San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-08
0 Really Logical Oppo-
nent in Heavyweight
Ranks Now.
|RGREN DISCUSSES IT
pclined to Think Firpo
Bluffing = Gibbons
Carp a Good Match
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

Il Ii Jack Dempsey doesn't fight un
81 September there VIII be plenty 81
fne to work UP an opponent fol
In.
Dempsey is in about the position oil
I'm Jeffries just twenty years ago
I'm had whipped the rest of the best
3avyweights one at time, and hat
faten fitzsimmons, Rubin, Shar.
Wy and Corbett a second time as {
.Snvincer. When he knocked out Jaci
Eonroe. the Butte Miner, in tive
funds, he ran out of opponents
There wasn't any more that pro
oters figured good enough to draw
"a crowd. So he retired.
III Who could Dempsey fight THU
Hiring, with any promise that it would
I'd real contest?
Gibbons?
He beat Gibbons easily at Shelby
sc year. In that fight Dcmpse,
1t out his heavy hitting methods
Is sudden driving attack, and simply
stboxed Gibbons and made the pace
ster than Tom could go.
Firpo?
No good until September. Firpc
II have to do some fighting in this
untry and show that he is improv'
Bg. He took fourteen rounds to
book out Erminio Spalla, the Italian
ampion, who weighed 81 pounds less
an Firpo. And according to ac
UNITS from the Argentine Spalla went
Nat distance without showing any
ing of a punch himself, merely
anding up under Firpo's blows when
nx- lar Pm m
3rpos' right. which seems still to be
5 only weapon of offense. In the
urteenth he was too tired to duck.
Renault?
He's good. and is making a record
Nut Renault says himself that he
iows he isn't ready to fight Dcmp-
". He'll take Wills or Firpo with
a easure.
Wills hasn't done anything for q
&uple of years or mores except knock
er two or three tenth-rate set-ups
Hhen Dempsey was after the cham
onship he fought the best men he
build get. as fast as he could get
hem. He earned the championship
but. Willis is trying to slide i'll a
Championship bout without any pre-
ninary risk. 1t can't be done that
That's all there are-there aren't
by more.
Firpo is showing the tendencies of
~ prima donna although nobody would
err accuse the wild Bull" of being a
(dy. Luis changes his mind more
ten than he changes his collars. He's
atched for a dozen fights, matched
r two fights, decides to retire from
fpxing permanently, takes on a stage
4 ur, is going to Paris. will fight no.
&bdy before he meets Dempsey, will
Eght anybody but Dempsey, and the
News comes IN from the Argentine in
|liily cables. In the end. Luis will
NDpear where the most money is. He
BIS a genius for locating the spot.
4 Whether Carpenter and Tom Glib
pms meet July Fourth or not, it
ould be hard to find a more at
Factive match. Tom and the flash
Bg Frenchman are two of the clev-
TEST boxers in their class, and neith-
\ of them lacks a knockout punch.
There would be no title at stake. That
light be good for the bout. Title
ghts are not always the best.
Miller Higgins broadcasts the
artling information that Babe Ruth
a great ball player. Something of
hat sort has been rumored before.
lad to have it confirmed.
"George Lavigne," boxing on the
+acific coast, isn't related 10 the real
{eorge Lavigne, once worlds light
Height champion and famous for his
esperate fight at Maspeth with Joe
Falcott years ago. The gent who has
proved famous name to fight I'M
er is Irving Levine. Under his own
|ame he sounds like a fighter, is
here's anything in that.
Not bad idea at all to have an
Ehletic meet between Americans and
English teams in England after the
olympic Games. For one thing. it
/ i'll wipe out the rather unpleasant
kemories Of the Olympic Games held
d England. where American athletes
Eere unfairly treated in several
vents. 1t was in that meet that
forando. the Italian. collapsed near
he finish of the Marathon race. and
4 hen little Johnny Hayes came run
ling into the Stadium the cry went
b.: Hurry. hurry-here comes an
american. British officials picked
korando up from the ground and drag
I'D him TO the finish line and the
talian flag was rushed up to the
|asthead to proclaim Dorando win
Ter and America defeated. Jim Sui
ivan had a lively time proving that
n unconscious man can't be carried
yer the line and given a race he
buldn't finish on his own legs. Such
|imgs wouldn't happen today. There
a different feeling toward Ameri-
|lns in England. And perhaps the
|reat war developed a more sporting
brit.
Chariot Chevrolet. son of Louis
the famS1s automobile race
river, is starting out at Is as race
river himself. Race driving is the
lost dangerous sport in the world.
|oung Chevrolets uncle. CASTOR Chew
blet. was killed in a race. and / re-
|ember seeing his father. Louis. shoot
ff the road at the Harpin Turn in
b of the Vanderbilt cup races on
long Island. wreck a touring car.
book down tree and rip half the