Evening star., 1925-06-21

But, while there IS q lot of talk
about hard hitting out in Weinert ;
camp at summit. y. J.. il il easy to
see that the chief thing Weinert has
been developing is his natural speed
of foot ana his quickness of eye.
Charley is one of the most finished
boxers since the days of Jim Corbett
and in the early stages of his career
If he had taken himself seriously, his
cleverness might have led him to the
championship.
1t remains to he seen how indignant
nature will respond 10 Weiuert's apol
ogetic bcckoninG. As said. he looks
fine outside and works fine But how
Is he inside How will his speed and
science stand up in the heat of bat
tie against a bigger man and n harder
hitter All this viii be made Clear
when the battle is on, and not before.
Plans Long Range Fight.
What Weinert expects TO do is To
keep away from Wills and fight him at
long range, piling up point after point
throughout the bout. Thus he hopes
to win the decision.
As for Wills. his best method OF
lighting is to hold an opponent with
one arm, pulling MIN in to meet a
short punch with the disengaged fist.
No referee in New ork will stand for
Z
effectiveness is expected TO suffer &C
cordinE!y.
The writer expects to see Weinert
put up good fight against Wills
! When YOU come right down to il. who
has Harry ever beaten that makes
HIM so tearsome a person? ANY
heavyweight with his record who
Sousht 70 stand as the leading con
tender for the world heavyweight title
would be laughed at
So far as the writer can see. Wills
/ chiet claim to respect is the fact that
| Dempsey has not appeared too anxious
to meet him. Granting this. how,
| much of the champions 5 lack of eager
ness may be attributed to the fact
that no promoter has ever come for
ward with definite guarantees of big
money for the fight?
Who Has Wills Beatene
However that may be-who has
! Wills ever beaten" Mainly a lot Of
/ second, third and fourth rate negro
/ lighters. The best man he ever met
was sam l1anGford. Sam was past
/ his prime in 1916 when he knocked
1 Wills out and well past il when
Harry outpointed and kayoed the
/ Tar Baby in the frequent bouts the
two had beginning in 1917 and run
! hlnS down TO 1922. when Sam was
pretty much of d wreck.
! wills outpointed Luis F'irpo last
summer. F'irpo was in no condition
lis training had been INTERRUPTED bv
the Federal authorities who were in
! NeStlgatlng charges against his mora I
! character preferred by Canon Chase
Getting clear OF this difficulty Luis
resumed training in a perfunctory
/ manner. When he faced Wills. he
was by no means the man he was
/ the night he met Dempsey.
Y ct the only time Harry punched
! him effectively was when Firpo
| pulled his customary stunt of dron-
| ping his hands and conversing with
/ the referee.
! Poor Basis for Reputation.
Outside Of Firpo and Old Man
| LanSford. Wills best opponents have
| been Bartly Madden, an out-and out
second rater against whom Wills
made a rank showing: Bill Tate
| pretty terrible: Joe Jeanette. when
Joe was beginning to slip, and Sam
| McNey. When McNey was good he
| beat Wills. This in 1914. After Sam
! began TO hit the toboggan Wills sue
| cesses against him began
! In short there never was a fighter
VINO had so great a reputation on so
| poor "a basis as Harry Wills. There
Is ground for the suspicion that il
Weinert should beat Wills he will
not be beating so much after all
| Copyright. 1929