The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-10
THEsE WORDS come from the

THESE WORDS come from the U lips of Joe Mulvihill:
 ''Sometimes I used to wonder why men whom I had read so much about could fall for it, but then a champion is a champion and human nature is always too quick to worship an idol. The word champion means a lot to them"
 Continuing fin an interview he gave out the other night Mulvihill goes on to belittle and ridicule the con clusions. observations and reports of boxing eIperts-men whose honesty has never been questioned and whose opinions have carried weight in the world over. Bob EdEren, rormer sporting editor of the Evening World, ls pictured as a mere lad clinging to the trousers of an idolized hero, spending S65O for a camera and oth- erwise making himself ridiculous.
 Then going on Joe wants us 10 be- liveve that he was the only news? paperman C?) man" on the scene who gave absolutely correct reports on the condition of the boxers, when Mulvy knows that he spent three quarters of the time between the Se- cor Hotel and the fight headquarters watched Willard train once or twice a week.
 Bob EdEren wrote intelligently and gave his own views. He believed, like thousands of others believed. that Willard would win-and he was frank enough to come out and say SO in print. Bob is an expert and knows more about the condition of an athlete and sports in general than Joe Mulvihill will know in a life time. If Bob Edgren pumped Willard all the more evidence that he is good newspapcrman.
 Perhaps Joe Mulvihin appreciates the newspaper chap who will take mo" for an answer when the latter knows that ''yesn is the proper re- ply. It Is easy to see that Joe's idea of a newspaperman is about as com- plete as his ability to write intel lisently on sports. We praised Joe Mulvihnl in this column several weeks ago for his newsy letters in The Sunday Herald. Wo enjoyed them.
 But we fail to sec where Joe Null vihn gets off accusing honest. in- teIligent nowspa permen of being "hangers-on' and taking every Tom, Dick and Harry's word for granted when he has spent many Q five and making a pest of himself in busy New York newspaper offices. IT c. Hamilton of the United Press Il Il advances some very interesting points why Georges Carpentier will make a poor match for Jack Demp- sey. Among other things that Ham, rton says arc the following:
 Since there is so much specu-
 lation on a probable opponent for
 Jack Dempsey, now that the Col
 orado slammer has gained the
 heavyweight title. it probably
 would be a. good thing for the
 public and the boxing game if a
 few aspirants to the match were
 counted out before they run afoul
 of the champions fists.
 "ProvidinE Georges Carpenter
 never had been matched with
 Joe Beckett for the European
 championship, it is not improba-
 blc that the F'renchman would
 have been selected as the Demp-
 sey victim. But, as he stands in
 such great danger of being elim-
 mated by the Beckett match, he
 is hardly worth consideration.
 "Carpentier is not in shape for
 match with anyone to say notn-
 ing of battle for the worlds t+
 tle It is claimed here by compe-
 tent critics who saw the French
 champion during the war, that
 he is fat and burned up inside;
 that he has not taken good care
 of himself, and that he will nev-
 CT be in fighting condition again.
 "So much for Carpentier.
 Frank Moran has bid for a
 match. He is a mere third rate
 boxer. nothing more. And that
 ends him.
 Fat Willie Meehan holds a de-
 cision over Dempsey. gained in Cal
 ifornia in four rounds. Meehan's
 friends declare Meehan is a sure
 winner over that distance, but
 match in the east, with Demp-
 sey defending the title probably
 would mean disaster to the fat
 boy. He is the most uesirable of
 any of the heavyweights now
 ready for a whirl at the title,
 since Billy Misl<e, himself. has
 lodged a new match with Will
 lard's conqueror.
 "So much hokum IS being
 smoked, however, that there is
 every likelihood that Dempsey
 will be sent into the ring in New
 Jersey about Labor Day"
 ATOw TT is manager Cravath ot V the Phillies. Jack Coombs me the same fate that did Pat Moran For q long time experts have criti cized the owner of the Phillies witt being a poor loser. They said he dit not care about laying out any money with which to purchase players When Moran was let go he neither confirmed or denied these accusa tions But now along comes Jact Coombs. one of the most popular bal players baseball has ever known, re beating the statements of the experts