Evening star., 1926-10-18

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The ambitious ones: fought pretty
Fhr Of Dempsey'S sleep producing
wallops, a s they always have of hard
hitting titleholders. You would think
from the masterful way in which
Tunney handled the late king that
the rest of the brothers in the tin
car lodge would think at least couple
of times before hadgerng Gene for
fight.
But no. They are all looking for
trouble. and since Tex Rickard has
Tunney's word that he will box for
hlm next Spring. at least one Of them
is likely to be accommodated
Starkey Is Leader.
The leader Just now is Jack
Sharkey. Sharkeys showing against
HARRY Wills placed him in this posi-
f'"n. II he turns in a couple more
good bouts he will stand pretty high
with the fans and enable Rickard to
see his way clear to stack him up
against the eX-devil dog
Harry Wills, of course. can be
scratched from the card. His bout
against Sharkey-whether it was
on the level or not-spelled "out" for
him. Even had he knocked Sharkey
out in jig time he would never have
got into the ring with Gene. Aside
from Tunney's early declaration that
in the event of his winning the title
he would not fight Wills, the actions
of Mullins and his crowd in trying
TO stop the Philadelphia fight would
have been sufficient TO blacklist the
negro.
Well. there is Sharkey then-and
there is Monte Mum. Mum is sail
Ing on the wrong tack; this may be
said without fear Of contradiction.
Those set-ups he is knocking down
and out in jig time will be sure to
have bad effect on him. because
when he meets q half way decent
fighter the giant Nebraskan will be
at a loss.
This was illustrated Whom he fought
Gordon Muncc. lie knocked his man
down several times and became dis
Couraged when Munce refused to take
the count. In tho closing round
Mum looked like much more of an
amateur than Lenglen did before she
signed with Cash and Carry Pyle.
Mum has had nine fights and
fought 10 rounds in all. He had bet
Tor begin to mngle with Il better class
of whales. if he hopes to make a
showing as "a contender for the title
next Spring.
Harry Person is a novice with a
healthy wallop. That is the best that
may be said for him. He made
good showing against Johnny RiSko,
but against Jack Adams he was not
so good. He will have to show bet
ter than he ever has when he faces
Frank Diener in his next battle.
Dicner himself is promising. He
can take it and he can punch. He
outgamod Knutc Hansen and this
puts Il good red mark to his credit.
The big sauerkraut litter is hopeful.
SO is Arthur DeKuh. The best proof
of this is that none of the young
SterS who have any ability will mix
with him.
Delaney Raring TO Go.
Jack Delaney will be raring to go
nv next Spring. now that he is gain
ing weight He is 81 great scrapper
end if he keeps on improving a De-
1aney-Tunney battle may be the best
bet in the world,
Paul Berlenhach. now in Los An
geles. wants to fight Tunney. Ridicu-
lous. If Tunney could stop Dempsey's
,.ushes. what would he do with Paul'S
bull-like charge"
Tommy Gibbons thinks he can make
Tunnoy and is training for come
back out in st Paul. Jack Renault
has grown ambitious again and has
forsaken his indulgent ways. He
wants TO be a champion, too. Bud
German is telling all his friends that
he can beat Tunney and curiously
some Of those friends believe 1t.
Young Striblng is emitting raucus
rebel yells and last. but not least,
dear old Luis Firpo is coming back to
work under Jimmy de Forest in