Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-21
JACK DILLON IS A
MAN WITH RECORD
Greatest Percentage of
Ring Victories of Any
Living Boxer.
Knocked Down but Once
and Never Knocked
Out; Weighs 10.
BY EDWARD COCHRANE.

CSpoIting Editor Kansas city
Special to The %or'a'
KANSAS CITY. June 20.-Jack
/ Dillon. the Indianapolis giant
| killer, who is scheduled to box jim
! Flynn fifteen rounds at Dewey, Okla,
July 4 as one of the chief attractions
Of the annual roundup, holds the
distinction of having fought more
ring battles than any other man of
his weight and inches, and also of
/ having the greatest percentage OF We
| tories Of any boxer living. Dillon
started boxing in 1908 and since that
] time he has been known as the busiest
ring performer in the world.
one of the reasons for his phenom-
cnal activity in the ring is the fact
that he always gives the public value
received. lie has never been knocked
, out, and knocked down only once in
! his busy career. Yet he forces the
| issue from gong to gong In every con-
| test In which he takes part This ~
| the reason he Is constantly in demand,
! and the very reason promoters all
over the country are bidding large
sums for the services Of the 10
pound Hoosier. Joe Bartles in sign
| ing Dillon secured the very best ring
| performer In the country today. He
! is light heavyweight champion of tho
world.
Not Ills Real Name.
Dillon's real name is Ernest cutler
| Price. He took the name of Dillon
after seeing Lou Dillon, the famous
PAGER. win race I'm record time. In
| a little more than eight years he has
taken part in 1877 ring battles. an av-
| erage of about twenty year. Con-
sidoring the fact that boxers are not
very busy in the summer months. this
| IS remarkable record. Dillon mas
/ been known to fight as high as -FOUR
times a week. and almost always
winner.
Dillon has lost lust four Of his l67
! battles. Eddie McGoortv beat him
| twice. once in 1910 and again in the
| following year Ray Bronson beat
Dillon I'm 1909 when Jack was mere
| beginner and Frank Kalus took a de-
cision from him in 1872. They were
! ell decisions, and Jack had the salts
| faction Of beating all Of these men
/ later The following table gives an
accurate line on his performances:
Number Of fights. li1; knockouts,
| a: won hy referees decision. 20; no
decision contests. 90; draws, 6; lost. 4.
Taking in Just the battles he won
/ by kuockouts or referees decisions,
he has won 81 battles deCisively ana
lost four. giving him winning per-
any boxer Of his ability or who has
taken part ir many battles for several
years can boast Of Many of the
ninety uo-decision contests were won
bv Dillon In fact in not one did the
newspapers d o C. unanimously
against him II these We're counted
his winning percentage would be wei
over .91j
Carries the Punch.
Dillon doesn't always knock out his
opponent. although he has the neces-
sary punch II he cares to use IT, he
has been known to fail to land tho
finishing wallop in order to keep from
beating an opponent up too badly. He
believes i'm winning all Of his bouts on
his merits and dccisiVely II possible
however.
Jacl; has never been known TO pick
an opponent. When he went under
the management OF sam MurbarEer
his present pilot. he told the es-
wrestler to get him all the bouts ne
rould and not to bar anyone Muir
harCcr followed instructions and as
result Dillon has fought many heavy
ycirhfs who Outweighed him by from
ten 10 sixty pounds One OF his most
decisive victories was over CharleS
Weinert. lie Knocked the 22O-pouno
New Yorker out and had to jump to
rgntn the giant tllu nut l'All'u
had the wallop necessary to turn the
trick. lie stopped Weinert when the
New York youth was considered ny
many exports to he the most logical
opponent FOR Heavyweight Champion
Jess Willard.
And Dillon doesn't bar Willard.
when Moran first baked at meeting
willard Jack Curley asked Dillon II
he would fight the champion. You
rct hts signature TO the articles of
agreement" said Dillon. "and you
won't have any trouble getting mine
Delivered the Goods.
Later. a New York writer hinted
that Dillon was seeking free adver-
tisug Jack went TO Curlcy's offic-
the next DAY and signed up for q
match with the champion. before Wli.
lard was approached on the subject.
Tha champion then signed with Mo-
ran ard Dillon did not get the en-
gagement. although he would have