The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-08

IndJ is UNKNOWN i'll ClNlllLullo
A COW is slow and deliberate, but
an African buffalo is so swift and
sudden In action that hunters say
Il is the most dangerous OF all anil
mals 10 meet. A domestic cat Is
quick, but wildcat Is 10 times
quicker. A trained fighting dog has
u certain amount OF speed. but an
Alaskan wolf can jump around II
and slash It to ribbons without any
trouble Mt all.
The same inherited speed Is In
Pancho villa, the Filipino, who
knocked out Johnny Buff In II
rounds and won tho flywelght title
In Brooklyn. The same speed In In
Flores. tho Filipino lightweight
who came over with villa and who
has been fighting around New YORK
lately.
Watching villa In his fight against
Johnny Buff. | couldn't help think
Ing It's lucky for Jack Dempsey that
Filipino fighters are nll little fell
lows. a heavyweight built like WI
Ia aud gifted with the same jungle
speed and strength, the same sinewy
grace that lends power 10 every
movement, the same coolneH and
courage and the same degree OF
clean boxing skiil, would give ths
big fellow all he could handle.
Another thing that struck me,
!coa!nS W!!!a ever, "as :hst !.
would be very inoonvenient TO have
one Of these swift little fellows
snlcking at ones legs with a bolo.
Under live Feet Tall.
pancho villa is almost a midget.
lie IL less than five feet tall. but
perfectly formed. Ills muscles arc
smooth and long, aud not abnormal.
~ developed. His Shoulders are
wide, his back n wedge that tapers
smoothly 10 n small wrist. lie ia
neat and trim.
His head is rather large and Is
set on u strong neck. His features
are distinctly oriental There may
be Chinese blood In him. N appear
ancea 20 for anything. Ills cheek
bones are wide and prominent, HIS
eyes black, small ablique and close
set. HIS eyes are one OF his most
striking features. They are e1-
tremely alert.
He has the impression OF cat,
hunting His nose Is short, mouth
large and tight lipped, and chin ag-
gress;ye and rounded. His straight.
black hair, very glossy is brushed
back. II starts down near
his eyebrows. lie has no
marks Of fighting except slightly
flattehed ears. Yet villa has been
doing n lot OF fighting among Fili-
plnos and Australians. and has made
good beginning In this country.
When villa fought Buff for the
tlyweight title he met n veteran who
didn't know how to take a back
ward step Age was telling on Buft,
ana II wns evident that he hadn,
recovered form after being serious
~ ill three months ago. but he was
ns aggressive as ever. lie went
right after Villh from the start,
Johnny Buff had many surprises
tn that fight, First, he couldn't hlt
villa with any force. The little
Filipino stood close, not wHstnR any
time dancing or jumping around In
the silly style affected by most OF
the modern boxers in this country.
Someone taught those Filipino boys
how 20 box There isn't one Ameri'
can hoXcr IN 90 who can handle
himself AZ well.
Puncho Ducks the Punches.
without moving backward or side
stepping villa either made Buff
miss entirely hy swapping his head
away from the blow, or broke the
force OF the punches he couldn't
entirely avoid by pulling back with
them once BUR caught villa with
a terrific upporcut that apparently
littcd his head two feet ~ the air
and strnightenod him up from a
crouch 10 his fun height,
The crowd let out a hopeful
shout but villa only let a wide
smIlo break through his poker OK
preston, lie wasn't hurt at all lie
had snapped his head FAR back with
the blow, HIS chin travelling almost
rs fast ne Johnny's glovc--taking all
ihe sting out OF the punch
AfterWard Buff said he couldn't
feel Pancho's weight NJ the end OF
hla arm" That was natural
pBnCho's weight was moving away
too fast to offer much resistance or
receive much OF a shock.
Yet Pnuchu never jumped back
lie was still there IN fighting range
when his head bobbed into position,
and usually he caught Buff with
two or three lightning fast counters
before he could recover.
Villas speed enables him TO do
things not often seen In the ring.
For instance, time and again. he hit
Buff sharply In the body with a
short left hook and brought the
same hand up instantly IN hard
lamnsh on the chin that the cham