The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

HAT You effer peen knocked
oudt?"
''No-not vet" / laughed back at
him.
WE'LL" he snorted. tonight ISIS
der night. Gedt ready now because
am going to knock you oudt good. :"
Larson came tearing at me in his
usual lunging. plungihg style and
tried repeatedly to trap me into cor
ners. But although that happened
nearly six years ago. and / was
something Of novice then. 1 had
learned enough to keep out of the
corners when the other fellow is
powerful and rushing slugger.
1 wasn't so confident about how
II my hands would stand up, and
instead Of opening my attack
upon the VOLTS chin, 1 devoted
myself mainly to body punch.
ing. I'D let the Wolf tear in.
take swing and. as he did. I'D
duck and rip . left or a right
sometimes bOtE-iIltO his ribs or
stomach.
Punch by punch Iwore him down.
The Wolf didn't like them in the
kody. No one does. He began to
slow UP a bit in his attack and some
OF the fierceness had gone from his
manner. Body punching will do
that-especially those short, io,ting
emashes that catch a man COM
ing in.
Along In the sixth 1 knew that
the Wolf was nearing the finish.
And then decided to try out my
rebuilt hands. on his chin. / tented
Wolf, made him lead-and then I
cracked him on the chin with a left.
I followed it with a right. The
Wolf sagged. ] hit him a few more
IN the sixth and the bell alone saved
him. When he came out for the
seventh. / drove him more chin
punches and that finished the
Wolf. # 55
When IL was all over and the
Wolf got it firmly Embedded in
his brain that had knocked him
Out-that It wasn't visa versa as
ne had predicted, he gIared at
me and muttered:
1T is my mistakenly mistake"
As mistake" it was a rather
fortunate one for me. For, first of
all, beating Larsen at the time was
O distinct triumph. He was highly
touted, very rough and tough, and
I don't think he had been stopped
up to that time. He was a big fel
low, and my success over him not
only gave me prestige, but it also
gave me great confidence in myself
Yet the happiest part of that vic.
tory lay in the fact that my hands
had stood up in the test against the
VOLTS powerful jaw. ] examined
them critically Immediately after the
fight was over. They were in per
feet shape. The next morning. as
soon as / awakened, / looked them
over again. They were normal. And
that was a direct contrast to the
aftermath of all my fights before ]
had gone to the woods.
In those days my hands began
to give trouble after the third
or fourth round. When the
fight ended. they usually were
SO swollen that I sometimes had
to have the gloves cut open to-
get my hands out of them.
And for days afterward they
would be painful and usually
twice their size.
But my hands were perfect after
that Larsen fight, and buoyed up
by that heartening condition. felt
( ten times surer than ever before
that someday, IL given chance at
Jack Dempsey, would dethrone
him and become heavyweight cham
pion Of the world.
Gene Tunney, on Friday, viii
write an interesting article for
Times readers Of his fight with
Jack Dempsey. from whom he
won the championship title.
Copyright. 1921, by king Features
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