Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
DILLON PREFERS TO- FIGHT
men LARGER THAN He IS
It's Easy to Sock a Big Fellow and
Hard to Land on Fast Little
s.$ One, Pugilist Declares.
PREDICTS DEFEAT OF WILLARD
Dempsey Battles Well Against Giants.
. While Champion Has Never
Showed to Advantage Against
Small Men, Writer Shows.
PREDICTS DEFEAT OF WILLARD
ny JAMES j. CoRnETT.

I'D rather fight u biz man any old
time than fellow my own size or
smaller" declares Jack Dillon. the
original Giant Killer" and one OF the
real wonders OF the prize ring. And
then Dillon went Oh to explain;
TITS easy 10 sock a big fellow and
mighty hard TO land on fast lit -
one. The big fellow presents a big
mark and .? times out of 100 he's
Blow. You can run al! around a big
.tman and hit him where YOU will. But
sHou've got 10 chase the fast little
fellow and a moving target, that's
..small at the same time. is mighty
hard to hit.
one said was foolish for taking him
-on. And they added that he'd murder
.ane. But had different ideas and they
9roved correct when got into the
sfing with him. ! circled all around
sf'om until ! got him dizzy trying to
locate me. Then / popped him on the
Jaw and ii was curtain for him.
g. Knocked Out Charlie Wcincrt
met him in Philadelphia when he was
-touted as a world beaten. Got him
ITO whirly giEging, too, and then un-
..leashed an overland right ana Vein
: CHAN, Al Morton. Andre Anderson, all
; of them We're big men. But ! knocked
= 'em KICKING.
: but you won't find my record clut-
+; tered UP with knockouts over little
=: men, They were too fast for me to
+: make them spin around trying TO find
.ne. And against them | had 10 use
{ downward or straight punches. nei-
. theE as effective as an overhaul sim
ply because you can't put the same
, amount OF wailoping force into them.
you'll find plenty OF instances that
show where the little MAI either
;-wlupped or held the giant TO draw.
John l.. Sullivan was wonderful
fighter and he beat practically every
one OF the giants he tackled. But
; ne couldn't put. out the diminutivc
the"small l56-pound Mitchell held him
seven for 80 rounds. even though John
81. outbulked him by more than 80
..pounds.
:, Little Durn Whipped Hnrt
Tommy Burns weighed only los.
Hart and SO became technical heavy
weight champion in 1905. Jim Flynn.z
only about feet Q inches tall. and
~beaming 49, gave Carl Morris, feet
worst pastings u New York audience
ever saw. Joe Choynski weighed l75
when he tough, tho 40 pound Joe
eleven inches taller than the negro.
But -wolcott Won with a Knockout.
The only man that ever knocked
.1oSh DclIpScS WAS tne OnuerSlZeu
Jim Flynn: And the only other men
who caused Dempsey trouble was Billy
s1fikse and Willie Mechan, both smaller
than dempsey. Jack banged all his
giant foemen to sleep almost before
they knew what had happened.
Small Men Hard for Jess
Take Jess Willards case as an
other example Any time he was faced
by a man near TO his own size he
fought we'll. But Jess never showed
much against far smaller fighters.
GunOoat Smith. who was six inches
shorter; Charlie Miller, only ordinary
in size, and Bearcat Tom McAIahon
all are credited with either decision
or popular victories over him. Big
boys were easy for less. but he found
the speedy little ones tough picking"
willard. in taking on Dempsey, is
meeting man far smaller but in
hnitely faster ii was suggested
les. know, and when those boys
set~toGethcr watch history repeat as
regards what fast little man can
dosto n big slow one"