New-York tribune., 1922-05-31

After mingling for few hours with
mob Of Philadelphia's pop eyed fight
fans we became convinced that most
Of them believe that red-haired Bobby
Barrett is going to knock Lefty Lew
Tender for couple Of yards Of scrap
pie. They think highly Of Bobby over
on the SchuylkilI.
We mingled with Philadelphis's pop
eyed proletriat for the purpose Of abb
sorbing an alien aspect Of the polemi-
cal and disputatious uproar created by
Messrs. Leonard and Tender and their
astute managers. Said uproar was
probed and prodded and pruned last
week by the Boxing Commission Of
New York State without any very
tangible result.
Our leading question among the
quivering Quakers was:
"WcIl, what do the folks down here
think of this here Tendler-Leonard
fuss ?"
And in twenty six cases out of a
possible twentynne the reply was:
"Well, sir, after this here now Bobby
Barrett from up Clifton Heights way
finishes with Lew Tender on Friday
night the New York State Boxing Com
mission won't have to worry nc more
about how much money Phil Glass
man and Tender want for fighting
Benny Leonard. A right TO Lewis
whiskers will knock him right out OF
the minds of your hlghfalutn commits
81 ioners.'
Roberts Right vs.. Lewis Left
While any action taken by our Box
ing Commission in the Leonard Ten
der case would weigh something less
than denatured octoplasm in Phl!a-
delphia. the fans of that city believe
that the local authorities made a wise
move when they decided TO wait Gntll
after Lew's bout with Barrett before
making any annihilating moves in any
direction.
Philadelphia pop-eyed proletariat,
or at least a goodly portion OF It. is
nursing the impressing that Barrett and
not Tender will be the next light
weight to talk terms to Leonard and
that negotiations for a battle between
the pair Will be opened not later than
next Saturday morning. In other
words, there is very definite IN
preston down by the sunk kissed
Schuylkill that Mr.. Barretts right IS
a much more deadly weapon than Mr..
Tenders left. No one doubts, even
this side OF Manhattan Transfer. that
the Clifton Heights clouter possesses
a destructive right hand.
Ever since that bizarre evening not
so long ago when Bobby draped
Colds delicately chiseled chin and
keocked him. tiguratively, from Broad
Street to Oakland, Calf, the Barrett
stock has been rising steadily from
Princeton Junction to the lower
reaches of the Delaware. He's w
a - o'clock hero in a O'Clock town.
They love him more than they do their
scrapple.
1t is true, of course. that Tender
handed Hymie Gold a most unpleasant
lacing in Madison Square Garden some
led into being contaminated by Bar
rett's right, out there was always
question about the result Of this affair.
Hymie claimed that he had been fouled
in the sixth round and refused TO play
any more after that. Dan McKetrick
Hymie's manager, sad the same thing
and allowed as how it was a darn
shame to let the Philadelphia south
paw get away with it.
Kid Mcfarland, the embattled ref
cree, said he didn't see a foul and
promptly credited Lew Tender with
A technical knock out Philadelnhians
match when doping out the result Of
the forthcoming Tender Barrett scuf-
tle. They point out that in the early
rounds Hymie Gold was able to hit
Tender almo at Will, and on one or
two occasions Lew was an appropriate
subject for one of Mr. Briggs's car
toonss entitled when a Feller Needs
a Friend"
If Barrett Hits Tendler-
Now says the fan on the street,
there is one thing certain and that's
this: If Bobby Barrett hits Tender
on the chin once, as Hyme Gold did
many times, Lew won't know whether
he's in Philadelphia ball park or on
the Hindenburg line. Ii you doubt
this ask Oakland Jimmy Duffy, other
wise Hymie Gold. He knows
We dropped into Bobby Barrett's
Philadelphia training quarters yester-
day and found him knocking the
stufhng out Of an ethereal opponent