New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-08
Must
Take Off ONLY
Three Pounds
Champion Now Tips Scales
at 1873; Expects 10 Beat
Iendler FRIDAY Night

according to statements made yester-
day at Betzwood Park. Pa. wbers
Benny Leonard is preparing for his bat
tie with Lew Tender IN Philadelphia
next Friday night, the title holder
weighs 1873 pounds. just three notches
above the figure he must make AZ ,
clock on Friday afternoon.
botn Leonard and Gibson declared
that eliminating the extra three hounds
is the least of their worries lust now
lie champion, who is reported to be in
grand shape by those who have seen
him' VIII remain at Betzwood until il is
tilhe 10 move to the Philadelphia Ma
Conal League Ball Park, whore the
hsht takes place. He NAV possihlv
make hurried round trip to This civ
with Gibson on Wednesday night tn seq
the encounter between Johnny Dundea
and Charley White. of Chicago, at the
Bronx Boxing Drome.
lhe winner Of this bout is regarded
as Eaving an excellent chance of being
Leonard's next opponent.
Both Leonard and his manager seem
to hold the opinion that Tender will
enter the ring on Friday night with
but one idea in his mind, which is to
win by the knockout route in as short
a time as possible Benny saws he
hopes Philadelphia's highly touted port
slder sticks religiously to this plan of
campaign.
Champion Is Confident
If he does" said the champion YES
terday, "the fight Will be short one
and III be the one to do the knocking
out The first time Lewis southpaw at
tack goes wrong the fight will come to
sudden end, my right hand being the
weapon that VIII quiet Mr. Tenders
asirations"
JEFF Smith, the rugged Bayonne mid
dlcweight, who boxes Mike Gibbons be-
lore the Armory A. A. in Jersey City
tomorrow night. had fast workout
yesterday with Mickey Donley, the New
ark lightweight. After the bout the
latter declared that JEFF ought to give
the st. Paul phantom the toughest bat
tie of his career
The quarrel between Charley Ledoux.
the game French bantamweight, and
Johnny Buff, which is to be put on as
an appetizer to the Charley White
johnny Dundee scrap on Wednesday
nlght at the Bronx Boxing Drome, is
attracting considerable attention. The
night IS scheduled to go ten rounds and
~ al Ill dll VI Tile WnlZZ- DAnR
type while it lasts
The Frenchman will weigh about
seven more pounds than Buff when he
enters the ring, according to reports
from his training quarters Ledoux
expects TO weigh 100 pounds, while
Buff Will balance the beam at ll2.
The first bout on Wednesday night
will be put on at o'clock, and Match,
maker Raymond said yesterday the
last would be over well before II
o'clock.
Journee at 1t Again
Another former member Of Georges
Carpenters training staff will be seen
in action tomorrow night when Paul
Journee, the ponderous French heavy
weight, tackles Al Reich. the we'll known
Adonis, in a twelve-round bout before
the Greensboro A. c., of Long Island
City.
Journee has been working hard since
his last appearance here and is said
TO have shown a vast improvement
in form. Reich is looking for battles
with big fellows who are further up
the fistic ladder, and for this reason
Is anxious to dispose of the French
man with as much dispatch as possible.