Show DEMPSEY 2ND IN RANK Rickard Makes Selection of Stars for Every Division 1 NEW EW YORK Jan By 4 24 ByThe The rho Associated Jack Press Press Dempsey the former champion and Jack Sharkey the conqueror ot of Harry Wills rank second and third to Gene Gen Tunney In Tex rex Rickard's heavyweight ranking list published In a copyrighted article In The Ring boxing maga zine maca-zine sine zint The promoter classifies the leaders in nine boxIng classes In group f farm rm on oil the tha basis of ot their 19 1927 2 7 potentialities On a par In iii group two of ot the tho heavyweight division nickard places Jack Delane Delaney Paul JIm Maloney Ial ney and Paolino Uzcudun dun dun of ot Spain Delaney and Ma- Ma Ma loney ha e been matched to tight fight at Madison Square Garden on February lP if 1 Paolino and bach Berlen-bach bach may meet It if they survive their next engagements victorious victorious- victoriously victoriously ly Iy Young Monte Monto Munn and Jack Renault compose the third and last group croup among the tho heavyweights whom rd characterizes Il a as the th finest lot In Inthe Inthe the history ot of of boxing Ot Ot 0 course the old timers are prone to tell about the tho wonders of the tho past Rickard writes but It Is my own impression that thero Is more real class In the three groups which I have hav corn com compiled com compiled piled than there thero was In th the days ot of Fitzsimmons Corbett Sharkey Maher aher Ruhlin and oth- oth other other oth others er ers Delaney and Berlenbach ore are grouped In first light heavyweight section along alone with Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia who Is regarded retarded as an outstanding outstanding In ing challenger er for tor Delancy's Delaney's 1 pound pound honors The d distinction of ot ranking In Inthe inthe the leading groups ot of two divis divis- divisIons divis- divis divisIons divisions ions is Pete Pet Latzo Lato ot of Scranton Pa In the tho welter weller class classo ot of which lie he is champion Latzo Latro Is bracketed with Joe Dundee of o Bal Dal I Ba-I- Baltimore timbre and Eddie Roberts ot of Ta-I Ta Ta- Ta coma lie He II Is placed In the th top group o of the tho middleweight divis division ion with Mickey Walker the tho pros PIes present ent cat champion and Tiger Flowers the former title titleholder hoMer Walker Is the th only champion not regarded by Rickard as the No o 1 man of his division dl The bantamweight rankings con con- contain contain con contain tain ta-in a II surprise to boxing critics In the placing ot of o Bushey Graham ot of Utica In the second group i Graham Is the tb New York State Athletic commissions commission's logical I contender and Is matched to fight Charley Chancy Phil Rosenberg for the title hers hero February 4 00 |