The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-24
BY JIMMY POWERS

By JIMMY POWERS
New York, Oct. 24.-Which is
more beneficial to. q young man
these days-boxing or football?
Leave it to Chick Meehan, grid
coach at New York university, and
he'll answer very sincerely that
football has it on boxing. Not 50
with Jimmy DeForest, famous train
err of fight champions. He's.just as
emphatic about boxing.
Listen to DeForest:
"Self-reliance is the best equip
ment man can take into his battle
with life," says DeForest. "A box
err is trained to be self-reliant; as an
individual. He has no interference
with him when he goes plunging in
to battle. There is no safety stand
ing back of him to pull down the
enemy if he makes q mistake. My
advice to young man is to choose
the ring for advancement in life. !"
Now for Mr.. Meehan:
Tougher Than Boxers
A football player is K .gher any
day than boxer" he claims. take
boxer and q football player, put
them '.roueh their respective train
ing PAGES, and the football player
will be three times more mentally
and physically fit when they get
through than the boxer"
Well and good. Let Mr.. DeForest
ex lain his views on this difference
Of opinion:
II think the science of prize ring
training is misunderstood" he says.
people who pay big prices to see
champions perform forget that by
the time the fight near. that Pc
Rod when they sec fighters lolling
around in knickers and playing golf,
that there is back Of him all his
hard work-the wood chopping, the
mountain climbing, the hours spent
in the gym, the cracks on the chin
from sparring partners.
Look Like Heroes?
did you ever see . football star
marked up? No, they look like
movie heroes. If q football stal
takes q poke at another player in q
game, his side is penalized and he
is put out Of the game. But box
er takes twenty such pokes in 9
single round!
"a boxer is in there all by him.
self. He has no four or five stars
to help him. He has to have cour-
age, he has to, help himself-foI
there are no gates in q ring!
"A boxe. has t. have lightning
like speed of coordination between
mind and body. Considering the
lack Of education q boxer suffers
from, in comparison to the pam.
pered sons of the rich, it is to the
everlasting credit of boxing that it,
followers have advanced to the pres.
ent high scale it now enjoys.
In conclusion, DeForest cites The
investments Of Firpo, Dempsey
Tunney, Walker and others as Or
example Of being brainy inside ..
we'll az out of the ring.
Now let's see what Mr.. Meehau
has to say.
Work Harder
college boys work harder thar
BOXERS" he opens Up. Football
players in America suffer more
bloody noses, wrenched joints, anC
broken bones than there are in thu
nations fight camps throughout
the entire year.
"You see many . fighter, out o.
training, sloppy, pudgy, who'll stall
through q victory. Why, even OF
the smallest freshwater campus 1
grid candidate has to be in the pinl
before they will give him = uni
form.
"A football player puts in 81,
hours Of grueling drill daily excep
Sunday. This includes calisthenics
signals, skull practice, the latte
mostly at night. He plays Four t,
six games q season, each game a
hard for him a. = fight is for . box
er who has one or two big fights ,
year. Can q FIGHTER beat that7
Ever see a football player prac
ticing running tackles? A fighte,
would be thought crazy if he trie'
that.
"The big fighter, when he j
derby rubbed. The football maj
goes to q shower. II badly bruised
II may get . rundown II not, h
thinks it babyish 70 be rubbed.
"The grid star must take . lot o
caustic abuse, sarcasm and criti
cism which is . fine discipline. tn
average prima-donna boxer woul
fire his manager II he dared 50.
half Is much.
"As . result, this good old u. s
A. is full Of good football player
and not full Of fighters . It was 2
or 80 years ago."