New-York tribune., 1921-12-12
Winner to Box Leonard
for Title; Gibson Heads
New Sports Alliance
By Fred Hawthorne

When Sailor Friedman, Of Chicago,
and Lew Tender, Of Philadelphia, both
of whom profess to be madly, hopeless
ly In love with the idea Of fighting
Benny Leonard for the lightweight
championship Of the world, start their
fifteen-round bout at Madison Square
Garden on Friday night 1t will mark
the fourth meeting between these boys
in the last ten months. If one or the
other is knocked for a row Of jam pots
on this occasion it will mean that the
unfortunate one can kiss his fond love
long and lasting farewell
The Sailor has been victorious in the
three previous meetings. one at ten
rounds and two at eight, getting the
popular decision each time, but de-
cisve win for Tender on Friday night
will Offset his previous failures and
place him in line for a go with Mister
Benny. Makes us think of a misguided
guy fighting for the chance to get in
front of runaway locomotives he
wins, he loses.
Friedman fought Leonard once be-
fore, and escaped with his life, and so
he is anxious to do it all over again.
evidently figuring that Benny might
miss him again. Tender has been
matched with the champion before, but
something intervened to prevent the
fight, and hence Careful Lew, who fig
ures that "a man may be down, but
he's never out" wants to illustrate the
truth of that motto.
Managers Are Confident
Nate Lewis and Phil Glassman. re-
spective managers Of Friedman and
Tender, are nothing if not original.
Yesterday both insisted that their boys
were in the best Of condition and CON
tident OF winning, anu that the ensuing
dethroning OF Leonard would be mere
formality. In the mean time Benny
begs us not to make him laugh, as his
lips are cracked.
The semi-fnal round bout Of ten
rounds at the Garden will bring to-
gether Vincent Pepper" Martin, son
Of Fire Chier Smoky" Joe, and Harvey
Bright, two aspiring featherweights
who are anxious to bump the cham
pionship benny" of Johnny Kilbane off
the featherweight kings dome of
thought. Kilbane may be sitting at the
ringside to watch the contenders for
his title "do their stuff" Two eight
round bouts will precede these affairs.
The show at the Lexington Opera
House, at Lexington Avenua 49,.
t.ifty-flrst Street, tonight will con-
slst OF three ten and one eight round
bouts, and there should be great action
In each set-to. The main attraction will
see Charlie Beecher and Dutch Brandt
swinging them from the floor. Beecher
10 one Of this contenders for Kilbane's
featherweight title, while Brandt will
just be in there fighting for Dutch"
Archie Walker to Fight
Archie Walker, former amateur
lightweight champion. who has been
raising old hob in the pro" ranks. will
start ten~round shindy against Artie
O'Leary, a veteran Of the punching
profession, while Johnny Rosner and
frankie Genaro mix things up in the
third ten-rounder. Charley Goodman
and Jimmy Grande will do the eight
round opener.
The National Sports Alliance came
INTO existence yesterday in meeting
held at the Lexington Opera House, at
which Billy Gibson was elected presi-
9eo' and Charley White, secretary.
Tbs purposes of the new organization
sv.a aie uplift of professional sport in
TINS state, particularly as it applies
to boxing.
treasurer has not yet been &C.
ieeted, but Senator James J. Walker,
father of the boxing bill, was named
honorary president and chairman of
the advisory board. Five vice-presi-
dents were elected, as follows: Jake
Carey, Jimmy Twyford, John Weis-
mantel, Phil Bernstein and Jack Lewis.
and full board of directors. among
wnom are Benny Leonard, the light
weight chnmpfon az the wnr11