Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
TYPEWRITER AID
/. TO BOB MARTIN
pronson's Management Even
More Than Fighters Fists
Earned Him REP" in Ring
MAY NEVER BOX AGAIN
By LOUIS II. JAFFE


THAT. "the pen is mightier than the
| ,vord." as It were, even in fstic
tostilities. is shown by the career Of
FIls RAJ Martin in the ring. The, type
,prh,r OF Jimmy Bronson, the Ameri-
oon r. +. champions manager. has
Sone @ more to bring the big Virginian
;nth the boxing limeglare as q star
Gsticufiian than Bob's dukes them
selves. A. .- -,
ma World War at Terra Alta. w,
Va, on Wednesday probably will bring
IN end to the hitting history Of Mar
un While he has passed the crisis as
! result OF being badly hurt In the
automobile accident, the big fellow 8
eondltion on account Of internal in
iuries Is such that he may never be
sble to answer the tingle Of the gong
again. ~.
Aort at a time when the Bronson type
writer had just started campaign to
hing "Ffghting Bob in line for a
match with the title holder, J. Demp-
Sy. Martin, despite his long string
Vd knockouts (mostly against "set-
ms" and all that sort of thing). never
showed that he was anything other
than an ordinary boxer. The chances
arc that Bob never would have been a
world beater.
But-in two years OF professional
ccmpetition Martin participated in a.
total Of ninety six bouts, and he was
well paid in each instance. Bronson
tod the world at large that Martin was
& coming champion-that he would
come through finally and whip the title
holder, and Jimmy punched his type
writer in such a way that it was quite
convincing.
A glimpse at Martins record brings
forth the indelible fact that he knocked
out eighty. three Of his opponents, and
lot Of them in the very first round.
Still when put to the test.on three dif-
ferent occasions-Martin failed to live
tain Bob Roper won from Bob on a
Boston, and Bill Brennan returned q
Boston, Bill Brennan returned a fif-
| teen -rounder victor in New York and
Fay Kayser whipped him in Baltimore.
However, little setbacEs like those
two defeats did not bother a man like
Bronson, He went along pairing Mar
tin of with q few more easy things and
continued to tickle tho keys of his
trusty typewriter. Two days before
Martins unfortunate accident that may
mean. Bob's retirement from the ring,
Bronson got off the following effusion
which, before another year, probably
would have resulted in adding heavily
to the heavyweight's Golfers:
Bob Martin Is now A. and ready and eager
TO battle Jack Dempsey for tho hea Nryvretuht
THIS a. q diroct challenge 70 Dempsey In
Martin has not established tho right TO meet
him tor the highost oners of pugillsm. Mar
s rss rssans Sa s snnsa e. .nasS Tmis that
,ts a. CHAMPION OF 70. ooo, 900 hghting men
which have .eleDsed since that time I have
careiuly refralned fro mehaiienstng Demp:
NY, Martin wasn't rtpo, and knew It.
made vow; that. never would permit Mar
" ,s 70 I'm, mix II with Dempsey urtil felt Ger;
sOgndagc, nooessnry. to give him chance.
Ever since Martin was launched upon a
trofessionsl r!ng acrser in 1919 ] sent him
uIt process to a point where he now is TT TO
tackle any living man-snd so on To VIC
Martin has established = knockout record
without parallel In prize-ring history. In
rln.ty-slx agl!ts he has Scored eighty-thres
tysr remotely APPROACHED that mark. I feel
thas t the public, will concede that fighter
WITH pune like that must be regarded as
Dtmpsey's most dangerous rival:
a, POP Martin weighs 1893 today. he :s feet
grers old. He has lived tire clcanest lifo
that is humanity possible. He is physically
psrfect. He has rroYcd hts fighting great
h... .Ho now wants his chance TO ynif It
WITH Dempsey In .. battle for the stellar
honors OF I Q fighting world.
Y Dempsy ready TO meet tho champion
fshter OF 5000. coo fighting men" IN bat
ts for tha nstic supremacy OF the world2
This, no doubt, was the beginning
ef long series Of "pen propaganda"
from the master mind OF Jimmy Bron-
ton for q bout between Martin and
Dempsey. The seriousness OF the in
|,!ries OF "Fighting Bob" rs result
|ct the automobile accident probably is
The only reason Bronson's typewriter
|Tu have failed to bring the ex soldier
Into the ring with Chamninn Dnmnsnr