New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-20
BUSINESS BRISK
IN BOXING WORLD
Lynch and Herman Only Cham
pionS to Relinquish Titles in 1921

New York. Dec. 2O.-CBy the As
ISOLATED rressl In the squared circle
realm OF pugilism where titles are
knocked down by traders with the
hardest or the truest punches, b.si-
ness was brisk in 1921
There were many bidders for the
title Of the hanta weights, and a mil
lion punches. more or less, were Of
tered by group Of traders well known
to the sporting public, Irish Joe"
Lynch Of New Works west side, by
virtue Of high bid last December
came into the year with the title.
He then engaged the old holder,
Pete Herman Of New Orleans and lost
when Peters brand was recognized by
the auCtioneers-- some people call
EN- iudges---as the better of the two
Peter. however, went to sleep one
night in the market at Madison Square
Garden and johnny Buff a jaunty lit
tie Jerseyite outbid him. johnny let
Jack Sharl;oy. another New York boy
into the bidding later but he protected
his title handily,
Puff Plays II Safe
Then Puff went out to Milwaukee
where there aren't any autioneers and
its only the hard punches that will
take title. He met Pal Moore Of
Memphis, Chicago and other places
and, while Pal offered more punches
and Of a better quality. according to
some of the Witnesses he couldn't find
a real hard one in store. Buff came
back with the crown.
No SO long ago there was new title
placed in the market--one for $50
Founders or Junior lightweights.
Title for Dundee
Upon the scene came one Johnny
Dundee, n former Italian fish market
clerk who more than decade ago
was given his Scottish name in one
shake Of a finnan haddie's tail by
"Scotty" Monteith, fonnie boxing
from the land of thistles.
Montnith started Johnny on a career
and Johnny realized his ambition af-
ter l , years by winning the new title
in bout with George CLANCY Of
when CLANCY was disquai-
fed for fou,ing.
One Scrap for hilbane
Johnny Kilbane, grey-haired king of
the feathers, was least active of the
lighter men He engaged in an affair
out in Cleveland several months with
4 boy named Danny F'rush and after
some rounds of punch trading and
claims of foul by Frush Johnny Of
Tered his hardest right and retained
The title.
Benny still King
Benny Leonard, expert fist thrower
Of the lightweiehts. got into some
trouble at the outset of the year, when
IN a bout with Richie Mitchell from
out Milwaukee way, he got careless
Or something in the second round and
ct Richie bid high to the jaw with a
light. He was very much taken aback,
out realized he was a business man
md retained the title with a hard
light in the sixth. The auctioneer told
Richie that his bidding was getting
weak and he'd better stop. Richie
obeyed. Later Leonard ngaged in II
rounds of punching with a rugged
[talan--Rocky Kansas by name-and
won.
Leonard has not been engaged in
any other important deals but he en-
ertained Sailor Friedman of Chicago
n Philadelphia recently and exhibited
in this town with welter Georgia
Ward of New Jersey.
A Questionable Champ
The middleweight king Johnny Will
son has had several bouts. ont in
Cleveland he engaged Bryan Downey,
an awkward, but hard puncher and
after being f1oored several times was
awarded the bout on an alleged foua
loud hulabalOos were rails
ID in the fistic world. Downey claim
id he had won by a linockout-Nil-
son claimed he had been fouled and
they decided to try again.
The result was an interesting node