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_2EE AVENING ‘WORLD, THURSDAY, MAROM 18, 1928,/ WHITE, ODD RING SPECIMEN WITH PUNCH, SEEKS LEONARD'S TITLE” White fe Dani Danger Signal Of Lightweights, Just Short Of Being Real Champion Has Been Within Punch or Two of Title Often, but at Critical Stage Has Lacked Persistence, Grit and Confidence—Had Ritchie Nearly Out and Knoc Ropes Before He Was Finally By Robert Edgren. ‘ARLIE WHITE, lightweight boxer, has earned a return match with lightweight cham- pion Benny Leonard simply by prov- img that he’s still “dangerous.” He did this by neatly trimming a tough bird known as Willie Jackson, To- morrow night he tackles Johnny Dundee, White is an odd specimen among the lightweights. He has been after that championship for many, many years and he's just still where he started. He has fought for the championship six times against the three most ‘recent title holders, Willie Ritchie, Freddy Welsh and Benny Leonard. Each time it looked as if his marvellous punch might win in a round, and each time he failed through Ymability to fight against a champion the way he can against a second rater. And after each failure Charles deluged the sporting editors for months with excuses, alibis and claims that he had been “robbed."” Fenny thing about Charlie White— against the very best of the runners- up, and first class fighting men they are—he's a grim, relentless destroyer. He starts the same way against a champion. But when a champion ‘weathers trouble and fights harder, White fades. He's a little slow, any- way, like most of the heavy punchers, and he grows slower and slower as the champion specds up. His confidence wavers. And yet there's always the chance that he may knock out any of the lightweight champions in a punch. White's real name is Charles An- chowitz, He's an English Jew, Liv- erpool born, but has lived in Chicago since a small boy. He's nearly thirty- one years old aw began fighting at fifteen. In about three years he de- veloped a knack of landing a one- ‘punch Knockout, which has won many fights apd made him a reputation. The only man who gave him much trouble about the time he went after the title was J; Britton, who also wanted it. ‘They fought in New Orleans, and Britton knocked out White in eighteen rounds, A CLOSE CALL FOR RITCHIE. This iwas in 1918 when Willie Ritchie’ was champion. White, be- cause of his K. O, punch, was regard- *ed as the most dangerous lightweight in the @untry. In 1914 Ritchie gave White ‘a ten-round fight. Ritchie liked the hard hitters, The first two men he! fought after beating Wolgast for the title were Jose Rivers and Leach Cross—and he slugged from the start with both of them, ‘White nearly knocked Willie Ritchie for ® goal with the first terrific crack on the chin. Willie wobbled into the ropes and took time enough to remcm- ber he wasn't up in an airplane, and reeled back to White. Boy! what an awful gruelling Wil- ite went through for a few rounds, It would have stopped any but the gam- est fellow on earth, which Ritchie was. I think there's little doubt it would have stopped White if he'd been on the receiving end. But all through that awful hammering Ritchie, smeared and crimsoned, bat- tered and torn, with grim eyes that stared steadily from under puffed lids, carried the fight to White. Toward the end it was White who gave ground and twisted and turned to escape punishment. There was no decision, anyway, so having failed to stop Ritchie when he had him going in the first round, he was no nearer the title than before. But he sure told the world what the decision would have been if there'd been a decision. Ritchie lost, on points, to Welsh in England. Welsh came back. He fought White ten rounds in Milwau- kee and was too fast to get into much trouble. WHITE'S KNOCKOUT RECORD, Welsh was a canny fighter, and he knew he had White's number, so in three months he cheerfully gave him another “chance” in Milwaukee—a second ten rounds with no decision Same result. Five months later Walsh fought White ten rounds, no decision, Brighton Beach, New York. In the meantime White had started @ brand-new knockout string, taking among others, such stars as Sam Robideau and Young Brown in a round ehch, I saw him knock out Brown in New York, Brown was a thick, muscular. ferocious slugger. He rushed White, who met him with a left hook on the chin that pushed his head back so fur that I was sure, from where . looked down on the ring, his neck must be broken, and knocked him out so cold with that one punch that Young Brown had to be taken from the ring to be revived. I talked with Charlie White nefore he met Welsh, “I don't know what it 1s, Mr. Ed gren,” said White, “that keeps me out of the championship. Wolgust was afraid to meet me. I had Ritchie licked, but