Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-14

Harry Greb'S Experiences
With Soldier Jones is Ex-
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BY JOE WILLIAMS

The mental hazard exists In the
prize ring, too. Only the knucklers
don't call it that. Tough egg comes
closer to the p~hraseology used. A
tough egg is an inferior battler who
always manages to make some par
ticular star look bad.
Most of the champions have at
least one tough egg on their list.
Benny Leonard's tough egg is Johnny
Dundee. Considering the difference
in weights, and the added fact that
Leonard is accepted as the great
est lightweight since the days of
Cans and Lavigne, Dundee has no
license even to give him an interest
ing fight.
Dundee, however, always gives
him a great fight. They have fought
a dozen times or so. Leonard has
yet to knock him out. Only once
has he scored a Touchdown. Usually
at the finish Dundee is fighting on
even terms with his heavier and
more gifted foeman.
A suspicion exists in some quar-
ters that Leonard carries" Dundee.
This is untrue. Dundee is Leonard's
mental hazard and the champion
can't shake him off.
Greb's Ne tai Hazard
Harry Greb, champion of the mid
dies, has an active, two-fisted mental
hazard in the person of Soldier
Jones of Canada. Very likely you
never heard of Soldier Jones before.
You don't hear his name mentioned
when the parlor chit-chat concerns
the big leaguers of cauliflowerdom.
49, a. -a,4.r~ &C.,, -, yafd61n-
weights and poison for Greb. The
Canadian came within a wink of
knocking out Greb when the Pitts
burgher held the light heavyweight
title.
Jones, a wild swinger who starts
his punches from the ~sub-cellar,
caught Greb on the chin with a
highlander, and the titleholder
went down in a resonant boom. A
few minutes later Jones caught him
with another whlzzing wallop and
knocked him across the middle rope.
Greb's amazing ~recuperative pow
ers and fine courage alone enabled
him to escape serious trouble.
Some several days ago Greb and
Jones met in a return bout at Pitts
burgh. This time Greb knew what to
expect. He knew Jones was a wild
swinger and a terrific hitter. Greb
adopted ca%utionary methods, but
back deep in his memory famed pic
lures of his first fight against Jones,
and the knockdowns.
More "Tough Eggs"
Greb couldn't get them out of his
mind and in less time than it takes
to tell, Jones had him on the floor
again, the result of another sweep
ing right handler. AS soon as Gret
got III Jones knocked him kicking
again, thus rewriting. in almost iden-
teal terms, a chapter from the first
fight.
Greb reassembled his added wits
and came on to win after q sensa-
tional uphill fight; but he won't for
get soon the second narrow escape
he had at the hands of a battler OF
mediocre talent.
Other champions have had their
mental hazards.
Jack Dempsey, next to Bob Fftz-
simmons, the greatest of all heavies
could never do much against Willie
Meehan, the Pacific coast roly-poly
Meehan, on the other hand, could
win from nobody else.
Pancho Villa, who knocked th(
great Jimmy Wilde into retirement
has thrice been beaten by Frankie
| Genaro, a New York italian of mega.
tive skill. Easy for others, Genaro
in some manner or other, finds Villt
an appetizing dish.
Pete Herman, in his purple day
| of greatness, was always a sucke.
for Pal Moore's freak style.
Johnny Kilbane had his hardes
fights against Tommy Kilbane, a fel
low Clevelander. Tommy was neve
particularly hard for other feather
weights, but Johnny, obviously su
perior, had to fight his creates
fights in order to beat him.