The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-13


dee month ago. Dundee had b
a decision. People who follow t
ready to say: well, Dundee wa
suggested matching him with LIE
been loud laugh, nothing else.
Criqui for fifteen rounds, started
and the next thing we know mere
and probably as many people arc
there are who think Leonard will
"A month ago a fight between
Leonard and Dundee wouldn't have
drawn more than ushers, the boxing
officials and the newspaper men.
Now it will gross over $500, 900.
Dundee's bout against Criqu1 did it.
Il that wasn't a lucky break for
Leonard, what was it?
Gibson, it will be observed, mod
estly refrains from saying that his
mans marvellous showing against
Lew Tender will have as much to
do with piling up the cash in jim
my Johnston's box office as Dun
dee's bout with Criqui, but the fact
remains that without the Dundee
Eriqui result there would be no
teonard-Dundee bout.
Then there's that first Ten
dler fight" continued Gibson.
''Ttat was another lucky break
for Leonard. That slap on the
Esser Lew hit Benny i'm the
eighth round caused plenty of
people to think that i'm a second
bout Tender would grab the
title.
I'VE felt that Benny had solved
Tenders puzzling style in the clos
ing rounds of the first meeting. We
said he would start right in to
prove it as soon as the first round
of the Yankee Stadium bout began.
We were right, as everyone knows.
But, just the same, do you suppose
there would have been that record
breaking attendance if the crowd
didnH think we were wrong? Do you
think there would have been that
great turnout if Lew hadn't hung
that one on Benny's pan in the
eighth round at Jersey City? I
don't. That's why I say Leonard
got a lucky break with Tender,
too.
you'll hear once in a while that
Charley White, of Chicago, is en-
titled to a return match with
Leonard because of the famous left
hook that Charley carries.
cit isn't this at all that makes
q return match possible. It's just
another one of LeOnard's lucky
breaks, that's all. White in that
showed him through the ropes
that were sagged and loose. 1t
looked like a Touchdown. White,
believe, claims it was. The pic
lures seem to prove his claim.
ST hold. however. that. had the
ropes been properly arranged Leon
ard would never have gone
through them, and looked the part
of champion struggling to get
to his feet.
Leonard knocked Charley bow
ler" r'ght after the through the
ropes" incident. But in the DAYS
C. have elapsed since enough
people have come to believe Whites
claim that he had the champion on
the floor and in a bad way to as
sure a good gate when the return
match is held.
Those loose ropes or the
touchdown if you care to accept
Whites version. was just one
He'll collect a big wad of dough
Toe Io@ 'ne fe'Or" nna''h "eeaoSe OF
Having disposed of the three
leading lightweights of the present
era, in his lucky-break proposition,
Gibson next proceeds to go back
into the record book for another
one to prove his contention.
Remember that scrap with Willie
Richie in San Francisco" he de-
manded.
"Wen, Ritchie was out there all
readied up to make the fight of his
life against Benny over the four
round route the ex-champion knew
so well.
During the course of the bout
Benny took one on the eye It an
noyed him a lot, and before we
could stop him he did the worst
thing possible under the circum
stances. He blew his nose. The eye
at once puffed up and the champion
was a sorry sight.
"It didn't make any difference
what Leonard did at the finish of
the four rounds, and I'll say he did
plenty All that was remembered
gave him. Richie made enough
capital of that to come back here,
demand A return match and get it.
Just one more lucky break for
Benny The return match drew
plenty, and Richie. of course, was
given a sound trouncing"
Jimmy Johnston was an inter-
.ested listener as Gibson made his
case for Leonard. When the
manager paused for a long breath,
Jimmy took the floor.
But the LUCKIEST break Of
all, you've forgotten completely"
he said. THAT was the winning
of the title"
ct was promoting at st. Nicholas
Rink. Harry Pollok, who had
Welsh. was promoting at Manhat-
tan Casino. Pollok and | were as
friendly as rival promoters usually
are.
Il wanted to find out what date
Sollok would pick for his next
Sfow. so I announced that Dundee
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