Evening star., 1924-03-30

peculiar man and that peculiar meth
DDS of training must be adopted in
his case. Ffrpo does about everything
that an athlete shouldn't do, yet nc
thriYes on it, and every doctor who
has examined him, has declared him
to be a perfect physical marvel. AS a
matter of fact, his physique has been
chosen among thousands of others as
the standard whereon the human race
should mold itself and is the stand
ard adopted by the Carnegie Institute
of Pennsylvania.
Luis Big Meat Eater.
Let us take Ffrpo's meals as an
example. Firpo, like most of the
11atlns, is tremendous meat eater.
For lunch he will eat perhaps a can
of sardines with some fruit to begin
with, then an enormous steak with
several fried eggs on top of 1t, then
more fruit and tea. He seldom eats
vegetables, not even potatoes, yet he
never has known a days illness in
his life and doesn't even know what
a headache is.
Firpo eats a great deal whenever
he feels hungry. he pays no attention
to rules or regulations and doesn' I
even care what time of day il is.
When he is hungry he eats, whether
il is ] o'clock or 5. He is now nearly
twenty-nine years old and he has
done that all of his life, therefore it
is his contention and that of many
others that if he keeps well on this
table fare il should be continued.
After meals Firpo lies down and
sleeps, sometimes an hour, sometimes
more. He takes exercise when he
feels like it and doesn't abide by any
set rule While training for an i'm
portant match he does road work If
he feels like II. Maybe he will walk
one mile or five miles, or not at all
il all depends upon whether the spirit
moves him. 1t will. therefore, be read
lily understood that. Firpo's methods
Of training and those of De Forest
clashed. They clashed TO such an ex-
tent that the Willard match was the
last one De Forest trained FirpO for.
Many have criticized Firpo for not TAX
ing De Forest as his trainer for the
Dempsey match, but Firpo's methods
of training for that memorable fight
were absolutely unique and Will be
dealt with in a later chapter.
IT will knock out Willard in seven
rounds" Firpo said to me just before
the match. He did it in eight but to
this day FEpo insists he won in seven
and that the timekeeper, referee and
judges were wrong and did not keep
track OF the number of rounds
This match was held at Boyle's
Thirty Acres. made famous by the
Dempsey Carpenter match. Firpo was
in great physical shape for this bat
tie, but not in such fine condition as
he was for the McAuliffe fight; in fact
IL have never seen him in that condi-
tion since. II he ever can get in the
same physical condition again FirpO
will be hard man to beat Even
Dempsey will have his hands full next
time they meet.
Beating Jess Made Him Rich.
Firpo's victory over Willard made
him a rich man. l do not know
whether Firpo was more pleased over
the fact that he had won than over
the fact that he never again would be
a wa agabond."
81 guess l need never worry again" ;"
Firpo said to me afterward Never
again will / have to sell boxing gloves
TO the kids of Argentina and Chile to
make a living. Nor will / have to
hobo through South America to get
fights My success has been rapid
since il began. but it was many years
before it decided TO start l was
champion of South America when
came TO America, and in order 20 be
come champion l had to cross the
Andes on foot because | did not have
enough money to reach Santa go,
Chile, where the championship was to
be held. | crossed in midwinter;
fell in snowdrifts, l slid down noun
tain sides to make the going easier
and all that TO win the champions ip
of South America and a purse of S65
in American money. L guess those
days are gone, and l am not sorry"
(Next Sunday: Firpo Begins
Training for Dempsey