New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Madden, Roper
Managers Talk
Dempsey Match
Lewis and Mead Hand Out
Opinions: And How
About 'sTarzan" Larkin?
By Jack Lawrence

HNiS~u''d icI TUESDAY night - thc
Pioneer Athletic Club, in East Twenty
;ourth Street. promoters and managers
Interested in this division arc begin
ning TO hand out all manner of opin-
foNs. for which they make M charge
whatever. Phil Lewis. manager Of
hartley Madden. the West Side scrap
per who plastcrcd Plastcring Fred
Fulton at Madison Square Garden a
10 inc same thing TO Bill Brennan.
He adds somewhat hcatedly. that Leo
7. Flynn. manager OF Brennan, has
occn sldestepping such match
Eddie Mead follows this up with an
opinion marked for immediate release
Eddie comes right out boldly and dc
'iares that Jack Dcmpsey's ono logi
al opponent = Captain Bob Roper
Vhi- may hand our readers a giggle OF
fwo, but Eddie says he means it. What
heavyweight. Eddie wants to know, has
han Captain Bob Rorero
Mister Mead goes on to say that Bill
Brennan Battling Levinsky, Billy
Miskc ard Harry Wills have been
tossed INTO the discard and that the
only other men worthy Of serious CON
''dcration are Tom Gibbons. Harry
Gr'b and my Man. Roper He de
claros that most good judges Of boN-
'ag are of the opinion that Grcb. al
though a great ring man. i. too small
and would have little chance with the
hampton. Tom Gibbons draws several
paragraphs of sarcasm from Eddie He
admits that Tom has a long list o.
Srock-outs, but he, like Cyril. asks:
Whom arc they
Flynn Kept Gibbons Busy
"Porky Flynn" continues Roper
manager. that ancient warrior of Bos-
Ton. KEEP, Gibbons busy for eleven
rounds and only stopped because ne
Vas cxhauStcd.' This brings Eddie
Town to Roper. who, he says, has met
many Of the best Of the big ones dur
re the last five years and has conc
out with flying colors. Roper. accord
snock out and has "casily disposed Of
he "hiehly touted' Bob Martin The
quotation marks are Eddie's Mead
neN points out that the Captain has
Dress decisions over Biz Brennan.
Harry Crcb, Tom Gibbons and has
nockcd out A Roberts, Frank Moran.
\ @. Sampson and number OF "lcss-
er lights"
Despite Mead's enthusiasm over the
aptaln VIC can't quite figure him as an
Nproncnt for Jack Dempsey and we
mis- trip to Europe in order to accom-
nodate the former soldier
Phil Lewis says he is so sure tina,
S4r;.ey Madden can knock Bill Bren-
al for a row Of turnstiles that he will
NolNrt Hartley to fight Bill on win
ner-tahc all basis. He says he has even
-one so TAR as TO suggest such a propo-
ION to Tex Rickard believing that the
L o1-
'ocneG TO think we'll Of it. says Lewis.
30 P. Flynn. Brennan's manager, was
hon interviewed and announced his in
ertion Of accepting the bout Up to the
efcsent t'me. Mr.. Lewis complains. Leo
AS lodged the issue
Madden After Brennan
Madden is out to prove to the world
aa' he ls the one man entitled to q
mitch with Dempsey' writes Lewis.
thls is hoy he is going to do it. He
nili force Brennan into a match and
'ispose Of hm by the knockout route.
There is no doubt that if Madden can
i' this ne Will be the next man to en-
age Jack Dempsey in combat"
\ in the case of Roper, we cant
r. i''Te that Dempsey will call of the
Nropcan trip in order to meet Mad
den.
Another goved behemoth who is
urslng a lurking ambition to take a
vat at the champion is Tarzan Lar
,lr. the untamed lumberjack from the
North Woods. Tarzan has a ring STYLE
F'l his own He first scares his OBJ
nonent half to death by twisting his
ea'uies INTO ferocious scov-l Then,
ss said opponent stands transfixed with
orror. Iar2an walks over with gorilla
Ike strides and smacks him one on the
chin. larzan has the most fearsome
'ghtlng face we have ever seen in a
ing. Hc threw scowl into Jack Doug
As AT the Pioneer two weeks ago that
made Charley Desereick chase down to
lhird Avenue in search Of a con
Larkin meets Sailor MaXted in ono of
he twclVe-round bouts at the Pioneer
IN Tuesday night. No one who is in
serested in the Darwinian theory can
afford to miss this affair. 1t looks like
tough night for poor sailors.
Larkin Dispenses With Seconds
arzan is the only tighter in the
game who refuses to have the services
~ seconds. In the Douglas fight, when
ois seconds attempted to climb into the
ring to give Tarzan The usual one-rain-
ute s~abbing down. he swept them out
o. MIS- corner with one swing of his
stoel -jacketed right arm. In the other
twelve on the Pioneer card Mike Burke.
Of Greenwich Village. will do business
with Tommy Billiard Mike thinks he
5 on the road to the American light
neavN weight title. and if he succeeds in
iemolishing Billiard he intends to
camp on Gene Tunney's trail. Gene
ana Mike, both inmates of Greenwich
Nillaee. should prove to be drawing
card OF no mean proportions.
ne lnterclty amateur boxing tourna-
ment to be held at Madison SQUARE
Garden on Wednesday and THURSDAY
svenines has drawn representatives
from all over the United States and
many points in Cana da Eight classes.
-7nslng from fiyweights to heavies. will
ot contested. There viii also be three
classes open to all registered boxers in
the Metropolitan Association of the A
A. l. The weights in these classes are
i55 pounds, l75 pounds and heavy
" ghtS.
Three New York State chaunions
rave already sent in their entries. |
hey arc Sid Terris. representing Rut-
gers gymnasium. bantamweight; Mar
TN j. Smith. lightweight, and ". An /
rrobus, middleweight.