Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-02
Wolf Larsen Looms
on Sport Horizon
as NeIO HeGUy Hope
Suede Fighter, Who Made
Fans Sit Up in Amateur
Circles, Turns Pro
By DAMON RUNYoN.

NEW YORK, July 2.-If you are an
amateur boxing ian you may recall In
the recent tournaments hereabOuts, one
Aagnus Larsen. If not, a description
may refresh your memory.
Short, pudgy, red headed, open-f faced
wall-eyed. serious, with a terrific sock.
That's the lad.
Magnus, hereafter to be known as
Wolf Larsen, after Jack Londcn's great
character in The Sea Wolf" is a heavy
weight. In the tournaments he repre-
scented the Norwegian Turnverein. He
went through the heavyweight class IN
those tournaments like water through q
tin horn.
Larsen has large blue appealing eyes
When he would crawl through the ropes
roll those eyes about and everybody
would get ready TO cry for him.
Larsen, On showing up at the tourna-
ments, always had the appearance OF
having just climbed down from the
I drivers seat Of an ice wagon. There was
thar about him which so suggested. He
was invariably brief and 10 the point.
'Ay came to fight" he would say.
Then he would 90 into the ring and
while everybody was feeling respondent
about him, he would haul OF and KNOCK
some one silly.
USUALLY DOES TRICK
WITH BODY PUNCH.
Surely you must remember Larsen
now.
Half dozen managers Of professional
fighters got very much excited about
Larsen-Ouce they saw him hit lie
usually dropped his man with body
punch. and good body punchsrs are 60
rare that they always attract atten-
ton.
Various offers were made to the Red
Viking 70 turn pro. but he declined them
all He said he wanted TO go through
the national smaeur tournament hrst,
and then he would listen to ideas on the
subject Of making boxing his life call
ing.
The big tournament over. with Magnus
one of the leading figures. he has now
decided 10 lick everybody In the world,
OF a { least as many persons In the world
AS possible. He has signed up with
Tom U'Rourke, the veteran manager OF
fighters aud his schooling has already
commenced
Tom used to attend the anateur tour
naments re.lgiously. He was as excited
about MaEnus as any one else. IN fact'
Tom and the writer used to hold forth
bv the hour in the back part OF the
halls on the merits or the crude Nor-
yge~fan with the fearful body punch.
Tom writes that be has turned Mag
nus over to Dan Hickey for instruction
IL is Tom who changes MsgnuS' name
20 Wolf by q simple twist Of the
typewriter. Tom thinks II sounds let
Ter IIaL MAElAe. AAAA PfAtaN aA4E a --'N-N
as "Wolf' gives him d slight edge over
a timid adversary at the very start.
I've decided I'm too old to do any
lnstructiug now" confessed Tom. 80
I've got Hickey 20 take charge OF this
Young fellow. I think he viii be Il good
fghter after a few months instruction
He can biz and II they can hit they We
0'wa~s -o- chance.
CAN STAND Up
UNDER PUNIS INTENT.
Gordon Muuce was the most promisin :
OF The amateur heavvweiEhts until Larsen
came along. The latter takes many a
solid punch ia o bout. walking In stea o.
,Iv. his hands in front Of him LOOKING
f0r an opportunity TO drive IN one blow
Generally that one blow sun4ced IN MS
New York bouts.
He has short thick neck and a short
thick body. and he stood up under quite
q hqtter.nE on one or two occasions. he
showed amazing improvement In every
O.Eou-ka handled one Of the best OF
the old-ti1ne heavies In Sharhey. HIS
new man is QUILT something Piong the
Sh7rrer lines Besides Shar KEY, Tom
hal rhe great George Dixon and Joe
Walcott both champions. HIS best,
known fighter since the old lays is Fred
Fulton. the Rochester giant.
O'Rourke took Fulton 70 england and
chased the European heav IS our ~
slight with the long fellow from Min
nesota There has been some talk that
Tom and Fulton have. split. but
t9'Rourke's Ietterheads still bear the pal
lid countenauce of the plasterer.
II was O'Rcurke who developed the
first and one Of the best Of the white
hope trite He picked up Al PalEer. and
10 looked FOR a time as II Tom had an
other champion. Then Al fell away like
the rest of the hopes.
Il Wolf" Larsen shows half the prom
ise as a professional that he displayed
as an amateur. lot Of aspiring young
gents are IN for a heavy seeking in the
ravf frvC months