San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-08
BOUT is SHREWD MOVE.
Charity Proves Good Way of Letting
Heavyweight Ruling Slide.
BY FAIRPLAY.

Copyright 1898, by The san Antonio Light.
New York. Feb. SIN the fight
between old Jess Willard and young
FLOYD johnson. announced today for
Nav IL, Charity. as she does in most
of life, will perform her routine task
Of covering a multitude of sins.
Granting of a license for the battle
between the man who was and the
man who wants to be. Chairman
Mouldoon of the New York State Box.
ing Commission has maize very shrewd
move. Here we were with all heavy
weight fights frustrated. barred and
banned BY official edict. MuldOOT
took that attitude rather wisely be
cause he believed and many Others
did also that heavyweight scrap about
this time would harm the game. per
haps start a storm Of opposition that
might result in killing it altogether.
Now comes along the great chance
New York's pet charity, the milk fund
needs money.
The opportunity will give jess his
kchance 10 come back. The opportunity
Rfor johnson too is rare one. The
fans will get a heavyweight battle.
And not by any means least
speaking of charity-JohnsOn and vii
slard each will drag down $4,000 fol
Fighting in charity's name. Selah.
The fight Friday night at the Madi
son Square Garden between Rocky
Kansas, the Buffalo shock-absorber and
Charley White. whose greatest claim
to fame is that Benny Leonard once
Knocked him for festoon of spaghetti
will draw a big house: this because
the battle is looked upon as the first
process in clearing up the lightweight
situation: also. because. whatever may
be said of Rocky Kansas. he is always
in there giving the best he has ant
taking the best the other fellow has
(which is usually a plenty. Also. again
because somebody has ,kidded the pub
lie into the belief that White is {
sreal contender for the title now heIC
eby Benjamin Leiner (alias LeOnard)
At that there is nearly n hundred
Thousand worse lightweights thai
EAnchowitz-beg pardon, White. Whit
has got pretty nearly everything-ex
scept high passionate resolve to max,
an Annie Oakley out of his opponent
Tor IL he has the resolve he docsn'
stink Of putting it into effect unit
after the battle is over
lucy say lIdJ SiOW-WilICu people ar
Kept awake nights thinking of retort
Fthat might have been employed in III
rcourse Of arguments but which neve
Ecceurred to them until some hour
siater. IL Ancbowitz-we mean Whit
sis sensitive. be must spend man,
~sleepless hours picmriug the straigh
4shots for the jaw that he has let e
pby. the solar pluck wallops he post
4poned until tomorrow.
But when it comes TO quick think
sing. Rocky Kansas has got nothing o.
White. In fact if the combined spee
tof the mental apparatus of Rocky o
tcharley could accurately be calculate
Eand applied to a racing motor ear. tba
3car would not be a good bet agains
- wheelbarrow pushed by a wooden
lege.d man.
o. the other hand, both can socl
Rocky 10 no mean guy for any fighte
10 fool with and this goes for everyon
from Benny Leonard down. same wit
AVhite. So those who lore to hear I'll
sarum-beat Of glove upon bone will b
Etertnin 10 get their full moneys wort
at the Garden, even granting the