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Show 'JINX FOLLOWS EDDIE WHITE Lightweight Star Has Had, Many Chances at Title; Still Has Hopes Charlie White, the Chicago lightweight, light-weight, who sue cumed to Benny Tx-on-erd s punches in a bout at Benton Harbor, Mich., last July 5. can nevcr( ; claim he has no chance at a title. Fight statistics show the Chlcagoan jhas had many opportunities to win at pugilistic crown but o nevery occasion he "slipped up" and lost his oppor-1 tunlty White has had ten chances at titu- ;lar holders In 'eathcrwclght and: I lightweight oh He Is now no closer to a tltl when he started. IVhlln u'ftnt Hiring Affll fr.r the feather title on two different occa-islon. occa-islon. Ho mingled with Johnny Kll-'bane. Kll-'bane. also a feather. He has met Wol-Igast. Wol-Igast. Welsh. Ritchie ami Ieonard. The most Interesting phase of White's tltu-ler tltu-ler aspirations Is that on two oeca-slons oeca-slons he had his man down and ready I for the sleep punch, but lost his head and allowed his opponent to recover. ABE ATKBIj MATCH When White battled Abe Atell he had the feather king In a bad way. Atell himself admitted all was needed to flnl.xb him was a slight poke Then when White battled Willie IUtchle in Milwaukee he might havo had the lightweight crown had he taken his seconds' advice. But Kltchhv recovered recover-ed and came out with his crown Reports of the Leonard scrap show White had a rrf.it advantage over the present champion up until he was Stopped, He changed his style before going into the ring with Leonard, and the change proved beneficial, but Charley forgot Il about style after he had stopped several wallops with his chin, and then Leonard found him an easy target. White complains bitterly of the Jinx thai follows him In his efforts to land a fistic crown, but certainlv he cm- fAf not complain that he has been dent. I 2!5i.05fnS5 .V ?rk aeilnst the boys : pi iii5?eIti VVllltJ ha bn com- -fj mended for his stand In refusing to whlTn ,VUL Vict0ry ovcr Leonard when the champion's second helped htm back In the ring, after Leonard hid been snt through ihe ropes. It is explained the blow caught Leonard as he waa going back, and that his rail through the ropes was more th- re- Still of slipping than the result of the vlj blow cnder the r:. . however i iM bite might have claimed a foul and fhrtiTOhJ? K Wh.,te rea.lzehu righ with Leonard will prohablv be I hb. last ihane,. t ulrVa championship ' flfi L onur.l k.11() victory was the firs' time Whita had .yat rrlkon th CVne,. A |