The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
By EDwARp w. CoCHRANE.

Boxers who aspire TO champion
ships--who have been piloted along
carefully on the pugilistic highway
in order to bring them up to the top
slowly enough TO avoid defeat before
they are ready for the best--arc GO
ing TO be put to the acid test this
week, in the hope that several OF
the contenders for various crowns
will be eliminated.
There are no champions on the
list. But decisive victories in some
OF the bouts will pave the way TO
championship Tits that are to be
booked In April. promoters in New
York merely waiting for the proper
challongers to appear. Possibly the
feature on the schedule is the
15-round encounter between Willie
jackson and Rocky Kansas. which
is to be fought In New York. Kan
sas distinguished himself short
time ago when he knocked out
Richie Mitchell In one round In
Buffalo and jumped from the second
rate class to place where he could
demand fight with Champion
Benny Leonard. Critics said that
victory was fluke. and to prove
that II was not Kansas went straight
Ito Milwaukee and fought Mitchell
"A second time. defeating him again,
although he did not knock him out.
4 Now, Kansas has passed up n
chance with Leonard To meet Willie
Jackson first showing that tho Buf-
falo fighter IL not n false alarm and
Is not afraid to fight the best OF tho
challengers to prove his contcntidn
that he is the one man in The di.
vision who should be givefr>She next
championship fight.
jackson Hard Puncbcr.
Jackson has been stumbling
block to- many>hn aspiring lirht-
weight. He started his work Of
piling foes on the puGilistic scrap
heap several seasons ago, when he
knocked out Johnny Dundee, much
to the surprise of competent boxing
critics. From that time on he han
won manv battles and holds TWO
draws with Lew Tender OF Phila
delphia, considered by the maJc r!tv
OF followers OF the game as the incst
worthy foe for Leonard Jackson
is n hard puncher and has been
lodged by the champion on this 1c-
count. II Kansas can beat him
there will be no chance for Lc )rard
to avoid the Buffalo Italian. even
though he might be inclined TO
avoid such an encounter.
Leonard and Kansas were
matched last week, but the cham
the engagement. Leonard will meet
the winner OF the Jackson Kansas
scrap.
Down at Fort Worth there Is a
little fighter named Dick Griffin
who believes he can become cham
pion of the bantams. Few others
share this opinion, but Griffin has
gained some experience since then
and is on his way back up the old
ladder. He tackles Pal Moore. onc
of the five leaders of his division
Monday night for eight rounds ii
Memphis. II Griffin wins, he viii
be well on his way 20 tha ;jt!c.
Jack Malone is gong to meet an
other tough one in las yw1 tyN1 OF
st, Paul. He has agree 10 face
Willie n. o. Laughlin for 10 rounds
Monday night. This is not he fret
time they have fought. About TWO
years ago they met III Tulsa sor J !
rounds ! refereed the fight. For
the first six rounds Malone had a
shade but 1t was a splendid scrap,
the st. Paul hoy p'.ng up an nd-
DtNhuNf IN UtDfN thtillNl
with the padded mit'ans than The
Philadelphian. In he seventh Ma
lone started a right swing and
Loughlin ducked Just IN time for
Malone'g arm TO come crashing
down on Loughlin's head. A bone
was Shattered in the a;r, ana Ma
lone had to quit fish.ing.
Expects Decision Win.
Ever since that timG the arm has
been weak. once since thrn II hns
been broken IL Is understnod that
the arm IL o. Il. now and Malone
is anxious TO beat Loughiin decisive
ly 10 prove that he is by FAR the
better of the two well ,Tweigh's a.
Malone is, a much better boxer and
unless Loughlin lands a lucky punch
the 81. Paul boxer should win
Tommy Gibbons. who IN being
recognized as the best light heavy
weight in the world, despite the fac,
that Georges Carpenter claims the