The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-27
FLYNN CAN'T
SEE WILLARD
TAKING BOUT
By ED. W. SMITH.

TOLEDO, June 27.-Leo P
Flynn, the barnstorm king and car
petbagger of fiction, has been on
the battle-ground for two days and
has his eyes wide open. When it
comes to lamping champions Leo is
as good man as there is in the
world today. From morning until
night Leo followed both contender
and champion over their daily rou-
tine and after watching the move
ments of Willard and the easy man
ner and slip-shod way he is carry
ing out his training program, came
to the conclusion that, for the first
time in the history of pugilism, the
champion looked like a setup for the
contender.
Leo's deductions are these:
Willard is an old man, both in &C
ton and spirit. The fat which the
public cannot see, but which the
trained eye of long experience sees, is
the fat on the inside of big Jess Al
atomy which develops from soft living
looks good, feels good, and the aver
age human layman would pronounce
the champion in very near perfect
condition.
But to student ii is plain to hc
seen that Jess, more than anybody
else, is convinced that this will be his
last fight. The men he has sought to
condition him are little less than
longshoremen, out of shape, under
sized, with little knowledge of lie
boxing game and appear at all times
TO be boxing under instructions.
Consider His Record.
Another thing to be taken into con-
sideration on the Willard question in
judging the outcome Of the july
to date. In the first place, like
James J. Jeffries. when he boxed Jack
Johnson at Reno, he has been out of
the boxing game four years.
willard has been out of the
boxing game since 1915, only tak-
ing part in a ten-round no-docision
contest with. one Of the worst con-
tenders ever before the public, and
who was later knocked out in three
rounds by Confessor Fred Fulton. FIis
name is Frank Moran.
Plunging further into his record I
Q find. such fighters as Gunboat Smith,
Tom Mcmahon, Boer RodeI and all
that class Of fighters, going the limit
with this impregnable man mountain.
And, furthermore there is no fight in
his record that would convince any
one that he was a great fighter.
As to the challenger:
Jack Dempsey is nearly fifteen
years younger than willard, with the
speed and ability Of youth, and even
now is ready to fight for a kings
ransom over any distacce. l to 100
rounds.
He's Like KetcheL
Since the day that James J. Jeffries
saw his best there has been no heavy
weight that has compared with
Dempsey. His attack is on the order
Of the late Stanley KetcneI and ne is
a moving target and hard to hit He
is a terrific counter puncher and the
Fourth Of July will put an end to the
tommyrot that any man is too big to
hurt The vital places in the anatomy
of a giant are the same As in a nor
NAL man, and more, there is a larger
space to shoot at.
Dempsey, being 200 pounds, is big
enough to lick any man in the world,
no matter how big. He has the punch,
youth. speed, and endurance.
AS to Dempsey's record it far out
shines the champion, inasmuch as he
has swept every rival contender from
the pugilistic horizon. amongst them
the best heavyweights OF the day
Only yesterday he knocked out a giant
as big as Willard, in the person OF
Sergt. Bill Tate, the giant negro, who
stands six feet six
All this coming from as well-known
a boxing authority as Leo p. Flynn,
who has made boxing a life study
and who is one Of the best Judges IN
this country, should lend a lot OF
weight to those who like the chances
OF Dempsey.