| Show tJoe j Joe Lynch Joins List List- Li List Of Idle Champions 1 TITLE huE HOLDER CHARGED WITH SIDESTEPPING SIDE STEPPING New Yorker Puts Crown In Camphor for Safe SafeKeeping SafeKeeping SafeKeeping Keeping nS By BILLY MEW YORK AUg lug What 16 What tins JIBS b bS bL S L PI become ot of Bantamweight Champion Joe LynchA Lynch LynchA A little over OHr a 11 year Lynch I regained the th bl title by h iq knockout ot of o Johnny Butt Buff I Since that time Lynch 1 neb has put I putI the crown cron among among- camphor billa and played hide and seek I with Ith I e eIery e- e ev every ery logical contender As far tar as Lynch L Is concerned the bantam title ha has hM been a rather fickle h honor nor He lie was It In lUO from Pete Peto Herman erman The year vear Herman regained the tho cham cham- championship championship Herman In turn lost It to Johnny Buff Dutt who wee 41 wa beaten by Lynch Right now the big big- Idea with Lynch Is Ic to have and to hold Na- Na Naturally Na Natural tural Ir the tho beet way to hold the th II 1 not to take any rieke risk As Ae a a result ot of o Lynchs Lynche the bantam class clae has hac lacked color for tor over oer a ft year yer Lynch Lynch In many ways Is Ic an unusual champion HG He Hete HaIs bit hit outer In When te II a of ot an Lynch II Is at the top of o his hia hi game same hG he heIa hoIs Is Ia a great eat fighter tighter When he ha has hasan hasan hasan an oft off night no third rater could look worse orle TWO LOGICAL CO CONTENDERS DI Two bantams ot of o claa doss clus Joe But Bur Burman Bur K BurKT T r man mn and sud nd Carl Tremaine are entitled 1 to a B match with Lynch The champion never has hu looked with favor on Tremaine Tremain The Tho Cleveland fighter tl I Is at his best against rangy ranAT boys like Uke Lynch A As AI a result Tre- Tre Tremaine's Tremaine's Tre maines maine's efforts to get set a chance It atthe t the title hae hale ha e been fruitless It look looks very much as It f Joe Burman would get first call on a title bout Durman Burman I Is a great lit lit- littie lit little tie lie tighter and Lynch will have his hands hand full tuU staging Ing oft off the Chica- Chica Chicagoan goan Chica-goan goal goan L Lynch Is II far from In Invincible He doesn't stand out In his class as does Benny Leonard or Jack Demp- Demp Dempley Dempsey sey Demp-sey sey ley Joe Is great when great and ordinary when ordinary His Ite rec- rec record rec record ord reveals his lack of consistency In IQ 1918 be he lost to Pal Moore and Jimmy Wilde The Tho following year Jimmy Wilde Wilds received an- an another another an another other verdict In 15 16 round rounds In 1921 he h lost his title to Herman In a 15 round 15 round bout and also dropped a 8 a 12 round 12 round decision to Phil 0 Dowd Other liters fighters to have bave a verdict over Lynch are Terry Martin and Jack Wolfe RIVALS ARE CONFIDENT Both Burman and TremaIne are aro i confident they can defeat the cham chan chamI champion r I pion It given the opportunity It If I ever got L Linen Into the same Mme ring with Ith me tho the champion championship ship i Is mine Is tb the way puts It Carl t I Is a co cocky cIty with unlimited confidence In his abIlity I 1 know that I can beat L or anyone else at the bantam bantamweight bantamweight bantamweight weight says Burma Burman All MAlL I want is II a chance to prove It I understand Understand under- under stand tand Lynch has agreed to give me ma the first big bout In which he engg It 8 s e a rather unusual fact act that Burman has baa been most troublesome opponent The pair ha hae e met In three no-decision no bout all of them thom thrillers thriller with the ex- ex exI experts experts ex experts I divided as to the winner winnet Burman probably has engaged engages In more bouts than any bantamweight in the ring ring- w hen he meet meets Lynch It Its s at learnt leant an e even esen en bet that a new champ wilt will be crowned 00 oo- oo |