by some accident he lasted. Welsh won't stand up and fight, and somehow I don't feel like going after him when he's running and covering up. But this time I'm goin, to fight him differently. I'm going to corner him, and if he won't uncover Ti bit bim anywhere I can, on the head or the back or anywhere. and Tl knock him out, 1 we while he's on his feet.” I believed it, too. Charlie is a very oonvinding young man. ‘Thar night I sew Welsh erinnin ked Benny Leonard Through the Beaten Himself. [bobbing up and down, dodging, duck- ing, clinching and holding White's arms, stall easily through the ten rounds, never in the slightest danger. White seemed in a fury of exaspera- tion, but Iucking the determination to do what he wanted to. Toward the end Welsh was even peppering him on the nose. while White lashed out hopelessly at the empty ol. Next they gave White a ‘‘chance’’ at the title at Colorado Springs in a 0-round fight. Possibly not much of u chance. White let out most awful howls afterward, by mail, and claimed all sorts of robbery. But the fact remains that he was in the ring with Welsh twenty rounds before a large crowd that afterward said it looked ae if neither man was half trying, and he didn't put Welsh on the floor. He lost the decision, White had the physical ability to beat Welsh—but he couldn't beat Welsh. What he lacked was some- thing In the line of persistence, grit. confidence. If he couldn't beat Welsh, then he has small chance to beat Benny Leon- ard now. Just the chance of landing a single K. O. punch. For when not against a champion, with the thought that he's fighting a champion, White is a crusher of vain hopes. He fought Benny Leonard out at Benton Harbor, Mich., July 6, 1920. White knocked Leonard through the ropes in the fifth round and out of the ring. It is said Benny's thoughtful brother helped Benny crawl back ogain—a very badly dazed and nearly helpless Benny. [ver ince the fight I've been getting let- ters from Charlie White, describing how he licked Leonard and was robbed, on letter heads printed to up- hold his claim. (Copyright, 1022, by Robert Bdgren.) HAS HAD MANY CHANCES TO WIN A TITLE Copyright, by Robert Edgren, Woke STH" Round’ ar BENTON HeRBor_ WHITE KHOCKED CHAMPION LEONARD “THRevan THE Ropes. FEATHER CHAMPION Brooklyn Five Give Celtics 4 Chance to Even Score aan Basketball Rivals . Will Play Return Game on For- mer’s Courts. Brooklyn Basketball Team will have another opportunity to play the Original Celtics of New York. In the last contest between these two quintets the Brooklyn combination scored a 28 to 26 victory. By de- feating the Celtics the Brooklyns gained a great deal of prestige. However, the question which arises concerns the possibility or the prob- ability of another conquest. Whether or not the Brooklyns can subdue the Celtics again is a question which has caused a vast amount of discus- sion among basketball fans of this city. Judging from past perform- ances and from the individual abili- tles of the members of both teams, the Celtics should be able to conquer thelr Brooklyn opponents !n the return game to be staged on Sunday night at Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn. But in the event of a defeat admin- istered by the Brooklyn quintet, Manager O'Brien's Brooklyn team will be deserving of all possible honors, Since the Brooklyns are setting the pace in the Metropolitan League and since they represent the probable winners of the Metropolitan title, the game on Sunday will serve as a means of judging the respective merits of the Metropolitan League teams and the LHastern League teams. The Celtics have virtually clinched the title in the Hastern League, With another victory over the New Yorkers. Brooklyn may righly claim the championship of the Eastern States. The Metropolitan League ix a the Eastern League has been in ex- istence for some time. the successful season which the former body has had since its organi- zation In the senSe of its attitude toward sportsmaniike contests, abilities of its constituent teams and the interest which it has given rise to among basketball fans, the Metro- politan League has been a potent toward making Dasketball a better game. The Original Maroon Five earned the lightweight championship of Har- lem when that team defeated the El- mendorf Five in the final game of a three game series by the tally of 15 Elmendorf won the first game, whereas the Maroons took the second thus winning the silver loving cup which was to be given to In the last game the Maroons held the lead at the end of the first half by a score of 10 to 5, but in the second half Elmendorf started with a rush and soon cut down the lead of the Maroons to two points. With ten seconds to go. Lawlor caged the ball and gained the victory for the Original Maroons. featured throughout the game for the the title-holders. George Stein 2a OLYMPIAD AT LOS ANGELES IF PARIS DOESN’T WANT IT. March 16.