The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-16

Tho Wi.u. Tate m,Nup in oregon
u which Nuln deliberately flulcd
IWo nt the beginning OF the rirst
rumd and Wac disqualified bv the
.r',rvr shows uuc reason why the
nIs luluIui Fighter Wills. ia not
considered seriously ag rival Tor
bunIparN
Nl's Inns the habit ~ toulinE.
tie could boat lato without much
trouble. hut couldn't ro"ist the
temptation To- trN tu set him hy hit
ting AN unexpected blow after tho
rviorros order 60 break
Vile has otton found In other
fghts. aud has gotten away with
u lic huHt Pred Fulton by deliver
ink foul hlows fpr he vas holdlnr
Fultuu.H right arm In lock grip
Will" ho pounded Fultun.a body
uud broke Fultpu'r ribs with heavy
riEhthuud rmushos. ThroH blows
wore particularly effective because
hc couldn't pun away as thoy
landed
Holding and hitting rs prohibited
under an rules ~ the ring Holding
and hitting, and hitting whom or
dorod 20 break ARE habits with Wills
Perhaps he borrowed the idea
from Jack Johnson Although
johnson could have beaten Tommy
Iurus without use OF foul tricks, I'm
the first round ut their fight IN Aus
tralln he hit Burns terrific upper.
cat when Burns dropped his arms AZ
tho rctcrue'R order 10 break, Burns
was nearly knocked out by the foul
punch, and was more or less groPgy
from that time to the end OF the
tight.
The referee aftorward told mo
thut he would have disqualified
johnson for striking foul blow II
he had realized how much Burns
was hurt by II. and II he hadn't been
relunCihut to stop the fight In the
first round with great crowd
present thnt had paid what WAS then
a world record gate to see the bat
tie.
Foul should Dlsaunlify
talked over potaible Dempsey
Wills match with Jack Dempsey.
II don't bar anybody and I'd take
ON Wills AZ qulcNly as anyone else
II my manager makes the match
said Dempsey. "i[cnrns makes tho
matches ana do the fighting. 1t
doesn't mako any difference In mo
who I fight ia rather have n
hard fight than an easy one. It's
more run There's no fun In going
uut ana slappluR down some poor
fish who hasn't "A chance"
Here Dempsey stopped and wus
silent ana thoughtful Tor Il couple
| of minutes
There's Just one thing ! wouldn't
! Ike about "A wills match no said
| I'm AN apologize manner ns " h'
didn't Ike to SAY II at all. "He hni
n trick of holding and hitting. an,
never claim fouls. II would pu
me az a diHadvantage unlehs Thu
| referee enforced the rules
"A man who deliberately foul
once should be disqualified. one un
| fair blow may do lot OF damage
| lt's like IN n pistol duel, lf one mar
| could aim deliberately and take q
| pop at the other guy while the other
guy had his gun down at his side
and was waiting the signal playing
fair, he'd have to chance,
wouldn't he2
Another thing In "a boxing match,
you're looking for any Kind OF n
fair punch. but foul punch II
likely "a take you by surprise and
YOU aren't set for n or ready to
sway with II. | never want to win
on a foul, Several times when I've
been fouled I've asked the referee
20 let the bout go on, but that would
be n dangerous advantage to give "A
man as good NJ Wills. | don't under
estimate him ana ! wouldn't care
TO give him any handicap"