San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
NOT WILLARD
F AULT IF He
DOESN' I FIGHT
After Long Wait He's Really
Hustling Now to Get
Back at Jack.
WHAT If HE WINS!
Made a Poor Champion
When He Did Hold Title,
Fighting But Twice.
WHAT IF HE WINS?
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

be his fault. Jess Travelled to New
York in a roundabout manner, stopping
here and there to pick up little vaude-
vile money for expenses, and, once III
| the big town, camped Oh the doorstep
of Tex Richard and other promoters ut
tcring challenges in loud, convincing
roar. 4
As a former champion demanding
return match, Willard would have been
entitled to more consideration II nc
hadn't waited three years before max
ing a determined effort to get 1t. When
even former champion has been out
of the ring four years-which willard
will be next July-the public feels
reasonable doubt. founded on expe-
rience, of his ability to fight the way
he used 10. e.
| 1t is still the opinion of the writer,
that Willard should take on the best
man he can find among the rival chai-
lengers before he , is matched with
! DEMPSEY. If he can win one bout in n
STYLE that shows championship class
the public will be eager to see him
matched with the champion. II he
can't, why waste more time and thought
on a WilIard-Dempsey contest:
When Willard was champion he
fought one ten-round, nO-decisiOn bout
with Frank Moran. in Madison Square
Garden. BE leaned back and let Moran
carry the fight to him, took some OF
Franks swings, reached over and push
ed Franks shoulder TO break the force
of his MARY Ann" and outboxed
Moran easily enough. But he certainly
didn't give the spectators a run for
their money. They expected to see
Willard show some of the aggressive
shirt of ring champion. He only
grinned at the crowd, used his defensive
skill 10 make Moran look foolish, and
played safe. He evidently regarded the
match as a joke. and expected the crowd
to laugh with him.
Having paid $4,000 TO look at
scrap, the spectators didn't see it that
way If they'd wanted comedy they
could have gone TO the Hippodrome for
much less money.
So it's up to Willard TO show New
York something, and do it before he gets
J into a ring with a seriOus-minded,. bust
. ness.likc gladiator like Dempsey. Will
, lard is n good-natured, friendly sort of Il
big guy. and nobody wants TO see him
meet Dempsey unless he's fully FIT and
able to do his part in real battle.
e A new stadium is TO be built in
Forest Hills, New York, for the tennis
championships. The advance of athle-
T tic sports in this country Is indicated
Q hy the great number of concerto sta
: diums being built by colleges, clubs and
c cities.
q Several years ago James Sullivan:
|
o the A. A. T.. wanted TO build a great
r sport stadium in New York's Central
a Park. The plan never went through
: because there was an objection to TAX
s ing any nart Of the park away from
s daily public use.
s pcrhaps that was fortunate. for ar
|. chitecture has improved as much in
IS stadium building as in putting up sky
scrapers Yale BOwPwas an immense
Improvement on all athletic arenas
st built before it. and since Yale Bow
le was built there have been few I'M
E. provcmcnts in laying out the proper
ID lions and the surroundings OF these
IL great athletic fields.
~ One Of the things that stadium build
10 crs generally overlook is the tremendous
At increase in the use of the automobile
At Yale Bowl. HarvaTds stadium. anf
'h other famous athletic ccnters, there II
Ut always n tremendous congestion OF au
r tomobilc traffic before and after TIT
Z big games, cars being parked aloni
" streets. in vacant lots, and solidly mass
rs ed in open fields. causing long delays
u" At Pasadena the thirty or so 'en
trance lanes in new stadium there
leading into the seating sections OF tn
AT stadium, will each be continued in =
ne straight line outside the stadium walls
~ the spaces along the radiating az
eeHs proachcs being marked in automobil
vi parking stalls.
Ter The stadium will seat $4,000 people
ey There will be n car parking space for
ne third as many cars. Every third tickI
~ will have a parking coupon, with d
" rcctions for approaching. parking an
II leaving. so that spectators can come
W without delay. and drive straight ava
w from the congeStCd area after the gam
w The city owns the ground all aroUn
~. the stadium.
ier II might be difficult to find roo
NV for a similar arrangement at Fore
'W Hills. closcly-built-up suburb. but Il
al plan could be adopted at Yale. Ha
ward, Princeton and many other co
, Iegcs.
big Bill linden Is proving lh'
"a he can spot the rest Of the tennis pla
crs a finger and still be champio
Last year wasn't a good one for DO
ren ing champions. Jack Dempsey couldr
led get 4 match. Carpentier was knock'
rds out By Sikh. Harry Greb lost n lot
ere time in fracas with the y. Y. Boxil
,ec- Commission Johnny Wilson was {
lied busy ducking to do any fighting. Jat
Britton lost the weller championsh
and to Mickey Walker. Benny Leonal
went through the year without sheddii
ion his title. but was nickod for n piv
fin tooth in the rough time Tender GA
mt. him and developed an infected ia
ieh- after the Hammer bout that put hi
ong out Of action for the rest Of the Sc
ell, SON Johnny Kilbane lodged match
and loafed. johnny Buff was knoc