Show Many Ring Battles Planned For 1924 Season In America ica Leonard V Walker Leonard alI er Contest Promises to Be One Of Big F Features I B Bv SF 81 H G 1 N COp Copyright right 1934 1924 by the th Consoli Consolidated I IB dated Press Association I NEW JEW YORK rob reb It 16 Among 16 Among 11 1 the tho many so Called gleat peat ring battles that are expected to occur In outdoor arenas ne next t summer I there hone li ii one and anol one only that promises promise t to 1 be a I zeal ical eal out and anol out scrap worth anything the promoters promoters outI I ers era ha C to pay to stage it The Iho ence Is I to the tho proposed Ben Ben- BenIn Benn Ben n n Mickey Leonard-Mickey battle I In E Eer Everybody er body who Is ig close 0 o the game came pretty well how howa a bout out bel between weeD Demp and 1 Gib- Gib Gib Gibbons I bons boos and Dempsey and I 1 vv ss come out out-Dempse out on the In win winning ning end and able to 10 name the tho th round in each fight eight T I and Wills If It such a bout boutis is III bei lie I 1 It might turn out to be bea bea bea a orth right fight But there boutI Is I no certainty at all that It will 11 be to hold it In any boxing center where here a cro crowd crossd 01 would Lc be collected This being belne so no pro pro- promoter promoter pro promoter I moter In hl hh right mind would touch It The Tho inside dope Is la that Tex will III bo ho call call- called called call called I ed into this rii po situation and asked on h his Is own lerm terms to manage manace the show toI I NO E EXCITE rr But with Wills lIIs hinds In their present shape and his long lone period I ot of ina It against any real op- op opponent opponent op opponent taken Into consideration the can rind find Ind no tendency on the part part or of o the fans to get ft excited 0 oser oserthe er erthe the prospects 0 over oser er this match be- be b tween t een him and the rugged hard hard- hard hitting In lii other words It doeAn docan t ht hive e an earmark ot of a n mil mil- million million mil million lion dollar tight fight and from rout a It gate VIlh receipt or a 0 sporting standpoint But Dut Leonard and anil Walker WalLer aler There Is a battle for or ou 1 Even Esen en the most ardent admirers of or Benny Leonard would not elvo o odds on hi his the oung Jersey wildcat Stake Make no mistake about Mickey Walker boys boy He lIe Is II a areal areal I Ireal real scrapper and a ical leal I In every respect excepting j a wll- wll o ui to hi lila his title In com corn comparatively ely money bouts Facing the thu lid sd In the rIng Ienn Leonard would have lave 15 of oC the mot most active rounds he ho eser r went through assuming both fight fl fighters er ers staled sta cd with each other that I long The Tir outlook li is t thit Benny te I will f fm m meet Walker for f or r the h rt title and then retire to s an n I career win oi or lose with his hia tion Ion a as an on undefeated champion nn on honor which no ono one has attained Ince the das dav of or tile tle theold old Jack I 1 MUST 1 GET TOG If either BenD Denn or Mickey want any money this summer ummer It I Is abo necessary that thai thoy they get st wantI together to- to I ether gether ther Pal PoI Moores Moorea Moore failure allure in the Dundee bout removed him bins a as a logIcal opponent for tor or while at the same Bame sam time tim no one oe thrilled ed by a resumption re e of f hos- hos hos I between b Leonard Lionard and ond the Scotch Is l being up apparently but the filM fans know all about him I So Bo Leonard hu ha no bO r real nl opponent n- n nent ent emit In his lightweight class clan The same oame am for tor Mickey Walker lIller In th the welter lter dh lelon The Th rival he has In the tho th welter division Is ti I Jimmy Jones Joes whom hom Mickey has beaten and in fact Jones recent sho showing Ing does doe not Indicate that ho could com convince Ince the fans of ot his standing as ns a ous contenders contender Dave e shade h ha hai gone tone up Into the eight class Who else els I is lathere there 1 A meeting between Leonard and Walker Is la a logical Issue from Irom a aI financial and sporting standpoint I and present indications make mao It seem certain they will get to- to together to together gether I |