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Show Busier Than . ijnagers , r Even Though Box- v ing Is Not Permltted By T. S. The Tribune, 'i YORK, Aug. C3.-The Empire be without a boxing law, but r"!:t more matches being worked lolanned hero than in most any tbe country. It seems to be " dauarters for manv of the clubs ' at the east; even Philadelphia ::'ers look to New York for many '"'.t attractions, while practically '7the yw Jersey shows are ar-:'. ar-:'. ln .he big city. Managers of s were never busier during ( i of boxing under the old and Frawley laws than they '.f dobs running full blast in .Ter-"piladclphia, .Ter-"piladclphia, Boston, Providence w New England towns, the de-, de-, :-ffor boxing talent is at top pres-' pres-' There are several cities m New i,e where boxing thrives, de-'! de-'! :;ne aw, and the chances are ' ,r,n the legislature convenes '7. new bill will be presented that '"ami a (rod chance ot S"ff 1 It will be patterned after the ' ;,'in law, and will have the back-j'the back-j'the army, navy and civilian ' ' From information at hand, it ' ;' the proposed new bill will have '"position. There is talk here of Bickard being interested in the of the new bill, but the 1 are the promoter of the Demp-f-ilard fight at Toledo July 4, will leave that part of the game i , ;;e politicians. ',-jler vs. Leonard. re is a great deal of talk here , -' s match between Lew Tendler, I . "Philadelphia newsboy, and Benny ';jrd worlds champion lightweight. ifr's close call at the hands of ,;, Jackson recently has not hurt proposed match in the least; in r the fans seem to be hungry for i . 'ifany friends of the Quaker news- ; f(el that he should not be sent i jilt Leonard so soon, claiming he . -,t yet experienced enough and that .'iT would have too much weight ad-h;:ift. ad-h;:ift. That may be; but, iust the i-;, strong efforts are being made i :ring them together, even if it is rr!r)' to take Benny at catchalls, catch-alls, which many here say would i ait least 140 pounds for the cham- Tiiiler himself does not seem to fear ' ' risrdin the least; in fact, he wants ! :rr him out in a real battle; but his u;er, Phil Glassman, is a bit more i'hl Tendler figures that he can : v;l the six-round limit as well as . :::ay Dundee. Another match many ,;::tfans in the east would like to ; i a between Leonard and Charley ' of Chicago. These two stars : ii Lever met in the ring. There are i:'iwho would like to see Eichie i ; Sill of Milwaukee in action , ; ust the champion, although Benny i s: the Beer City boy when the latter : . u ilmost a novice. They have con-. con-. 5 -lilt faith in Mitchell. ji iljar May Meet Kilbane. a kny Valgar, the French feather-7Qt feather-7Qt (who, by the way, is not cham-::o( cham-::o( France, aB many say), is well of here for a match with Kilbane for the world 's cham-:iit. cham-:iit. Valgar has been fighting rmehts, but claims he can make -;mds, which is the featherweight . ;': He is without doubt the best i the country at the weight out-ofthe out-ofthe champion, and the match, if !e title, would attract a lot of ' "'itlMl. - (onnoction with a featherweight neionsliip match, it may be inter-"l inter-"l to know that Kilbane and his ' W, Jimmy Dunn, have .iust turned n offer of a big purse to battle oriental champion, Kid Dencio, in The principal club there, con- 1 by Frank Churchill, made an : of $12,000 flat, expenses and pic-- pic-- privileges, to have Kilbane meet ' in a title match, the bid com-""Bh com-""Bh the writer. The. purse was 'febeen $15,000, of which Dencio .nave received 3000; the dis-. dis-. 'fifteen rounds. Kilbane refused . , ;f" on the plea that it was too ; anil that he could make as ,-ney here in two bouts of six or 'Mds. Dencio must be a good f"r he offered to fight the 1 Kn on a winner-take-all basis, W indicate that the Kid has confidence in his ability as a i nd against a champion, at , !J1Ps After Easy Coin. !kmpions gain anything bv tafc 1 matches and going through the . number of rounds, with the evi-ion evi-ion of merelv showing them-mi them-mi taking as few chances as ..." Una does not apply to all ' y wi "e are exceptions, but ,i olgast was a champion who , Pave the best he had. and so o'hS e'5011- Terry McGovern , .i,. "- However, most cham-. cham-. "f nays seem to trv to get w"h as little effort as pos- nnieht nt Milwaukee Cham-'W Cham-'W Y Tm?n met Jaolc Sharkey, ''"i.in. r ntam, in a ten-round I " ""test. Pete could have 'a il' ut niJ Permitted Sharkey : -, :," aggressive work and score ,.;;a 'crcoy getting the ne-wspapor i7nTrs,llie'1 t0 sct the pace ..."the fight. Herman, bv a lit- ttLfT"'0 'srork. ,"1'' have better bout, of it. and at ' n,11,.T- r,,t h self in line for '";vi ln,siness. As it was. ;v,'l,,'tii 2510 for thirty " "cs Kh ,Tnero is no reason whv "it.fji. not exe.rt themselves "' itk.f .Jhe People who pav the inrrai v co ,5 see the title :nl 'r?nm- It is the boxer of '' "feat ' nrtln tyr"1 who can al-Tfa;t: al-Tfa;t: ",e fans lik- to see act,"'. and not stalling. |