New Britain herald., 1923-09-14
Spe king
of Sports

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Dempsey is three TO one fayorite
for tonight Here's what the two
of them say,
champion bemnsey-iFirpo is hig
ana strong and dangerous II can
emu the night in one round l'l do il,
because ] can't take amy chances with
HIM ] intend 10 sock as hard as I
ean from the start, lie Is too dan
gerous with his right hand.
chaiInger firn0-if | am knocked
down again and again ! will come up
again and again, There will be no
towels tossed from my corner, J
daEt think Jack Dempsey can heat
as and don't think he can stand cup |
under my punches, came 10 the |
United States 10 win the world title |
] conquered every man that stood on
the road 10 the big test. on my
body there are mo scars of those
hatties; In my heart there Is no fear
of any living thing.
Joe Batehelder. Pittsfeld's young
twirier who has been sold 10 the
Braves, has won is and lost 10 games
for Pittsheld, including six victories
out OF eight starts against New
Haven. lie is product OF the 1aos-
ton sandlots. playing In the twilight
league last season,
Ruth made II No. 20 In homers
yesterday. hut that In one behind cy.
Tho Yanks won a-5 from the White
Sox who were easy Tor Bush.
Harpcr's batting helped the Reds
win So A homer In the ninth tied
the score and single In the tenth
beat the Cubs. Duncan got five hits.
The Pirates and Dodgers split even
yesterday. The Dodgers took the first !
"a but dropped the second 6-3. q
Dazzy Vance won his game. his SIX d
tcenth of the season. I
Should ring champions so out OF >
their class when II Is possible Tor u
them 10 get plenty OF action among
lighters at their own weight? This u
thought is promoted by the coming e
clash between Lightweight Champion u
Benny Leonard aud The ieatherweight q
title holder Johnny Dundee. il Inc u
men had never met before there y
might be a logical reason for the
match. On the contrary the two have Il
cla.shed eight times, so they should
know their act very well. r
Dundee insists that he can beat l.
Leonard in a decision bout and. Will
prove it. Ii Johnny delivers then tie
plaudits OF the fight fans will be his.
: E,c Ifrb little than
q waltz, then 1t will seem that filthy
lucre was the big idea in arranging {
the ninth battle between the two. The
one attractive feature OF course, is the nj
fact that the contest brings together or
two champions. When champions
meet the public is always interested,
although such bouts as q rule nave co
never been thrillers. The meeting ra
between Leonard and kilbane, when Ri
the latter was fcatherweight champ fg
pion, was most disappointing. Kill re
bane proved no match, for Leonard. re-
When Britton and Leonard met,
Britton then being welter champ, 20
Inc bout ended III very unsatlSfac- eX
.ory manner, Britton winning on a sci
,cul after tame contest mi
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The Leonard Dundee bout may be
III right, but 1t seems that more
move on the part of Dundee ba
would be to take on many of the of
Worthwhile featherweights who are the
.lamoring for a crack at the title ha.
dundee has always been busy fight sey
n, and if he continues that policy the
tow that he is champion, the feather len
Weights contenders will soon get their
to knock johnny loose pal
rom the crown. In sport, as in every pc
hing else, these are days of frenzied hal
nance. so nerhans Dundee and of
are not to be blamed for rae
licking up lot of soft money as the
ong as the public is willing to pay. she
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