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devoting himself to hardening himself
against the challenger's assault.
Champions Physical Advantages.

Willard is a man Of great size He
will enter the ring weighing about 243
pounds. Dempsey will scale at 200.
Willard has a tremendous advantage in
height-for with his s feet inches he
will tower 6A inches above the chal-
lenger. Willard will have the advantage
in reach "a very important factor In
this fight. Willard will have the con-
fidence OF the champion backed by physi-
cal superiority and the ability to take
severe punishment without even finch
ing johnson hit him hard enough to
knock out two heavyweisfts of more
than average ability to take punishment,
but he could not make the Kansan even
show that he was hurt.
AS for Wizards ability to hurt, that
seems to be a mooted question. II is
not a mooted question to those who saw
the champion knock old Soldier Kearns
in this city in 1912. Willard suffered
Kearns to go along pretty even with
him in slow fight for eight rounds,
Then Kearns was SO indiscreet as to
hurt willard. Quickly a mean look
crept into Wizards eye He dashed out
after Kearns with fury and with one
blow well nigh killed his man.
Willard has one Of the most terrific
left uppercuts yet swung by any fighter.
and when he lets II go, beware II he
ever should let It go with full force.
| Dempsey will not stand up.
Willard gave Bull Young SO bad a
beating in knocking him out at Vernon.
Cal, in the eleventh round in 1918 that
Young died. Since then willard has
been loath to let loose. After his fight
with Moran here he declared that he
was afraid to punch with full force for
fear of killing his opponent II a
big powerful man like Willard ever did
| let go with all his might and had the
courage to back his attack he would
come near killing a smaller battler.
Danger for Dempsey.
The overwhelming opinion is that
Dempsey will win by going right out
after the champion and rushing him to
his downfall. If Dempsey follows that
line OF attack he will be whipped. He
will not be able TO stop Willard. Demp-
sey's hope lies in setting a none too hot
pace and outpointing the champion by
means OF his willingness to swap
punches and his greater speed. II
! Dempsey tries to kill the champion OF
quickly he will sting the big brute into
instant action and receives as severe a
| laclng as ever fighter got, with a
! knockout very likely.
! However. the chances are that the
fight will 20 the limit Personally we
! feel quite certain that with Willard hold.
ing the upper hand pretty much all the
way tho battle will last the twelve
rounds and the decision will go to the
champion on points. In that event the
task OF the referee, Ollie Pecord, and
Major Tony Blddle and Tex Richard, the
official judges. will not be an easy one
We concede Dempsey youth. aggres
sivenesa vigor and some class. But II
our humble opinion he Is not the wonder
that he has been made out to be. He hal
beaten only one man of any note, Fret
Fulton. a boxer without a heart. OLE
Jim Flynn stopped Dempsey In on,
lround-the only black mark In jack
record-and what once has been don,
may be done again. Willard never hai
been stopped. and we doubt II he eve
was knocked OF his feet. There ar,
some who will tell you that Joe Co,
once made Willard quit in a bout II
Springfield. ILL.,. but investigation of tina
canard showed that Willard wac told Il
stop by the police.
Dempsey, we believe. is somewha
overrated and Willard, we fear, is under
rated. II Willard takes chances witt
the challenger we are likely to see a ne '
champion. But II the giant gets RICH
down to work at the opening gong AM
cuts loose the champion will remain
> champion.