Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-27


'maEipHtiye paTaon has tie clements
~ c0wnfdioe.
Any ene With a naturally vivid
imagination q liable 10 be either an
arsani coward or 10 be unbciievahiy
brave A. everything M the world
awnings 81 circles There 81 not much
mental difference between tho cows
ara and the hero; Il D. only the duh.
phleemotic Fighter who r. very differ
emit from either.
The coward II the hero with his
imaainaiior running I'd q different
angie. 70 IS Imagination that makes
the coward cowardly and the same
Imagination stcered into different
channel makes the hero brave.
The trouble with Joe Rivers is that
hls imasiuation IL running amuck
am not afraid to make this state
merit. III sene great psychologist like
Prof. Hugo MunEtcrDrrs % Harvard
took Joe Rivers IN hand he could beat
not only all the iighlwoighis In the
ring bui also the middieweights and
al the heavyweixhts
Physically. Joe Is one Of the grand
est pieces Of furniture ever seen IN
ring. His body ~ the body OF n
scuiptor's dream. Every part. every
limb and every organ Is perfect.
From which q follows. OF course.
that ne moves with athletic perfec-
ton Tho college coaches toll mo that
Joe IN his road work. Falls naturally
into perfect form" what other rum
ncrs learn from patient and tircsome
practice. Rivers does naturally TIE
runs with the instructive correctness
~ greyhound
when he boxes he hits with per-
fcctiOn Of technique. Al Wolgas, ana
White Rltchle have both told me that
Rivers. 81 all tho men they have
fought Is the only one who strikes Is
perfect blow. Considering the arm
and fist Rs a weapon of propulsion.
the fist should strike In a perfect line
with the weight ~ the body behind a..
The champion and the cx-chnmpion
tell me that every other boxer In the
ring except Joe land blows that scuff
Off The impact Is icssened because
the force slips of az on angle. Joc's
fist strikes squareiy ana with the fun
weight % HIS body behind r.
This n partly duo IN the instructive
ease with which no handles his per-
feet muscles, partly due 10 his knowl-
edge of time and partly to his perfect
eyed
when he first saw Joe ne n scrawny
little Mexican hav. Dewitt Van Court
predicted Tint he would become
wonderful hoxer becauqo Of his knowi-
edge 81 music. VAN Court saws that
no great boxer over lipod who was not
fond az music Joe nlnya the violin
and piano as lnstinctlyely az bird
sings
win extraordinary oyesleht ana
every physical equipment Go be the
greatest lightweight champion ia his
tory Joe has failed an a fighter: not
only failed hut disgraced himself.
What's the renson7
The reason 81 the snme reason that
nearly every Irlshmnn r. brave. Both
the Irish and the Mexfchns are tem-
pcrnmental and imaginative.
rgy n long course ~ mental FugRes-
tion on their own part ana on The part
81 the whole world. the Trishman has
learned 10 see a mental picture 81
himself rs being brave Tie has been
nurtured on the mental picture 81
himself as fighting against discour-
aging and STAGGERING odds. And 80
he does fight that way.
The Moxlcan has had no such
iemporamentni bracer. 30 his tom
permanent carries him this wnv ana
that sometimes 10 heights im-
possible deeds ~ bravery: sometimes
into the aonths ~ rotten cowardico
have had several striking IN
10 az NNH NNNIFH
which would tend to corroboraie
these assertions.
Every fight that Rivers has lost has
beon tho result Of "a mental picture OF
failure. There o. little doubt that
Joe could have rogained his feet and
gone on after W0lgasi collapsed
year ago last Fourth ~ July. But
ne had become weighed down with
the mental picture eof himself az
fighting futiieiy against Wolgnst.
They tell me that he Kept coming
back % his corner ana wh.mpcrinf
thnt b. couldn't do anything with
tho Dutchman.
when hc ht the Dutchman with
his fun power, as De ala several
times Rivers had, ready at hand. a
mental picture of Wnlgast going
down. Ad's failure 20 do 80 utterly
bowiidered him. u was the same
with white Richie. He expected 90
see Ritohie go down after the torrl-
flc lncing he was gotting ana While
failed 90 do 80.
The reason that Joe can't beat
uutohman. and probably never VIII
be- able "a beat putchman, 10 that
tho Germans arc not afflicted with
these mental pictures: neither arc
tho ItnllanH strange 20 gay.
Contrast Johnny Dundee With Joe
Tho little Italian boy has no more
Imagination than son clam. out
"a the animal farm some weeks ago
photographer wanted 90 take
picture at Dundee playing with
leopard Ilia manager, ae they
watched tho trcachuroua animals
snenking 10 and fro In their cages,
furiipe eyed and cruel told Johnny
iu ept into the cage.
"po you mean itq" asked Dundee
~ do" said the manager
Without "a word or ifem0r, pun-
dee flung hack the door ana walked
Iu among the animals as though they
had been house eats
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