The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
ny EDWARD cocHRANE.

when tho New York boxing COM
mission announced that Johnny XII
bano. foathorwelght: champion. and
Johnny Wilson. king OF tho middle
weights. would have TO dcCont their
titles within n given space OF time
or forfeit them to tho best chal-
lengers, It caused the two non-com-
batants Of puglllsm to come out OF
their corners and announce that
they were willing 10 fight. The New
York boxing commission is strong
enough to put such "A thing across
and tho boxers know Il. Thus the
possibility OF championship battles
In both divisions IL very good.
just who the bQst chailengers are
Is "A matter Of conjecture, but therc
are at least two bouts on this weeks
schedule that viii furnish very
worthy foes for both champions.
one brings Vincent (Pepper) Martin
and Jack Sharkey together In New
York. and the other brings Jock Ma
lone and Johnny Karr together In
Columbus
kiibane'a Successor.
Martin Is sensational young
scrappor. developed in New York In
the last two years. His success In
the hemped arena has been phenom-
email, and in his last few fights he
has made such a splendid showing
that he has been picked by most
experts To succeed Kilbano on the
featherweight throne. place held
by the Clevclander since he beat Abe
Attcll out in tho old Vernon, Cal,
arena In 1919. Martin has every re-
quirement, 80 the experts say, for
"a champion. After seeing him fight
once Kilbane would not talk busi-
ness when Martin was mentioned as
his next foe. But should Martin
whip Sharkey declslvely and It is I'm
the cards for him to do so. kilbano
may be forced Into such n match,
Malone established his right TO
meet Wilson the other night in
Aurora when he handed Bryan
Downey n boxing lesson. Downey
floored Malone in the first round
with his dangerous right milton bat
after that Downcy merely served as
"a punching Dug Tor thc last, clever.
shitty St. Paul scrapper.
Benny Leonard has three fights
booked within the next month, but
he Will not appear in ring ragalia
this week. Grob meets his foe June
26 when he boxes Hugh Walker In
Pittsburgh. They have met before
and strange rs It may seem 20 those
who know Hugh, slow, ploddIng
heavyweight, II was n good battle,
Walker keeps after the speedy Greb
and makes the bout interesting. No
doubt Greb will outpoint Hugh but
the flstic followers OF the dark city
OF Pennsylvania viii be given a fair
ly interesting entertainment.
Demand Return Nout
Billy Brltton, good mlddleweight
who has been winning consistently
al year and has met Tiger Flowers,
Johnny klcsch ana others of that
type, VIII appear before the Amori-
can Legion IN Atchisun. Kan, Fri
day night in a scheduled Ground
contest with Ed Warner Of Leaven-
worth, They met for 10 rounds
some time ago and ~ was such a
slam bang affair that the legion
boys of AtchlsOu decided 20 rematch
them, as there was "A big demand for
return battle,
Bob Martin, A. Il, r. heavyweight
hampton, who recently knocked
&ut Joe Burke TO prove to tho pub
Nc that ne is a coming champion.
Will take on Martin Burke In New
Orleans saturday night. Martin has
issued a challenge 90 Dempsey but
realizes that he VIII have 10 put a
LOT of the lesser lights out OF the
way before the challenge will De
taken seriously He IS going AT it
IN the right way II would Doe sui
eide TO send him against Dempsey
now. But in another year he viii
pe ready or Will Dee rolcgatpd to the
purilistic scrap heap. Ills nest real
test after the Burke fight will be
against BIN Brennan July 4 iu ASH
lA.l. kN