The Washington times., 1921-02-26

Here we have something Of q p
Joe Walcott was only fve feet one
and a half inches high. but he used
To knock hesvyweishts colder than
last week. He never weighed much
over ii2 pounds.
Jess willard was six feet six
inches tall. when he had his great
est growth. and weighed ESQ pounds.
yet he became a champion.
NO IDEAL SIZE.
II would appear that there Is no
specific. or ideal. sise for . heavy
weight. Tommy Burns was nve feet
seven. and weighed 1s5 pounds when
he secured the title OF heavyweight
chs mpion through inheritance.
Goliath was nine feet high. He
was the taliest gladiator of whom
we have any record. but little David
whitfield him down to the size of q
peanut In one ding of q nice round
stone.
Size didnr cut any figure In that
contest.
Next to Goliath. the taiIest heavy
weight fighter was probably q chap
named Freeman. known AZ the Amer
puEilist history.
Freeman was six feet ten and half
inches tall. and weighed 2eo pounds.
Freeman and willard would have
made q great spectacle in the ring.
History gives us no detailed account
Of Freeman. however, and we do not
know what persons he whipped, II
any.
WAS UNDER SIX FEET.
A study of the heavyweight cham
pions indicates that the ideal size
would be somewhere around an even
six feet tall. with 100 pounds of heft
scattered along this surface. Demp-
sey approximates the ideal. being just
slight shade under six feet, and
weighing from 1856 to 100 in condition.
James J. JefYries was six feet one
and q half inches tall and weighed
30 pounds at one stage OF his night
| ing career. He was a fine figure of .
ring man. John L. Sullivan was fve
feet ten and q half inches tall and
weighed 1876 in condition.
| Corbett. ono Of the most dashing
| and picturesque Of all the big men.
was six feet one inch tall and weighed
1877 pounds. Fitzsimmons was hve
| feet eleven and three-Quarters inches
and weighed 1855 pounds. Fftz. of
course, was something Of . freak in
physical construction.
| Sn2rkey was uVc Iect cfkHt ana q
half inches and weighed $50 pounds.
He was built something on the order
Of Tommy Burns, but q little taller.
Jack johnson was six feet and one
half inch tail and weighed 20 pounds
| When at his best, johnson was q
marvellous physical specimen. but he
got paunchy along toward the close
Of his championship period.
SIZE DOESN'T COUNT.
Georges Carpenter, the light heavy
] weight champion Of the world and
the heavyweight champion Of Europe,
10 one Of the frailest-looking young
men that ever peeked through the
ropes. yet he Is fve feet eleven and a
half inches tall-only a trifie shorter
than, Dempsey-and weighs 176
pounds
Many years ago Tom sayera Of
but 1872 pounds, and later on came
Charlie Mitchell battling the great
John l. with only 165 pounds on his
back. However. Mendoza, the great
Hebrew fighter of an earlier period
Of the British prize ring, was but hve
feet seven inches tall and weighed
| 160 pounds.
So 1t seems that size doesn't count
| SO much in the heavyweight division
| as ABILITY. FreO fuItOn 10 Six leee
| four and kaf inches tall and weighs
go pounds, but Dempsey whipped
Fulton and Willard, too. totaling 40
pounds and twelve feet ten inches
and a half in four rounds
LAST OF PACHYDERAS.
Fulton and willard werc among the
last Of the pachyderms who came
along after Johnson pelted poor old
Jima ca JEFF out in Reno. The idea
] seemed to be that 1t would take q
large. healthy man to whip johnson.
and thus restore to the white race Its
ancient prestige.
So they came in. Andre Anderson,
Luther Mccarthy, Arthur Pelky. Al
Palzer and dozens of others. They
all had size, but some of them moth
| ing else willard and Fulton alone
remain and both have been whipped
| by a medium-sized man
| MAKE WEIGHT EASILY.
One of the physical freaks of the
ring today is Pinkey Mitchell, the lad
from Milwaukee. He is five feet ten