Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-25
MISKE'S DEFEAT PUT
WILLS AHEAD
(By United Press.O


New York, Oct. 25-Hope thai Billy
Miske, the ST. Paul Heavyweight, hac
come back" to the point where he hat
become q logical opponent for Jack
Dempsey in little contest, was ex-
ploded by Miske's showing agains'
Tommy Gibbons, his fellow towns
man.
Miske took such beating and was
so clearly outpOinted that the decision
which gave him victory on ques-
tionable foul meant not thing to his
credit.
When he met Dempsey several years
ago, Miske was not a well man. He
was Just recovering from a long i'll
ness and ne was in no condition to
take the punching that Dempsey gave
him.
He took things easy for a long
time before getting back into the ring
and when he did resume active opera
tionS again ne came so fast and look
ed so good that he was picked as a
choice over Brennan and the other
Dempsey victims for a chance at the
title.
Ever since Dempsey knocked out
Carpenter, it has been agreed that
Harry Wills, the huge colored fighter
was the only one in the class who de-
served n chance for the title. The
more the other cOntenderS mix around
among themselves, the stronger that
conviction becomes.
Tommy Gibbons is a first class light
heavyweight, perhaps the best in the
American class, but ne does not size
up as fit opponent for Dempsey. He
is too small and the handicap of over
coming twenty pounds of the hardest
hitting fighter in the ring is too much
to ask Of him.
Little more than a month ago, talk
of the Dempsey-Wills battle was the
chief topic Of conversation but it has
lapsed now to the point where it is
seldom mentioned.
This cannot be taken as a loss OF
interest in the prospective meeting Of
the two leaders of the heavyweight di-
vision. It is the result Of information
from responsible sources that the fight
cannot be held until next summer and
that increased agitation would throw
impediments in the way.
Joe Beckett. England's Count of
Ten" got back into the good graces
of the British fight fans when he
stopped Frank Moran, the ancient
Mary Ann. Regardless of the fact
that Moran is considered about
sixth rater in the United States, the
British ringworms regard him as an
American fighter, and to Beckett they
give all the palms for beating an AM
erican.
Beckett's next abig fight win be
with Battling Sikh, the heavyweight
champion of Europe and the conquer
or of Georges Carpenter. Even
though Sikh is rated in this country
as an accident. Beckett will not be q
cinch bet to win from the Senegalese
fighter. Ski can hit and Joe doesn't
like to be hit
Should Beckett get away from the
Orthodox method of hitting for the
Jaw. followed by all European boxers,
he ought to win from Sikh Carpen-
tier tried to knock out the Battler
with straight rigrts and left to the
Jaw and all he got for hi strouble was
two broken hands. Two good ticks
clown stairs" might have won the
fight for him.
Reports from the other side quote
Ski as having turned new leaf up-
on which absjuthe and wine are o.
entered. If he would get down to
serious training and have some good
instructor take hold OF him, he might
turn out to be a fair fighter.
Unless Dempsey should happen to
lose his mind, however. talk of Sikh
having chance with the champion
is silly.