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Show atralght right to Ihe Jaw. A man fight. Ing wllh the bayonet la taught to aland and move Ilka a boner." . e e e Hlllv lilbeon haa written the atata boa. Ing rommlarion ol Sw York a.kltig that he br nrrnilttad to ahow tha membere of Ihr i'ommlrlon Juet how murh Benny Leonard welghe. Home flueetlon haa ariaen aa to a lather l-eonnrtl weighed In at ihr lightweight limit when he stopped Krrddle Welah. and Olbaon 'h".' drmonalrate that Benny la a legitimate 1-1. pounder Henny. by the way. la a feat i Inrhra tall. Thla etatement le made In answer to thrro or four Influlrlea re-celved re-celved of late aa tha new lightweight champion's height. ia.lv (Jeorgea Carprntlrr. deep te tha widely publlehed reporta that he le on hla way to America, la allll In KriV"-e. A Parla cro-rrapondent rabies: "nsw "P"1'" laat Hiinrtay. H told me that he la al-w.ya al-w.ya honing to go to America, but hat for the pieeent, at leaet, he haa no idea that ha can to." Han Pranclsoo, Cal., ?une M "K. C.M Kruvoeky loat the decision to Jack Oow ney In their four-round bout at Dreamland Dream-land rink laat niht. Battllna- Ortera and Prank Barrleau were matched today for a four-round bout on July 4, their third meeting In three months. a a e Kan Franc Ij-oo, June SA. Benny 1eon-ard, 1eon-ard, UchtwelRht champion, may come to the coaat for a aerlea of four-round bout a. If the profeaalonal four-round ffanie la officially aanctloned. Promoter Tommy fllmpaon announoed today ha la authorised, to arranfte tha firhta. e a a New York. June SO. Johnny Oundee at and a out today aa one boxer who doe not fe.tr tha "knockout Jinx." The little It a I lit n evened up tha arore for hla knockout knock-out In Philadelphia by Willie Jckeon when he r.tnc off wllh the honora In a ten-round bout hre laat nlffht. a The recruiting officer who turned down Matt Wella, the KnrH-h lightweight, explained ex-plained that Wella le deaf aa poet, a a e Xatt t-Yeedman, ilt KnglUh boxer who waa turned down with Matt Walla when they tried to enllat, waa rejected, ft waa learned, because of ailment reatlltant from the sinking of the lausltanfa. Freed- , man waa a paaftenRer aboard and waa In the water thirty-am hours before he waa picked up. e e Optaln Tom Klannlgan, brother of John Flaniilfcan, the hammer thrower, has returned re-turned from the Kuropean trenrhee, and In apeak Ing of athletua at the front, he aa y a : " Box Ing la t he grea teal of all sport e. Kvery man boxea, even If he len t picked to represent hla company In a team of boxers. Every man la taught to box, because , the sidestepping, the quick lungea and the movenienta of boxing box-ing are beyond fighting movement a. 1ong point' la a left leml, an-) 'butt ov-r la a |