Show m mI I Lightweight Division Hope Hopelessly B Muddled I MANY BOXERS SEEK LEONARDS LEONARD'S 1 WORLD TITLE IN GAME GAM Situation On Rocks Says Say Veteran Sports Writer and Critic n TI Joe jon WILLIAMS NEW YORK Feb It 16 For 16 For For the first time since Hector was isac 0 alt anemic undernourished pup tile the lightweight eight SItuation finis finds Itself positively and on the thc rocks Denny Leonard having haling grown n too weighty to scale In at lit tho the ro- ro required required poundage for n a champion championship ship fight on I plainly Indicating an aversion to a n welterweight Lout bout with Ith the champion ot of that dill divi division slon sion Mickey Walker alker alker may bo be ac- ac accepted accepted ac accepted to wit to-wit It nd ind liS a ns follows that he Is la definitely through the tho prize ring I i Now who ho will replace Leo 11 The New Now York bo boxing commission announced plus for an elimination tournament featuring a dozen dOlen orso orIto or op opo so Ito o outstanding Contenders or the title litle the winner to meet the best orI I of oC the European set Oct et for or the world lorld title This sounded simple simp enough Bat E E then three of oC o the principal con contender Johnny tender tender Johnny Dundee Sammy Mandell and Sid for tor various reasons Suppose the commission Insists on holding holding- the tha elimination tournament tournament tournament ment without a complete completo quota of challengers Would the be accepted as the champion U lie liew w not And If It the better better- known better known battlers decline to participate pate In any sort of oC o who ho Is there to make them T rE hURTS This gives ou an Idea of oC o the tho toward which the th dl- dl division dl vision Is no now headed It may bc ba ears cars before beCore the situation Is satis satis- satisfactorily satis- satis satisfactorily satisfactorily straightened out Instead of ot helping the gamp game I ts many bec because of his ac- ac accepted accepted ac accepted 11 Invincibility L Leonard in retiring has hurt It seriously lv Boxing champions are arc made mad In Inthe inthe inthe the ring and ond championships should come to the challenger directly Olly I from the tho title holder Any I tion that destro 9 the tho Ial ence c of oC titles Is b bid for tor forthe the sport The lightweight division ha has been singularly free treo of oC such as It il now faces In times at least leat the division his s alwa s hall hail a champion who ho stood out j The present generation goes bac back to Kid La Joe Jo Gans Cans tto Nelson Acl cl Wolgast Willie Ritchie t Welsh Vel and lastly to Leon Leonard ard who has stepped do down n after aCter SC en sears s ears M o 0 nr HC l L T co CO TI It H Is not going to be caay to 10 accustom the ee e e or mind to lead lead- leading leading ing lug dally daily accounts wherein herein of oC Fla eed Nev the ocal oeal eloquence of oC o his mon mann mann- mina mina-ger ger Mr Ir Otis Oils P r Sapp claIms claim the tho lightweight eight championship hip for tor no on rca what whatever ver AndI And I whet ht makes the situation nit all the more moro depressing It depressing It you are arc easily is depressed depressed Is the tact fact that none of oC the present seems to posse possess s any unusual amount ot of Maredell Mandell Is not a hitter Terris to Is too light 1113 He Ito weighed lees les than HI pounds for his Ills tight fight In Madison MalIon Square Garden Garde Dundee I Is too old So Is Chan v Jack Ie would be bo this Vt wit ers er's ers er's pick of the lot If It he h were ure could do lo to the weight But the Is Es a 11 junior web wl wel and It remains to b be seen It if he can cart prune do down don n |