New Britain herald., 1925-08-04
LEY ANT CARLSONl


 Comparing the relative merits Of present day SportiNc stars with those Ut other years has become quite q popular form of diversion.
 It's q pasime widely indulgcd in by the athletic assemblage in Ecn- cral and rdbid fandom in particular. Arguments both pro and con are numerous, sometimes bit heated, too,
 Obviously, they get no further than the argumentlNc stage, For it would be impossible to get the modern stars and brilliants of by gone days together in actual com petition. But it's interesting, never theless.
 In baseball. you hear the exploits of Cobb arrayed against those Of Wagner; Johnson versus Rusie; Mathcwson against Radbournc. And so on.
 In football, it's Grange and les ton; stuhIdrchcr and Eckersall Hor- rcll and Schultz.
 All Have Admirers
 On the Cinders, Paddock. Husscy and Hubbard against Arthur Duffcy, old Georgetown star, and the first sprinter said to have stepped the century in 3-5 seconds. In various other sports it's the same, comparing the old stars with the new, or new with the old, if you prefer All have their admirers. Each his quota of talking points. Perhaps one of the most discussed comparisons, however, is that which involves the fight game. Especially k this true since Dempsey has led tho pugilistic caravan. Could Champion Jack have whipped the great John l.. Sullivan? Could h" have trimmed Jim Jcffries, when the California boilermaker Was in his prime? Some answer in the affirmative, others negatively
 A comparison Of the Dempsey Jofirios titular dynastics is interest ing inst at this time. For they run along somewhat similar linee.
 Dempsey has now ruled the rocst six years. On July 4 last, he cele- hratod his sixth anniversary as en- | peror of the ftStic fraternity.
 Over Same Stretch Big Jotf topped tho pack the same 1 length of time. In 1899 he climbed the dizzy heights 10 fame and glory (but rather small pursesl hv defeat ing Bob Fitzsimmons. He was still unconqu"red when he retired in 1905. Hn could find no more on. ! position, tHis re-entranCe into the ring to battle Jack Johnson Is not taken into consideration in this analysisD
 During his reign Jofries enga sed i in five. championship battles. He won them all, naturally. Four h. grabbed on kayos, the other going 25 rounds to a decision. His five fights totaled 6S rounds. 1 The Dempsey regime commenced with the Willard fiasco at Toledo. , That Was in 1919 Since then the present champion. like his famou. i predecessor, has defended his laurels on five occasions. Like Big Jim he has won four Of them via dream- ! land drives, the other on a 15-round point verdict, Unlike Jeffries. how cvcr his five bouts have totaled but 1 36 rounds.
 In Different Class
 A comparison of their records shows that each had two-round knockout 10 his credit. Jeff toppled ' Jack Munroe, the Montana miner, in i n pair of sessions. Dempsey. as is | generally known, did the same to Luis Firpo.
 Jcffries' longest brush was with Tom Sharkcy. II went 25 rounds The marathon for Dempsey was the lj-roundcr with Tommy Gibbons. While Dempsey has finished his opponents in almost half the time it look Jcffries 10 brush his aside, that doesn't mean anything in the way of comparison. For Jacks foes could i hardly be clsssed with those Jim encountered.
 Where would the WillardS, Miskes, Rrennans. and so on of this era ra'