The New York herald., 1922-02-19
Champion Leonard Signs Arti-
cles to Meet Winner on
st. Patrick's Day.
srEcHER VS.. zBYszKo
Lew Tender to Test Hymie
Gold, California Lightweight,
Next Friday Night.
ny CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

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Madison Square Garden will be the
scene of great activity this week in
the matter of boxing and wrestling
Charlie White and while jackson will
open the festivities tomorrow night
in fifteen round bout that should be
full of exciting situations.
The grapplers will take possession Of
the ring on the following night. when
Joe Stecher, the Scissors Demon. and
Wladek Zybszko. the toe torturer, Will
engage in a finish bout for the Aneri-
can heavyweight championship.
rhen on next Friday night Lew Tend
Icr, who Is not In the good graces Of
Benny Leonard. will meet Hyman Gold,
:: lightweight from the coast with an
cxcellent reputation. asr
The entertainment carded for to-mor-
row night is under the auspices of the
American Legion and the list of bouts
should be productive Of considerable en-
thusiasm The White-Jackson contest
should be far from dull. and the other
contests are promising Of fine sport.
Dave Rosenberg's name is one to con-
jure with, for he is the most popular
! and aggressive middleweight in this
vicinity. He and Augie Rather should
put UP a great battle. Carl Tremaine is
conceded to be one of the best l2o
FOUNDERS in the country. but in Harold
Farcsc the Cleveland boy will find a
foeinan worthy his steel They should
furnish u sensational combat.
jerome to box Spencer.
Another boy who is apt to cause
much talk is frankie Jerome, the Har-
lem bantam, who has long, unbroken
string of victories to his credit. Jerome
will meet Willie Spencer and the con-
flict should be full of thrills.
Taken altogether American Legion
night at the Garden promises to be
large one.
As the Judges failed to discern vim
ner in the bout between Britton ana
shade Benny Leonard was prevented
from carrying out his benevolent pur-
pose of iambasting the victor. But the
lightweight champion is determined 10
meet the winner of some contest ana
l'as selected the White-Jackson bout at
The Garden tomorrow night as one
likely to produce an opponent for him.
The Garden management had named
March II rs the date for beonard's next
appearance and the champion yester-
dav signed an agreement whereby ne
will defend his title In fifteen rounu
bout st. Patrick's Day against either
White or Jackson, according TO which
is declared the winner tomorrow night.
sos stecher I'm Good Condition
- Joe Stecher. who when In good condi-
i,on is regarded as the greatest wrestler
in the world, will experiment on Vladek
Zbvszko. brother of the champion. In
, finish match at Madison Square Gar
den next Tuesday night. II Stecner Is
III he should defeat the Pole, although
tho latter. Judged by recent form, VIII
make If interesting for the Scissors De-
mon. Quite naturally the flying fail
win have the effect of making any
contest uncertain.
Under the rule of the commission the
scissors and other holds OF that CHAR
acter cannot be applied for punitive
purposes, and as Stecher's specially can
only bring about a fall through the
Weakening OF an opponent 1t will be In
terestlng to see now the problem is
worked out.
The fact that Jimmy Duffy, the coast
lightweight, was compelled by the Box
ing Commission to take his own name
Of IIymie Gold owing to the plurality
Of Duffys in this vicinity. Will not les
sen his boxing ability nor hurt the at
tendance. Gold is to box Lew Tender
Mt the Garden next Friday night.
Tommy McAleer. the hard hitting
welterweight of the upper West Side.
and Mike Carrier OF the lower West
side. will clash in the star bout OF
twelve rounds at tho Staten Island Coll
scum Monday night.
Gene Smith, Staten Islands latest sem
sstjonaI light heavyweight, and Joe
Lewis OF Harlem will meet In the semi
fral.
Dick Daviscourt n strong. rugged
chap, and II is declared that he will
be able to Withstand the powerful head
locks that Stranger Lewis will affix
to his Uranium In the Garden next
Tuesday night. Joe Stecher, who is to
vicstie zibby. the Younger. will arrive
In the city to-day.
Mike ArcTigue and Young Fisher of
Syracuse will meet Washington's Birth
day afternoon at the Pioneer A. G. I'm
o fifteen round bout TO settle the uucs-
tlon OF standing among Wilson's cha1-
lcrgers. Fisher recently got a decision
over McTigue In his homo town.
Fisher, since beating McTigue. has
fought a draw with Bryan Downey,
who claims Wilson's tito in view of
that Cleveland bout last summer. Many
are of the opinion that he won the fight
despite the decision