Show I LEONARD LEA MAY AGAIN APPEAR I IN MT MIT BOUTS BOTS Former Champion Tips Scales at Gets Many Offers Bj fly n SPARROW SI Special Correspondent of ot Standard 1 J t I Copyright 1925 by I Press 11 85 Association NEW YORK fonK Aug 29 Just Just what hit Benny Leonard and Billy DIll Gibson Bearly In the week w ek Ben Ben- Benny Benny ny was quoted as saying he would return to the ring Billy Wily Gibson backed Lacked film up with a a. wild man man- managerial howl Then rhen while excitement was as In Intense In- In Intense intense tense Benny Denny came forth Corth with a statement lo to the effect that he had never made tho the original statement slat ment and that he did not Intend to fight again Forthwith Billy DIlly Gibson apol apol- Two rno days later laler Benny nenny opened I his fall and winter engagement encasement on the Keith circuit Catch It Some Som publicity stunt eh ch what At least that Is III the way isay IlY the Insiders size else It up 0 p. p This Is the way na a It started ac according ftc ne- cording to the writers writer's Information Billy Gibson was sitting comfort comfort- comfortably comfortably ably with his feet on on his shining mahogany desk In the luxurious office suite uptown n when wh n the tele tele- telephone telephone telephone phone bell rang It was Leonard Gibsons Gibson's old meal ticket Says SaS Leonard Hello Hello Billy Dilly I am pestered to death with offers from promoters to fight Walker alker and others Now ow I dont don't want to be he bothered You are my manager and I 1 am direct direct- directIng dIrecting lr et- et Ing Ins that all fight offers oUen be sent Kent to lo you Down Uon comes com s 's Gibsons Gibson's feet from the desk Does Do s 's this mean that youre you're back In the game and tIni open for offers offers' Just what Benny said In reply 1 Is h hnot not recorded but Gibson appears to has havo got ot the Idea that Leonard really Intended Int to take his gloves cloves off oft the dusty hooks hook So Gibson made announcement Then he had to retract There may mav mahn have hase hn e been sorer sorel persons lu in New f York than Gibson on was vas that day but there were not many manyAs man As a a. matter of or cold colli fact Leon Leon- Leonard Leonard Leonard ard sees seen no sense tlene In fighting again Here I Is how he figures It out lIe He would get got a 0 big sum for fighting I but his arrangement with Gibson would compel him to o give gl up on a 0 I 50 00 basis and a n 1 with other ex cx- expenses considered Including na national na- na national i lional and state taxes and the like ho he does dots not see ste how hoe he could clear I more than Benny Belm sa sn says s 's s lie he can ran make make that much without fighting so why should he undergo und the ordeal of ot preparing to box and assume alt risks that the ring Involves lIe He has hasgood hasgood hasgood good theatrical contracts and his lis hi steal h culture enterprise Is mak mak- making makIng ing money for tor him bun every week with little effort eort on his part It If Benny were wr to get into financial difficulties difficulties ties tics or nerd need a bunch of ot money monor ho he undoubtedly would enter rn the profession since right now he weighs pounds In his gym clothes and thus should be Le strong enough at the lightweight limit to murder any of the present crop of lightweights But only under such circumstances circum stances would he be willing to take up the profession In which he won so much fame tame and money mone The excitement of oC tho the promoters rs I over oser the tho Leonard announcement shows how hos' hard up lh they y are for at at- attractions tractions with the outdoor season waning It II becomes more and more moro evident that Walker and Shade will not appear this summer ummer This chiefly because the tho pair does not promise rombo to fill more than a quarter of ot the Polo Grounds or Ebbetts Ebbett field As a result of ot his Greb bout Walker seems se ms to have lost prestige and end Dave Shade never was a color color- colorful colorful ful tul fighter There would have hav to tobe tobe tobe be another top line bout added and ond that would be expensive exp ns e Perhaps this Is why hy one hears so much talk these days of ot a Shade Greb-Shade battle bat lit But even eyen that does not have anything like a gate receipt appearance n |