—Los will automatically be awarded Olympic games forced to default, Baron Coubertin, International Olympic Committee, said to-day. The French Olympic Council afternoon to consider the action of the Municipal Council and it may be that the council will forfeit the games for lack of funds, The Municipal Council was asked by the Olympic committee for 10,000, - 000 francs to provide a site and 4 the games in a fitting ms nner Council appropriated francs, which the committee claims to newly organized institution, whereas * put to them,’’—Willlam H, Taft, Supreme Court, Yale 1 know Wills as a fighter, He ia very much overrated at the present together I will have this spring training was goiny on." Robins’ camp in Florida, Tor better or for worse, what waa designed as a gane to the players discipline of body and mind, education of a sort, than fun."-Dean Briggs of Harvard, discussing modern football “Despite unfavorable weather during the New Orleans, I left the elub in excellent condition, cally.”"—Col, Huston of the Yankees. time and if he and Dempsey ever come let up] Dempsey.""—Jack Grace, globe trotter and student of boxing Our pitchers are getting their ready, at this carly stage of the gam The Monower of the New Yar Clonte be Inadequate “What They're Saying To-Day” | “These games for the entertainment and edification of the people are not really for the goud of the universities. I would be glad to sce a stop Chief Justice of the United states “Lam very much pleased with the recent changes in the fi rules, particularly that applying to substitutions. —Coach Tad Jones of “1 would be some commissioner 4f I remained th Chicago while all —Judge Landis on his arrival at the early stay of the mentally and physi 4s out of their aris beyinning to show sow All Sport News Is Here Chief Justice Taft, in a speech before the Yale Alumni Association, expressed himeelf as being against the present growth of college athletic jons on the ground that they were militating against the life of the institutions. 8. Howard Voshell reached the semi-final round of the Brooklyn indoor tennis championship singles on the courts of the Brooklyn Heights Ca Lawn tennis representatives of fourteen countri the D: petition. The Columbia freshman wrestling team def in the university gymnasium by a score of 26 to 0. N. |, Guernsey of New York, a member of the Yale swimming team, @ record for the 60-foot plunge with ed a new intercolleg’ conde. 1925 team, 37 to 25, J. H, Capablanca, world’s chess champion, He will compete in the chess maste! the Pari ment in ondon next July. For the first time since the Morningdi colors will be rn International of challengin, was launohed at Essex, Mass. High School of Commerce swimming team was beaten by the for the international eee ver .» yeaterd, The Todd Football Club of Brooklyn will leave for St. Louis to de- fend its title of national soccer champions. BY The ten-round bout between Cham- pion Benny Leonard and Champion Johnny Dundee, booked to be fought at the Cream City A, C. of Milwaukee on March 27, has been postponed until the middie of April. Mulkern had to put back the contest a few weeks because he could not get the hall for March Johnny Dundee, who fights Charley White at Madison Square Garden to-morrow night, has been engaged to meet Jimmy Goodrich of Buffalo in a ten-round go at jada, on April 4. Goodrich oof Frankie Fleming, who i that the bout be put back sev- Jack Sharkey, who has not fought tn this city In several months, haw just been signed up for another battle, He will e rounds at the Pioneer Sporting Club on Tuesday night. Johnny Murray of Harlem meet Roy Moore of St. Paul for twi meets Happy Smith in the other twelve round battle, On account of Jimmy Hussey, the Call- fornia middleweight, only being in New York a fow weeks, his manager Jack Kearns, has asked matchmaker Charley Doesserick to postpone Jimmy's bout with Jimmy Kelly of Harlem at the Pioneer Sporting Club from Tuesday night until March 28. Hussey wants more time in| which to get into hape for the bout. dropp ner close to $6,000. ‘The tar # Billy Gibson, manager of Cham pion Renny Leonard. Gibson thought that would surely of ak every bet the boone followers of Fistic News boutock Promoter Frank on Tom Gtb- bons's defeat by Harry Greb at the Gar- den Monday night was Jimmy Kelly, who win- nt Gibbons and he JOHN April Sd. th Brooklyn. | sattor Montauk Joo Coileth the feature t Of Sdnning and a @n0d reran CHARLIE Foogut CHAMPION FRED Weis Four "mes - ano COULDN'T HIT HIM, For A courte or Rounds ANTE HAD CHAMPION RITCHIE Wossune will compete for is Cup during the coming season. The entry Itsts are now closed. Riflemen to defend the world’s markmanship States in the 1922 international matches will be je for the United ected by open com- d the Brooklyn Poly led to Europe aboard international tourna- A. C. has been organized i nin wrestling competition when it will be repre- sented in the amateur meet at the New York A. C. gue will have only four Calgary, Edmonton Hartley, lone holdout of the Columbus American igned for next season after a brief conference. y basketball team will close its season at it plays Union College. Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia, won the golf championship of the Silver Foils Club at Pinehurst, N. C. Eight members of the Lafayette College basketball team were awarded their varsity letters at a meeting of the Varsity “L” Club. Th Il contend for the honor | championship trophy, > and Gossip } FIGHT RESULTS. — WILKES-BARRE—Day fornia, won a ten-round newspaper de cision from Johnny Riley, Wally Hinkle, Philadelphia, outpoint Billy Logan, Allentown, Joe Hardy won a technieal knockout from Sammy Berne, OHIO—Tut Jack Civil, Ashland, three rounds. BOSTON — Young dence bantamwelght, Danny Edwards, round bout. NEW YORK—Tony Lyons, New York outpointed Young 1 won declfon from ree In ten rounds, weight, if > Smith, whom he tackles {na ten-ro: to-night at the Hroadway Exhibit ciation of matched with Sammy Nable pout of twelve rounds at Harry London, the rugged Harlem ban tamwelght, famous Gas House District w liners at the reopening of the Star Sporting | Club in Harlem to-night in one of the threc twelve-round bouts that Mana Mahon has arranged. east aide, nd Sammy Stone east side, are paired in @ return bout Lew Brody, the promising youn fighter, who knockout atthe to score another K Joo Tiplitx of Philadelphiu for t at the Broadway Exhibition in tho semirfinal HE TRIED To CONNECT OTH THE BLUSE Uawn Keane , Feather, CHAMPION + ~ A 1% Roond WONT - Nc Game Title Holders Favored In the Awarding of “Met. *? Championships That Is the Prev , Prevailing Opiitan WINNERS OF METROPOLITAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS Among Spectators at Finals of Amateur Tourney. By Robert Boyd. EFORE a gathering of amateur boxing fans that broke all at- tendance records, the St. Je- rome C. C. was awarded the special point trophy donated by the A. A. U. emblematic of the Metropolitan Ama- teur Boxing Championship. It was estimated that more than 8,000 people came to Madison Square Garden to witness the contesting of the semi-finals and finals of the Met- ropolitan championships. Sid Terris of Rutgers Gym, New York State titleholder added the Met- ropolitan championship in the 118- pound class, winning by his impres- sive and clean victory over Frank Lottimer of the St. Jerome C. C. Terris, who has been brushing all the opponents aside that have faced him in this winter's amateur boxing campaign, showed to better advan- tage in the Metropolitan champion- ships than he has in all his recent appearances in the Garden. He fought his way through a long lst of opponents and opposed Lottimer in the final, knocking him out in 2 min- utes and 18 seconds of the second round, The Rutgers lad's showing was easily the best of the new Metropoli- tan titleholders to be crowned for the year of 19 POWELL IS THE WINNER OF 112-POUND CHAMPIONSHIP. LeRoy Powell, a sturdy little col- ored fighter from the St. Christopher Club, won the 112-pound echampion- ship, being awarded the judges’ de- on after three fast rounds of box- ing with Nick Juagliorelli of the time A. ¢ The little negro was too fast and combative for his ttle white oppo- nent, who doggedly fought on to the finish I. Paulkenstein of the 92d Street Y. M. H. A, won the 126-pound championship from Herman Rosen- blum of the Union Settlement in three of the most interesting rounds of the night, The judges agreed on the victor in this fight with little in- terest displayed by the spectators, The sensational Jack Rosenberg of the night before won the 135-pound championship from Albert Polio, but did not stand out as brilliantly as he did the evening previous. The judges failed to agree after these two light- Weights fought three rounds and or~ Gendian extra! Gney SOsenbere JURE URIE See an extra one. Rosenberg just It's good tobacco. Fot, 1769 approval loudly. 