The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-06
Bright Spots in the Sport Arena

The Cuban offer" OF course. was
Cuba isn't strong for boNing-not since
the Willard johnson thing. II would
he impossible, even a swollen prices
10 get enough peopl" from the States
TO make the ventur" pay, and the Gu
bans wouldn't patronlzc Il. All OF which
puts the whole question ny TO Tex
Richard again. and Tex, take him all
in all, Is one whale OF Il promoter, be-
sides having a sterling reputation for
honesty and square .lcaiinG. Tex VIII
stage that fuss somewhere within easy
reach OF New York city. It will hap
pen som" time, and all the public can
do Il 10 sit around and wait.
Carpenter went homo to that dear
Paris after signing up. Before he went,
there was much display Of persona !!
friendship between Georges and his
coming adversary; they rode around in
each others autos. and they played
golf together. very badly. They con-
verscd through interpreters; Jack can't
talk more than seven words or French.
and Carpenter prctcnds equal igno-
rance Of English. American army Off
GERS who met Georges IN the wartime
tell me that he talks English cheer
fully and flucntly when he feels 80 In
cl!ncd. but the Interpreter stuff. OF
course added to the press-work in New
York.
AS 10 the chances Of the hsaries-
Il seems now the general belief that
Dempsey will win by just about the
margin of his superior size. In other
words. both are fine fighters, but
Dempsey weighs 40 10 Carpenters 10,
and the bigger man should win by an
equation OF 100 to 10.
AS described earlier in this article,
the chief middleweiEEt dispute was be-
tween Mike ODowh and Jeff Smith.
Not much was done by others in the
ljS-pound division.
The wclters also put up little OF
their goods for exhibition. 4 COM
parat!vcly new figure in the class is
Louis Bogash. Of Bridgeport. Conn.
who looks like real conner. and made
great impression at one OF the Gar
den shows.
The lightweights ar" all fused up,
largely because the New York rules
have been fixed TO especially please
Benny Leonard. 1t is now held that
the lightweight limit--in New York, ut
lcast-shall be 1876 pounds at two In
the afternoon. Benny Leonard can do
that wcight--with considerable train
Ing And such a pounding" at two o.
clock. would mean mat Benny would
scale about l41 pounds rtngsid"-a
weight which would he far too bulky
for the Cnntcndcrs in the division. Lew
Tender. the Philadelphia Hebrew. now
generally considered the second best Of
all liGhtweiEhtS. would he at serious
dvantaEc--.would he outwc!ghcd.
outSIzed. and beaten before he went in
the ring. Willie Jackson. another holy
terror at l33 pounds. would be equally
handicapped at such weight. and
wouldn't have chance with B"nja e
min. Hence there Is much hashfulncss
among the llghtwcights. and Benny
holds his title undlsturbcd.
Just keep busy, Kenny has beaten
several sccond-ratcrs Of late. and twice
trimmed X O Loughiin. wrlterweight
OF considerable ability.
Lew Tender shaded Joe yelling at
Milwaukce--a slow bout. which caused
much criticism Richie Mitchell has also
shaded yelling three times. smuh
, az Mitchell, who has grown bigger and
stronger than when he was beaten by
Leonard three years ago would come
nearer 10 Leonard's size at the ring
side than either yelling or Tender. !!
| would seem MS n he should be sent
against the champion.