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Show ROSENBERG WILL TRY FOR FEATHER Quits Bantamweight Title Because of Weight. Clinrley (I'M!) Kosi-iiIhts. who nulo-rtattd!ly nulo-rtattd!ly va-uej tl.e tmiittiuiwclglit hoxiiijj llirone because of iuiibilily to mal.o the weight for his fight with l'.uslny Criiliar.i, plans to Join the the chase for the featherweight chain-ploi!.-hip. "f have fully decided to nhandou the ba:,lam.eiht title and fiIit In the future' as a featherweight," Itos-er.hrrg Itos-er.hrrg declared at'ier he had sealed 12L!'!'. 4'i pounds over the Ijaiilaui-wei-ht liiuic, for the match whli Graham. Gra-ham. The fc:ithei-wei.ur'it title lias been vacant va-cant for the saii:e reason that forced Rosen her;; out of banlarn ranks. Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn., voluntarily vol-untarily relimpii.shed the lL'Op.oiind crown la.st July after holding it u year and a half. Candidates for It si'.tce Ihi.'ti have narrowed down to lied Chapman of Boston. I'.enny Hass of I'liiladel-diia and Hontyboy Kinne-fe's'.n Kinne-fe's'.n of Iloston. Koseiibei-.i; now may Join these three in an elimination tournament sanctioned sanc-tioned by the New York state athletic commission, which "previously sot Kaplan up as champion by a similar contest. Kosenliei-R won the bantamweight championship nearly two years ago. in March, H)25, from Eddie (C.annouball) Martin in a lO-round decision match. In July, 1025. he successfully defended defend-ed it by knocking out Eddie Slvea of Chicago. Rosenberg began encountering trouble making MS pounds over a year ago. Me refused to accept Graham's Gra-ham's challenge for a title match nt that time and was suspended by the New York boxing solons. His reinstatement rein-statement was effected only on Rosenberg's Rosen-berg's signing an agreement to vacate the title if lie failed to make the weight. |
