New-York tribune., 1922-02-20
Chicago Boxer
Has Big Chance
ForCovetedCo
Has Long Sought Return
Fight for Title Since BEN
ton Harbor Engagement
BY lack Lawrence

Benny leonard, naV'OC signed 10
rec. thc winner Of to-niwht's battle he
tpeea Charley White. Of Chicago. and
Willie Jackson. Of this city. at Madison
Square Garden. VIII he orc OF the most
.a.erested Of all the rinesidc spectators
vhen the two husky contcndors for his
lightweight title climb through tho
ropes this evening for their fifteen
round quarrel.
Leonard was signed to meet She win
acr by Frank Fiournoy it being the
first hstio engagement the latter his
arranged s'rcc relieving Tex Rickara
as chief matchmaker for Madison
Square Garden. The Jackson-W bite
affair was the last to he consum,natea
ty Nj Richard, and IS being held under
the auspices of the American LEGION
Flournoy stated yesterday that it had
been definitely decided to hold the next
lightweight championship encounter at
;he Garden on the night of March Il.
It seems to be The opinion Of the ma
.oT'ty OF the experts that the winner Of
to-night's scrap viii give the champion
harder tussle for his crown than did
Rock Kansas, who was defeated bv
Leonard IN a fifteen-round decision
bout at the Garden on February 10
This, OF course, is purely a natter Of
opinion and II is one that would be
gwen tho laugh in Buffalo. the home
rort Of Kansas, where his supporters
declare that he Is the best liehtwoigAt
II the country, with the possible cNcop-
ION Of the champion himself
Ring critics and boxing sharps in
Chicago have been insisting for some
tine that Leonard has deliberately
sde-stepped an engagement with White
because the latter gave him one of the
roughcst entertainments Of his career
when they met at Benton Harbor.
the minds Of Chicago scribes that
White Vui defeat Jackson tonight by
decisive margin, this margin perhaps
amounting to q knock-out They de
clare tina. hite has improved q great
zeal during the last Year and that he
il due 10 hand New York fight fans
sunrise that will be in the nature Of q
-e1elation-
Whites Bout With Dundee
Whites last ring appearance was i'm
Boston, where he was awarded deci-
sion oyer Johnny Dundee, ancient rival
Il the man White must dispose of to-
nigh. 4 he hopes to get the coveted
match with Benny Leonard
White was never able to accomplish
ANYTHING very Impressive against the
Scotch Wop and this fact would seem
% indicate 30 US that ne viii have 10
ossy time tonight against Jackson
whose style of lighting is apt to bother
me Nesteruer far more than that of
Johnny Dundee. The impress on seems
% be abroad that Jackson has hit the
kids Of retrOgression and has lost
'auch Of mis- oldtime effectiveness
Tbs nay or may not be SO.
Il NAie & there with his usual stuff
Charley y nite Will find in him fighter
W5o is always dangerous and one VINO
IS about as resourceful as they conc
iSsum ng that this is SO. the two men
,een 10 us to be very evenly matched
point of ability. and it would not
mrprise US to see this evening" affair
70 70 a draw.
In one Of the preliminarios to the
Th. e-Jackson row the Garden crowd
,on cht will see one Of the 0est mid
Heveights developed in this neck of
me woods in many moons when Dave
Rosenberg, of Brooklyn. takes on Augie
Ratner for eight rounds. Rosenberg,
who is & certified accountant and
graduate Of Eastern District High
School has fought forty~siN battles, and
Of these he was returned the victor IN
forty-four. one Of the two defeats being
al the hands Of the veteran Mike Glib
bons, whom he was sent against on
snort notice and without the proper
raining
Rosenberg Can Punch
Rosenberg can punch, as wss clearly
Indicated By his decisive defeat Of ,
Jimmy Darcy few weeks ago, and he =
IS fighter who carries the battle 10
his opponent in tircless fashion. lie
seems to be at his best when weighing /
IN the neighborhood OF 1873 pounds T
Dave should have no great trouble In /
winning over Rather tonight, although /
the latter is not q "set-up' by any .
manner Of means.
The defeat of Red Biel, otherwise (
Mickey Collins, the Jersey City fireman /
VINO was being groomed by Jimmy /
Johnston 70 take the heavyweight title /
rom Jack dempsey, has not saddened (
johnston in tho least. The optimistic +
promoter points 20 the fact that he !
sAli has Young Rockefeller up his (
seeye, and he declares that the latter
Is the real star of all the young re-
cFuts that were gathered together in
'ae nope Of finding Dempsey's success
so' Rockefeller will get his first pro-
"esSionai trial some time next week.
Johnston is said to have discovered /
saother promising heavywei eht who
PERFORMS under the interesting nom de
swa, Of r.id Socko, a young italian who
alleged to have been decorated with
ne Order Of tho Vino de Paste for
Iaslng whole Austrian regiment over
NE, NE Alps while he was serving with the
Nallan army.
Kid Socko is training in secret, as
TNDnhston has been Informed that
:9snpsey's spies are on his trail in or
W.. WI 20 get line on his style. in a
.nanlng bout with Battling McKenna,
s Ciymer Street Clouter, Kid Socko
ss,ocSec the Brooklyn boy cold in the
sM minute Of the Grst round Nc
.a1a anna was unconscious for half an
snyder rs. Rogers at Arena
Pew Lew Snyder, OF Bayonne. and Chick
s'sefs' Of the West Side, Will meet in
'c star bout Of twelve wounds at the