Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-21
Playing Another Fellows Hand.
BUSINESS BRISK
AMONG PUGUL|STS
DURING LAST YEAR
Many Bids Made for Titles in
Various Divisions, but Few
Trades Made.

New York, Dec. 2O-fBy The AS
soclated Press.)-In pugilism where
titles are knocked down to traders with
the hardest or the truest punches
| business was brisk in 1921
There were many bidders for the
| title of the bantamweights and a mil
| lion punches. more or less. We're of
fered for it by group of traders well
known to the sporting public. Irish
Joe Lynch. of New York's East Side
| by virtue of his performance last De-
cember, came into the year with the
title. He then engaged the old hold
| lost when Peters brand was recognized
! by the auctioneer's-some people cal
| 'em judges-as the better of the two
Peter however, went to sleep one
night in the market at Madison Square
Garden, and Johnny Buff, a jaunty
little Jerseyite, outbid him. Buff still
retains the title.
Not so long ago there was new
title placed in the market-one@ for 130
Founders, or junior lightweights.
Dunde Wins New Title
Upon the scene came Johnny Dun
dee. former Italian fish market clerk
who more than decade ago was Civ
en- his Scottish name" by ''Scotty'
Montech, who started Johnny on a
career. Johnny realized his ambitions
after II years by winning the new title
in bout with George CLANCY, of Bal
timore. when CLANCY was disqualified
for fouling.
Johnny kilbane, grey haired king of
the feathers, fought only one battle,
that with Danny Frush in Cleveland,
and retained the title.
Benny Leonard, expert fist thrower
of the lightweights got into some
when in a bout with Ritchie Mitchell.
Ritchie bid high to the jaw with a
right. Leonard, though taken aback.
realized that he was a business man
and retained the title with a hard
right in the sixth. Later Leonard also
engaged in l. rounds of punching with
rugged Italian-ROcky Kansas by
name-and won.
May Seek WeIter Title
Leonard may during the course of the
coming year make an offer for the
welterweight title, held by Jack Brit
ton. Britton had one important en-
gagement during the year-in Febru-
ary he defeated Ted Kid Lewis, for
mer British titlehoider.
Johnny Wilson, middleweight title
holder, has had several bouts. In
Cleveland he engaged Bryan Downey,
an awkward. but hard puncher, and
after being floored several times, was
awarded the bout on an alleged foul.
Downcy claimed he had won by a
knockout Wilson claimed he had been
fouled and they decided to try again.
The result was no-decision bout in
Jersey City; the New Jersey boxing
commission decided that Wilson's show
ing was very. very poor, and they Or
dered his $37, 500 purse held up.
Downey went away claiming the title.
but, according to the laws of barter and
trade. it still was Wilson's. Johnny
got his money only a few days ago
when the commission relented and he
is expected to meet Harry Greb of
Pittsburg, in New York some time in
February.
y CARPENTERS Bid Low
Georges Carpenter, the smiling
Frenchman, held the light heavy
weight championship won in 1920 from
Battling Levinsky in four rounds, but
he essayed to become the heavyweight
titleholder rs well, and found the bid
ding Of Jack Dempsey too high.
This bout in which Dempsey knock.
cd out the popular Frenchman in the
fourth round. was the biggest event Of
the year. The stakes were high and
the Frenchman bid his all in the sec
ond round, but the effort was, not
enough.