The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06
~ EDWARD w. COCHRANE


Ey EDWARD w. COCHBANE
II the good old boxing game had
a few more champions like Joe
! Lynch the newly crowned King OF
| The bantams, Il would be far better |
Iotf The there would be no non
lcomhatants on the list and the title
would Cha<gc hands often enough TO |
make the sport far more popular |
| than II Is today, when at least five
| Of the eight roigning champions of
| Ipugilism appear to be content to re-
main idle rather than risk their
| titles often enough to make their
divisions interesting.
Lynch won ;hc bantam crown |
| only a short time ago, lie rested a
couple OF weeks and then announced |
| that he was ready TO meet all Chal- |
| ,cngCrs. Followers OF tho game took |
| this announcement with the usual |
grain Of salt, because others had |
made similar announcements and |
| Jhcn failed 10 make good. But this |
| cannot be said Of Lynch. lie has |
met several good bantams since |
| then, his name appearing on tho |
schedule almost every week, and 4!
this week he ~ TO clash with Joe |
Burman, one Of the best OF the chal- |
lengers IN a 1O-round battle In !
cleveland. Lynch believes in max
ing hay while the sun shines. and |
when the crown Is lifted from his
dome he will have collected lot OF
money as a result OF wearing II.
Lynch doesn't pick soft ones. He
met Jack Sharkcy twice and then
Herman. There are four other
worthy Challcngcrs -- Roy Moore.
Carl Trcmaine, Young Montreal and
Joe Burman, not to mention Pal
Moore. Lynch defeated Montreal
last week, giving the New York
fighter a boxing lesson up in De-
ltroit. lie Is willing TO meet Moore
and Trcmaine, and this week takes
on the boy who Is termed by some
to be the cream Of the lot. Burman
holds newspaper decisions over Pal
Moore, Pete Herman, carl Tremaine
and Roy Moore. lie beat Herman
shortly before Lynch did. This
shows plainly that the new cham
piOn Is due for "A serious argument.
| II is a no-decision fight. so that the
only way Burman can annex the
championship is To score "A knock
out which he IL not likely to do.
: Kkbanc won't Fight.
: It cannot be said that Jack Britton,
! | wclterweight and Benny Leonard,
, lightweights, arc listed with the non
fighting champions. They are book
ed for fights ST. PRtrick's day and
have had a rather busy season, but
the rest Of the group are very quiet
] Johnny Kilbane absolutely refuses
u to come out Of retirement. Tex
! Rickard has offered the feather
n weight king twice what he Is worth
u for fifteen rounds at New York and
; the veteran champion has turned "A
y deaf ear TO the plcadings OF the New
y York promoter.
While the Lynch -Rurman fight
will feature the weeks card, there
are other bouts Of interest TO every
boxing follower i'm this country. The
p sporting world was aStonishcd when
the news was flashed over the wire
% a short time ago that Rocky Kansas
NJ Of Buffalo had knocked out Richie
-, Mitchell There was cause for sur
a prise. Kansas was u comparatively
n obscure boxer lie had labored
~ along for years az a second rater,
= always dangerous to aspiring light
M weights but never considered In the
championship class. when ne up
set Mitchell he at once leaped into
the glare Of the calcium and pro-
moters all over the country started
bidding for his services Tom An
drews OF Milwaukee landed him for
n "A return battle with Mitchell March
Q. Later, Kansas tried to cancel
|
Andrews claims II Kansas does not
keep tho engagement he will have
him barred from Wisconsin rings by
profcrng charges against him foi
breaking his contract Likely An
drows will be able to force Kansa'
I'm line. Tho promoter had an ad
vance ticket gale Of $4,000 wher
the Buffalo fighter tried 10 run oul
Of the match,
Martin After Experience.
Il would seem that II Is a mistake
FOR Kansas 20 fight Mitchell again s.,
soon. By beating the Milwaukee
boxer he stood iu line for a bou
with Benny Leonard In New Yorl
and II is likely the match woult
have paid Kansas three times wha
, he will mako In Milwaukee, wher'
he Is guaranteed $500. But as loni
as ne made the engagement h
should keep II.
Z 2ob Martins showing against Bil
Brennan In New York leads his back
ers to believe that he eventually will
r rise to the top; but they realize full,
that II would be folly 20 send hin
: against Jack Dempsey at this time
5 Martin needs experience and devel
q opmcnt as boxer. Therefore, jim
Bronson, who Is plotting Martil
1 along the pugilistic highway, ha
. started him out on a campaign tina
. will produce the required results
. Martins noNt engagement VIII b
5 with Farmer Lodge In Kalamazoo
e Mich. Lodge In a tough, big, gam
. fellow ~ho should prove fairly eas
r for the A. II. +. champion. Follow
A ing this bout, others OF the Lodg
n type will be secured as foes for Mar