The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-08
BY EDWARD w. CoCHRANE.

Unless johnny Klbanc causes
another eleventh hour postpone
ment of a scheduled battle. two
worlds champion pugilists will ap-
pear in the squared circle this week
The featherweight king, who has
long been in retirement, meets Artie
Root for 10 rounds at Canton, Ohio.
Jack Britton, welterWeight cham
pion, will clash with Johnny Nichols
at Des Moines. These bouts arc
features OF a rather attractive pugi-
listic program for this time of the
season.
Because of the fact that four Of
the seven active worlds titlehold-
ers are waiting for big purses July
4, there Will be little activity on the
part of champions up to that time.
and especially in bouts where there
is u possibility OF the exchange Of
a little. Carpenter liz on his way
to this country TO train for his
scheduled battle with Jack Demp-
sey in Jersey City July ?. This
bout is attracting chief interest OF
fistic followers tho country over
and will crowd others into the back
ground until it is fought. Johnny
Wilson. king OF middleweights. is
negotiating for a bout with Mike
Gibbons in Milwaukee July 4. Ben
ny Leonard is figuring on meeting
Freddy Welsh, ex-champion light
weight, in Jersey City on the eve
of the Dempsey Carpenter fuss.
Joe Lynch is going to be busy
boxer almost every week The ban
tam champion Is one titleholder
who believes in reaping golden
hapyngt ,.rh h,
Johnny Kilbane is going to be
even more unpopular than he is
now with a majority of ring fol-
lowers If he persists in meeting
fighters who haven't a ghost of a
chance TO lift the crown from his
dome, which It has decorated ever
since he otupointed Abe Attell i'm 20
rounds out in Los Angeles in 1872.
Kilbane is booked to meet Root,
who us easy for him. He also has
signed to fight Freddy JacHs, an
English fighter of the second-ratc
class, in Cleveland late this month.
This bout may not come off. The
Cleveland boxing commission. know
ing Jacks to be a very poor oppo-
nent for Kilbane, asked for his
record and is making an investiga-
tion before permitting the contest.
Easy One for Britton.
In interfering with the plans OF
the promoters i'm this instance the
commission agreed TO let Kilbane
fight any one of five men. They
are Andy Chaney, Sammy Siegor.
Billy DcFoe, Danny Frush and
Charley Beecher. Any ono of these
boys would give the champion
real fight. but he would much
rather meet Jacks and be certain
Of retaining the championship Even
IL he fights Jacks Kilbanc will
eventually be forced to meet
Chaney, who Is undoubtedly the
most formidable foe.
Jack Britton, after taking a short
rest in New York, will launch
busy campaign Friday night In Des
Moines. when he will meet Johnny
Nichols, a second rate welterwcight,
for 10 rounds. Rrittou will win this
bout because he is more experienced
than Nichols, has better wallop and
is far more sKillful. II Is little more
than good workout for the cham
pion, Brtton viii 70 from there TO
Portland and Seattle before return
ing to New York.
BrittOn today Is I'm class by
himself, occupying much the same
position that Benny Leonard does
in the lightweight class. and XII
banc did in the 122-pound section "A
few years ago, There isn't man
I'm tho world who appears to be able
to wrcst the crown from him, There
are a lot OF second third and fourth
rate welters but there isn't real
title candidate In the crowd. Brit
ton ls nearly 40 years Of age and
cannot go on forever but he seems
sure of retaining the championship
for the balance Of this year, at least,
There are few other bouts on
this weeks schedule thV are Of in
terost. Carl Morris, who launched
his comeback campaign in Tulsa
when he knocked out Farmer
Lodge in 10 rounds, will meet Scrgt
Jack Burke at Allentown, Pa, BurHe
isn't rated very high as a feather
weight fighter, and IL il likely that
Morris will again be a victor. Rddy
Bishop, who Is plotting Morris along
the pugilistic highway with the hope
OF obtaining bouts with some Of the
best I'm the division, - picking good
opponents for Carl TO work out on
until he IL sure that he has reCaincd
his Old stamina. which cna blcd him
to stand up against the best OF the