The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23
GREEDLNESS
GIVES NEAR CHAMPS
CHANCE FOR HARVEST
BY EDWARD CoCmtANE.

rust a. long d- the tudnpiuilH VI
the various divisions OF pugillsm
stick to their demands, FOR eNJrht-
tant guarantees and refuse TO ac-
ccpt percentages In accordance with
the rules recently laid down by the
boxing authorities OF New York ana
Philadelphia. We are not going 10
have many championship engage
mcnts within the hemped enclosure.
L appears to be a little game OF
freeze out" with the champions
on one side and the promoters on
the other But the promoters are
going right ahead with near-cham-
pionshlp affairs and firmly believe
that in Time they will win out. The
champions viii not care to remain
idle long. Tho life OF a boxer in
the squared circle is not very long
and they had better make nay
while the sun shines.
a year ago Tex Rickard started
out to stage all the championship
battles he could and succeeded IN
putting on several. lie paid Dig
guarantees 10 the fighters and man
naged to make money out of most
OF his ventures in this line. BGt
Rickard, Ike other promoters be-
came tired Of taking all the chanceS
on the box office. He dropped
quite n sum on the battle between
Johnny Wilson and Bryan Downey
at Jersey City, Labor day. Ihe
gate receipts did not amount 10
much more than the purse and
Rickard has spent quite q sum in
promotion of the affair. That cured
him. lie says boxers Will appear on
d percentage basis at Madison
square Garden in the future.
Books Near Champions,
To prove that he means business
| Richard is starting out this week
with what may be termed a medi-
ocre contest. He has booked SAILOR
Friedman Of Chicago with Ernie
Rice. labeled nghtw eight champion
OF England, as the main event, while
/. Morris Lux Of Kansas city and
| Marty Summers OF New York VIII
! furnish the semi final. Friedman
| is the boxer who was matched with
| Leonard in Philadelphia and the
authorities Of the city forced MN
| to cancel It until he kept CON
tract to box another boy in fhila-
delphia, which he had previously
made. Friedman recently met Lew
J Tandler and did well enough, so
there are a few who think he stands
| n chance with Leonard. lie was
Ito have met the champion In Ben-
ton Harbor last uly ,,i.o 4, ana r,s s"as ~
one of the two or three most worthy
| challengers for the title at this writ
ing. -, =,
termined In this scrap. He comes 10
! this country, like all torclBhets'
agented as the greatest boxer 10 m
wade the United States, lie may De
like most OF the rest OF the English
linvaders--a false alarm. Jimmy
Wilde proved an exception aud the
only one. lie really Is a great little
scrapper but there are many Deter
here. Lew Edwards was touted as
the next champion and RltehIe
Mitchell stopped him IN MS IIlS1 GU
gagement here.
international Competition Needed.
Rlce likely a. a better man than
\ Edwards because he has knocked
1 out Mitchell--the same one VINO
heat Edwards. Rice is said 70 be
fast game, clever and nara
puncher. lie may be far better than
| Americans believe and in that event
4 he can beat Friedman ana then
Il challenge Leonard. Such FeAulI
n would furnish the sport with real
International match which would
liyen up things in pugillstlc way
lust when II has become bit quie'
in the United States, II would D,
far better for the game II England
could produce few real title con
, tenders. International matches al
ways arc attractive.
When Attorney General Hopkins
Iof bNinsas prevented the Mike dih
bons Mike O'Dowd scrap scheduled
+, for wichita, It was moved 20 Iu'si
l and il was believed thai the ,lead!nt
. boxing center OF the southwes
= would be the scene ot the contnc
this week--a battle that would h'
> The outstanding feature OF the Ial
sea on. But Governor Robertson o
{ Oklahoma evidently did not IKE th'
% idea OF a fight that could not D
staged in Kansas being moved oNel
. into his state and he ordered th'
= sheriff at Tulsa 20 prevent the bout
I THUS il is difficult to say Just nov
lwhat will become OF the engag
I'll ment. II looks as though the pro
+ moters have spent lot OF time an'
money In the promotion Of something
that cannot be pulled off In tha
paEt OF the country. But that l.
the life OF boxing promoter esp
! cially where there isn't fight Law