The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07

l //Z/]GED///Z | landed there. Is 1t because the | champion is so well prepared, be-
 cause he Is a champion or what? But 1 whatever the reason be, the fact re- | mains that today Toledo fans rather | like Wil1ard's chances. They have forgotten ol1 about Dempsey. One | glance at the giant champion was 1 apparently enough. E XPBRTS differ as to the probable
 H. winner. There are as many Of | them who figure Willard to win as | Dempsey boosters.
 But there Is history that we can refer to for a little dope" There is an old saying that a good big man can always beat a good little
 man"
 If this can be made to apply to the Willard-Dempsey scramble then Jess
 will retain his championship. But | the question ariSss: Does that rule
 always hold good?
 History proves that there are ex- captions and quite a number of them,
 too. If we can go as far back as
 1860 we will find in the record books
 that there is better example of the
 exception than Tom Savers. The lat
 ter. although weighing 160 pounds,
 won his battles from opponents who
 went over the 200 mark.
 And there are others. Jack Demp-
 sey is a powerful chap. Willard, too,
 is mountain of strength Willard
 weighs 235 pounds. Dempsey tips the beam at 19O when in fighting shape. Will this difference place the chal- lenger at a disadvantage. Offhand we would say that it will, but there
 are those who say that weight and height will have nothing to do with
 this argument
 Appended is a list of veteran heavy
 boxers and their weight and height: Ffgg-First known champion, 1719; Height. feet 1-2 inch, weight, 195 pounds chest, A inches; expanded, 4s inches.
 Jack Broughton--174o; Height, feet II 1-2 inches; weight, 196 pounds; reach, 7s inches; chest, nor mal. A inches; expanded, 57 inches. Tom Cribb-IS11; Height, feet II
 inches; weight, 2O6 pounds; chest,
 normal, 43 inches; expanded, AT inches.
 Daniel Mendoza-17SS; Height,
 feet ' inches; weight 16O pounds; chest, normal, 45 inches; expanded 49 inches.
 Richard Humphries-17SS. Height, feet 3 inches; weight, 225 pounds; | chest. normal, IS inchess expanded, 50 inches.
 Ben Brain-17o1; Height, feet | inches; weight, 23O pounds. Isaac Perrines-17S9; Height, feet 2 inches; weight, 22O pounds. Jem Belcher-1S05; Height, 5 feet II 1-2 inches; weight, 1S2 pounds. Hen Pierce (Garne Chicken)-- | 1895. Height, feet inches; weight, 175 pounds.
 Jem Mace-1s7O; Height, 5 feet
 1-2 inches; weight. 16o pounds. Tom Sayera-1S6o; Height, feet | inches; weight, 152 pounds. Peter Jackson - 1888; Height 6 | feet 1-2 inch; weight, 195 pounds. 1 John l.. Su1livan-1SS3; Height 5 feet 10 1-2 inches; weight, 196 l pounds.
 James J. Jeffries-1S96; Height, 6 fleet 1 inch; weight, 1s7 pounds. Charley AIitchell-Height, feet, g
 inches; weight, 16o pounds. TIT EW TENDLER has not gone
 A back. Statements to the effect
 that he was growing stale were cur
 rent several weeks ago, but they were
 cast into oblivion through the quick | knockout victory the Philadelphian | scored the other night over George | Clancy of Baltimore. George is not | one of those boxers whom one can slap to sleep any day in the week | Tendler had no trouble winning | that bout, according to authentic press reports. It was in the first round
 that he finished the job. And when | one considers the splendid boxers who
 Chaney has defeated one can apper- | ciate fully the task accomplished by 1 the former Philadelphia newsboy.
 The PhiIadelphian for some reason or other has not been very active durin Sthe past few months as he was during the proceeding 12 or IS
 months He has led a quiet peaceful
 life with his folks down in Philly.
 But he came back the other night and wow with what a bangi
 r JUNE HAS given birth to no few of
 J our best ring stars. 'Glancing through the records last night we not
 ed that it was in this month that some of our best boxers first saw the light of day.
 | Bob Fftzimmons, one of the great est fighters the ring has ever known,
 was born on June 4, 1862 at Elston, Cornwall. England.
 And so was good old~Stanton Alp bolt. Stanton first saw the light of day on June 23, 1867, in London. | Following are some of the better known boxers whom we noted were | born in June:
 !, Stanton Abbott, June 2S. 1867, Lon don, England.
 U Dan Creedon. June 1, 1868. Inver-
 cargill, New Zealand. George BysrA Juno Ss. 1874. Char