The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-03
Ifa'Jl0g Did Wizard Little
/Good, He Declares,
Dy Ed. W Smith.

AtiIAn lINIlur
As has been tho case IN number
championship fghts this one VIII
-lHE together rather elderly athlete
'hoso inactiyltieA have practically put !
Im INTO stat" uf dHC1y and d sou
trapping athlete who has been
.ou4tr Of the world Ia the xsf
"a" aud N, total dispair <s1'-f
thcr hctyyw'ights. -sDW W
As II matter W f. " an M
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nan he 49,, ~ vHpf"n W
etwc Is - ~ lp~n 20 '''--th the
b. - n,-,.t,,.y ,H Prn% ,n"pod, ma mniem n
s"'''- N*yr would be pretty much
u s"k' ?, Ms tlmo with the single
eA,'r,-"H " Gvotgcs C1rp,nti.r nnd
~N"hJ seems - have n very clear ldcn
VI whether "A viii ever be able 10 get
lntu ehHry aG1 ~ aft'r years VI tough
"oih In The French army.
To Sec wild Action.
DO then II woud appear that tho
hnsr crowd of flEht fans tbst Wi,
assemble at the huge aren, - ~.,ch
the proceedings will see 'nN ber men
IN the world in wid action which il
as II should be, fvf ,he cha t1uiursty y,
II IN my OpnE"H that rh,- Urn, vii
case NV
Wiuaris age and be vast bully bax.
oVn tho two b~res of prYn,ne,,,,s
eoWention since the experts b.ran "a
Lquh' h'rs about four weeks ago "a
observe 'he final preparation OF tina
ps -rlle~ Hes pretty old. but he's
80 Sarned big that ne will gmo,hsr As
'-uinary mar" was the favorl,. arr,,.
fnent ior those Who wpro ln,nvs..d
merely by the height Of tn. ekSittJ6,,
WIZARD. never the urSa,es, yt.{,ey
IN the world, not the mo~. F-,v., ,sy
low IN the ring. never WITH nny ssy.
.leuiar ambition esc'ptfng m q money
sense, sense, went into this thing osqa,rse The
nn, m,""y ~ss 90 a,iuring ihs' y, could
FOR for iy his service. sSai ,a
many think " ne ia ",a rS ps,us ps, : S.r, ana
some~h,, nsfaI Sn ,hs, iSr ss serliss 10 being being
"'' Va w enterprise with Tex Richard
Wt'Isrd's state Of Mind.
Tht sraini~t that Willard did IN,
1als roni"at. or rather caN r the eS.
.IsMihx 'hat he did .sroWs Clearly ,hs
state of mind ne IA " At W" o,..s,,, @
t' ums' An TINT Gsn he ,sid y, w..
Willard traints is that n rot up some
Im Iy ~ EY'1 swoats ard worked on a
trnint,,- mo progress OF the
IN YORK Md the Champion see
Ts..s nc,A'us e'f f.. lsai is., o, work. ssa'y, y
x ,s'Tns,ncn a s'annS arms and tearh him
u.,snv ,hsm Up in front OF him In
III. , tude. And We noticed
pos lns And again during Wiihrti's
Ihsr. sork Nth spsrripg mates that
Nh VA dsusp,cious dropping OF those
~ - To his side and II wss plain
-. NJ YEA stirred Of holding them up
>fS ~ and every bi, OF strength they
evf poesessed when This Tremendously
aeuws and psTniciousls hard hitters gets
aN IN Yront VI him and starts whacE,ng
a4sy He win see then the almost
criminal mistake he has made In fool
~ hiinreh-if he has done so-and
the public into the belief that he was
vi real earnest about his trsiaing,
/, Willard cut out road work because
ne said heavyweight does not need
I and beside that II hurts his feet.
Fine thing for 4 champion 10 admit.
They must be fine feet md legs that
cannot stand such ordinary exercise.
running on s,de path.
eparrlno Did Hin, No Good.
WIZARDS sparring partners were an
indifferent. sloveni, ana slow lot and
20 my way OF thinking did not do the
champion a bit Of coed In The way OF
shatpenlng his eye AMI giving him any
speed. The boxing sene rAlly was slow
and labored and did Willard only harm
In that he often got careless to de
gree and perinissed to let himself drag
along.
In fact all thought Of boxing form
seemed to- have left the Willard mind
completely. he had no thought Of I'M
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