Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-30
SLIP IN JUDGMENT
COSTLY TO DILLON
Jack Tosses Off the Fruits of
Eight Years Of Toll in a
Single Day.
LIKE CASE OF LEACH CROSS
BY RINGsIDE.


taught. This aphorism--or whatever
YOU would call it's best applied 10
.he boxing game Many prospec-
tive champion has blighted his
chances OF becoming a big wage earn
er in the ring by making one ill-ad-
vised match. The case of Jack Dillon
is offered for consideration.
: For eight long years Dillon was
buffeted about on the rough sea OF
pugilistic adversely. His one aim was
10 work himself into a position to. de-
mand match with the worlds heavy
weight champion. Finally he sue
ceeded in attaining that eminence--
after eight long years. And il took
i lust two weeks for him to be toppled
from the apex of pugilistic -promi
hence.
One ill-advised match is sufficient
to destroy an entire career for a
boxer. Ii is to be hoped that Dill
Ions indiscretion will not turn out
/ to be as detrimental as il appears at
present. Also il is to be hoped that
4 1t doesn't take him eight long years
to re-establish the prestige he en-
joyed only a month ago
For eight years Dillon has been
meeting all corners. Some of them
he fought once, others he tackled as
many as nine times. The latter was
the case OF Dillon and Battling Levin
sky, the Hebrew light heavyweight.
]. Prior to fortnight ago Dillon and
Levinsky had met in the ring eight
times. On nearly every occasion Dill
Ion was returned the popular winner,
or gained the favor Of the referee.
Bantered Into Match.
That should have satisfied Dillon.
Everyone else was satisfied that Dill
ION was Levinsky's superior. AT
] least everyone but Levinsky was salts
fed on that score. When Dillon was
first matched with Frank Moran, Lee
whisky hsntefed the Hoosier Bearcat
into signing with him (Levinsky) for
1 fifteen.round bout, to be held two
weeks after the Moran affair.
No one gave this match any
further thought. The Moran-Dillon
tilt was the match de resistance. II
meant the elimination OF Dillon as
challenger OF Jess Willard or 1t meant
the obliteration OF Moran as a cham
pionship contender. This was the
match Dillon had spent eight years in
the ring to secure.
Dillon won this match in handy
fashion, outwcighed thirty pounds
and, laboring under a disadvantage OF
some five inches in statute. Dillon
pummelled Moran to within an inch
], Of pugilistici oblivion. Little Jack
Dillon inflicted more punishment on
/ Big Frank Moran than even the
/ worlds champion heavyweight--oi,c
I considered to be the best that ever
held the titlc---had done three months
previously.
Should Have Been Happy.
] Mr.. Dillon should have been elated
1t this happy outcome and rested on
j his laurels. Before meeting Moran
Dillon was not considered seriously
q m opponent for Willard, but since
niaulins Moran, who stayed ten
rounds with the champion, Dillon was
looked upon as the next logical op-
s ponent OF Big Jess.
Then somebody reminded Dillon OF
1 his engagement with Battling Levins-
Ky. As billions word is his bond, he
went to Baltimore and permitted
I himself to be decisively outpointed
BY the Battler. Flopl went Dillon's
stock: Fortunately for Dillon, the
duration OF the bout was but from
hfteen to ten rounds. II the battle
had gone tye more rounds Dillon
would have been more severely pun
ished, Is Levinsky was 4, astonish.
ingly good form, while Dillon fought
indifferentiy.
Thus It Is that an ill.advised match
may cost Dillon chance tor the
worlds heavyweight championship.
His manager made the serious mis-
take OF matching, him with danger.
Gus rival even before Dillon had over
come big Moran, Quite likely Jacks
mentor did not expect MIN TO 40 az