Show RICKARD RICHARD GIVES NEW MIT DATA Promoter Predicts Pre N New cw Champions for 1927 Campaign NEW YORK YORI rice Dec 29 DY 29 By The Tho Associated Taking Press Press his annual glance Into tho f fu future a ture tune book Tex Richard Rickard today predicted that five new boxing champions will bo crowned n n 1927 1027 The promoter In a signed story published by tho the Evening World named Mickey lIckey Walker Pete rete Latzo Sammy Mandell and Charley Phil Rosenberg lIS as the ho expected to see deposed with a sor picked to till rill the tho featherweight vacancy caused by the ment of o Kid Kaplan At the same time den deli dell committed himself to n a heavyweight program In which Jack Dempsey will neet tho win winner I Iner ner of ol tho the elimination tournament to determine Gene Tunney's next opponent GeneI I Dempsey will return east cast time the end of o January and by July his opponents should havo have been beon es established nickard wrote Dy righting fighting the th best hest of ot tho the chal chal lengers he be will be able to prove whether he has Imas an any chance h his is conqueror Rickard named Jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney both of ot Boston IS as the outstanding heavyweight contenders In a addition to 10 ley Demp-ley EO sey He H qualified this however by adding there was waa a strong that either Jack Do Dolaney lancy Do-lancy laney or ral Paul Patti l Berlen would prove the Iho best of Iho the lot Gene Gen Tunney will take on the theman theman theman man who has hu proven himself the tho best of ot the challengers added Iho promoter and I believe the will mill demonstrate that the ot of o Demp Dempsey e Is a much greater exponent exponent- exponent ot of tile th manly wanly art than seems to be generally ap ap predated Predicting that thc Iho outdoor sea searn season son will mill be even more moore or of o n a bloomer than 1926 1526 RIckard saId lie he planned on only I I two wo big Ms shots hots next summer Ono One of ot these would pit piL Dempsey against a logical rival In Tul the tho vincer Innel to meet In September The promoter pro motEr plans both bouts bonts tor for the th Yankee stadium which will have han hanan an increased seating ealine capacity probably to fo o- o handling dos close to fans Of 0 the th champions facing time the most formidable opposition Rick flick Hick Hick-ard ard 1 believes Walker now middle middle- weight king will have havo his hi trou trouble bios bles against either Maxe Maxy Maxey Rosen Rosen- Rosen bloom bloom K K 0 O Phil aplan or Tiger the former champion Pete Peto Latto Latzo Is outgrowIng the class clans RIckard feels adding his first real defense defenso of at athis his title at nt pounds Is likely to be his last list but bUI ho will make mako a strong middleweight contender Rickard lUckard Fidel Fidei La Bar I Barba ha ba the tho flyweight titleholder and Tad Tod Morgan Morian of o Seattle king hint of I the junior as real champions He predicts predict both bolh stay tay at f-e f e top La Barba ho he added flees faces a n real threat In Elky Clark dark the British champion on Januar January 21 at the th Garden 00 00 |