South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-12
MODERN BOXER
LACKS IN FIGHT
Old Time Fan Believes MiSke
and Dillon Only Two
Who Do Not.
International News Service

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-"Its GER
tainly good to see a fighter of the
aggressive. rushing type these days, 1"
observed an old timer recently.
'Eine boxers out of every ten who
are fighting now lack the steam and
the love of a battle that the pugs of
the old days had And believe me.
the fightin' of other years had it all
over the style Of today"
The old fight fan was looking rath-
er wistful and we asked him what,
among the present day fighters could
compare with some of the better
mixers Of the old days.
When il comes 10 that" said he,
4 don't believe l can name many
who are as good at the business of
standing toe TO toe and smuggling,
feinting and blocking as they used
10 be 10 and 20 years ago. In the
lighter weight classes the boys have
come more and more TO making the
game a sparring game, pure and
simple. You seldom hear of knock
outs. In the class of the biggest
heavyweights / don't believe the field
can hold a candle 10 the old tim
ers, but there are two boys ia the
lightweight class who have some of
the traits that made the game of
other years a thriller.
They are Jack Dillon and Billy
Miske. I might mention one or two
others. but what's the use? These
two fellows look like the cream OF
the lightweights. 1 can't say any
thing about Darcy, for. of course. L
haven't seen him in a battle, but
they say he is a toe-to-toe slugger
and likes TO mix IL.
when Dillon and Miske go into
battle they go in there for blood.
I've seen a lot of fights, but there
are few OF them that can be COM
pared with a battle between these
two for good solid, unadulterated
smuggling. Both can hit, and il seems
like every time they start a punch
they stick viciousness into it They
show a fellow something for his
coin.
You know" continued the old
boy, that that sort of battlin' is
what won the title for Jim Jenries.
He was a devil i'm close quarters
and he loved to fight. He wasn't
clever like COrbett. but he was young
and tough and he fought with every
ounce of Drawn and determination
he had in his body.
Il was on hand when Jeff fought
COrbett at Coney Island back in
there was a battle for you, and Cor
bett put up a wonderful fight even
though he had a younger and strong
er man in front of him. Corbett
knew he had a tough egg in Jeff,
and ne depended on his craft TO put
him over
We'll. you know JEFF put him out
in the Esd round, and everybody
was surprised because they thought
Jim was slick enough to stick out
the 90 rounds and get another match
right away They did fight later,
but not at Coney
After Jeffries had pushed that
fight for 20 rounds, forcing Corbett
around the ring and following him
every inch of the way, cutting loose
with vOlleys of rights and lefts and
goin' just like an engine. he found
out he'd have TO corner Corbett if
he hoped TO hang on the winning
wallop. and this finally happened in
the Esd round.
1T was Jeffries aggressiveness
and his love of a fight that made
him a winner. And it's just that
kind Of stuff in Dillon and Miske
that makes them look so good. The
old hammer-away idea is the idea.
it is. You can have all your fancy
boys Put 'em in frames, for all /
care But give me the hammer and
tongs lads who love TO fight"