The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-19
M'LARNIN MAY
BE GREATEST
DRAWING CARD
Baby Face Is First Light.
weight Since Charley White
TO Have killing Punch

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New York into spasms when h
knocked out. Sid Terris with on,
punch, no. only has good chance tt
ascend to the lightweight champion
ship but he may develop into tn:
greatest drawing; card Of the dag.
| James Archibald McLarnir, as h;
was baptized in County Cc-.:, Ire
land. has personality, nationality and
"a punch. He has shown his fight,
ing class by beating Billy Wallace
and knocking ort Kid Kaplan, Jackie
| Fields, Joey Sanger and ferris. HI
demonstrated lis drawing power By
bringing nearly $4,000 into Tex
Richards Garden for his Terris
fight.
McLarnin is the first young light.
weight since the days of Charley
White to show . killing one-punch
Knockout and he is the first Irish
boy to climb 50 high in the class
since Jack lIcAuliffc retired un.
beaten.
Irish Not So Good
Since John L. Sullivan Loot the
heavyweight championship and Nc
Auliffe hung up the gloves, the Irish
haven't had much to rave about in
the two most popular fighting
classes.
Gene Tunn,y is OF Irish descent, it
is true, but the boys in the gas house
district never lifted him to their
shoulders because he is rated by them
as ''lace curtain Irish" Among the
lightweights, there has been 70 one
to parade in a green robe because the
class has been dominated for years
by italian and Jewish fighters.
When Baby Face helped tuck the
helpless ferris to his corner and then
slipped into a bright green robe with
a big harp on the back his corner IVES
stormed. New York always is will
ing to give any little boy a great
big hand, but in the memory Ct the
Oldest fight reporters no fighter was
carried out of the ring Oh the should
crc OF his admirers in New York a.
McLarnin was.
Hump Sheds Tears
Old Jos HUMPHREYS, Richards de-
mon announcer, who gets tears in his
eyes when the name of Terry Nc
Govern is mentioned, gulpsd couple
Of times after the demonstration and
said: Looks like another Terry hes
come for the gas house boys"
It looks as if the gods may have
set the table for young McLarnin
with a championship and q great fo--
tune. Since Benny Leonard was in
his prime, the lightweight class has
gone into stagnation because there
were no great punchers in the cla5s.
Lightweights also have been forced
to play second fiddle to greet heavy
weight champions who always
seemed to come contemporaneously.
When McAuliffe was the lightweight
champion, perhars the greatest Of al
of them, John L., YVES in his prime.
McAuliffc almost had to do valet
duty for the big fellow to keep him
self noticed.
Benny Leonard, another Of the
greatest lightwcigkts, had to take
second place on the bill because he
had as competition the greatest
drawing card Of all time, Jack
Dempsey.
Is Opportunc Tire
Now little McLarrin is coming: on
at a most opportune time for great
lightweight. Dempsey is ouS of the
picture. Even il he docs fight e3ain,
he will not be fighting as the caam-
pion and he certainly ha5n't more
than one figh. left in him. When he
goes, he may take the days Of the
two million dollar fights with hin.
In no spirit OF unhin1ncsc, it
must be said that Tunney Is not
popular with thu masses and that he
never will be. He has1's the person.
atty or the instincts of a show
man. But little McLarnin has plenty
of cit"
# the Baby Face should do to
Sammy Mandcll what he did t. Ter
ris there are no bounds for his pos
sibilitics. He would be the outstand-
ing fighter Of the day and by fight
ing Oftener than the heavyweight
champion is permitted to fight his
title might become the most valu-
able one in the business.
May Change Mird
With Tunney demanding two sum-
mer fights of him and with a great
rejuvenation Of interest in the light
weight class falling down on him.
Richard probably is wondering If too
Il. 1ch Of a good thing isn't to be de-
plored.
Although he is Pacific cost boy,
New York has taken McLarnin as
its own. And when New York gets
steamed up about a fighter, business
is forced upon the promoters.
Con siderine the change Of the
situation in the heavyweight class,
caused by the temporary retirement
Of Dempsey and the stimulent given
to the lightweight division by Nc
Larnin, it will not be q surprise to
hear an announcement soon that
Tunney has decided to fight only
once this summer, and the light
WEIGHTS will be giv>1 the big spots
on the program.