San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
Whites Defeat Messed Up
Richards Lightweight
Plans.
FIRPO DUE NEXT WEEK
Arrival Of Argentinian viii
Stir Up Heavy
weights.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

Copyright, by The San Antonio light.
New York, Feb. I7.-"You never
can tell" The speaker was Tex Rick
ard, seated in his office casting his
thoughts forward into the future.
The promoters reference was to
Charley White. His idea concerning
"Lefthook" Charley had been to have
the ChicagOanstake the Rocky Kansas
hurdle at full gallop and then open
Benny Leonards 1923 fighting sea-
son in n spectacular effort TO lift the
lightweight champions crown. White
was taken very seriously in New
YORK. and had a large following who
believed he was the one man capable
of stretching Benny on the canvass.
When he let Kansas run away with
him he busted Richards promotion
plans relating TO the lightweight di-
vision program right in the middle.
And it is. of course, well known thai
the two big money classes in pugilism
today are the lightweightS and the
heavyweight. Richard now has
Sailor Freedman in mind as one of the
principals of a build-up bout for a
lightweight championship battle next
summer.
Freedman Prospect.
Freedman has been doing very well
lately, has made pretty much the
same sort of comeback as White had
been making up TO his appearance in
the Garden last week. So he may be
pitted against Benny, although before
the sailor gets this plum he may have
to meet Kansas. Rocky has never been
.going better than now and the fact
that he has victories over Tender and
White TO his credit gives him q size
able looi-in at his class, even il Ben
ny Leonard has beaten him twice. II
Freedman and Kansas do meet, the
champion probagly will be called upon
to fight the winner.
1t looks to be certain that Leonard
and Mickey Walker, the welterweight
champion, will face each other in a.
no-decision bout in the open air in
Jersey. Leonard would have nothing
particular to lose unless Mickey
should knock him out, which is highly
improbable, and the meeting would
put him in prime condition for n real
championship bout in New York next
July.
This. bout unquestionably will see
Tender rs the contender. Lew has
been having trouble with his feet, ac-
oording to reports, but he will get
over that. The chances are that he
will not be asked to risk his prestige
before meeting Leonard. II is cinchI
when he faces the champion that he
will have n big following as n result
of the splendid fight he put up
against the champion in the arena
in BovleS Thirty Acres last summer,
FiIp0 TO Beat Brennan (?)
Luis Firpo. is due here next week
and the heavyweight market will be-
gin 70 boom. There is LOT Of wise
nodding of heads when the fortkcom
ing Firpo-Brennan bout is discussed
from the ring with an ample fortune.
according 10 report, and when n
man is in this mood he is not likely
TO nay much attention TO training for
q bout.
The cards read that Firpo will take
Brennan and then beat it back to the
Argentine to set the deck for a fight
with Jack Dempsey in Buenos Aires.
Kearns has been advised that the
champion can made close to million
out of this battle and when you talk
TO Kearns you certainly get
attention.
As for Firpo's ability. he would in
all likelihood prove n joke against
Dempsey, Strong. vicious, he is at
the same time bull-headed. He knows
II all and no one can convince him he
doesn't. Even Brennan. il he were
taking his coming fight seriously.
could come pretty near to showing
FirDo I'M. What Firpo needs. and that
badly. is a good boxing instructor.