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N NiC iC CLUB B T TON NI HB PANCHO VillA JO DEfEND V lAURELS Benny Leonard Will Meet Either Moran Morn or Dundee By Dy ED VAN EVERY NEW YORK March 17 Benny 17 Benny Leonard and anel Pancho Villa respect respectively respectively t lightweight lIght and flyweight champions of the world have practicallY practically practically completed arrangements for defending their titles Villas Villa's manager manager manager man man- ager Frank Churchill Is said to have accepted the terms te of Toronto promoters pro pro- and the Filipino Flash Is to meet Ash English champion I on April 16 Hi Billy Dilly Gibson Leonards Leonard's s manager has come coma to an agreement I with Tot Tex Rickard which calls for forthe forthe the 1 lightweight lg champion to o take pa pathe the winner I of 1 f the mr Johnny Dundee Dundee- Pal Moran match V LEONARD AGREES V ON WEIGHT Leonard agrees to weigh in at pounds pound the tho afternoon of his next contest which will be in the open air probably the latter part of May A AS the match will more moie than likely be bo In Iii this state Leonard will be ba forced to weigh In before representatives tives of the press This was promIsed promised prom prom- I by the state athletic commis commission slon sion following the unpleasant aftermath aftermath aftermath after after- math of the weighing in for the Leon- Leon ard match last year at the Yankee stadium On this occasion Leonard and Ten- Ten dIem weighed In at the offices of the boxing commission but behind closed doors Newspaper Newspaper- Newspapermen men were barred for some reason never satisfactorily I explained and this action did not notI j I look good particularly in view of the fact that there has been considerable skepticism as to Leonards Leonard's ability to tomake tomake tomake make pounds Subsequently when Leonard was matched to to meet Dundee the latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter announced ter-announced announced that he would withdraw withdraw withdraw with with- draw from the match If Leonard failed to weigh In before boxing re reporters re- re porters This match I which was wasI promoted l by y the Cromwell w A A. C C. of I am which I Jimmy y Johnston was matchmaker matchmaker match match- maker fell through By a peculiar I shift in pugilistic affairs Johnston who called off oU the Leonard-Dundee Leonard match at the eleventh hour Is now the latter's latter s manager Whether Dundee or Moran will be bethe bethe betho the tho champions champion's s next opponent opponent opponent op op- op- op is an argument among fis- fis tic tlc followers The New Orleans lightweight was all set for a meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing wi with th Leonard when he lost the decision to Dundee in their recent meeting Most lost of t the experts predict predict pre pre- dict a different result this time VILLA TO MEET ENGLISH CHAMP While the Villa-Ash Villa match Is all set according to the latter's latter s manager manager manager man man- ager Joe Toe Jacobs s something may crop up to spoil the arrangement before before before be be- fore April 16 Ash while he has performed like A d. champion at horne hone has still to show his ability In this country countr He Ic HeIs is to meet Kid Vick at Syracuse next Friday night and andon andon andon on March 2 23 25 at Toronto he ho tackles Willie Wood Incidentally according to a rulIng of the state athletic commission fol following following following fol- fol i lowing the Villa-Marks Villa bout the Filipine Filipino Filipino Fili Fili- pino pine was banned from fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing under the management of Frank Churchill for sixty days which will not have expired by the time set for forthe forthe forthe the Toronto title engagement Joe Lynch has now nov gone Into hard training for his engagement with Abe Goldstein on March 21 at the Garden Garden Gar Gar- den There was wag a rumor that Lynch had threatened to call off the match If the Olympic fund bouts were scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- for Wednesday March 19 as originally Intended Now that that this affair is II put off to a later date Lynch has withdrawn his complaint I 9 I Champion to Say To Devotees of Rop Roped HI Three Six-Round Six Bouts Will WiIl Top Off C a I II V V Will Battle Wang r V V V V TACK jACK DE DEMPSEY lIPSEY heavyweight champion of the tile world C j j JACK is visiting with his Ins mother here heie for a few days calle called fl Promoter Hardy K Downing this morning and offered hi his hiT vices as referee of at least one of tonight's Manhattan c t f-t bouts at the theatre PI It t is d doubtful ul whether the theA Utah Mauler will be bo called upon to referee but ho lie declared that at any any rate he hello the be on hand to say to fans Jack Payne the fast stepping Omaha Omaha Omaha Oma Oma- ha black boy bov Is one of the sensations of Hardy Downing Manhattan club fight season sea Payne entered the local competition early in l-i the season and was quick to rise from a preliminary capacity to a top notch position among the local battlers Payne a middleweight V has gone through the men of his weight here herewith V with hardly a setback Only once hasho hasho has hasho ho been l knocked nock d down lown that one occasion oc- oc casion nearly proving costly to him hint In Inthe L the Instance mentioned he Inadvertently Inadvertently inadvertently stepped into a drive from Red Briggs Driggs' mit The wallop landed flush on his face at the full power of Its swing and Payne nearly went to sleep Aside from from that one knockdown he has almost Invariably been on to his man and at advantage fd PAYNE IS TOUGH BOY BOV 1 The local promoters have been J loss to get et someone to b bring 0 11 t down Some of the local crop cropT with him through tho the session lu bu but makes their evenings mighty imp l' l lant ant for them V. V M j The Manhattan matchmakers set seton on Wes Vies Ketchell to stop Payne iS 11 there are many who ho think that Omaha black will get his hla kneel knoch 0 tonight Ketchell packs a nil mla r c punch and is also well versed ln in t tricks of the trade lIe He Impre 0 local fans not long ago by knoel I out one Tommy Garrity of tough young middleweight whole l here backed by be an impressive rep ii r tion Ketchell Ketchel will have a J i tion of tho louse house ouse with him when lie tries to take taka Payne under TI PERO MEETS SAILOR V t V The windup bout on tonight tonight's i ihas JS f has the fans tans speculating freely PC s inick of Bingham will del def his recently won state title ClUe in a bout tout with Sailor Wange n fg New Orleans Vanger Is an quantity and Tip does not knOW j what to expect S 1 The local champion is Pt i however and thinks ho he can put TV w ger gem out in short order vinced the fans fang that he ha Is able change his style to meet a a. surp f attack from an opponent In his hisil I last Monday with Young SoL Sol So Il Sta rl St a left hander used to 10 boxing ag agaJ aga i the regulation left handed lead leado Jo J JIB right handed handed- fighter Last week ilc i C soon as Sol started out his left han ban lOt attack shifted his stance HilI Sol Sd was immediately helpless TJ Ti versatility at shifting his guard Is rs s e dence dance that he can handle var varying ing ty of foemen hence the chances nances aret he will be able to t take l kc care eare of or wh ever stuff stutt has haa to r I WILD BILL TO MEET LUNDY V Wild Bill Farrell FarreH and Young Lu Lul meet In the first of the three II round headliners and promise a of action with a lot of healthy BockL 1 Neither is what could be called sell icil title in any sense of the w word rd r both stress the heavy wallops to results ILI Earl Matson l and Maynard Niel Nielli will furnish the main preliminary r four rounds of stepping They of the best of the local rot four battlers Young Osborne and Ed Brooks are paired of oft off In the seed seco bout and Ray Mack lack and 31 drews will furnish the novice open ope u A battle royal rojal between live five fill gro battlers will follow the main e e p |