The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-20
ny EDWARD W. CocHRANE.

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'Benny Leonard. lightweight, is tho
only ono of the eight rcigning cham
piona Of pugilism who viii he seen
in baltic array this week Tho Now
York Hebrew. who appears To be In
a class by himaclf at his weight, VIII
moot Joe Wolling for the second
time this year. The bout will be
uf eight rounds duration and will
bc staged In ST. Louis. which appears
TO be rapidly becoming one Of the
fiNic ccntcrs Of tho west despite the
fact that boxing is not yet lcgalizcd
In Missouri
Most OF the other champions have
plans for battles. but few OF them
have bouts actually schedulcd. The
most interesting news received the
past week was the arnSuncement
that Jeff Smith has been signed to
box Georges Carpenter In Paris In
March for the hight heavyweight
championship OF tho world. This
indicates that tho Frcnchman does
not contemplate coming to this
country until May at least. and that
h. IL losing hope OF meeting Jack
Dempsey IN July 2, as planned by
ToX Richard who hopes to stage the
bout In New York.
Carpenter has made several state
mcnts to the effect that he does not
believe tho bout will Dempsey will
ever take place. lie feels that he
should not he bound by his original
agreement not to take part In any
other battles before he meets Demp-
sey. now that Rickard has been
forced to promote the contest alone
and cannot carry out the original
contract to give the boxers n purse
10 $4,000, 900, Therefore, Carpenter
realizing that opportunities to make
n fortune are slipping away through
dlcness. plans to rc-entcr the ring
before he meets Dempsey.
Have Fought Before.
Carpenter and Smith have met
before. The bout took place In Paris
In 1918, the Frenchman winning the
decision after 90 hard rounds. II IL
claimed that Carpenter was Mt his
best at that time. Smith has I'M
proved wonderfully since then.
while he is smaller than the French
man, he will give him n hard fight.
ON tho heels OF tho announcement
OF n smith Carpenter fight comes
word that Dempsey will 20 TO Europe
to give exhibitions in France and
E4ilkldfN ulA Will Ilbl flkukt AIl bbN
bout until after he fights Carpenter
for Rickard In New York. II may
bc that the English promoters will
Induce him to change his mind by
offering him "A sum that will make
Il worth while to defend hts title
against some heavyweight in Lon
dom Frank Moran IL there. but
Dempsey ls not likely to meet Nor
an now, as the Pittsburgh heavy
weight is going good.
Joe yelling was not satisfied with
the result OF his first battle with
Leonard lic lost and knows Leon
ard was fully entitled to the victory
hut he made such "A splendid Showing
| that he thinks he can do much bet
! ter In a second meeting. Weliing's
| only chance To win the title in st
| Louis In to score a Knockout ns ne
decisions are given In that city. II
Is possible for either boy to register
! a decisive punch, but the chances
are that they will not and that II
will be an interesting bout that vii
go the limit with tho newspaper
/ giving "A shade TO the champion, who
/ is clovcrer than tho Chicago chal'
! lonEer. Leonard is too crafty to bt
| whipped dccisivcly by boy like
Wclling unless It is by some flukc
| or lucky punch. Both boxers have
trained carefully. yelling is dan
gerous, and the champion will no
run any risk OF defeat
Elimination Contest.
| Another bout this week win fur
nish the next challenger for Leon.
ards title II viii he l5-rount
affair between Johnny Dundee and
/ Willie Jackson " New York. TcN
{ Rickard IL promoting this affair and
/ is billing II as an elimination con
/ test to furnish a Zoe FOR the cham
/ piou " Dundee wins which ISM
/ likely. his match with Leonard vii
not he looked upon as any greaI
7 pugilistlc event, because he has beer
. beaten by LEONARD and isn't con
/ sidcrcd Of championship caliber, bu
. n jackson wins he will be considered
/ a worthy foe Tor the ChampSs-~S
Jackson has made such splendid
/ fights with Lew Tender and otheri
that ho Is highly rated. Jackson Il
/ q hard puncher and when he fight
. there ia always chance OF a knock
out, Leonard isn't anxious TO tangl'
with him. although ne has Tic al
vantage OF clevcrness which fur
nishcs quite an edge in ring en-
counter,
Harry Wills and Jack Thompson
ncGru hoaNyweights, will entertain
a Detroit fight crowd this week
Wills is the negro champion an(
. Thompson is one OF the toughest o.
! the giant blacks now before the pub
lie. lie In not rs clever as Wills, bu
h dangerous, and ~ should be
splendid fistic attraction.
Jock Malone, rated as one of IN,
leading Coutcndcrs for the middle
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