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Show BRITTON LEONRD REPORTS PREMATURE TULSA Okla , May 12. Jack Brit-ton Brit-ton Is willing to risk th welterweight championship in a bout with Benny Leonard, the lightweight king, in New-York New-York but his western program, already mapped out, will not permit such a bout before June 19 according to a statement by Danny Morgan Britton s manager, here today. Reports that Britton and Leonard have been signed for a bout June 1, are premature. Morgan 6ald. Leonard'M title would not be at stake in the proposed bout because of the weight, but Britton stands to lose his crown. |