The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Champion and Kid Lewis Meet
In Their Nineteenth Ring Bout
CLASSY BANTAMS
SEEK TITLE BOUT
Several Formidable Con-
tenders for Joe Lynch's
Crown

thFN 'lNlNt f'b. \ iuhl'Il'H
/ of our present dav ring champions
seem to have pretty firm ggip on
their utlcs
Jack Dcmpscr. Hcruv Leonard
Jack iiritton. Johnny klihIuc and
ovou Johnny Wilson have cause tu
t'cl reasonably secure IN champion
ship row.
Th,r, is ono champ. however
Who viii hayc much fighting 10 DO
n hn satisfies tho boxing public that
h' stands head and shoulders over
uho pact bowling on his trail.
Joe Lynch - tho laddic buck .u
qu,uiuu.
or ali tho puEliinta divisions the
bauinmW'Ighi class is Tho only one
that rwarua with an abundance ut
/ performers Of class" \ glance a.
I the liat uf bantams who don't bchcys
/ Joe Lynch is the best In the world b,
enough to convince the most skcpti-
1 cal dissontcr.
FIRST comes rcto Norman. former
/ litlohOldcru, who crossed the At
/ lnutlc, Knocked out Jimmy Wide
| tho pride OF Merry England, and ~
even now keeping pace with the
/ mob running on lynch'a trail. Her
/ man has alwaya been more or less
/ indifferent fighter. Iic can fight
/ Ike u little wildcat when ho is 80
/ Inclined or he can put mp the drab-
best Kind Of an exhibition. when
/ he met Lynch and lost hls title he
/ had one Of those Off night. hut n
| hr meets Lynch again. and It IL
| practically certain that he viii. he
! Will have nothing to lose and every
/ thing to gain. And he will prob.
D "A hIN fiEhI fTat,. fiTas ID Ia.
/ finish In the way hc can fight. II
/ appcara that losing tho champion.
ship was lust about tho best thing
thnt could have Happened 60 Her
man. II Wokr him up.
Joe Burrnnn strung,
Joe thurman OF Chicago la another
hantamwcight who deHcrycs consid.
GRAFTON. Burmau has lot OF
ability llc has learned and for
gotten n good many things about
fighting that some of the little fcl-
lows never knew. And with
chance AT the title staring him IN
tho face he will be "a tough littlc
man for Lynch or anybody else :h
the bnntv division to handle.
JabeH white OF Albany who gave
! Lynch the hardest fight he ever had
| In his life, Is another bantam OF this
calihor. Then there Is Cart ire
maine ot cleveland, who knocked
| out frankie Mason and has scored
! point victories over duzcus OF good
| boys of his weight.
Other Good Contcndcrs.
Memphis pal Moore, Roy Moore
of -. Paul KID wolfe Of cleveland,
Mickey belmont. Bobby Josophs
Join Fox. Eddie ScgaL Louisiana,
Rcd Mcdonald, Billy Fltzsimmons
Joe O'Donncll and several others
are baylng like little beagle hounds
at Lynch's door.
Pal and Roy Moore are among tho
toughest ~ tho latter batch OF
scrappers named hcrc. Pal Is "A
tough ono for any boxer ~ his class
Roy has demonstrated hts clasa re-
pcatcdly since invading tho east,
aud his knockout victory over Jack
SharkcN was not one OF the least pt
his performances ny any means
even though Sharkcy was alihicd 10
ways from a jack. Sharkey did
burn the candle at both ouds ana
was not In the best OF shape when
he fought Moore. hut he Is still ono
OF tho toughest hantams parading
in shoe leather and a hard man TO
knock out under almost any CON
ditions.
Lynch Not Worrying.
Lynch isn't worrying about tho
| largo field ut opponents In his III
| vision, however, IIc is u lad who
/ likes a fiGht ana with the winning
OF tho championship he has ac-
/ quircd tho confidence and aEErc>
! sivcncss that como 20 the cirancut
| ambitious athlctr who is proud ~
/ his laurcls and dcsirous Of proving
/ that he Is entitled ia thcm.