1760 (Seventeen Sixty) TOBACCO Smoke and Chew . Convince yourself that 162 years of the con- tinuous manufacture of tobacco is worth some- thing by trying 1760— P. LORILLARD & a Le Roy Powell, 112-pound clas: Sid Ferris, Rutgers Gymnasium, 118-pound cli 1 Faulkenstein, 92d Street Y. M. H. A., 126-pound olass. Jack Rosenberg, Bronxdale A. C., 135-pound clase. Andrew Lake, Park View A. C., 147-pound cl: Bunny Feeney, St. Jerome's C. C., 160-pound class. Charles McKenna, St. Alpheus Club, 175-pound cla Gordon Munce, St. Jerome's C. C., heavyweight. St. Christophe: managed to win by a shade after Pollio had given him the toughest fight of the tournament. Andrew Lake added to his long list of knockouts when he stopped J. J. MeAleir after 1 minute and 45 sec- onds of fighting in the second round, winning the 147-pound championship. ‘The 160-pound title was awarded to Bunny Feeney of the St. Jerome C. C. He defeated Charles Smith of the Lenox Hill Settlement, the judges awarding him the verdict after three hard-fought rounds. M'KENNA WON, DIDN'T THINK 80. Charles McKenna of the St. Al- phonsus Club, new the 175-pound PACKAGE BUT CROWD ‘tate champion 8, defeated Frank Koebele of the National A. C. The verdict did not please the large gathering, and they voiced their dis- McKenna boxed far below the form he has been display- ing in recent bouts. gallantly State champion, judges could have done both men was to order another round, The Amateur A. A. U. judging, while it has been close to faultless throughout the 1921-22 season, always Koebele fought against the experienced and the least the in fairness has leaned slightly toward the titleholders in rendering verdicts. This was obvious last night, and it has been noticed by a great many of the amateur devotees of the game during the recent tournaments. Gordon Munce, national and State heavyweight titleholder, was awarded the Metropolitan championship, as there were no heavyweight entries to contest his superiority. Referee Casper Kirschner wisely intervened in the contest between Joe Buckley of the Long Island . of C, and Walter Gilday of the Union Settlement. orthopedic surgeons say for Spring, 1922, in woolens as sturdy as those they wore in 1620. loomed in France and Eng- land for Rogers Peet. the Spring. Broadway Herald Sq at 13th St. “Four at 35th Se, Broadway Corners” Fifth Ave, at Warren at 41st Sty, TOMMY LUND NOW, \*: LEADS TOURNEY WITH SCORE OF 113 ———S Olympia No. 1 Team Anchor Man Goes to Front in Eve- ning World Classic, © TO-NIGHT’S SCHEDULE IN HEADPIN TOURNEY Pierce Athletic Association of Jersey City, N. J., ten teams, Mercer, one team. Autographic Register, of Ho- boken, N. J., one team. Star Club, of Brooklyn, one team. United Five, one team, Tommy Lund, anchor for the Olympia No. 1 team, stepped on the gas last night and went into first place in The Evening World headpim tournament at the White Elephant Bowling Academy with the very good total of 113 pins, a lead of five pins over his nearest competitor, which was made the night previous by Da Croci, Lund connected with the head- pin with every ball, making nine on the first, which he followed up with three tens, three nines, a ten, a nine, two tens and an elght, for the total noted above. In the following game John Dicker of the International Ticket Company, of Newark, N. J., registered a total of 109. For a time it was thought that he might top Lund’s high mark, but a seven, two eights and three nines made this impossible. Other medal winners were Robert H. Granzen of the Brunswick, Balke, Collender No. 1 team with 106 and T. Bjorndahl of the Olympia No. 3 team, who scored 102. Olympia No. 1 also registered high team score, 462, twenty-nine pins less than the high team total of the Inter Church team rolled on the opening night of the tournament. ‘The entries are still pouring in for the big bowling tournament, which teaches the amateur bowler how im- portant it is to connect with the head- pin, and “Uncle Joe Thum, Chair- man of the Tournament Committee, who is handling the entries, feels cer- tain that all records will be passed for local tournament entries. The fair ones are beginning to show interest in the “ladies nights’? that have been set aside for them, and many entries from women's clubs are being re- ceived. The first individual entry for the Metropolitan championships has been turned tn by C. E. (Neil) Kennedy, Past President of the New York Bowling Association. Kennedy has just returned from Toledo, where he made a very creditable showing in the A. B. C. tourney. The genial Neil will undoubtedly set a mark for the “keglers’’ to shoot at when he takes his turn on the drives, as he is no tail-ender when it comes to bowling, The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company turned out a large crowd of rooters, who journeyed te the Rational Recreation alleys im Brooklyn to support the match game between the regular team of the com~ pany and a picked team from the staff of the company. ye Inpole New notes for Spring! *Composite Derbies! As el amart tothe eye as they’re easy on the head. *Scotch Mists! As fine for fine weather as they’re dry for wet. *85 Percenter Shoes, Right for 85% of feet—‘ so! *Forefather’s Cloth. Suits Silk four-in-hands hand- Everything you wear in “Registered Trademark, Rocers Peet Company Convenient