Show Leonard Outgrows Di DivisionS vision Division i vision I i S CHA CHAMPION CAN 7 MA MAKE KE WEIGH 7 I I Lew Next Champion I ILL I'LL BRING BEING TT IT TO PHILADELPHIA BOYS f p o r S V V Li is J 1 I V By Paul Purman I Iben When ben Is Ia a champion boxer not a aj I champion I When he cant can't come close to making the recognized weight In his division I Theres There's the question an and the answer and it all hinges around the championship championship champion chamPlon- ship of Benny Leonard champion lightweight lightweight light lIght- weight ht of the tho world V The time will soon come when B Benny Benn will have to renounce his claims to the I lightweight title not because he isn t a i great fighter not because lie he isn't popular I lar but ut because ca a few months O s t in a army I Isider camps m h has piled fl da weight v gh on the te e east t sider aider until now hOW Instead of being a lightweight light light- weight he II la is a a. heavy welterweight I Benny hasn't t boxed much lately latch Recently Re- Re In a six-round six bout at Philadelphia he went into the ring at catch eatch weights I Experts P s at ringside estimated n d Iris his weight ld s l dp all 1 the I way from 4 to p pounds pound One n thing was s certain tl d' d Betray Benny showed hO I ll th the minute he lie q his b bath ith robe that he Is no rio longer longel a lightweight and I 1 that he can ean no longer make 13 pounds ringside 3 o'clock or any other time Benny isn't fat fal hes he's just big Sooner 01 or later he will be forced to re renounce renounce re- re flounce his title LIllo in favor of sonic some other good boy bov who can make weight All AH this sounds strange when it Is considered that Benny won his title at pounds and oven even made pounds for Cor Johnny Kilbane I Ith But Benny n is young and is of f tho type aih tg d' d I th that t take a on I height i and weight at 21 1 and 22 Right now Leonard would have a ahard ahard I hard time making the welterweight limit I of ringside This brings up the tIre question of Bennys Benny's I successor and the most promising candidate candi j date for the honors right now is Lew I the Philadelphia southpaw I is on one of the toughest boys o inthe in I the division 1 I HP Its h boxes with f his right sm I 1 fbI I V V i V hand and foot extended I which h is s pu puzzling b urr I to boxers r not used to this style I of fighting fight fight- ing ingIn In action he appears awkward but bul he gets around the ring with surprising agility agility agil agil- I ity He hits quickly and his blows carry I a world of ot Rower power I That has become a great lightweight lightweight light light- weight Is more or less accidental A few I years vears ago he was a newsboy around Philadelphia Now and then he would g get t nut 0 lie cue of the nl numerous us six-round six I bouts featured in that thal city He liked boxing and boxed ed a little at a newsboys newsboys' club and one night filled in for a preliminary preliminary pre- pre boy who didn't t show up His ills showing was so good that he got on In other preliminaries and soon became a favorite in Philadelphia and was given a atrial atrial trial in main mam shows Right now is among the top- top no l c h er In his class dass s |