The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-16
COLUMBUS HAVING HARD TIME
PULLING OUT OF 9TH POSITION
BY ALAN J. GOULD
(By The Associated preas)

New York. May 16.-lP-After q
prosperous winter season, where Mi
ami Beach shared the fistic spotlight
with New York, Boston. Detroit and
Chicago, the boxing business faces q
somewhat dismal outlook for the
open-air campaign.
The big extravaganza built up over
a period Of years by the late Tex
Richard, with Jack Dempsey as the
main magnet. reached its peak IT
Chicago III 1927. The main affair OF
1928. the Tunney- Heeney bout. was Z
financial bust. The prospects are no
brighter for an outstanding heavy.
weight feature for 1929.
No outdoor season ever has reaped
a financial harvest without being
buttressed by interest in the heavy
weights. The big fellows set the pace
as drawing cards but OF the present
crop. the experts regard Max Schn1el.
ing. the German clouter. as the only
figure likely to arouse popular en-
thusiasm. If Schmeling scores de.
cisively over Pauline at the Yankee
stadium, June p, it may then be pos
sible to smoke up" an elimination
contest with lack Dempsey for q Sep
TENDER climax.
For various well-known reasons.
the championship color has faded In
many Of the other ring divisions. In
consequence. they offer few. II any.
exciting summer prospects.
The flyweight and bartamweight
titles are still in dispute, although the
forthcoming match between Fidel La
Baroa and Kid Chocolate in New
York may help clarity the llS-pound
division situation.
Andre Routis. the f~eatherweight
champion, fights only Canzoneri,
from whom the Frenchman took the
title. at Chicago this week. but no
title is involved.
Sammy Mandell. the lightweight
king. hasn't defended his crown since
he beat Jimmy McLarnin last sum-
rner.
Boston's bid for a velterweight title
bout between Joe Dundee, the cham.
pion, and AL Mello does not offer
ground for much enthusiasm as
consequence Of the decisive beating
Mello received from Gorilla Jones
last week at Madison Square Garden.
The customers may be aroused by
return battles between Mickey Walker
and Ace Hudkins for the middle
weight title. or between Tommy
Loughran and Leo Lomski for the
light heavyweight championship but
so far there is no frenzied bidding
for either match. Chicago. Boston,
Los Angeles and Detroit can scramble
for these affairs. since the New York
boxing rulers are not on speaking
terms with either Walker or Lough-
ran.
Since several well known rlvalries
expired. New York has had compare.
lively few big shots in outdoor fis-
ticuffs and still fewer that have paid
any substantial dividends.
There IS been no lightweight
feud to pack EN- in as Benny Leon
ard and Lew Tender did on two &C.
casions, at Jersey City in 1922 and at
the Yankee stadium in 1923.
Mickey Walker and Harry Grebb
helped attract nearly a lf-million
dollar gate" in 1925 but the middle
weights have experienced no such
prosperity since then.
The last Berlenbach-D Delaney title
fight. at Ebbets field In 1926. another
$780, 900 affair, also was the last
lightheavyweiFht title In the big
money list.
The Dempsey harkey battle OF
1927 at the Yankee stadium was New
York's last million dollar heavyweight
show. Tunney's farewell salute In
1928 against Heeney, drew little more
than 100000 and this figure IS not
likely to be exceeded by any show
here this year.