| Show I Eight Polished Boxers In Elimination Tournament Mike fl Mc Tigue Hopes iTa Oppose Champion Bout Gets Interest Rickard Concludes Plans By SPARROW SPARROW McGANN Special Correspondent of The Standard Examiner Exam men Copyright 1927 ConsolIdated Press A Association MEW TEW YORK Jan lo Tex 15 Tex Rick Rick- NEW I ard has b been n pulling tho the well known dotted dolled line stuff this Ibis week lie has Gene Tunney's signature to an agreement to do hi his stuff against a 0 worthy opponent next September So tar far so good Rickard has guaranteed Gene Geno a big sum and It Itis itIs is Ig now up dP to him to secure 1 An opponent for tor the champion who nbc will enable th j promoter to pay What he has agreed to disgorge Ills His problem Is to dig dig- up lip a heavy weight heavy weight eight with real fighting ability and drawing power If It he be jails falls to todo todo todo do this he will be up against It when he checks up the money that remains after the fighters are paid and other expenses met Tunney alone will not bring Inthe inthe In the No matter maller how greatly greally Tunney Is la liked lIke l a ad mired by those who nho have halo the th ability to appreciate a real man marand and a gentleman the tact fact remains that It takes two to make an agreement and ad the fans tans will crash t tIo e turnstiles only when they think there Is la going to be creal a areal areal real debate debat TOURNEY LISTED At present Rickard Intends to hold a II heavy healY elimination tour tour- tourney tourney ney In which Paolino Knute Hanson Jack Sharkey Jim Ma loney Youn and Paul Berlenbach are named as candi dates for the scramble The pro pro- promoter promoter moter would like to have hale Jack Jaek Delaney Delane too but the ten ter says he Is is not Interested In tournaments and ard will fight tight Tan Tun Tunney ney or 30 no one This Is big talk but a man with the wallop that Delaney packs can afford to talk big or at least so it would seem One Incident may occur to cause Rickard to add still another r candidate to hi his hb lottery Hs name Is Michol Mike Is slated to travel 15 rounds wIth Berlenbach and It if ho beats the Astoria Actoria assassin he be will be olig elig- elig eligible Ible for tor the free tree for tor all It will be recalled that Ber Berlenbach lenbach won on a decision over Mc Mc- Tigue and took his light heavyweight heavy weight title away from him hini But Dut many shrewd observers of ot boxing who saw that b tU were by no means satisfied with the tho decision decisIon Ion I ISome Some time after aCter tl that that at fight MC Mc- Tigue met net met Delaney and was as put putto putto to sleep These setbacks seem seem- seemed seemed td ed to stimulate rather than de- de de- de depress depress press the Irish lad who since then lias has been turning In some nifty bouts His masterly vIctory victor over Johnny fiske his knockout of King Kine Solomon In less lesa time than Berlenbach took to do this trick and his later victories over Billy and Soldier King have shown that ue Is rIght rIghton righton on edge The tact fact that Paul does not hold him lightly Is evident from the strictness o of his present traIn train- training fag Ing It shows bow how the wheel of oC fortune turns when you yon recall that not long ago these two tiro men tight fight will pack them in were not thought to be good en en- en enough enough ough to Interest prominent managers man man- managers agers REAL ATTRACTION la lay around the rink In Brooklyn for tor several years tickled pink to get an occasion occasional time a time small bout It was not un an- anUI UI m his meeting with Berlenbach last Decoration day clay that Michael became anything lhing ot of an in New York Berlenbach Bet as an amateur was thought to be too slow and i John OBrien O'Brien who ho was as managing JohnI l Carl arl I Duane and Billy laughed hen a-hen in signing Lew the tho th hub little flyweight asked hIs new manager to add Berlenbach to his string ODrien OBrien told It would be foolish Coolish extravagance to tolay layout lay out any money on Berley Benley Since that time Berlenbach has hasnon non on a worlds world's title and can write a check for at least two hundred thousand dollars OBrien O'Brien has haa never ceased to weep over that filat boner The crowd likes b be because cause he be can hit for the same sam reason the fans tang like Delaney These are at least two men who It If they established the right to meet Tunney would enable Rick nick Rickard ard and to meet all expenses with something to spare |
