El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23

I cay wants boxing DuL lL wants cleheE
work and nothing else. James j.
Jack Twin" Sullivan. kid Mccoy,
I Frank Erue. Mike Gibbons, and other
clever ones are cited as the best prod
ucts OF finished boxing 10 prove this
Each % these views are equal
II Iopsided. A large percent OF
the American public didn't think
much Of Joe Grimm because he
WIS the @Human Punching Bag
nor did the ignorant. british
strength OF Tom Sharkey. that
permitted him to win over Kid
Mccoy after the latter had cut.
fubbed and hooked blows 10 all
parts OF the big sailors anatomy,
ever cause him 10 be popular.
Fitz-Ryan Type.
on the contrary. Terry McGovern.
with his willingness and continual
ASA ults, Won the crowd in a round.
while the clever Erne, who had capti-
waited his audiences before that time
lost his grip before Terry Just TO
be a chOpping block viii not iii the
Bill, nor viii mere cleverness carry
q boxer through. Neither Bat Nelson
or Joe Grimm, on the one hand, nor
Jim Corbett or Philadelphia Jack
OBriel on the other, constitute the
most successful type OF ringster.
These men represent extreme classes,
and while all were successful in their
ring careers-eSpecially Corbett and
O'Brien-the type represented by Bob
Eitzsimmons. Tommy Ryan. Stanley
Ketcheu, Terry McGovern and Jack
Johnson Is far more effective. They
had that rare combination which is
so seldom found in one man
strength. quickssSss, stamina, hitting
power. ring generalship and fight
ing heart
What Did They Laeks
Think OF the promising boxers you
have known who never got very far
uD the fistic ladder. There was the
clever man with no punch: the clever
one with a WallOp but who couldn't
absorb a healthy rap; the boy who
had the punch and could take the
punch but who lacked cleverness to
such a degree that his defense could
never save him with an ordinarily
whom YOU can hardly see q flaw-the
one with punch. who could absorb
punch and was clever with &c, but
lacked generalship in the rims.
You remember, too. the boy who
lacked GOODNESS: the one who lacked
patlence-the one who could not fight
for ten rounds II necessary TO get one
certain blow at an adversary, as Bob
Fltzsimmons sometimes did, there
was the one who slipped too much
wine, the one who had too many
feminine cousins; the one who was
lazy: the one who was irregular In
habits. the superStitiOus lad. and com
binations OF all the foregoing that
make a hundred types that fail while
one man makes a career, such ms
Lanky Bob, Tommy Ryan, Ketcheu
Johnson OF AIcGovern.
The noticeable thing about all
these men is that they were de-
VelOped a little more than the
average In all points Of the
Enme. They did not have one
link in their puEiilstic chain Of
steel and the next one made OF
sausage The high general aver
axe in the things that count made
A Giants Weakness.
Hhen 10 is noticeable TO see how
each OF these men finally lost out
McGOvern's weak link was his hot
head. Young Corbett whipped him
wholly because he lost his head. In
other respects McGovern was Roth
wells master in every part OF the
game In their first meeting Corbett
got in his work in the first round
in fact, before they started fighting
In the second fight McGovern had
been warned against his opponents
methods and his own weakness.
Rothweu knew this and did not at
tempt 70 take advantage or ATcGovern
until the fight was far advanced and
then suddenly caught him on the
Ike the one-Horse Shay.
Wine and women got Johnson.
Eetchel was shot and killed by
Jealous lover at a time in his ring
career when he was still strong in
every respect. Neither Tommy Ryan
nor Fltzsimmons ever weakened fla
any link sufficiently 70 cause their
downfall Fitz just wore out all over