New Britain herald., 1927-08-25
TITLE SCRAMBLE
 IS 0N IN EARNEST
Claimants to Ring Crowns More
 Numerous Every Day
Ry tho Associated PresA

New York. Aug. 25.-lR-The current and prospective scramble to claim or dispute ring championships seems more intense than any actual title fighting.
 = The situation will assume addi- tional complications when Fidel La barba the curly-haired. stylish fly weight champion forsakes the ring for the college campus at Sanford next month.
 Unless a few disputes are settled in the meantime. four Of the eight main title divisions will be in an un- settled condition.
 Already the pack has taken up the chase for Labarba's 112 pound hon- ors, Franke Genaro. the little New York Italian who lost the American flyweight crown to Labarba. has started d comeback. Billy Kelly Of Scranton, Pa, and Bias Rodriguez, a Mexican. are among the other can didates, but Newsboy Brown of Sioux City Iowa, if he still makes the weight, ought to be among the fore most contenders in any elimination battle.
 Bud Taylor, the Terre Haute box CT, is generally recognized as the bantamweight titleholder. successor to Charley (PhiD Rosenburg. who lost the cham pionship on the scales last winter. Taylor. in spite of his convincing victory over New York rival, Tony Canzoner, isn't recogniz- ed by the boxing authorities here al- though he has the backing of the National Boxing association.
 Canzoneri is now a contender for the featherweight title, vacated year ago by Kid Kaplan, but Tony is in the position of the gentleman who was all dressed up with no place to go.
 As, this 126-pound class stands right now, Philadelphia appears to have the edge on New York in race to award the title to a worthy battler. Red Chapman. of Boston, and Benny Bass, a hometown fav- orite. are slated to meet in Phla- delphia September 12 in a bout ad- vertised as for the title. New York's s ring board had sanctioned a title bout" between Chapman and Can zoneri but it isn't likely to take place.
 The light heavyweight title, voluntarily relinquished by Jack De- laney because of his desire to bag bigger game, is a fourth source Of dispute. The veteran Mike McIlgue is recognized as the champion in New York but not by the boxing boards of other states affiliated with the National Boxing association. Mike is matched in October with Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia rival and this bout may settle the controversy.
 Despite the pairing of Little Bill' Johnson and Dick" Williams in the national doubles, it is still more than likely that the other two members Of the Davis cup team, Big Bilr' Til- den and Frank Hunter, will be the doubles selection for the internation- al matches. It will afford an inter- esting and perhaps decisive test should they meet in the natonai doubles tournament at Boston next week.
 It is difficult to figure, however, how the versatile and hardy Tilden can be left out of the doubles con- bination. Big Bill'' has shown an amazing ability to adapt himself to various partners and win doubles titles, He teamed with Vincent Rich ards to win three national cham pionships and with Brian Norton, the South African, to capture an- other. He won the Davis cup doubles with Johnston in 1920 and 1924 and with Williams in 1923. Last year Tilden and A. II. Chapin, Jr., were the top ranking doubles team-due to the non-ranking of Richards and Williams-and this year Big Bill and Hunter won the Wimbledon championship. as well as numerous other events.
 If Tommy Hitchcock's perform ance in the decisive trial match fol the American polo team was a crite- rion of his present form, little alarm need be felt about his health
 That was the greatest four min utes of polo have even seen,' one veteran observer declared after Hitchcock had gone wild, dashing UT and down the field to score three goals almost single handed and IF rapid succession.
 The American team can well af- ford to give Tommy whatever rest he may need and still be assured he will ride out against the British September in top form.
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