The evening world., 1922-03-11

"clh bAlu - lOJ IneTe IN lew
words. Looking back over the long
list of champions in the different
weight classes, it's easy to see how
the possession of K. o. punch COM
manded respect and popularity. The
crowd kes action-plenty of tex
citemen thrills. And there is
nothingthat p;its a thrill into a box
ing conest like the possibility of a
deciBivepunch that may slip over at
the mos unexpected moment.
John ! Sullivan was world famous
because Q won his fights with crash
ing knocouts. There are few deci-
sions in ohm LIS record. Jim Cor
bett waspopular for a while, after
beating hllivan and knocking out
Charlie Mitchell. But he never had
a real X. punch, and 1t wasn't long
before ha1er hltters took his place
in public Oteem.
Tom Sarkey had nothing but
strength End q punch. He once
knocked ,ut Gus Rubin with the
first bloN struck. He knocked out
.,kid McC' after Mccoy had dropped
him twic He was always danger
Gus. The were just two men he
couldn't lock down.
IT'S TIL SNAP THAT COUNTS.
One vi Bob Fitzsimmons, who
was too afty to get in the way OF
Sharkey'swings. and who was the
hardest tier in the world at his
weight-rhaps the hardest at any
weight. ] other was Jim Jeffries.
Sharkey t Jeffries often enough
but he cddn't make an impression
on Jeff's 'emendous frame. In his
prime, Jefes was the strongest man
ever SEEM a ring, and no fighter
living inlis time could hit hard
enough thpset him.
Jeffrieshad a great punch. He
often heI 1t back, being afraid OF
injurtng opponents If he used all
his hittinpower. But when he need
ed the pch he could deliver it.
There a peculiar thing about
= punchineower. The weight of the
y blow cous for nothing.
The sn with which it is delivered
gives It stunning effect
When tzsimmons was training at
Carson tight Corbett for the heavy
weight I'll, boxed with him one day,
and hadBeveral samples Of Bob's
terrific r1y blows. The punches ]
landed Fitz didn't worry him
much.
After king we had discussion
about hing power and went down
Town tory 1t out on a punching
machineHith a registering dial.
was mo a shot putter and weight
thrower han a boxer. and this Is
where blipped one over on Fitz-
simmoni
Bob ] the pad on the punching
machin6ome mighty swats, and the
needle wv UP and registered about
400 pods. When my turn came
had siz UP the working style Of the
machin and instead OF driving my
fist init with a snappy boxers blow
! lung1 with a shot-putting drive
registeIg approximately 800 pounds
or twicthe punch delivered by Fitz-
simmoI
PUZZLE TO FITZ.
Fitz ouldn't understand it at all
He cobn't believe that any one could
hit haer than he did, so he kept on
poundk the machine for nearly an
hour fnally Fitz had a bright idea
Loo ERE" he exclaimed. you
can't fitting 'arder than am
When It it it 1t SO ard the needle
files ce around so quick We don't
see it,nd then II goes slower for -four
'undrt pounds more. I'm lifting once
arounthe dial-that's twelve 'undred
pouno-and four 'undred more--six-
teen ndred pounds"
An,F1tz stuck to his claim. The
tact As that his 400-p pound hit was
a bio and my S00-pound hit was a
skov, My hit would have upset a
man Hthout hurting him much-but
Fitznmons's hit would have Jared
/, the nses out Of any man IL landed
son. aturally, Fitzsimmons never hit
as hid a blow at a moving target as
he d at the padded cushion on the
macne.
Dnpsey has earned a place among
the orld's greatest hitters by estab-
lishg the cleanest knockout record
eveheld by a champion. His punch
lasarned him fame.
IOk at the lightweights. Benny
Leoard is the most popular cham
piothe class ever had-and he near
ly ways wins with a punch. joe
CiGJ was a great lightweight cham
pio because he could get up from a
kndSdown, and even when reeling
sDs over a winning knockout blow.
Held that twice with Dal Hawkins.
THE LITTLE FELLoWS.
0ns was a marvellous counter
hitR.
Ittling Nelson was n popular
chnpion because lie won his fights
viahe X. o. route, bat II took Mel
NoIyears to work his way into real
lollarity, because he took so long
TO vim. Some OF his battles went
ovF forty rounds. His other quail