Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
JACK DILLON IS SOME BOY
No Matter How Big They Come Dill
Ion is Willing and Even Offers
to Lick Willard.
HE'LL BE A CHAMP SOME DAY

NEW YORK. Feb ls-Consider Ernest
Cutler Price. +. G. p, by any other name,
would fight Just the same. As matter
Of fact. Ernest Cutler Price fights Just
like Jack Dillon. the indianapolis cata-
mount: for L. c.. p. and J. d. are one
ana tho identical person.
Ernest Cutler Price came by his nom
Do guerre in appreciation OF a great race
horse And Jack Dillon fights like a
thoroughbred too.
Jack Dillon. we shall adhere TO this
name henceforth, is ono fighting young
man. What he lacks IN poundage he
makes up for by his superhuman fighting
qualities. At 10 pounds this miniature
heavyweight can make the best of tho
real heavy boys step some In order "a
finish out battle with him.
Dillon is a courageous little fighter. az
well as resourceful one. Only the other
day he signed himself away to a match
with Champion Jess willard, who when
trained down TO fighting weight scales a
sparse 80 pounds. And jess overtowers
Jack nearly foot.
Naturally such an apparently uneven
match Is not considered favorably. Will
ard expressed tho opinion that Dillon
would be a mere toy In his hands.
But what does David Dillon say
about his proposed match with Goliath
willard? Merely this;
My match with willard IL not such
a joke as Il may appear on the surface.
DO think have any chance with him2
Well. n didn't think had some chance
OF beating him. / never would have
sought the match
True. willard stands about feet g.
and wouldn't Il make pretty picture 60
see that immense length stretched out
on the canvasl think I can do II, too.
Licked Tom COwier.
TON Cowier In a broth OF n lad
about BY and something like Dos
pounds stripped: and game as they come.
/ tapped him on the chin with an over
hand right In the second round and-weii,
he fell as straight IA a rod. He never
even duivered while the referee counted
him out.
I'D 20 the time / met Cowler I never
even preached a bout with willard. To
tell the truth, I was somewhat dubious
OF my ability TO give him hard tight.
The possibility OF Jess being able TO
knock me out never entered my mind.
because do not think he. or any other
heavyweight can do Il right now.
But since that cowler affair ] am
feeling Bit eoclSy, and | would not
hesitate to enter the ring with Mr.. VIII
lard next week"
We concur with Dlilon's views. lie
would enter the ring with Willard any
time Big Jess said the word. And fear
less little Dillon would put UP quite an
argument. or we guess wrong.
Dillon has a way 81 handling big fell
lows He does not rely wholly upon the
old bromide OF pounding them down TO
hia size: that Is. double 'em up with
body punches. thus making II easier 90
reach the Jaw Dillon just propels an
overland right. or left and somehow or
other Il reaches the big mans Jaw, re-
Rnrdless OF the other fellows size. And
how ne can hIti
Has Perfect Defense.
Dillon also has devised perfect de-
fcnslve against opponents who outweieh
and outreach him. and also tower above
him. He brushes aside their jabs by com
tsnuaiIy moving his hands back and forth
IN front Of his face; and when they swing
. Dillon Just draws ia his head and lunches
his shoulders. turtle like. and permits the
heavy blows 70 slide over his head. Jack
Is wizard at gaustng the other mans
swings and is a perfect judge OF dis
lance.
II willard goes through with his sched-
uied bout with Dillon the outcome may
prove an astounding surprise. And even
II Dillon does not "get" willard this time
he VIII get him IN few short years
II Jess stsu IL champion. We wish TO go
on record al this early OATS and predict
that Dillon win some day be heavyweight
champion OK the world. Twenty pounds
more added 70 that compact 40 pounds.
and Dillon would be the greatest heavy
weight fighter OF the generation.
Twenty-Tlve Years OId.
Dillon has only passed his twenty-fifth
birthday. turning the mlle-post IN life
just three weekg ago. He IL OF Scotch
and Iriah-American extraction. although
IN the ring he looks typlcally Italian.
Jack first appeared in the ring IN 1905.
and has never even been dropped 10 his
knees. Ills physique IA one OF the won
ders az the rosined arena. lie started as
= lightweight. but gradually outgrew each
successive division. including that Of the
middleweight. His best fighting weight
"A ie5 pounds ringslde. That probably ac-
counts why 50 many middleweights are
Fostering Dillon with challenges 70 fight
but only AZ 1853 pounds rlngside, Wise
bunch, those legitimate middlewelghts.
Dillon makes no pretense az being a
mlddleweight. He IL content 70 be desig-
mated as light heavs welght champion,
Wesghr Is 40 object t. Dillon 30 long az
his adversary doesn't outweigh him loO
pounds or more. Height bothers Jack a
trifie. he admits. but 10 long as he can
reach the Jaw with one of those trip
hammer wallops-'Bring EN- on" shouts
Jack