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Show It ' WHITE'S THIRD DREIi OF WORLD TITLE ' "J BUT HE'LL HAVE TO HIT BENNAH A TEN-SECOND TAP TO MAKE IT COME TRUE I BY DEAN SXYDJ2K. Thero Is a Jot of dream stuff tied up ( Jn that brief little announcement that clicked over the wires the other day. M It said Charlie' White w.13 going to 7 1 get another crack at the lightweight ' i title at Benton Harbor. Mich., on July j 5 the same title ho dreamed of when Willie Richie was the champion an'd & 1 later when Freddie Welsh hold It. ' White had Willie Richie out on his feet and the championship was w:t:un i his grasp, but he didn't follow his f lead. The same thing happence ai Colorado Springs In 101C in his 20- round fight with Welsh. White din't I finish the Job that would have brought f him the title with Its big purses and 'T its moving picture contracts. I Sinco then the boxing colony has . nover taken White seriously as a con- I tender. His opportunity to become l a champion had passed him by. I ; Before he met Welsh -ho had dcvcl- ILl oped a wonderful left hook that was 17! stopping them as fast as they camo I to him. But if Charlie took hl3 punch I ( to Colorado with him ho left it there1 I ' in the ring with Freddie. I Since then White has earned a Hv- I ing by boxing second and third raters. I He has kept away from the younger i generation of lights, such as the Ten- li dlcrs, the Jacksons and others of the U , more dangerous brand. I He has been trying to regain that W confidence which a fighter must have I In order to deliver a knockout wallop. I During the war he was an athletic I instructor at an army camp, where he 1 won tho praise of officers for his great I physical condition. And since lie I camo back to private life Charlie has I been a changed man, both personally I and puglllstically. Il He started out in 1920 to see if he A 1 hadn't regained his knockout puncn. 1 So far as ho has a string oi four and I , one decision over Cul Dol.-inov. And the cards have been shuffled so that Ml .1 ho will trnt his tVilrrl rh.i iw -it Ir n-nii" II Benny Leonard tho man who hitl Freddie Welch on the button soon af- 1 1 ter White's failure. ' Leonard has never risked his crown sinco he picked :t off hi 1 917 in a I, JsTew York ring. ; Ko's been a mighty smait champion, j ' Big purses have been tho rule rat:ier than tho exception during his ratsn. j The stock market has also been kind to him. Benny's fortune is made. Announcements that he Is soon to re". tire are current. Leonard's' ability as a fighter can all be summed up (n the words that, no measures 36 inches to tho yard as a fighter and boxer. Ho fights out of his class and risks taking a 10-second tap on the chin. But ho is a heavy lightweight now. Some say he 3 a full-fledged welterweight. White's chance to take the title on his third opportunity hinges on a knockout. He will have to kayo .Benny .Ben-ny to get it, as it Is a 10-round no-declsion no-declsion fight. The weight is 135 pounds at 3 o'clock. They're subbing for Jack Dempsey, who will bo staging his court battle at that time. I Leonard will get the champion's us- ual cut of the purse $15,000 flat White gambles with Promoter Fitz-immons Fitz-immons and his arena with a sealing capacity of 20.000. But tho most interesting thing of It all is that Charlio White is getting another his third flash at tho caici-mlne caici-mlne path tho dream ho has had twice before and which ho didn't make come true. |