The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
Joie Rays Ambition.
I'VE Told You So. =
MuIdoon VIII Stay.
The Sailing Of I. A. Firpo.
How He Can Tell Friends.

9 ne Qey0leS the Same 0luOune VI
time and energy that It viii re-
Quire for ring career TO some
: useful pursuit, Ray viii find HIM
self much better off in q few
years.
Jess Willard is one of the few
men in the long history Of the
prize ring who became q pro-
fessionaI fighter comparatively
late in life and achieved success.
Willard began at twen1y-nine. He
had abnormal size, and a barren
heavyweight field In his favor,
which Ray has not.
TACK DEMPSEY was ORDERED
to accept Harry wills chal-
lenge. was ORDERED to defend
his title against the black man by
the New York State Athletic
Commission.
The penalty for failure. it was
aafd. would be the punishment
dealt out TO Johnny Wilson, mid
dleweight champions Johnny Kill
bane, feathefN ght champion,
and Others lsbafment from New
York State.
Now comes the implication that
this State.
The colored voters win please
note that this column months ago
told them exactly what would
happen, which is exactly what
HAS happened.
You have been told that VII.
liam Muldoon, iron-fisted head
of the New York State Athletic
Commission, will remain in that
position under the Democratic adj
ministration.
The writer is reliably informed
that this statement is true.
The politicians would like to un-
seat Muldoon. but the politicians
fear 1t would upset the boxing
game. IN which they see avenues
Of future profit
MuldoOn. honest. fearless, has
the confidence Of followers of box
ing. It would be necessary to
tamper with the boxing law to
get him out. The politicians fear
that tampering might end the law
entirely.
With MuIdoofl in control of the
boxing commission, many well laid
RANSAAD WALLIS VIII
now go amiss. The Kilbane- Criqui
match is one Of these plans. XIII.
bane. featherweight champion, is
barred from boxing in this State.
IT us ANGEL FIRPOy<Roman-
tic name-leaving the Argen.
tine to fight in the United States,
Is cheered by thousand Of his
countrymen.
This is very nice. Firpo will
learn, however, that it will be
much nicer il there are a thous-
and OF his countrymen on hand to
cheer him on his return.
There will be that many, and
thousands more, il Firpo goes
homo victorious. II he fails. he
viii be lucky IL he finds a dozen
1t the dock on his return. Such
q return would not be without
value to him. It would enable
him to distinguish his real friends.
FIRPo is the gigantic, ponder
GUS man who comes to fight
at Madison Square Garden. url-
less contract that he signed on
his previous visit here to fight
at the little PIONEER Club does
not interpose complications.
Firpo Is the idol of the Argen-
tine, where prize fighters are
rarer than in this country. Firpo,
born in the Argentine, is said to
be OF italian parentage. The
blood and the environment ought
to produce a stout heart.
IL Firpo should defeat his next
opponent. Bill Brennan. it would
cause great excitement in the
Argentine. We are not sure that
this would be for the best inter
ests Of that fine country.
It would come to know the
calamity of pugflistic promotorial
agitation. of strange talk Of mil.
lions, of statements from man
ayers, all of which is very
: great curse.