The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-06
RICHARD PLANS BIG
BOUTS IN OPEN AIR
Fight Fans in and Around New York
Will See Championship
Contest.

New York, June eff the plans for
mulated by Tex Richard and his a.
sociates N the Garden Sporting club
do not go amiss patrons of boxing in
this vicinity will witness five or six
championship bouts in the open air
before snow flies again The contests
that have been clinched and those in
the making are as follows.
Jack Brtton, worlds welter cham.
pion VS.. Benny Leonard, world
lightweight champion, at 147 pounds,
. p. m, June %. The worlds weller
Ctle is involved and articles of agree
ment have been signed and forfeits for
weight and appearance posted by the
principles. Boyl'es Thirty Acres or
New York Velodrome.
Benny Leonard, lightweight cham.
pion OF the world, vs.. Lew Tender Of
Philadelphia, 1875 pounds. p. m, for
the lightweight championship July 90
at Boyle's Thirty Acres or New York
Nelodrome. Principals have accepted
terms of promoters and all that re-
mains is signing of articles.
Johnny Buff, worlds bantam cham.
p.on, VS.. Joe Lynch, former titlehold.
err. Lynch is to guarantee Buff
100000, which amount is now held by
the Garden management. Lynch also
has a formal challenge and Il forfeit
in the hands OF the Boxing Commits.
sion. The match is likely to be clinch
ed next week, and will be staged at
Boyle's Thirty Acres or the Velo.
drome.
Johnny Kllbane American feather
weight champion. VS.. Johnny Dundee
for the title of the class. Charley
Beecher and Pepper Martin are trying
TO get the match with Kilbane, but
Dundee was the first to post n forfeit
and formal challenge with the Boxing
Commission The commission has no
/ TIED Kilbane that he must defend his
! title or lose his license TO box In this
state This would mean that the
Clevelander could not box In New Jer
ney. Massachusetts or Canada, with
which New York has a working agree
ment The fact of Kilbane arriving in
the East shortly after the receipt OF
! the New York Commission edict would
seem TO indicate that he had dec dpd
to comply with the order Negotia
tions are now under way.
Harry Greb, American light heavy
weight champion VS.. Georges Carpen
tier, worlds light heavyweight cham
pion. Richard has offered Carpenter
S150,000 to defend his title against the
attack of Greb. Carpenter has not as
yet replied to the offer but L IS pre-
dicted he will do so shortly and that
he and Greb will meet here next Sep
tember. Greb Is eager for the match
and will sign at the drop of the hat
Frank Tourney said yesterday that
the Montreal proposition is still open
for Dempsey and that the date would
be put back in order to give the cham
pion plenty Of time in which to train
The original date selected was july
/, Dominion Day and Dempsey said
this would curtail his training.
Taken altogether, there promises tC
be lively time in open air boxing IL
this vicinity The only question TO- be
settled is that of night fights in the
open The Boxing Commission has
practically decided against the issu
ance OF licenses for night contests a
open air arenas. Ebbets field has
staged two daylight boxing entertain
ments at financial loss, and has ap