The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
HN EDWARD W. CoCuRANE.

NN EDWARD W. COCuRANE.
with The dawn ui n new wear. fniir
/ "i the sovcn rciguing champions of
/ puEllism have signed contracts TO
I d'tcud their titles In the hempcd
/ tu'lusurc, aud efforts are being made
/ 10y tho promoters To lure the othrr
three into the spotlight to make this
the greatest year tor championship
encounters known To the popular
game Of bi$
Ncturc another year puts in an
appearance several ~ these chnh
pionHhips likely Will rcst with now
holders II the seven now wearing the
crowns Will enter tho ring "a few
lines in defcnso Of them. with box
ing legal In Now York, where big
purses are offered as Inducements
10 bring about real championship
battles with referees decisions, this
ls sure TO take place unless tho law
~ repealed there, aud II IL reported
! That the goNornor-oloCt Will make an
effort to do this. which would he a
crushing blow To the sport. Even
though the New York law " repeal
ed there VIII be seventeen states
whore the game is legal, and posi-
| bly, more, because attempts viii be
! made To pass boxing bills In at least
/ ten more states during tho coming
session Of legislatures.
The four champions signed now
to defend their titles are Jack Dcmp-
scy. king OF the hcavies Jack Brit
ton, wrltorwcigh, champion; Benny
, Leonard, lohdcr Of the lightwoights.
and Jimmy wilde. the British mite.
who In recognized IA flyweight cham
| IA af h. nh Ian ntn "a A IA
champion OF Great Britain. Tho
three who are idle are Joe Lynch.
newly crowned bantam champion,
who Will sign soon To fight again.
and Johnny kilbano, feathcrweight,
and Johnny Wilson, mtddlcweight.
who are the only non-combatants In
Tic Bouts Mex, week.
Two Of thcsc viii defend their IL
ties on the same day--.Ianuary IA
| Benny Leonard win meet Richie
| Mitchell in ib-round encounter In
New York ana Wilde win box Pete
! Herman 20 rounds In London. There
, are n number Of people who believe
| Mitchell stands splendid chance Of
npsotting the lightweight king. They
have fought before, and Mitchell
made a splendid showing. He has
liove they stand chance with Leon
ard
Wilde will not he defending his
flywcight title because the weight
OF his bout with Herman is lls
pounds. the recognized weight for
bnntams. Iiut Wide also III the ban
tam champion of Great Britain. In
London they recognize Herman as
the champion, but that is n joke.
He was bcnton by Joe Lynch nj the
recognized weight and he viii not
be considered champion any place
but I'm London. where they want 10
bill tho Wildo-IIcrman affair ns for
the title, If Herman wins ho VIII be
hnntnmweight champion Of Great
Britain, but Wilde viii retain the fly
weight crown.
Jack irittun is going to London
to box Tod Lewis February iG. They
have fought about forty times In
this country, Brlt'on finally winning
tho title by knocking out the Wclch
man. This bout goes to London be-
cause II viii draw twice as much
there M IN this country
Tex Rickard Of New York la mnk-
ing an effort now to lure Johnny
kilbnnc and Johnny Wilson into the
ring at Madison square Garden. iIo
may be- successful. Richard has of
fcrod thcm sums that they cannot
afford 10 refuse. even though II
means the transfer Of their titles be-
cause they are not making money
now. II is the opinion OF wen in
formed boxing critics that either
mnn viii los" n he meets n forni- |
dablo foe. Mike O'Dowd has offer
ed wilson 5000 To ontor IN" ring
with him. Wilson can mako $50,
600 for the fight. II viii pay him
10 accept Wilson won the title on
hair-lInc decision over O'Dowd and
hasn't defended A. II" Is not likely
to hold II II he will fight O'Dowd,
Joff smith or any other good mid
dlowoight.
Good Bouts This Week.
Euhauc has been champion for
eight years His recent bouts show
clearly that he is slipping rapidly,
and snmo Euod fcOthrrwcight Is sure