
JOE LYNCH TO MEET
PETE HERMAN TONIGHT
BY Henry Z. Farrell arr:
3united Press Correspondent)

New York, Dec. PA sunny hair
ed young Irish boy. worth close to
$1OO,0OO, but who drives a truck
for his father Just the same. a long
foutgrowth OF a kid who ruled the
west side with q pair sof. freckled
"dukes'', a 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 Card
en-. ~ w. ESi% 'ttS%t% sf ''% No. 49, '''.E.. i
r Joe Lynch, the idol Of the west
side, meets Pete Herman. the squatty
little champion in d fifteen-round
bout to a decision, put on by Tex
Rickard. ,#5's:<s%,.~ s~.:.' <'f1: .2:-
Lynch won the right to bid for
the championship of the little fel-
low by knocking out Jack Sharkey.
the conquerer Of Jimmy Wilde, in
the fifteenth round Of sensational
fight here December q. : p: r.. -.
BY the boxing skill. and the punch
shown in that bout: Lynch is the fav-
orite to beat the titleholder. I. = 3
Both are to weigh 11S pounds at
2 O'Clock this afternoon. ~~F = y.
A crowd of over 10000 is expect
ed to see the battle and it is safe
to assert that 80 per cent of the as
sembly will be raising vocal din
for Lynch, as he is the idol of the
town and Herman never has been a
popular champion in the east. =. IT,
Herman, "a, native of New Or
leans, has been boxing for eight
years. He won the bantamweight
title from Kid Williams In 1917.
Since that time he has boxed indiffer-
emily, being inclined to favor node
cision affairs in preference to risking
his title. -~*e@ w. II -...
His lodging tactics in getting out
of the defense of his title made him
exceedingly unpopular. After he had
backed cut Of contract to meet Jim
my Wilde in London: last summer.
Charles B. Cochrane, the London pro-
moter who held the contract, an
noun ced that he could no" deal with
lighters and keep his faith with the
public, and he retired. ~ . -. .s,....
Herman has fought three no-deci-
sion bouts with Lynch, but retained
his title, although Lynch was given
the popular verdict on each meet
ing. -~a.y&.~. =, .s+z.4.t = .&vy zn:2 =.
Lynch is % years OF age and was
born in New York. He started his
ring career in 1916 in a no-decision
contest with Johnny Ertle. He lost
two, decision bouts to Jimmy Wilde,
worlds flyweight champion, staying
with him fifteen rounds in their last
last year. He has fought all
the leading American little fellows,
including Pal Moore, Mickey Del
mont, Charley Beecher, frankie
Burns, frankie Mason, Joe Burman
and Kid Wolfe. ..> f. 81 :.
He won a 2O-round. bout from
Tommy Noble in London last. year
and later trimmed Joie Fox, the lit
lie Britisher, in Newark. T. .%ar
Lynch is one Of the boxers the ex-
ponents Of the game. like to hold up
as model. He as clean-living,
thrifty lad, who has earned some
thing close to 100000 in the ring.
He lives with his father, a. brother
and two sisters on the west side. His
father is engaged in trucking bust
ness 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 brothers
always attend his fights, but he
doesn't like to have t-.s sisters arouhu.
~ 1T was a long time before I'd let
Dad and the kid around the ring"
he said. II was afraid they would
want to take hand II things went
wrong" = q '*