Show I I ITHE THE SPORT SPORT- LIGHT SPORT LIGHT Dy DI GRATL D RICE COpl Copyright ht 1926 1928 Now York rork Inc TrademArk U V S S Patent Ot- Ot Of LOCATING TIlE CHALLENGER Everything seem to be et about the next neit heavyweight cham cham- championship except the Iho party pirty ot of the I second part wUl wilt me meet t th the best beat man can dl dig die UP P but locating tho th best beet man or the beat beuL draw draw- drawing drawing ing card cud may ay not be bo ai a simple as asit asIt it seems If It the tho survivor ot of o these elimination t lai a a heavy heavy- heavyweight weight heavy weight who g es Into action witha with II a out knock punch It tt might not bo be the simplest thing In the tho world to build up another Alother tt tit those 1 81 or more moro gates gate For not so many crowded thousands will pay tan fancy C to seo co a ring contest that will probably bly go 16 15 rounds to a d d The They have havo been accustomed to having the tho beaten man reclining reclining- In tho the resin when these heavyweight hea pageants take place and nd an any other finish is not rated high on tho the dramatic side THE rIlE rm Pt Tunney Tunnel a good boxer with a aI I world of ot and courage is no killer who features the punch iSI that leads to tl poppy land it survives It IC the samp sante typo type will be a matter maller ot of o boxing skill I And that J- J rather an unimportant ant feature ot of a a modern heavy heavy- heavy heavyweight heavyweight I weight show how costing a million or more dollar So tar far tho the main ma-In parties to be i considered at al this moment are i iDelane Delane Delaney Dempsey loney lIl And Sharkey The first two are aro AndI the tho I crashers Is a II pretty good puncher who relies relics more on quantity than quality In his de- de department de department He lie keeps busy enough to make a lot ot of o stinging ing wallops finally count as he did against ag Shirkey Sharkey is a II good box box- boxer boxer er or fast tast and aggressive but not a quIck finisher her THE TUE SCHEDULE As Au the schedule stand stands now Ma- Ma Maloney Ma-loney Ma loney will p p be ba the busl- busl busiest cst busl-cst est ost ot of the let until he meets Sharkey In April or earlier There will be an important I elimination when these two Bos Bos- Bostonians Bos finish their scrimmage but there thero will still bo be Daney D and Dempsey to account acco nt for lor This latter pair Is the combination and aid a yet the most im- im important important Im Important as tar far as big bill gate receipts are concerned Dempsey Dempse a n fl spite ot of o all aU the tho unfavorable un- un t favorable th t has hils tol- tol lowed the right fight would still b ba be almost certain to help pack any uny bailiwick In another championship Jack Delaney Is the most popular pOpUlar popular lar and the moat colorful tighter fighter now il In the ring rIg a brilliant lant hard bard hard hard-bitting hitting bitting boxer boxe with an Immense following Hi will be one ot of the big acts i betoi-i there Is any final elimInation In any event ent there will be some heavyweIght action this season for tor forthe forthe the first since 1923 1823 when and learns Kearns invaded In Shelby and Dempsey later halted balled Firpo Nineteen hundred and twenty twenty- twenty tour four was a heavyweight hea bust and so 50 was 1925 Nineteen hundred bundred and twenty-six twenty wasn't much bet bet- better better bet better ter In iii spite of It p the S Centen nial Centen s Centen nial gate gale receipts and tho the crowd For we are sp speaking ot of contests now not crowd spec spec- spectacles spectacles A FEW OThER PROSPECTS year in ut sport now new is is ot of course the tho greatest year over ever known but 1927 un may yet et live up to 10 this phrase The Tho heavyweight hea situation Isn't tto only live 11 prospect Tilden's invasion of ot Europe and his next crack at the tha championship over oer here means tl tr tar greater tennis ten in- in interest interest In Interest terest than any has lies known for tor a carload of ot daca es The invasion in of ot the tho British golf golt team in May or June means add add- added added add added ed action in golf colt that has its s busiest program l all r ready ady for tor the tho There Thero will ili be greater interest in the track And mid field menu ith the next Olympia games draw draw- drawing drawing ing log on again And the return invasion of ot the tho British polo chalI challengers ng rs will add another Act ct ot of o interest AS roil Olt EXAMPLE The Tho amateur golf championship be he over o In August this year year- year ear which is just as aj well For September will aili have havo the next heavyweight championship money Tunney defending It IL will wiil ha have hav-d the Davis cup cup- cup France attacking It will have bave the tennis cham chain championship defending It will have havo tho the international polo matches Americ matches defending It will have the tho finish of the wo wo pennant penitent races and the start or of the football season It will have hava the professional golf go arid and the women's colt champlon And the intervening niches s will willbe willbe be filled tilled in with something else Southward Southard the ducks and duffers fly y And with ith them moves the alibi There Is at I least t ono one marine marln who is going I to collect more than Ii 11 a day in this next war ar |