The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

that Willard will pursue the same plan as he did against Johnson, if the fight is to be a long one. Jess would have It on Jack by 60 pounds or more, and ny frequent leaning tactics he could tire
 Dempsey without much trouble. But if it was a short fight, Jess undoubtedly
 would go out and slug with Dempsey as he did with Moran, confident that Jack would get ter worst of it in toe-to-toe battle.
 Whether the contest is short or long, Willard has the advantage largely be- cause of his greater size and greater natural endurance
 In rsbuttal, Dempsey folks assert: If it's a short fight Dempsey will out
 point Willard by a mile-if he doesn't knock him out. Jack is so fast that Jess
 won't be able to see him for 10 rounds.
 And, meanwhile, Jack will be sending home some ripping rights and lefts , If its long fight Dempsey will be cinch. Jack has the aggressivenesS and the endurance powers that are associated only with youth. The whole history or athletics show that a man of Dempsey's age can endure hardship and struggling for longer time and appear fresher than can man who, like Willard. has passed far beyond the 3O-year mark.
 Dempsey never has travelled farther than 10 rounds largely because he never
 has let the fight go beyond that dis tance. Dempsey! since the time that he
 became a real pugilistic star, has had
 but one thought in nind-to finish his opponents in the quicket time possible. His last 20 fights have not averaged much more than three rounds. Prior to that time Dempsey mingled in number of 10 rOunders and in each and every one he finished looking as fresh and as strong and as full of fight as when he started.
 Those who insist that Willard is a distance fighter are in error. In all his career Willard has fought but three so- called distance fights-and he lost two of them. Gunboat Smith whipped him thor oughly in 70 rounds in San Francesca. At the finish Smith was in fine condition and Willard was battered to sorry look ing spectacle. Willard went 12 rounds with Tom McMahon-and the third rater won the decision from Willard even though Jess outweighed him 40 pounds and had it on him by half foot in height and reach.
 "Willards fight with Johnson went 26 rounds But that doesn't reflect any glory on Willard. Rather, it is rather surpris-
 ing that he didn't finish the aged anG
 dissipated negro in less than half that Ilfue. NllldTu Qlui Dcdl JOIHSOH IL was age and lack of condition that whipped the dusky champion. For W rounds Johnson hit Willard when and where he willed Jess looked like the worst joke that ever stepped into the ring for the first 20 rounds.
 Ut is true that Willard took everything that Johnson had during the first hour of fighting. But the only thing that Johnson had was lot of punches that wouldn't have done much more than flat ten a cream puff. The negro went into that contest for overweight and a thou sand kilometers removed from his Reno condition. He would have been an easy proposition for almost any fighter to stow away.
 willard faces foe entirely different in Jack Dempsey. He's a bruisng. maul- ing battler with tremendous power in either hand and the man who, by knock ing out Fulton, Morris. Pelkey, Smith and nearly score of others, has demonstrated that he has no equal in the kill 'em dead ranks. In long fight--or short one the youthful Jack Dempsey will put it all over the venerable MT. Willard" There you have both sides of the con- troversy.
 Whats your verdict?