The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08


was far more spectacular and MOI
If anybody is attempting TO
dope" the winner by using my
fights against each as basis,
there are a few little facts which
I'd like to supply 'em with SO
they'll know what it's all ABOUT
They are:
II was probably in the greatest
fighting condition Of my whole lire
time the night I fought Dempsey
in New York-and ! was quite
few Jumps away from it the night
mixed it with Luis.
2 Dempsey was decidedly of
In the early rounds Of our fight
and he didn't get 10 going as ne
can go until late in the battle.
without wishing to take away from
my modest self the credit for nav
ing fingered dozen rounds with
lack. cannot help but say, in
fairness to all concerned, he put
ND one of his poorest fights against
me.
know that Dempsey is man
of amazing gameneSS. That Dlrd
never really cuts loose until he
IN shaken up and hurt q bit. Then
WOW! He Just begins to get
atarted when hit, and the more
you sock him the faster he comes
In, He wants to get revenge
and I'll say he gets it.
Firpo struck me as a different
type. Whenever I'd slam him q
few mites here and there, Luis
would do some fast backing. When
4.
do some retreating. If had been
q bit faster that night and could
have followed through the advan-
tages gained when / socked him
some singers, guess could have
won. But / wasn't trained exactly
to the pink of condition, and I'm
getting a wee bit old, and so Luis
would slip away.
When you get down and figure
things out, you've simply got to
hand the advantage to Dempsey.
He has speed, cieverness, a won
derful ring brain, and superlative
fighting instinct. He is the great
est twe-handed hitter of all time,
and that boring-in style of his, that
ceaseless shifting, makes him a
mighty tough target to slam, SIM
ply because he keeps crowding
fellow back out Of hitting position.
Firpo can hit, yes, indeed, boys,
he CAN HIT. But so can Dempsey
oh. gosh, yes-and Jack can hit
rs Firpo can hit with his right
Dempsey can hit five times as
often, and Dempsey has the speed
to get Iout of danger, which is
something Firpo lacks.
II Dempsey instead Of myself
had been I'm there that night mix
ing It with Luis, he'd have
slapped Luis overheard very. very
suddenly. For Dempsey certainly
has greater speed than had that
night and I'll cOncede that Jack
hits harder than / do. There
fore, Jack would have dropped
about forty more blows on Luis
than 1 did-and with about 1000
pounds more pressure than I put
into each.
The South American is quite a
9ocker, but he's got to hit you in
the right spot to do real damage.
Everybody remembers that he
rounds Of that battle, but they
didn't do any damage. For eleven
rounds Luis never caused me to
moan in anguish with pain.
He got me IN the twelfth with a
wild right hand that caught me
I'm back Of the head. L was bent
over at the time: the blow knocked
me Off balance and before I could
recover and get into defensive po-
sition Firpo was rapping me with
everything he had. The punches
came so fast then that / couldn't
grab hold of nv equilibrium, or
whatever it is you lose when YOU
get a dizzying sock. And so Luis
dropped me-and won the fight.
Firpo doesn't like to be crowded.
He likes to carry the fight to the
other fellow. I realized that early
in the battle and 1 kept crowding
him and forcing mitigating, which
he didn't like nohow. / had him
whipped a mile on points and
would have grabbed the decision
easily If I hadn't been swatted that
one lucky Cfor HIM right handler
back Of the head at the opening
of the twelfth round.
Dempsey Is the greatest crowd
er In the game. That's his out
standing asset, i'm my opinion, for
he keeps right on top of his man
all the time.
So II Jack fights his usual fight
against Firpo. I look for him tc
back Firpo around the ring, deal
ing out lefts and rights and back.
ing and crowding and biting and
banging until Luis goes dowr
under the terrific pounding which
he is sure to get
Dempsey ought to win within five
rounds-and wouldn't be sur.
prised to see him end the evenings
entertainment before two full
rounds have been fought.
Can Seat Big Mob.
Dreamland Park. at Newark, N
J., has been completed in time to
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