The Washington times., 1923-08-11


rushing the Argentinian into a
pion. His opinion of Firpo's RICH
public opinion as it was during
ing up.
Since the Willard affair many be-
Heve that Firpo's right hand is not
such a terrible thing to be feared
after all.
But as far as comparing Firpo's
punch with Dempsey's Firpo's right
punch with Dempsey's, Firpo's right
there is no comparison.
Firpo hit the forty-two-year-old
Willard with his right many, many
times. If Luis right hand was such
q thing to be feared, do you think
Willard would have remained on
his feet?
You who did not see the Willard
F'irpo affair, go to see. the pictures
of it. You will note that Firpo
landed often and hard on the KAN
sas veteran without knocking him
off his feet and that finally when
Willard did go down he was not
cleanly knocked down, but sank to
the canvas and took the count.
The knockdown took place directly
In front Of the moving picture
camera. You will get a good view
Of it.
Critics declare that Floyd John
son hasn't q punch, Yet John
son in Jig time knocked out Me-
AuIiffe. 1t took FirpO three
rounds to knock out McAuliffe
despite the fact that FirpO landed
on Jack from the start.
Firpo to get any knockdown
power in his right has to start the
punch from back. of his hip. He
telegraphs it and gives his opponent
plenty of time to block, duck or
slip the blow, or to roll with it or
take it going away, thus robbing
it of its force. Ffrpo photographed"
the punch just as plainly against
Willard as he did in earlier bouts.
Dempsey can knock down a man
with his right from almost any
angle or position. He can hit long
or short, without a straight punch,
swing, hook or uppercut, with suffi-
cient force to bring a man down.
If Dempsey had his left hand
tied to his waist he could outpunch
Firpo with his right. Jack doesn't
have to start his right from back
Of the hip. He can let 1t go from
almost any angle and knock a man
senseless or helpless.
What makes Dempsey about the
most annihilating heavyweight
that ever drew on q glove is that
he punches just as hard with his
left as he does with his right.
He not only can jab and put a
man off balance and open him up
for a right, but he can jab, hook,
or uppercut with it with suffi-
cient force to knock an opponent
silly.
Dempsey punches in recoil fash
ION. When he throws" in one
punch, he dose 1t with a movement
that leaves him cooked" to shoot"
with the other hand.
Jack is Just as dangerous from a
"southpaw'' stance as from the or
thodox position of left hand and foot
extended.
Very often you will see Dempsey
fab with his left, follow with his
right, and then from a position OF
right hand and foot extended, Jab
ughtningly fast with his right and
RIP q left to the body with all the
speed, venom, and power Of an en-
larged Lew Tender.
Dempsey's superb footwork, some
thing which he seldom is given due
credit for, Is what chiefly makes it
possible for him to punch so effec-
lively with either hand and from
any angle.
Jack comes In with q sort Of
gaIlop, but never gets tangled up
and can shift his feet with great
rapidity and consummate grace.
He doesn't dance or bound about
the ring. He glides in with the
stealth Of a panther, swift, sure,
terrible.
What chance has Firpo, a wild
right hand swinger. with such a
deadly effective "two-gun man"
as Jack Dempsey?
Not the chance of a SNOWFALL In
Ecuador unless Dempsey has gone
back the proverbial million miles.
The long two-year layoff undoubt-
edly affected Dempsey's judgment
Of distance and timing Of punches.
Experts who saw the champion in
action against Gibbons in that
Shelby AFFAIR tell US IndL JACK y
physical powers are absolutely un-
Impaired and that, II anything, he
Is faster and stronger than ever.
II that is so, Jack undoubtedly
will regain all his old punching
effectiveness, for all he has to do
r. to practice punching to regain
his batting eye" and that splendid
coordination of mind, eye and
muscle which results in perfect
distance and timing.
II Dempsey is Dempsey, put
ting Firpo in front of him would be
like setting one of those bowlegged,
undershot. bench English bulldogs
in front of long jawed pit bull
dog.
Children and the uninitiated i'm
agine the fierce looking, understood
English bull can fight just because
he is bigger and more terrible look
ing than the pit bulldog.
But the wise ones know-they
know!
And they know what will happen
to the fierce looking Firpo when
the savage. annihilating Dempsey
takes the hobbies off his punches.
Ray Quits Illinois.
Joie Ray announces September
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