The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-29

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They are picking out his fast one
And they're mauling II mile;
They are numbering hlS slow one
As Il wobblcs up the aisle;
They are leaning on his benders
With a Blooici and 2ow
And there's no one TO relieve him
Who can check the rally nov.
His early smoke has vanished
And his curves no longer break;
No hop adorns his fast one
And his fhdcawuy's n fake,
The old Kid knows he's slipping
And there's anguish In hts soul,
Where there Rin't Eddie Sc-cot
Who can yank him from the hole.
'Rownnd will stand pat for next sea-
son" What would you do with three
aces and a pair OF tens
"Inch by Inoh--and Pound for Pound"
Willard. Jeffrics and Johnson at their
bert may have been harder men To beht
than Bob F1tzsimmons WE,
They had the big bulk. which old FflH
lacked But the main test OF tlghung
man should be inch for inch and pound
for pound" Under this arrangement
there isn't any question but that t1tS
was the greatest fighter that ever lived.
Pound for pound he stod above them
all us a fighting machine. lie was more
effective considering his weight, than
Cans and McGovern could meet ana beat
bigger men but could Gans or Nc
Govern spot champion Twenty-Five
pounds and knock him out?
F1tz was only mddleweight, tosseu
In among the toughest hcavywelghls OF
tho last two or three dccades--JeitrieS'
COrbctt, Sharkey, Chuynsk etc, ana tho
only one Of this old crowd 10 hold him
back was Jim Jeffrics, who was from
fifty 10 sixty pounds henNier-entlrep
too rugged for F1tz and his fading hanus.
There were heavywelghts worthy inc
name In the days when Fltz ruled ana
was dethroned
None OF this 1917 allotment stalking
some forty lengths to the rear Of Jess
willard. fftz fought In n day when only
a man could meet the test aud hold his
feet
Fighters with greater bulk and greater
power win come along But ms an un-
ndulterated. unaloycd fighting mhn,
pound for pound. the game VIII hardly
see his equal.
The Wallopor
About the time Jim Jeffrics went into
partial retirement around 1904 We asked
the big Californian one day who the
hardest punchor was that he had ever
met
No ruminatlng was required. "FitEslm-
mons" said jeff He could not only
hit harder than any other man ] ever
met, but he could hit twice as hard. He
hit me on the top OF the cheek bone In
one fight and I thought my head was
coming off ] don't see yet how II ever
stayed on after that wallop hnded !
thought mule had kicked me or some
one had soaked me with n lead pipe NO
man living could ever hit with this fel-
low"
Tn. only Gap.
T.. -. ha
known but six heavyweight champions
/ sullivan, Corbett, Fttzsimmons, Joffnes'
Johnson and willard,
Fitz leaves the only gap In the ranks
| The others are all living, husky anc
| primed for many years to come,
A. You Might Say
''Our unconauerable and unbeater
armies"--the Kaiser
MY undefeated and unbeatabi
Browns"-Fielder Jonea
MY matchless and Incompatible Pr
ates"--Bsrney Dreyhis. -,
MY mighty and unconduerhble Ath
letlcs' Connie Mack,
my invincible and Irresistible Giants
John McGraw.
"As a result OF the world series,
queries Fuzzy, can or cannot the Whit
Sox hit left handlers better than righ
handlers" Yea and no. There Is M
other answer
"hs setween the white Sox and th'
! GInnts." asks reader, 'is Eddie CoUin'
the fastest man on either club Fo
auick starting and general alertness. yes
In n straight iO0-yard run Dave Robert
son ls faster