Evening journal., 1921-05-07
KiIbane Calls Jack and Georges Fighting Freaks

between lighting freaks"
But these freaks are respectively
the ruggedest and the cleverest In
the world. This will make Il a bout
the like OF which has never before
been seen in a championship go.
"r1l be weight and strength
against brains and speed. with sci
ence In the discard.
The fight won't be as picturesque
as the heavy battles OF the past 1
don't mean by that II won't be an
interesting fight for the fans; II will
be packed with punchesl To me II
will be OF more interest than any
heavyweight belt battle of recent
years
Always Set.
Every American heavy who has
copped the title since the days OF
John l. Sullivan has fought accord
ing 10 Hoyle." By that I mean that
his offensive tactics were those that
other boxers used.
Every variety OF waIlop that the
heavyweight sent over was from
certain position. To get set for
wallop he had TO jockey himself into
position.
His opponent could guess. to a
large degree, what was coming in
time to cover. Surprise didn't figure
very strongly. Rather II was neces-
sary TO first weaken and break down
the opponents defense before the
kayo wallop could be slipped over.
Corbett. Bob Fitzsimmons and the
| others who in turn won the heavy
weight title were all this type OF
fighter, who stood in position and
snapped blow for blow.
Jack Different
Then along came Jack Dempsey.
with ring tactics all his own.
Awkward and unscientific, but
with world Of power and stamina
Dempsey was interested only In get
ting close enough to an opponent to
land the haymaker that would chalk
up another kayo.
Ring strategy went by the boards.
Dempsey paid no attention 20 prece-
dent He started his punches from
any and all positions. shooting them
over in this way at times when his
opponent least expected them He
packs knockout in either fist and
shifts at viii to meet an attack.
style Dangerous
Couple Dempsey's two-handed
fighting style with his opponents in
ability to dope his intentions and
you've got a mighty dangerous COM
bination. For a shift from left 70
right hand gives Dempsey a big ad-
vantage. Few Of the classy fighters
can fight other than with their left
hand. A right-handed fighter Is
awkward for them to handle-and
. to hit. And Dempseys ability ia
make the shift at will gives him this
advantage at any time during a night
that he cares to take II.
like n. o. Brown
. Knockout Brown was right
! handed fighter, and his string OF
kayoes testifes to what l mean.
George CLANCY, whom / fought at
Cedar Point. and X. o. Mars, whom
, met in Cincinnati, were the same
kind OF boxers-the most dangerous
kind OF opponents because, owing "a
their apparently awkward style, they
we're likely at any second to get
! ! across blow that would wind az
a fight in a hurry.
The value OF Dempsey's surprise
= style OF fighting is shown by'th'
, fact that even before he put Willard
away at Toledo he had knocked ou
90 men in the first round and had d
= dozen other knookouts TO his credit
willard, on paper, should have
won the Toledo affair. But he wal
puzzled by Dempsey's style, just a.
. every other boxer is puzzled in try
, ing to dope the man who doesn'
stick to the usual methods.
Thus Dempsey won his title b.
freak fighting.
Carp Like Cat
Carpenter has risen to the cham
pionship Of France by freak fight
, ing Of an altogether different nature
Trained in the European school o
, open fghtng-inhghung is prac
u tically unknown over there
e Georges has developed such agilit
- in rushing. hitting and getting ava
Il that in the ring he reminds a per
n son Of nothing so much as cat.
!, Into his opponent one secon
with a bullet-like one-two punch
he is crouched on the floor like
shadow the next while an adver
= sary's swing goes harmlessly owe
4 him. Points-ple up the points
10 that has been the Frenchman
s. method always.
II Frenchman's Chance.
Is Carpenters chance in this fgh
d will lie in using his fashy speed t
l. rain blows in so fast on Dempse
that Jack won't have a chance {
l. get set or to get his wallopers int
,r action. Dempsey's job will be
IL get the Frenchman into a cornc
a. and then make him miss a punch.
g. The Jersey battle will be NOR
A. than a tight for the heavyweigf
Re championship.
al II will be bout TO determin
4 which is the better style OF frea
% hghting-that which made Carper
III tier the champion OF France or thu
= which gave Dempsey, after
knockout tour. the world title.
Copyright, 1921, n. f. A.
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