Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-27

w takes his scyth" III han1 next sun
Aov midnight. counts out :hc veteran.
,od Man Nineteen Twenty-Five. and
..,rns Nineteen Twenty three, the
,l,om;nc KidGo himself. ruler Of every
,b;no a nd everybody fn" the next twelve
.nnths. tho following Gstmen will enter
into thp New Year as worlds ring
champions:
T.. FLYWEIGHT: Jimmy Wilde. Ponty-
p'BANTSMyyEIGHr: Joe Lynch,
NY fFEEaTIiERWiEIGHT: johnny xii.
bane. Cleveland, q.
WGJTWEIGHT: Benny Leonard,
w NSWvEiTEIsyvEIGIIT: Mickey Walker.
MiDDI.EyEIGET: Johnny Wilson,
Now York City.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Battling
. SKI, st. Louis OF Senegal. Africa.
{ HEAVYWEIGHT: Jack Dempsey.
Salt Lake City. Utah.
or these mittmen three are new title
holders, having been crowned during the
INST waning season. while four Of them
aid not nppcar in competitions. The
only active surviving champion from
1922 is Leonard. and he goes into 1923
with his 135- pound at 20 clock crown
slightly tilted.
Deposed Champions
- Boxers uncrowned this year are:
=! Johnny Buff. Of Jersey city: Knocked
out by Lynch in the fourteenth round
IN Brooklyn. SO that the lanky Irish
lad is ruling the bantams for tho second
time. having won. lost and won IN"
f 11S.round laurrls since 1920.
Jack Britton. Of Chicago: Defeated
ty the twenty -ono year-Old husky.
Walker. after fifteen round match in
New York City
, Georges Carpenter. Of L"ns. Franc"
s inorkcd out by the singular ScnHgalcsr.
SIKH he of rho hid"nrs jungle. like
fighting stuncc and Grinaros. in the
sixth round in Paris. This was the
biggest upset. pugiiiS'ica'ly. "f the year
and since. the Negro. owing to his per-
sonali,y and character. has been under
fire BY thc French Boxing Fedora.
ton, which has tnkcn away from him
his crown But. like Wilson, tho mid
deweght titlcholdcr. six; cannot b"
depospd unless he loses his laurcls in
actual competition.
A pair Of new American champions
advent Of 1929. They are Harry Grcb.
iight heavyweight. of pitts6urgh. and
Pancho villa. tywcight Of ,hc Philip
pine Islands.
Greb came into his national cham
pionship when he was awarded II ff-
teen round decision against Gene Tun-
pey at the Garden y. Y. c., after the
latter had dethroncd Bnt T,ovinaky,
while Buff suffered his second knock
out Of the season in Yielding his fly
weight plume to Villa in tho eleventh
round The Lynch AMI villa mai chcs
we're the only bouts in which tn" thirty
three year.old Buff competed this year
20 that he was knocked out at 1000
. clip.
Idle Titleholdsrs
Kilbane, the venerable Cleveland
puncher; Wilson. often compared with
a hunk of cheese. and Dempsey. the
apparent unbeatable. are the champions
who failed to rub their shoes in resin
during 1000. Kibanc did not box be.
cause he did not want to: they wouldn't
let Wilson compete. a. h" is barred IN
almost every state where tn" game Is
permitted. while no on" was around at
whom Dempsey could drive, bis hefty
wallops.
While Leonard IS going into the New
Year with his title htill Intact. there is
hardly any do;Iht that R"nAy's twelve
round no. declsinH s"tio with Lew
Tender at Jersey city lat" IN July
proved his crown was not any too sta
tionary. 1t was lonsencI Il lot in that
eighth round, but Benny managed 10
pull through, and he finished the sched-
,led dozen sessions against the local
southpaw with the conceusus Of the
newspaper experts at tho ringside de-
Gliding on the titieho,der as the winner.
That Leonard Tender match, how
ever, was close contest t--s0 close that
thousands Of fans believed Lew had
shown to advantage and figured Benny
was lucky the match was no decision
anair. II nothing else. Lew stands ont
as Lc0nards most dangerous opponent
and the Philadelphian goes into 1923 Ms
the foremost contender for the light,
weight belt, even though Charley White
probably will get the preference Of the
next crack at Leonard In New York
some iime in February
Previous to tn" Tender meeting.
Leonard endeavorcd to annex the
Teterweight championship but Britton
aeId on Benny in great style Vntil Jack
was declared the winner on foul in
the thirteenth round. shortly nflrr
ms fracas Leonard wen, to MichigaH
<y, Ind, where he Knocked ont Rocky
Nahsas In the eighth round, July 4
leonard oses Molar
q, leonard's sensational scrap with
Eendle ler came on the night Of July ~,
Snd IN this match Benny had tooth
fnocked out: This resulted in Il serious
tniection Of Henny's mouth, but ke
vent through with his contest with
Eyer Hammer at Indianapolis City.
Silcn'' August 3, and the injury became
worse. Leonard has not boxed since
That Hammer litfcst. Still. 1892 zoe.
Gown Into history with Benny Leonard
- the busiest Of champions.
SITUATIONS in the feathcrweight ana
miodleweight divisions became quite
Tmnplicated by decisions of the New
.rK .orK state Athletic Commission, which
.ook away licenses Of the respective
ynraamplons. ihc laurrls Of Kilbanc and
Wnson being declared open to compet-
M uvh so far rs the Empire State was
C)ncerned
., hi,bane was deposcd. in the eyes of
,,mc New York board, because he re-
imnE9 To accept challenge from johnny
iDui!hee, who incidentally was crowned
Satuior lightweight champion ul foul
thpiH against George CLANCY during
i nc year, and Wilson was barred for
Greb. "s'''''''"' " "'''' hurry
nuhdee and Danny Frush were So
iTs,ted by the commission as logical
ho@,,ner"tighlS to decide Kilbanc's title
l"eeh them, and th" former won on a
hhnotHout in tn" ninth round Of n
po1t W August, 30 that tho New York
NY ~ recognizing the Scotch Won III