New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Jackson Confident
On Eve of Battle
With Harry Wills
Ohio Boxer Certain He Will
Stay the Limit i'm Bout at
Ebbets Field Tonight
By Jack Lawrence


Tut Jackson's chances against Harry
Wills in the fifeeen-round battle the
two colored gents are to engage in this
evening at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn,
Tut's belief in himself is something to
marvel at. He is the personification
of serene confidence. He noints com
placentlly to the fact that he has
knocked out every man he ever met,
and says he can't figure out for the
life of him why Wills should get away
with it when all the members of this
plastered platoon were bumped into a
state of motionless oblivion.
The public appears to be betting that
Mistah Tut won't be in condition to
continue diplomatic relations with the
Black Panther when the bell for the
sixth round rings. This information,
when conveyed to him by the writer
features in wide apd dazzling smile.
"Huh huh!" he chuckled Huh,
huh, HUH" I'll say ats sumpin to
make guy laugh. Say. frien', wen
at bell she goes ding-dong fo' at ole
fifteen raound they'll be jus one man
astandin' in at ole ring an at guy'll
be Mistah Tut Jackson, of Washington
Cot House, Ohiah.'
Tut's Ability Unknown Here
Tut Jackson supplemented these sen
timents with the offer to bet all his
cash that he'd not only be on deck in
the sixth, but would be there in the
fifteenth if Harry Wills should be able
to last that long, a thing which would
amaze Tut considerable, according to
what he had to say yesterday
The ring capabilities of Harry Wills
are pretty we'll known, but Tut Jackson
= of "a
is this to be said about the Washing
ton Court House scrapper, however;
If he is as good as he looks, and if he
has fighting ability at all comparable
to his splendid physical condition, this
affair at Ebbets Field tonight should
be black whirlwind.
Wills will enter the ring weighing
close to 2l0 pounds, while Jackson's
weight will be in the neighborhood OF
200. The latter stands six feet two and
ree-quarter inches, while Wills meas
ures six feet four inches.
Buddy Jackson Raises squawk
Buddy Jackson, the colored fighter
who was knocked out last week by
Wills, is the latest party to raise a
squawk about the latter's ring tactics.
We received the following communities
tion from Buddy yesterday:
81 wish to make brief statement
to the readers of your paper If it is
to be the last statement made by me
while | am in the ring.
THAT is: | was not set-up in my
fight with Harry Wills.
"Wills can whip any one as long as
he Is allowed to tieht in a foul man
ner. No opponent has a chance to
meet him when he uses such foul
tactics,
wills beat me with a foul blow
struck in the first round. The
referee only warned him. If he
should have hit Dempsey in the man.
I ner he hit me he would have been
disqualified at once. If Wills will
fight me fair will give him the fight
of his life and may beat him.
"To show the spirit of my chal-
lenge for a return bout, | will hand
over my end of the purse to The
Tribunes Fresh Air Fund"
NIske to Meet Roper
Billy Miske, the ST. Paul heavy
weight, who knocked out Fred Fulton
a few nights ago, has been matched to
flight Captain Bob Roper at Oklahoma
City on Labor Day. They are to go
ten rounds.
The latest dope from Harlem is that
Benny Leonard, lightweight champion,
is to open a clothing establishment at
Fifty-frst Street and Broadway. He
expects to open the store in two weeks.
Two good twelve-round contests are
scheduled for the 9th Regiment
Armorv on Friday night In one of these
Pete Hayes is paired with Buddy
Wallace, and in the other, Sammy
Butts faces Bobby Wagner.
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