Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
End Proves Rather Uneuen Both Base Ball and Boxing
1929 BRINGS FOUR
NEW RING CHAMPS
Fields, BattaIino, Bass and
Brown Attain Crowns.
8 Titles Vacant.

-FOUR new world boxing champions
- were crowned in 1929, the heavy
weight title remained empty and
Il the light heavyweight cham
pionship was vacated. So was
the hyweight title. AL Brown was gen.
orally recognized as the new bantam
weight champion, but aside from the
winning of the welterweight crown by
Jackie Fields and the capturing Of the
featherweight title by Battling Batta-
limo, most OF the other titles were pretty
much in a fog.
Sammy Mandell defended his light
weight title successfully, as did Mickey
Walker his middleweight crown.
Fields defeated Joe Dundee in two
rounds in Detroit on July 25, and Chris
topher Battling" Battalino dethroned
Andre Routis in Is rounds in Hartford,
Conn, on September %.
Benny Bass scored a knockout over
Tod Morgan in the second round In
their recent Madison Square Garden
battle, and thus the junior lightweight
crown changed hands. There seems to
be some cloud over the victory, for Bass
was a Stool favorite to win Just be-
fore the men entered the ring, and the
boxing commission even now Is tnves-
tigating this angle of the fight. Never
theless, the crown passed.
Sammy Mandell held off Tony Can
zoneri in the latter's bid for the light
weight championship in Chicago on
August 2, and Walker trounced Ace
Hudkins in Los Angeles on October 90,
after the National Boxing Association
had declared the middleweight title
vacant"
Middle Among Heavies.
The retirement Of Gene Tunney last
year left the heavyweight situation in
a muddle. and this was not cleared by
the influx of foreign battlers, incluo-
ing Victoria Campolo, Phil Scott and
Max Schmeling. The last named
showed great promise by knocking out
Johnny Risko and defeating Pauline
Uzcudun. but then he refused to fight
Scott and drew suspension and revoca-
! ton of his license therefor. So Max
sailed back to Germany.
Early in the year boxing lost one CT
It's most colorful and important figures
when Tex Richard, greatest of all fight
promoters, died at Miami Beach, Fla,
on January s, following an operation for
appendicitis, performed on New Year
day. With the passing of Rickard, Jack
Dempsey, with William F. Carey. presi-
dent of the Madison Square Garden
Corporation, stepped into the breach
ana 1no, heIped put over the fight between
Stribling on February 81.
The fight surprised by drawing about
$4O0, 900, but 1t proved something of a
disappointment, even though Sharkey
managed to win the decision on points
1t was not very satisfactory battle.
Later in the year Dempsey Joined
forces with Humbert j. Fugazy and
signed Max Schmeling for a fight with
Phil Scott in Ebbets Field. This never
came of and resulted in the battle be-
tween the New York State Athletic
Commission and the German heavy-
weight and his various piece men"
Dempsey then withdrew from the
combination with Fugazy and later be-
gan operations as promoter in Chi
cago. Here he met with various finan-
cal reverses in promoting his fights,
put Is still gamely carrying on. With
the passing Of Tex Richard it seems as
II the million-dollar gates have gone.
TOO. Dempsey, apparently, is completely
OUT OF the picture, so far as competing
Ior the heavyweight crown again Is
concerned.
New Arenas Erected.
Despite the death of Rickard and the
dearth of champions, boxing had
pretty good year, all things considered.
Arenas already built in Boston and De-
JSsNASA Ny OAAS
Stadium in Chicago, the New YORK Coli
scum was developed by Jess McMahon
and the Auditorium in Atlantic CITY
was increased in size and seating ca
paclty. st. Louis, too, has a huge arena,
seating $1,000.
Madison Square Garden set a new
nigh for its indoor season, rs shows
through the 1928-1929 period DRAWING
Total receipts of S1,265,7l2.
AS the year comes to a close it looks
as II Black Bill of Cuba would become
the hyweight champion. he having come
through pretty well thus far in the
fyWelght tournament, and most of the
more serious contenders having been
killed of by defeats.
During the year AL Singer and Kid
chocolate reached new heights in box
ing. The Havana Keed fought unanv
orllllant battles and earned more than
100000 during the season. -
Singer defeated some good men
among them knocking out Andre Ro,Itis
IN Jig time in a non-title bout Al ant
rered reverse at the hands of one IN
nacio Fernandez, but he redeemed
himself in his later battles.
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