The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
BE " " Y LEONARD TO MEET PINKEY MITCHELL MONDAY
Pinkey Will Attempt to- Avenge Defeat of His
 Brother, Ritchie
By SPARROW M'GANN Special Correspondent of The Age e-Herald Copyright. 1921. by The Ags-Herald)

New York, December 3t;-The eyes of the, world of sport are turned on Milwaukee. where Benny Leonard, lightweight champion of the world, has finished his preliminary work for the bout against Pinkey Mitchell on Monday afternoon. From first-hand observation, the writer would say that Benny cannot be in top-hole con- dition, certainly not the condition he was when he met and flattencd Ritchie Mitchell after the Milwau kean had rallied from a terrific beat Ing and put Leonard down for a 9-second count.
 When the champion left New York on Thursday he looked somewhat white, and did not appear rugged. This he attributed to a cold, and maybe it was cold. but there was report that of late he had been training down pretty close to see how he would stand up a pound CT two below the limit of his class. If this is true, the process of weight reduction sapped something of his vitality.
 q feel well enough" said Benny, and my work has showed me to be strong. l am not worrying about Mitchell, although I saw him fight with Jackson and know that he is not an easy customer"
 What Benny saw that night last winter when Pinkey battled with Willie Jack son in the garden is like ly to be made plain to the fans who pack the seats in Milwaukee Mon day night. In other words. Mitchell showed a body not too heavily GOV cred with flesh and muscle. Benny can hammer the body as well as he can land on the jaw, and it would not be surprising if his plan of bat tie did not include a lot of hammer ing at Pinkey's head. At the same time he will have to employ all his well l-known defensive skill, as Mitch ell has a long reach and shoots them in with great accuracy.
 Other Bouts Promised The Leonard Mitchell fight of Jan rard 2 is likely to be the forerunner of a lot of very thrilling pugilistic encounters. That there will be a bat tie comparable in any way to the great battle of the century" at Jer- sey City last June may well be doubt ed That encounter drew 90.000-odd spectators, fully 30,000 of whom had never seen a prize fight. This was due, of course, to the fame and color ful personality of Georges Carpenter.
 But the battle will be worth while and may be set down among the pros pective high lights of 1922 Then Dempsey will meet someone. Just who is not certain. Fulton, the plastered plasterer, is now claiming attention and may get a fight or two designed to show his merits which may result in his being matched against Dempsey. If not, it is diff ficult to imagine just who could be lined up as a contender. unless Demp-f sey could be induced. to meet Harry Wills
 This is not so impossible as many seem to think. Show Dempsey and Jack Kearns a real money value in this scrap and then grant that no. real white opponents are in sight we'll then, the way will be pretty well cleared for a meeting between the two The public, however. is not interested In seeing Dempsey and Wills meet.
 Undoubtedly, Jack Briton and Benny Leonard will put up stellar bout before spring. Here are two fine, clean, high type pugilists and an encounter between them would per haps rank as one of the most inter esting of the year. Harry Greb ana Johnny Wilson will settle the mid dleweight title quarrel and Johnny Buff and Midget Smith will have II out some time within the next F months for the bantam title. In the meantime, Buff will meet Jimmy Wilde in a worlds flyweight title bout in London this winter. Johnny Kilbane may be relied upon to do nothing interesting.