Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
Sparks From
Sprtland
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&c show that he is the class Of the
country's lightweight boxers. Billy
Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard,
admits In a story sent out from New
York that the champion has out
grown the 1%35-pound division and
that in the future he plans to prac-
tic!e his art among the welterweights
providing he is successful in taking
that crown away from Jack B%ritton.
IN the event he does not succeed in
his ambitions to annex another, cham
pionship he will retire from the game.
leaving the field per to White, KAN
sas. Tender, Jackson, Valger, Freed
man and Mitchell in the light weight
ranks and to Britton in the welter.
Leonard Sidestcps Match.
It has been known for a long time
thai Leonard has been unable to
make the lightweight figures. For that
with White, Tender and Freedman.
He has grown to- a full f1edged well
ter IN the last two years and in his
last battle with Kansas in New York
ne had extreme difficulty In getting
below 140 pounds at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. He tipped the beam at
nearly that mark when he entered the
ring, showing that he is no longer a
nshtweighf and that it is necessary
for him ito let the men who can make
the weight battle for the title.
Leonard Cannot Make Weight,
Gibson's acknowledgements that
Leonard no longer can make the light
weight limit adds force to the writer's
suggestion recently that an elimina-
ton series of contests be held to Sc
lect the best man to replace Benny
as champion. The men mentioned
above are in line for the wreath. They
are the leaders of the present 1856
Founders, with White in front. He
and If Leonard will not make the
weight for him he has an excellent
opportunity to bring the lightweight
crown to Chicago. 1t Is believed he is
capable Of beating any OF the fight
ers named as qualifying for the right
to battle for the championship.
White came within one round Of
gaining the laurels two years age
when he had Leonard beaten for nine
rounds and then let the champion
slip over a knockout punch. That,
Charlie insists. was a lucky blow. He
has tried repeatedly to get Leonard
into the ring again, but the cham
pion has evaded him and now that
he has outgrown the lightweight
ranks refuses to consider making
weight. White has beaten the leading
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says he Is fighting better today than
ever before is confident that II he is
put into an elimination series with
Kansas. Tender, Valger, jackson and
Mitchell he will bring the crown to
Chicago.
John Heisman, head coach Of the
Penn football team, has made a dras-
tic disciplinary move that should set
.! the W9v for mn nv a nnfhar ho nalar ~
hot-headed gridiron player. The Red
and Blue chief has dropped from his
squad one of the men who brought
penalties on his team BY smuggling in
the Swarthmore game.
Forgetting for the moment the un-
sportsmanl;ke side of such conduct
and the discredit it brings to the COL
the. practice nearly always works/a
great injury on the team.
In PENIS case it brought a penalty
Of fifteen yards. In Princeton's-for
the Orange n Black had such a case
two weeks ago-it cost the sons Of
Old Nassau forty yards, since, their
team was in Navy territory, when the
punishment was inflicted. ss
BY. defeating both the Notre Dame
and the Illinois crew, n the dope in
favor of the Hawkeyes in the game
with Minnesota Saturday, the Iowa
crew stands a good show Of captur-
ing the Big Ten title. Indiana and
Northwestern will get a crack at the
Hawkeyes. and may put them out Of
the running. In the Missouri confer
only team In the conference with no
defeat chalked against them.
The standings OF the Big Ten to
date are as follows: