The New York herald., 1922-06-04
CLUSTER OF TITLE
BOUTS IN OPEN AIR
Half a Dozen Champions to
Defend Honors Here Dur
ing Warm Season.

II the plans formulated by Tex Rick
ard and his associates in 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 Inc
contests that have been clinched ana
those in the making are as follows:
| Jack Britton, worlds welter CHAM
pion. VS.. Benny Leonard, worlds light
weight champion. at LAT pounds p. nj.
! June 23. The worlds welter title Is In
volved. and articles of agreement have
been signed and forfeits for weight and
appearance posted by the principals.
Boyle's Thirty Acres or New YORK
! Velodrome.
Benny Leonard. lightweight cham
pion of the world, VS.. Lew Tender OF
Philadelphia. 135 pounds. p. M. Tor
the lightweight championship July ~
at Boyle's Thirty Acres or New YORK
Velodrome Principals have accepted
terms of promoters and all that remains
| Is signing of articles.
| Johnny Buff, worlds bantam cham
pion. VS.. Joe Lynch, former titlehoider'
Lynch is to guarantee BUR- $5o'ooo'
which amount Is now held by the
| Garden management. Lynch also has
formal challenge and forfeit in the
hands of the Boxing Commission. Ihe
match Is likely to be clinched next
week. and will be staged at Boyle's
Thirty Acres or the Velodrome.
| Johnny Kilbane 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, bu,
| Dundee was first to post forfeit ano
formal challenge with the Boxing COM
mission. The commission has notifieo
| Kilbane that he must defend his title OF
lose his license to box in this State
This would mean that the ClevelandeE
could not box in New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts or Canada, with which New
York has a working agreement The
| fact OF Kilbane arriving In the fas'
| shortly after the receipt or the New
| York Commission edict would seem te
| indicate that he had decided to comply
with the order. Negotiations are under
| way.
Harry Greb, American light heavy
weight champion, VS.. Georges Carpenter
worlds light heavyweight champion
Rickard has offered Carpenter sl5O.0O
to defend his title against the attaci
of Greb Carpenter has not as ye
replied to the offer but 1t Is predicted
he will do so shortly and that he ant
Greb will meet here next September
Greb is eager for the match and VII
sign at the drop of the hat.
Frank Flournoy said yesterday tha
the Montreal proposition is still open fol
Dempsey and that the date would be
put back In order to give the champion
plenty of time in which to train. Th'
original date selected was July l, Do
minion Day. and Dempsey said thii
would curtail his training time.
Taken altogether we promises Z
be lively time In ..ea air boxing II
this vicinity. The only question to b'
| settled is that of night fights in the
open. The Boxing Commission hat
/ practically decided against the issuance
| of licenses for night contests at opel
air arenas Ebbets Field has .staget
two daylight boxing entertainments a
financial loss. and has applied to th'
commission for permission to hold bouts
at night