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Show - f WALKER HAS MANY RIVALS FOR TITLE NEW CHAMP SITS ON UNSTEADY THRONE! 4 f Mi kt-r Walk or in civilian ami fiht- jK feii'Ml V luff togs. . TV IlV BILLY 1 Ns How long will Mickey Walker hold tho welterweight title? Some of the boxing experts are Inclined In-clined to tho belief that Mickey's tenure ten-ure will be a short one. There are a half dozen welters en-! Ljtled to a match with Walker and every one of them Is a dangerous contender George Ward and Joel: MalonO, Who hold decisions over W alker, ar.. i more than anxicus for a shot at the I ! new champion Johnny Karr, who ' I has a verdict over Malonc, is equally anxious. Then there is Dae Shade, the brilliant Callfornlan. WILL li'l.lli rill ST SlGE. Jack Bulger. Mickey's manager, has temporarily called a halt to the many challengers by announcing to the world that Walker would shortly go on the stage. It is said bookings covering a period of three niuni.is have already been closed. I Walker. It is understood. Isn't very keen for the stage stuff, but his manager man-ager opines otherwise and, of course, that settles It Walker is the twelfth fighter to hold tho welter title. Walker, by the way. Is tho youngest man that ever won the title In this country. Jack Brit-ton Brit-ton w.as the oldest boxer to win and detenu the honors of the division. BRIXTON l i , A I Kll LEW IS Brltton wun toe champiothsnip nam "Kid" Lev. is .a NeW Orleans April 24, 1916. Jack held the title a liu'e. more tnan a year, Lewis winning it back when he received the decision over Brltton at Daytjn. O., June 25, 1917. Lewis held tho honors for two year. Inning that time he met Brltton In a number of no-decioion bouts, the critics crit-ics usually disagreeing as tj the win-ner. win-ner. brltton then sprang a pugilistic sur prist by knocking out Lewis in nin.- rounds at Canton. O , March 17, 1919 Brltton has held the title since, I finally surrendering it to Mickey i Walker on points. WALKER rs OXL1 rWENTY. Walker is 2 years old. He has bei n lighting only three years Hid ! victory over Britton came as a great surprise because only a few months ago Jack had won all the way from clever Benny Leonard, until the lightweight light-weight champ committed a foul, terminating ter-minating the bout. The new- champion lives In Elisabeth, Elisa-beth, N- J. and is proud of It. : i e home folks ave equali proud ; Mickey, rri? eves vr.;a his parents and is pnmafried. YVakkeivd aufbition after leaving; school was to become an architect, lie served as an apprentice i.i ;iu . finally passed It a, I up Cor a r.ii;,-career. r.ii;,-career. His specialty now la designing design-ing new punches instead of buildings. |
