El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-23
CHAMPION NEVER
GETS CREDIT
FROM FANS

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-Isn't e queer
y that no one ever gives the new
champion credit for his win We
80 hack 10 the Sullivan Orbett. fight.
Sulli2al Up % mar llnle "as lnDe-l- -
aisle He had toured the country and
toprled all before him He even boxed
an exhibition with Corbett in san
Francisco. when he was matched
with -'Pompadour Jim" he laughed
saying that the Californian was a
dancing master and couldn't bust q
pane OF glass with his Wallop-
Sulllvan's hackers bet four and five
against one that John l. would win
Dent you think they saw his condi-
tion2 Don't you think that men Of
fering those odds knew something2
Not In Good shape
Tet after CorbetE knocked John l.
out the world declared that poor old
Sullivan wasn't in fit form TO play
a tough game Of pool
Jack johnson knocked out Jim
Jeffries at Reno and was on the short
and in the betting at two 10 one
Teffries trained a year FOR this tight
srhe writer was with Jeffries for six
watched him daily He was IN great
shape Bis newspaper friends told
their readers So Jeffries declared
himself that he was lever before in
such shape in his life
Two doctors who examined him
the day before the fight said that
he WAY the most nearly perfect
man physically that they had ever
Knocked ont after Is ErueIIinE
Then Jeffss friends houIed like
wolves aPoor old Jeff-an old
lady could have beaten him He
was a wreck He was only
Next we come % Jack Dempsey and
Willard The latter worked like a
beaver for months He was in great
shape He was always faTOrite in
the betting he lasted three rounds
before that fighting Irishman Demp-
Eey- Now the willard admirers say
that he was Fat and unconditional
wasn't himself At all
None Of them are when they meet
their master
Willard today Is the best heavy
weight in the world barring Dempsey.
And still They Hammer
Il these Dempsey knockers don't
think so. why didn't they bet a piece
or Jack against willard with someone.
He can fight He showed more
AGAINST Dempsey than he ever showed
before He showed q heart and that's
a lot
Just now eastern fans are excited
about Bob Fitzsfmmons, jr- We wish
Soung Bob al the luck in the world.
and II he Turns out TO be star he
VIII be the first son Of wonderful
father who ever made good in the
ring
The late Mike Donovan had great
hopes OF his son making good in the
r1nE. but was disappointed Young
Nike did do well for a. time He got
along sWimminglys but when he got
up near the top where the fox and
the tigers reign. he fell sadly by the
Wayside-
was Poor Material
Alec GreEgains. a great middle
weight in his day, tried TO make a
fortune with his son He groomed
him carefully FOR months and months.
Got him a lot Of toy soldiers to tumble
over and then started moving him 70
the top There was something miss
ing He didn't seem 20 set going
right He couldn't DO this and he
couldn't do that He 1ell down. too,
Even brothers who have tried to
follow in the footsteps Of their cham
pion relatives have Topped severely
Abe Atteu had three brothers who
tried 10 Initiate him, yet they were
rs nearly like Abe as chalk is ike
cheese
Terry lIcGovern's two brothers tried
90 grab titles but they didn't last
long.
Stanley Ketchers. brother came here
TO grab gold and glory. but after
three or four quarrels grabbed the
first side-door Pullman he saw for
It can't be done even WITH
makeup