New Britain herald., 1925-01-24
(Bv Joe Williams)

Color! Pancho Villa has plenty of it. Action! The little brown man from the Philippines teens with it. Couple these two qualities in the betting and you have his formula, the why and wherefore of his stand ing as the world hyweight champion. Because he is cternally on the ag- with left hand than any little man the game has yet produced, Villa deserves to rank with the elite.
 Like most fighters who get any where. Villas best weapon is his left, Let him tell you about it, and note carefully, please, the writer's faithful adherence 10 the native dia- lect.
 My best punch? They is two of them, It is what you call the double loft. First I hook to the body, and then with the same move ment l hook to the jaw"
 Villa knocked out the aged Johnny Buff with double left, That was the fight that put him in the fancy pictures and brought about the sub- sequent match with Jimmy Wilde. the outcome of which made a Far East athlete a champion ring man for the first time in history.
 T surprised the Buff" Villa re- latcs, When l hooked him to the stomach he expected me to step back and do something else. But l no step back (please follow the dia- lectD, instead l hook him to the chin with the same hand, and al most the same movement, and the Buff. him drop (dialect is not really hard to master if one works at it long enough) to the mat and know l have him the whipped"
 First Punch Beat Jimmy Wilde
 Villa thinks the first punch he landed beat Wilde. r was a left to the body. AS soon as hit the Wilde with that punch he cIinchod and l could feel his fingers pressing hard against my arm, as if he was afraid to let go. say to myself, Pancho you win 'em the fight and you win 'em easy, begorra."
 Villas real name is Francisco Tingson. He was born q years ago in the city of Iloilo, where the man. eating 1loilos come from. After two years in grade school he ran away from home and went to Manila, where he made new friends.
 Returning 10 school he went out for the baseball squad and made it. Soon he was the star of the team and was elected captain. After the games there would be boxing. Pan- cho went in for that also and pres cnt)y became the school champion.
 One PasqultO Villa, q professional. took the kid in hand and taught him the ins and outs. A little over two years ago Rancho fought his first professional fight meeting one Kid Moro. Since then he has fought all the little men in the game and has been beaten by only one man, Frankie Gcnaro. holder of the American tlywcight champion- ship.
 Easy Conc, Easy Go. With Pancho Villa. however, tells you Genaro has never beaten him. T win all three matches from the Genaro. I do all the advancing. He do all the retrcating. How can you win 'em the decision running awayo" (We feel that we really must go in for dialcct-ing in a serious wayD
 Villa, is literally worth his weight in gold. His fights and theatrical engagements have yielded him more than quarter of d million dollars. But the other part Of the story is that he is free spender. BreakA ing $1,000 bills to pop the eyes of walters is one of his whims.
 T live but once. as you tell 'em." says Pancho, T like not the money itself, l like what him buys"
 Any reader wishing to know how We mastered so thoroughly the tech- nique of dialect can get the informa- ton by simply sending the writer a { self-addresscd stamped envelope. | lavender if available.