The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
:RIFFS LEAVE TAMPA CANlP-NDIANs SHOW WINNING SPIRIT
Rocky" Kansas After Title
VIII Make Leonard Hustle
New Contender for Lightweight Crown Won
Fame by Knocking Out Ritchie Mitchell
InSingle Round a Bootblack.

small for q long time. he polished
shoes to help buy the eats.
Rocky is q remarkably built little
fellow. He Is, only about five feet
tall. being fiye inches or so shorter
than Willie Jackson. He has aver
age legs. and from the waist UP ne
Is a genuine heavyweight. only his
low statare allowing him to weigh
in at 133 1-2 pounds as he did for
the Jackson nght. -
Saw Several Fouls
There's nothing spectacular about
Rocky's fghting. He poses like q
small Tom Sharkey. keeping his
hands in the orthodox position.
walks. straight in, usually grinning
and clouts away. There's q lot of
power in his punches. jackson
hadn't felt many of them before
Jackson's goat jumped the upper
rome. In fact Willie was SO con-
scious. of being outclassed that he
fouled Kansas repeatedly, his ia
vorite trick being that Of thrust
ing his left glove into Rockys eye
with a vicious jab That belonged
more in jiu .jitsu than In boxing.
The referee warned Jackson sew
aral times. and every time Kansas
gently waved the. referee aside
and asked him not to interfere with
the good job Kansas was doing
beating Jackson up.
Three or four times jackson was
wobbly, and he did very we'll to
recover from blows Kansas landed
on his body and on his jaw, and last
the twelve rounds. Against Kansas
Jackson wasn't the slugging demon
who used to tear into other light
weights. When he tried slugging
he was outslugged. He felt Rocky's
punches. and Rocky laughed at his.
This Rocky Kansas hasn't the
swift, deft, diplomatic polish of a
champion like Benny Leonard, or
crashing assault that has won
Benny so many lights, but he's as
dangerous as a bull pup in q
chicken yard. When he lights Leon
ard for the title Benny will un-
doubtedly make Kansas look fool
ish at times, but even Leonard won't
be free from danger of q knock
out as long as Kansas is reaching
for him with his heavyweight
arms.
watch Midget Smith.
Another youngster who is going
to be worth watching Is Midget
Smith. Midget Is the nearest thing
TO. George Lavigne. the famous
Saginaw Kid. that I've seen since
Lavigne's time. He, is endiessly ag-
gressive. When he is hit hard he
never gives way. He piles in and
lis counter stroke Is on the way
almost before his opponent can pull
his hand back to block.
Smith has world of natural
fighting spirit, much skill and speed,
n very snappy punch. unusual ac-
curacy, endurance and all the heart
in the world. What more could any
feather-weight need? He is a little
heavy for the bantam class, but it's
a relief these days to find one first
class man in the feather-weight
class who isn't lightweight try
ing to camoufiage when on the
scales.
Dempsey Buys Picture.
Jack Dempsey paid $1,000 for a
drawing of the original Jack Demp-
sey at a recent benefit for the wom-
en- and children of Ireland. Jack
is both fond of art and an OPEN
hearted fellow when he is called ON
to do anything for any worthy
cause. as is his manager. Jack
Kearns, who assumed half the con-
tribution.
Eight countries have already
challenged for the Davis cup. This
is merely a starter. The tennis
championships will look like a
league of nations. Even the Prince
of Monaco proposes to have his tiny
kingdom represented.
Tennis now comes near being the
worlds most popular pastime. You
can have a tennis court anywhere.
No other game probably is played
by so many people in this country,
and no other game is so generally
played all over the World. 1t has
crept into places where even base
ball Is unknown. Even faraway
Japan has taken up tennis-base-
ball, too-and with astonishing
adaptability. Kumagae, the best
japanese player. is ranked with the
leading experts in, America, Aus
tralia, England and other countries
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