Evening star., 1922-01-12

Gene Turiney has impressed the
wise guys of late as boy who has
fairly clever and can certainly hit.
But today's indications are that the
betting fraternity are pretty much in
doubt about the outcome of this bout.
They believe that Tunney can sock
harder than Levinsky. but. on the
other hand. they see where the bat
tiers cleverness might enable him
not only to complete the route. but
to total up enough points to win the
favor of the referee and judges.
Tex Rickard received word from
Jack Dempsey today that the cham
pion would be in the city shortly. and
anxious for combat. Tex thinks he
may get here in time to watch Fred
Fulton and BARLEY Madden have it
out tomorrow night. but friends of
Jacks doubt that he will be here that
soon. The chances are that the
champion would not miss much by
falling to see the plasterer in action.
He has seen him before. Dempsey. by
the way. wrote to Tex that If he picks
Fulton, why, then. Fulton 1t fs.
about the Madison Square Garden to-
day. will retire as matchmaker at the
garden. and some other manager
perhaps Dan Morgan, perhaps Dan
Mcketrick or some live wire-will be
chosen to take his place. Flynn has
z string OF fighters now as long as
line OF hose at a country club fire.
and a lot OF managers have had the
feeling that Leo has fought too many
of his own men and too few Of theirs.
Whether this brought about the part
ing of the ways between Rickard and
Flynn. or whether Flynn found he
was too busy handling his own men
to attend properly to Richards af-
fairs, has not been stated.
A tip went out today that Benny
Leonard's opponent In his first fight
Rocky Kansas. the iron-jawed. hard
hitting Buffalo youth. This would be
very attractive bout. Leonard has
frankly admitted-he said so after
the Jersey City bout with kansas
that the Buffalo scrapper had to be
handled carefully lest he--Benny-
set knocked for a row of china tea
cups. Then later will come Charley
White, maybe. 1t all depends on how
the Chicasoan fares with Johnny
Dundee on January 16 in Boston.
Andy Clancy has been pretty sick
since his bout with Babe Herman. A
cold settled in the pleural region and
the boy narrowly escaped pneumonia.
But he will be around in time to, meet
AaSN'S So>NS lHC HrUt week IN r CD.
ruary. q
Looks like big doings Friday night
IN the garden. Gene Tunney and
Barley Madden will both remain out
in the Jersey hills until the morning
OF the fight, and then come in by au-
tomobile: Tunney has noted the re-
marks OF Levinsky's manager that his
man Will make a rushing. fight Of it.
Gene says IT is important..if, true.
Tex Rickard has personally con-
firmed to the writer reports that he
and the firm Of Gibson. Leonard and
Company had fixed up their long
Ererything has been fixed up"
said Tex. land l am very glad, be-
cause Leonard, as have always said,
IS one OF the greatest fighters the
worio ever saw. When will Leonard
nsnt IN the Garden? 1 can't say as
to that. Things have not got so far.
All l can say now isrthat there IL a
better feeling between the Leonard
camp and myself" =
Iossips say that way down UNDER,
meath Gibson's crouch against Tex
was the fact that the Promoter sicked
the cops onto him one, night in the
Sarden when he and q group of
friends were blocking an aisle. This
Is against the law and Rickard had
told the cops to get busy and shoe
every one to a seat or out of the
building. The cops didn't see that
Glnson was better than any one else
ana gave him the. .r1n-jUst the same
as the rest. Gtbs0n's pride was hurt.