Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

no match for him at all.
The fight was a joke. Welsh knew
it was n joke as soon as he felt White
out and saw that Charles poised fist
couldn't start until Charles had sent
In order from headquarters by mail.
Thought White Broke Browns Neck
Welsh danced and sidestepped until
White was puzzled and uncertain and
then deliberately stepped closer and
slapped White for seconds ut d time.
White had to think this new compiled
ton out, and by the time he realized
that he ought to be hitting Welsh was
out of range again. Welsh always had
Whites number. because he thought
and moved in the same instant and
White had to think first and move aft
erward.
Benny Leonard has the same advan-
tage over White. He is a fast thinker
and his hands and feet are linked with
his mental impulses.
Whites fighting makeup is different.
In his body and legs and arms he has
a perfect fighting machine. His waist
is small. his legs thin hut wiry, his
arms long and strong, his fists hard,
his shoulders wide. his neck short and
supporting Il large head with extraor-
d~inarily wide and heavy jaws.
But Whites mental action is slow.
lie is like Il man working IL marionette
in a Punch and Judy show; he has TO
reach for the strings and pull them be
fore anything moves.
lie is n fraction of n second late. In
boxing Il fraction Of a second often
wins or loses Il bout.
It's the difference between landing a
punch and missing by a foot.
Now and then White catches even
the fastest boxers with a punch. He
nearly got Leonard at Benton Harbor.
The slightest difference in timing that
punch might have made him champion.
White is the most dangerous bitter
at a stationary target-in his class. II!
never forget seeing him hit young
Brown with one left hook on the chin.
Young Brown was IA yonngster then,
and a slugger. He rushed White in
the opening round and landed two or
three swings. Whites expression be
came intent-almost m~aIevolept. He
reminded me Of a coiled rattlesnake
swaying its head and preparing to strike
brown recognized the danger. but cir
cled a step or two or attacked again.
"Klop,' Whites left landed on
Browns chin. Browns thick neck bent
like q piece of soft rubber-so far that
the back of his head seemed to strike
his shoulder blades.
/ never saw any other mans head
knocked back SO far by a blow. Brown
fell like a log. | thought his neck was
broken. 1t took 10 minutes to get him
out of the ring. He never was much
good as a fighter afterwards.
White Now at Top Form
IF White lands the same kind of a
punch on Il champion, the title will go
to Chicago. And there's always q
chance.
Probably Leonard will beat White,
for Leonard is a wonder at going
through trouble and winning in the end.
Moreover Leonard has n habit of learn
ing all about n man i'll his first fight
and applying his knowledge next time
they meet. He usually wins much more
easily in a second fight. Leonard can
punch as hard as anyone when he's in
danger, and he's game as well as clever.
Still. White never fought better than
he's been fighting in the past few
months. He never has been hit much,
and he apparently is at the top Of his
form rigli now.
One thing that improves Whites