Show MC MC LARNIN new lightweight contender has a baby face but ho he heIll Ill can fight and howl how This from Benny Leonard retired lightweight champion of the world w wot f a tl t. t e. e i t 1 I r fIt l f m ot i i d fc fJ n 1 rJ 2 C A IL r Cy By JIMMY POWERS I YORK YOnI Nov Nor V. V 17 Well Well If it we wel 1 l back hack hackIn haven't got Baby Face race in III out our midst again And it looks 11 ko the chubby cheeked little ras rascal eel cal alls is going to stay quite a n spell lie Jle has has' signed slimed for three big appear appearances ances this coming season This story is about James Mc- Mc who Is nicknamed Baby Face and who among other things Is a a. lightweight and quito a good ono one too it if a n sensa sensa- sensational sensational and totally unexpected knockout over o Kaplan the means anything Fight fans' fans tongues are arc buzzing as they speculate and mull over his chances with Sid Terris Billy Wal Wal- Wallace Wallace Wallace lace and Sammy Mandell the line line- lineup lineup lineup up made for Cor him this coming in indoor indoor door season His first appearance Is scheduled for Cor Detroit on November Novem No ber 23 against Billy Wallace Weve We've discovered hes he's a foreign menace menace Everyone figured Mo Me- Larnin a Californian He lie is noth noth- nothing nothIng ing lug of or the sort hell he'll remind you OU earnestly lIe He Is an Irishman and he ho was born in the tho country and came across the seas when he was a wee bit of a He was born December 17 1905 Hes lies one sweet kid says B Den Ben Denny Benny n ny Leonard the undefeated light light- lightweight weight champion of or the tho world He Ho Hohas has put plenty of kick into my fa- fa favorito fighting division I 1 remember boxing with him in inan inan inan an exhibition out on the tho coast He lie was was clever and fast Cast then but buttas was tas growing too quickly and I 1 under under- understand understand I stand that sapped his vitality That explains why be he quit the bantam ranks and is now blossoming ou out as a full fledged lightweight H Hmay lie HE may go goon on and be a heavy yet yet yet- and a good one too He lie is a bl bit slow of or foot but packs a meat punch in either hand and is smart l who stands five feel fee six inches started his career four fou years ears ago lIe He had the tho usual ama amateur amateur leur and went well shining as ns a powder puff powder puff type Baby Daby Face Faco was the pinned on the kid at nt that time Hi Iii Hiis HeIs is unusually young oung looking ant an seems to be the same Celtic type as ns Tunney that matures slowly The high spot of his opening pro professional year is a decision over ove Fidel LaBarba and a draw with th thi carne s me man He lie also beat Frankli Sands Joe Dillon Abe Gordon Young and Samm Leo Lea LeoThe The next season he be knocked ou Jackie Fields in two rounds bear bea Fidel LaBarba again in ten Farrell Toddy Sliva and Panch Villa and Bud Dud Taylor Not fc k l bat ba year rear at nt that Then he began to grow His Ills ring rini labors became too strenuous Tay Taylor Taylor lor for beat him twice Johnny Fan and Doc Doe Snell copped the dukE duk over his tousled pompadour and hi ht faded out o of the picture Hes He's back now Strong as a ayoung young oung bull The way ho lie flattened Kaplan the was a picture Terris Wallace and Mandell arE an ahead of ot him They have not beer setting the world afire of late lato May May- Maybe Mayte Maybe be te Benny Leonards Leonard's hunch bunch is 18 right Maybe ho will be the next cham chaos pion plon Maybe |