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Show LYNCH REGAINS : BANTAM TITLE Must Pay Nearly 810,000; for Privilege of Wearing Belt .NEW YOPK. July li. Joo Lynch, j j cool and caiculallng. held out a good i ' left arm Monday ni.sht and permitted I Johnny Buff to knock off his pwn crown the bantam weight champion-j I ship of the world ' In the beginning Lyncn ripped a 1 cut on Buff's lower lip. and from (then on it was the challengers fight. I It was apparent In the early rounds, ! when Buff found hlm.-elf unable to j go past that long left arm to land I the devastating short biow to the ribs, that It was one of those rare occasions oc-casions where an ex-champlon "comes back." ! Tho5e times have been few though dozens have tried it. One of tho most ' notable in memory v. as that of Stan-I Stan-I ley Kotchel who took a lacing from ! Billy Papke and afterwards gave a . beating to his conqueror. However. Buff and Lynch never had met; Lynch had lost his title to Pete Herman ana , tho New Orleans boy had fallen bo- fOTS the "Jersey Skooter." As Buff weakened, l,yneh drove his j left in the champion's face, brings ' ing it down and across with a powerful power-ful movement of the wrlut and forearm fore-arm and then, upon occasions, crossing cross-ing over with a terrific right. Several I times he had Buff on the ropes and I at other times groggy and half blind. Buff landed comparatively few blows and missed often. His one hope was a knockout, but his swings were far wide. He had weakened ao perceptibly that Lynch sent him crashing to the floor when they flew together In the fourteenth round. Then F!ltk Bagley, ris chief sec-j sec-j ond, knew It would be unfair to us.t j him to go on. Buff had Just recov- j ered from an operation on a neck gland and. while he suid he was fit, I those who have observed him before, know he was not himself Monduyi night. Joe Lynch has to pay nearly $10.-1 000 out of his own pocket for the' privilege of wearing the bantamwolght J championship crown again. When the receipts and expenses were checked up today it was found that the gato was S 9 1 a 0. 3b short of; the guarantee of $30,000 Under thej terms of agreemont Buff was to re-1 celvo this sum if he lost his title. Boxing authorities said It was the first time In ring history in America that a flghtwr won a title without receiving re-ceiving a cent, to say nothing of pay-iiu pay-iiu a big sum to the defeated man. oo |