Phoenix tribune., 1922-09-16
DEMPSEY Still IS
TRYING TO dodge
match WITH Wills
preston News service)

orleans, with crushing right hook to
the jaw, after two minutes and five
seconds of fighting in the third round
of his bout with Tut" Jackson, of
Washington Court House, Ohio, fame,
vindicated himself and firmly estab-
lished his position last Tuesday night
at Ebbett's Field, flooring @his chal-
lenger for the count.
Exactly one week from the day,
when he disposed of Buddy" Jack
son in Newark, N j., before an en-
thusiastic gathering of Elks, Wills
disposed of the other Jackson, and
thus practically swept away the final
barrier to match with the present
heavyweight champion-Jack Demp-
sey. Followers of "Flistiana" are won
dering what subterfuge the willy Jack
Kearns, manager of Dempsey, will re-
sort to in futile attempt to stave off
championship bout between Demp-
sey and Wills.
Ti9ut muSI DC Otd9SO
And, inevitable as the coming of an
other championship match, Wills and
Dempsey WILL meet Just when,
where, how soon, no one, just now, is
in position to tell.
But Wills two recent victories,
while they can hardly be called sensa-
tional, have certainly knocked all
competition out of the way. The pub
lie has been clamoring for Wills to
really show his class. He has done
this in no uncertain way. White heav-
les would not meet him, so he took
the only colored men in his class who
showed that they had any records,
and disposed of them-yes, disposed of
them so easily, in fact, that the after
math is rather amusing, from mere
readers point of view.
This leaves Dempsey with only one
course to pursue. Either he will have
to agree to meet Wills-and soon-or
step down, and give his title to some
one who will fight. 1t is needless for
him to travel all over the country at
tempting to meet set-ups, like the fat
diversified Billy Miske, Bill Brennan,
or the rapidly-aging hunk, Jess Will
lard. Boxing commissions will not
stand for 1.-THE cancellation of the
Labor Day attraction having shown as
much.
Now They're Sinein' 'em
And now sport writer's are beginning
to sing the Blues" again. They are
trying to discredit the fact that Wills
knocked out both his opponents
knocked them into a cuckoo with prac-
tically no effort. Here's the gist of
their lament:
F1rst-A leading sport authority
has stated that Wills, while the lead
ing contender for Dempsey's crown, is
no match for the American champ.
Second-Chairman William Null
doom, of the New York Boxing Com
mission, has announced that he has
begun investigation into "Tutt" Jack
sons record.
Now, let's see just how far these
statements should go. Of course. no
one takes the talk of the gentleman
from New York seriously. For those
who saw the fight last Tuesday night,
are unanimous in their opinion that
Wills will give Mr.. Dempsey the fight
of his young life. And, again, Mr..
Dempsey must think that Wills is
somewhat of Panther for he con-
tlnually refuses-not in words-but in
actions, to be enticed to sit on three
legged stool opposite the bronze adon-
is. And why? Just because he knows
that when that fateful day comes, the
championship is likely, very likely to
once again change hands.
This selfsame man also gives as an
other reason, that Wills cannot hit as
hard as Carpenter! Think of it! A
man who can floor Norfolk with al
blow which travels barely six inches;
a man who broke six of Fred Fulton's
ribs with his furnishing body blows
a man who simply toyed with Buddy
Jackson and made him dizzy when he
got good and ready; a man who frac-
tured three of 'Tutt" Jackson's ribs
and injured his spinal column, CAN
NOT hit as HARD as the 175-pound
Frenchman? These facts should
prove conclusively to any fair-minded
sport, the ambiguity of the state
ments of the Eastern sire.
Then again, he intimates that Wills
cannot Take It." Now, who has
proven that he can't? No one! Mr..
Dempsey, possibly, is the only one
who might be able to show the sport
ing world whether or not Wills can
take it," but never a peep from Mr..
Dempsey.
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