The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-14
FIRPO WILL PROBABLY MEET WINNER OF THE
 WILLARD JOHNSON GO
Late Developments show Referee Sought te Stop heus
 and Give Victory to Brennan

NEW YORK, March ls.-eBy Assa- cieted f'ress}-hAis Angel hirne seasA American pdsilisss whose stock in iseavywei.:he eifeles has taken 2 bis jump by hls khseke4., O. Bitl Brennan In the tweiftA fsNA4 at Mat= ison Square Gafdesl iasl Aishis E looking fsz' Baos-e @9flds t9 es4t= ques.
 g'aae giant from the Ars1t,siAa dis= cusseA future plans ssy,a% with t'.ss. naote4, Tex Rieka4a aal < Nirtuai agreement was f-aAe.sel Tor tTf93 te box the winAee ef sAa match be- tween Jess Willard and Floyd JoAA- son. scheduled at sAS Yankee stad- iuna May 12.
 The bout, RIekard Hald, probably would take place iA 5AAe or July ct the Yankee park. IT victorious Asam, Ffrps is assured Of hts ambition d matel4 with Jack Dempsey fer the wor1s'ss title p4,eAabs$ A sepeeM- beis.
 ! Riekerd has made 40 premature plans fef Firpo-DensseS esAtest, despite reports to tAe SeEAerafy, bNt should such a match MAeer4Alize would De held in BaeAes Aires. Ar geatina, where Fsrse is sesssetAsas Of a national hes@.
 Charge Bout Nas s4fxeA,-
 Charges that the figAt last night was "fsxed" for Firpe te win were published by two afternoon paBess today, bus met with ~i6iceae from aa overwhelming majority es writers. critics and others aaalifieA to Judge the merits of the contest.
 Inc hattle-scarTNea CIaicaEAaA and his manager, Leo y. Flynn. eaapAaef> caliS denied the charges aA& pesss,, ed to the face that Brc@maM. in l0T fights, has nevef Uesa or lost SM a foel el. ia any way been accused ef Throwing" contest.
 Brennan declared Eirpo was .@y@a strong for me. He is a natural firAs- sr asaa what he lacks in scsence Ae makes np in brute power"
 ana ready to fight anybpay RtcRaa picks" Ftrpo declared through an interpretet. ~I woala like to fight Dempsey, but ! waas to be in much better shape befoJ,a meeting the champion. wasn's a: nay best last nighs,
 Wanted Te Stop Ross>
 It developed today that Jack Ap- peil, referee, sought to stop the fight Tn both the sixth and scv~nth rounds when Firpo, handicapped by a steady flow of blood from tho Sash over ''s es ', was beaeen t9 cover by a raln or Brennan's blows. Vehessaen, protest however, frs~s Jiuamy De- loresa- flrpo's trainer, agsinss .nr such interference, and hssty ins.r,,r, tons from William Muldaan. chair man CT the state athletic con,mis- sich II was declared, kcps AnneI, from ending the match.
 scores of cablegraIns from friends ana admirers in South America reached Firpo today, .congratulatinr n." on ms victory, and predicting world VI tne
 Firpo Is of European narep.,ca although born in the Argentine. His "othef, q native of Spa4n, died .o years age His father is m Italia,
 FIRro A TANGO ARTIST
 HEw 1oRh, March 12.-Luis An
 upo can shake a mean foot" as well as swing and wicked nm percut. up-
 eeieorating his knockout victory osei o 6lii Brennan last night the eou,h American heavyweight. sc- com panied by a score of .rtenos war, rom the Madison Square t,srl,cn ro an obscure Greenwich Village caba- e" where he tangoed and made ,ner.
 uneh o'clock this morning.
 Firpo, exhibiting the famous dance as It Is done In the Argentine, was the most carefree of the party. E,x cept for patch that covered the cut over is left eye, he >howed 70 trace of the strenuous ring battle he had gone through.
 DEMPSEY IS READY
 LOS ANGELES, March 13.-Jack dempsey, champion heavyweieht ic Iy e. Luis Firpo. South American boYar who knocked out Bill Brennan in New York city last night, he said today Firpo's victory, he said, was no surprise to him.
 Brennan still is mighty tough and Firpo must be a good fighter to stop him." Dempsey. said.