The New York herald., 1922-07-10
LYNCH MAY WIN THE
TITLE HELD BY BUFF
West Slider Has Advantage in
Age and All Physical
Qualifications.
BY CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

In only one respect is Johnny Buff.
bantam champion OF the world. who de-
fends his title against Joe Lynch at the
New York velodrome tonight. on even
terms with his challenger and that is
in fighting spirit. AS a matter Of fact
the diminutive Jerseyman is consider
ably more aggressive than the West
Slider.
In the matter Of age and physical
construction Lynch has pronounced
advantage. Buff is eleven years older
than Lynch. the champion being in his
thirty-fourth year while Lynch is but
twenty-thrce. Buff will weigh but 113
pounds while Lynch will scale 11s. the
limit of the bantam class.
Lynch has a reach Of 81 inches to 65
by the title holder, and the challenger
towers three inches above the champion.
Buffs height being feet inches to
5 feet s inches by Lynch.
Lynch is a better boxer than the
champion and hits with quite as much
force, but the West Slider is considerably
more cautious than the champion, and
bout with HERMAN.
Lynch showed more aggressiveness In
his bout with Midget Smith than he had
previously exhibited. Yet Smith Is not
the accurate. forceful puncher that
Buff is.
However. with all his natural ad-
vantages. combined with his boxing skill.
Lynch should prevail over the Jersey
man..
The bout should prove to be interest
ing, for Buff is a fighter of the insist
ent type and Lynch will Be compelled
to step at lively pace or suffer the loss
OF points. Should Buff lose his bantam
title, he will still have his fiyweight
honors to defend. and there are num-
ber Of 112 Founders anxious to engage
the little chap in battle.
The National Sports Alliance will
stage ten four-round bouts at the
Greensboro Stadium next Wednesday
night. and will prove to the public that
It is possible to furnish good bouts at
a cheap rate. Johnny Dundee, cham
pion junior lightweight. who received
1885 for his match with Jack Sharkey,
will meet Shamus O'Brien. and Jack
Sharkey, who received $5,111 for the
Dundee battle, will clash with Jack Nor
man. Willie jackson, who meets Gene
belmont, is a $1,000 fighter. Pepper
Martin, who clashes with Lew Baird. re-
ceived more than $1,000 In each OF his
last two fights The surprise" match.
in which a worlds champion will appear.
will be $4,000 attraction.
1t should be understood that the box
ers in question give their services gratis
to the Alliance. and II any promoter
asked them to box for q sum that
would permit Of seats being sold for 81.
the reply would be chilling.
Danny Edwards, the negro bantam
who Is to box Irish Johnny Curtin at the
Oakland A. A.. Jersey City. tomorrow
night, is declared to be almost as clever
as Young Critic was in his prime. If
Edwards can substantiate. that state
ment, Curtin will have hard shedding.
Edwards has been fighting In the New
York armories for some time past but
this Is the first match he has had In an
outside club.
II the New York State Athletic Com
mission strictly enforccs its order as to
championship matches. Harry Wills may
be declared out of the heavyweight
championship scrimmage. The commits
sion ordered Dempsey to sign for match
with Wills on or before July 10. Demp-
sey complied with the order but Wills
did not. The commission announced
that IL Dempsey refused to make a
match his license would be revoked and
his title declared void.
Wills's manager declined to sign an
agreement, last Saturday, and will not
do so to-day. He has arranged to meet
Kearns tomorrow and talk over the