The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-29
C A R R | GLOOMY
over UNITED
KINGDOM
BOXERS

sep ever W. rries to the possible ldentl
I! OF MS next opponent after Car
pentler he may eliminate England ant
.or tne r.Hsent, Australia from his
:noughJs.
That, anyway, is the opinion OF
eugene Ccrri, the grandchildren OF
...e manly art N Great Britain, who
elieves hat any Britisher-or for
: hat matter ain ost anybody else who
aces Dempsey in the ring is going to
set it-a5 CORR put fright on the
,'ose." see.
Ti.ere j. but one man in Great
britain at present who shows any real
Class, Cotri thinks. That is "Boy"
Mccormick. And CORR likes MIN
30 much to see him battle with
:empsey.
CORR : quite pessimistic regal ding
the boxing outlook here, at least as
.egards the big N'n. 1t is quite
we'll known that he doesn't fancy
:;eckett.: Beckett, anyway, mas not
taught the public eye as champion
Should, and 1t seems to Corn and a
'ot more Just question Of time, per-
laps not a very long time, when he
gets it.
There's no one over here who
could hut Dempsey enough to make
him angry" CORR told the United
l'ress. And l don't see anyone in
'ight who'll ever be good enough
TO give t;m al argument. It's a
sad thing to confess, but it's true.
And it's shown quite clearly by the
fact that the older generation of
American hAavies, hike Moran and
McGoorty. good as they are still, can
CT me ove.: here and stand our best man
IN his head Moran should beat
Reckett VIXEN they fight, as they
probably will following Beckett's de-
feat of Wells and Moran's elimination
81 Goddard. Moran can't hope to
Leaf or even rect Dempsey. And
IL Beckett should remain champion
long enough to meet him, Dempsey
would kill him.
Beckett is not clever. And he
would need to be clevcrer and heavi-
ar than be ever will be to be even
a fair match for Dempsey. God
>ard's trouble, too is that he is not
clever. He knows it. There's
only one heavy man in the kingdom
who, so far as can see, shows anv
real promise, boy" Mccormick. Un@
fortunately Pm afraid he, like the rest
will never be good enough to meet
dempsey or anyone capable of beat
ing him.
Mccormick should be our next
heavy weight champion. / think he
can take Beckett on at any time. He's
oung-not yet twenty-onc; he weighs
thirteen ftone (182 pounds) and is
strong and good natured. Also, he
IS quite b good figter. Any man
who can knock out Gunboat Smith
is good. And he's willing to take on
snyone. He's got good record both
ere and in the States, and look for
great things from him-but I can't
picture him as a worlds champion.
Corri has taken quite bit of in
tereste in Mccormick, and has been
The real good god-parent of his box
| ing carec.. Mccormick is perhaps
even better known in the United
States than he is here, though hers
he is the cruiser-weight (175 pounds)
hampton.
Despite the" fact that he weighs
80 now, and still growing, McCor-
mick can make the cruiser weight
I17Spounds) champion.
Mccormick was Christmas pre-.
sent, AMI for that reason had hi.
'ront naa.se of Noel hung to him. HI
was born in the army in India, ant
his faith: Is gtill a sergeant-majo1
n British regiment. Mcconnell
during the war was in the 5th Ora.
DON Guards. He has had an opera
ION recently on his nose but Shout,
be ready to fight before long. n,
aas backing fol a thousand pound
n'aSpossl'.le match with Beckett, ant
seopie VINO arc betting on hm-most
y local PEOPLE from his home tow
are not backing him just becaus,
hey Xix, him
Mccormick Is a good-looking Iris]
'ad, with fighters face and a 10
Ct very red hair. Also UP to tn
resent, Re has shown indifference a
to whom ne fights.
"Sure III fight him. he told Cor
RI recently when asked if he wanteI
TO meet Eeckett. 'sI'd like to figh
him or anyone else"