The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01

For I looked into the future. far as human eye could see," says Ten ssuyson, and that bard had vision that ,bordered on the phophetic but atnrough that heavy blanket that snpaces from future no human eye can uerceive and no brain can probe the edlidden beyond. For to the prooer that deals in the stock Of future . -eomes eventual instantly ana the ave with which the mortal man seeks ,,b4indly to search out his future is too much for the slender thread that binds his normal reason. So who can say what crowns will grace the heads If kings or what titles remain en- q tact when the year shall have run It's !. course and a new ono looms in view.
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 Even now. as these observations rim their course, out in Minneapolis 4 the tide of life in a one-time star t-ebbs low For Billy Miske. once . far-feared fighter, has nearly reached ,,the end-Brishts disease. So who oean say what will come forth and s who dares probe the future. It's only rrlie foolish who in pettish wrath Would jerk the curtain from It's Hanging and view what time has in store Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" and it is only ahuman that as the dawn comes up ssoVer the eastern horizon on the first rz4fttssy of the New Year Messrs. Demp- -4sey Leonard, Dundee. or whatnot -schampion pGuse a moment In revery a chill would shake his frame as his probing mind sought to solve the future.
 sse It seems that there are few champions who can wait without a 4ra hof ftrfI ho0 tu cfn To onlr Dempsey stands high over all, for one, in his class, and a hasty search finds no contenders worthy of his steel. Luis Angel Firpo. 1t Is true. knocked him out of the ring. the one instance in which the champ has been off his feet In the arena, but, although Firpo may some time wear 1t looks improbable that that time will come during the year 1924 Fir DO has far to so in developing be- fore he can stand before Dempsey and match the champions science and Skill
 However the crown of Mike Mo Tigue, light heavyweight, sets but lightly on his head the fist of Young Stribing. 19-year-cld school boy, came near dislodgin= it. It seems certain that before the months pass s ,py that make the present year Mc- Tigue will be dubbed ex-champ. O O O
 Harry Greb's middleweight title is a questionable article. So often does it change hands that few there be who can keep it's pace. The well terweignt crown of Mickey Walker seems threatened much by authority and less by contenders. Walker and the boxing commission lack much of agreeing and chances are that he swfll lose it one way or the other. FsThe crown which Benny Leonard wears has been set upon his coal black locks so long that 1t has worn a$groove in his skull. It has be- come a fixture for Benny and the =..pretty boy" has become a fixture of the ring. He stands far above all light weight competition and bids fair to spend a peaceful year in holding This claim.
 Johnny Dundee is a champ in two .xtseights as the occasion demands shut fights but poorly in either for q xEing of the class. It seems that here -&Hother crown totters and only time Twill mark its fall. He holds the featherweight title at present.
 g4-SJoe Lynch thinks much of his ssbantamweight claim for few good ~fifen can coax him to risk It. Lynch is sa true champion. but 2 conservative 1ne. He hates to take a chance, de- NHpite the fact that he seems capable