The New York herald., 1921-11-17
PESEK DENOUNCED
BY OWN MANAGER
Lichtenstein Says That His In
structions as to Wrestling
Were Disregarded.


Repudiated by his own manager. John
Madison Square Garden angered the
spectators and all who take an interest
In the sport of wrestling. finds himself
in an unenviable position.
Previous to the affair with Plestina.
Pesek held commanding position in the
graphing game. Young. strong. skilful.
he might in a year or two have captured
the title, as majority OF the leaders at
the present time are on the down grade.
Yet, acting on advice that would have
been spurned by well balanced mind,
Pesek has practically ruined his career
as wrestler.
Larney Lichtenstein manager OF Peeek.
called at the Office of the State Athletic
Commission yesterday and protested that
he was In no way responsible for the foul
tactics Of the wrestler. At the conclu-
sion of his conference with the commits
sion Lichtenstein said:
II am going to try to dispose OF Peseks
contract, and have so notified tho COM
mission I consider that my own repu-
tation is at stake and I will not be asso-
ciated with anything questionable In the
game. | called at the commission office
to-day and laid my cards on the table.
If anything questionable was pulled the
other night l tell the world fair l was
not party.
1T expect the commission to clear me,
as my instructions to Pesek were to
wrestle clean and to win. 1t is apparent
he disregarded my instructions. / con-
H.. y1yv1ta al
disqualifying Pesek."
While Chairman Muldoon has made
no official statement OF bis intentions
It is understood he Is determined TO set
on foot a searching investigation in IN
effort to place the blame where 1t be-
longs. An attempt will be made to
induce Peselt to disclose the identity
OF those who counselled HIM TO indulge
in the illegal tactics pursued by him IN
his bout with Plestina.
Lewis and ZbysskO Next.
The greatest interest now centres in
the contest between Lewis and Zbyszko.
which is set for Madison Square Car
den on November 2S. II these two men
wrestle strictly on their merits II will
do much to remove the bad Impression
created by the Pesek- Plestina bout On
the surface the match between libby
and Lewis is one of the best that could
be arranged. as both men are masters
of the graphing art and have per-
formed with remarkable skill In the
past
The bout for the Junior lightweight.
championship of America, In which
Johnny Dundee, the acrobatic Italian
boxer, will meet George Cbaney Of Bal
! timore at Madison Square Garden to-
morrow night, promises to be interest
Ing Dundee Is one of the most at
tractive figures known to the roped
square. lie Is not a Knockout hitter.
and neither is he a brilliant boxer. but
the speed, persistency and ability to
take hard knocks without wlncing COM
hine TO make him one Of the best draw
| ing cards I'm the ring to-day.
His opponent Is a man with O. well
defined knockout record. Chaney's heavy
| left hand has sent many en- aspiring
boxer to dreamland, and he Is one Of
| the most combative men in the sport
| II Is questionable IL he manages 10 get
| his left hand on Dundee's jaw, because
of the will o. the wisp defensive tactics
| OF the Italian. Dundee has never been
knocked out but once since attaining
prominence in the lightweight division.
That Knockout was scored by Willie
Jackson in the first round Of a Phila-
delphia bout. and It has always been
| regarded as largely accidental, except
by Willie.
1t ie a notable fact that both Dun
I,dee and Chaney in their primo met
Johnny Kilbane for the featherweight
championship. CLANCY was knocked out
i'm the third round by Kilbane. and Dun
dee gave the champion terrific twenty
round battle which was declared by the
referee to be a draw.
Quite as interesting as the main event
will be the eight round bout between
George Washington Lee. tho greatest
Chinese boxer In captivity, and George
Daley. who but recently emerged from
the amateur ranks.
Leonard To Box Ward in Garden.
Archie Walker. former amateur light
weight champion. will make his profess
sional debut az the Rink Sporting Club,
Brooklyn. next Saturday night In a
twelve round bout with AL McRae. This
contest will prove an excellent tryout
for the clever amateur.
The announcement that Georges Car
pentier had broken down under severe
training and had asked for an indefi-
mite postponement of his bout with
George Cook. an Australian easy mark,
which contest had been set for London
the latter part OF this month, has
caused considerable surprise In this
country. II Carpenters physical con-
dition will prevent him meeting so
easy a victim as George Cook during
this month. It would tend to create the
impression that the Frenchman might
possibly not he ready for his match
with Tom Gibbons in this city In Feb
ruary. The reports declare that tho
Frenchman's condition is serious At
the same time. Carpenter and Des-
camps have both notified Tex Rickard
that Carpenter would be here In time
10 fulfil his contract for the Gibbons
bout. Meanwhile the reports from