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Show Five Crowns Quite Shaky, JSaysWeill l2ffcWYQRlC DecJJI.NS) Ont world's chsmplon la surs to lost hii till In tha ring: four other cham- Btonj stand a better bet-ter than even chance of being gethro n a d, and snly three are ura to retain their fistic baubles bau-bles In title bouts through tha first six months of 138. That, at least, la tha way Al Weill, matchmaker for Promoter Mike Jacobs, today rlawed tha fistic outlook for the' eW -n iomlng year. Armawvna Henry Armstrong, Barney Ross and John Henry Lewis, bases, re-apectlvely, re-apectlvely, of tha feather, welter and light-heavyweight divisions, are the champions tabbed to retain their erowns. ' Lou Ambers, the lightweight king, Is tha champion billed to be dethroned. de-throned. Joa Louia, heavyweight; Freddy Steele, middleweight, and Harry Jeffra, bantamweight, are the three champions In grave danger of being ousted, as Weill Views' the fight picture. Who will be the new champions? Well, Weill thinks Armstrong ia a good bet to add the lightweight laurels to his collection; Max SchmeUng a fair bet to take Joe Louis again; ditto for Freddy Apos-toll Apos-toll or Al Hostak to trim Steele, and Bixto Escobar fr wager to regain bis bantam crown from Jeffra. Plana Many Bouts 1 plan to have every champion defend his title as often as top-notch top-notch challengers may ba found for them. There are practically unknowns un-knowns fighUng today who will be headlines tomorrow. "Offhand, I can name many likely prospects scattered around the country, and from them I'll bet will come at least one future champion. "Hera are some of the lightweights light-weights I'm keeping tabs on: Tommy Tom-my Tedesco, Buffalo: Tim Lark In, Newark; Bam Angot, Louisville; Nick Camarato. New Orleans; Mickey Farber, New York. Among the bantams, George Pace. Cleveland; Baby Tak, Toronto, and Tommy Forts, Philadelphia. Feather Fea-ther prospects ore Billy Marquand, Chicago and Ailie Btols, New York. Good Welterweights Good welterweights are the Chicago Chi-cago trio Milt Aron, Hal Brown and Johnny Barbara Ralph Za-nelli Za-nelli of Providence, and Tommy Tucker of New York, who has scored IT knockouts In his 21 pro lights. "Good middleweight Include Ralph DeJohn. Buffalo; Billy Conn and Whltsy Schramm, Pittsburgh; Glen Lee. Nebraska; Mario Cara-aelli. Cara-aelli. Italy: Al Hostak. Seattle, and Dais 8 parr. Baa Francisco, |