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Show :f RING AND MAT" " The loss of motiev seems to be one unfailing recipe of making Champion Johnny Wilson battle his best. When Wilson mixed with Navy Rostun at I Kenosha, Wlstj recently, putting Navy out cold in the second round, it devel-l Jops that the cuniUaror went Into the ring under Ihe burden of a fine full-grown full-grown grouch, it seems Wilson sign d aritcles to make 168 pounds fir Kos- itan. The champ had put up .1 1200 forfeit to make the poundage. When Wilson stepped or. the scabs he weighed 1601 1 and itostan Immediately Immedi-ately broke tho nws that h- vvml.! 'clulm the $200 forfeit. Wilson tried ,lo save his forfeit money by gentle! but firm Ki-gumcm. and when this .failed he left his dressing room for 'the ring in a huff ami vowing vengeance ven-geance on E&ostan. lie sot his w n- : gen nee in the second roun-1. Ftankja M;son. America n flyweight ichanipio'n v ho was outpointed bv Johnny Buff of New York, in a bout at New Orleans SOUie weeks a;;o. is not worried by the statement of . :tis, that he is Flipping. a I anon U 1 35 years old ind ha:i been batllir.g t"i ' t nearly 20 year-. He' has taic-i excel-j excel-j lent care of his r.ng earnings, find Is one of ihe largest owners of renting property In his home town 4f Port 1 Wayne. Ind. 1 should wotrj .thou: slipping after playing lac with Father Time for all these years.'" said .Mason, j Mason took the tfbui with Buff on r.hcrt notice and contends he can whip the New Yorker if he has time to train ! properly. Ti d Jarrler of the battleship North I -'..lv. a iftlipfno lad. who recently won the flyweight championship of the! Atlantic and Pacific fleets at Panama' during an extensive tui namcnt, will j keep In the best 01 condition and join; the ranks f the professionals as soon a.s his ship arrives in the east. Jarrier Is a natural flyweight, scaling rarol above the 103-pound marie. He Is described de-scribed as a speedy two-handed battler bat-tler with an inipressivr protest in either eith-er mil: He won the title by heating Jack iiainoud of the battleahip Idaho. , 1 Jlrnmv Pron.-on wants to get Bill; Brenhan into the rinj; with Bob .Martin! lohce' again. Brennan recanti) outpoint- led the A E 1 bamp in a 16 -round struggle in ?sw York. Bronson sas Brennan escaped r. knockout because Martin was excited when he saw the jblp crowd and forgot Ills best punches. I' We'll bo madv tor Ur- r.nnn In July, j and when Martin finishes with him this time I believe the public will want ito see Bob mingle with Dempsoy." |