Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-23


Of Jack Dempsey at Toledo. He might
have knocked them both out. Per-
hapS rather quickly. But that is
something We don't know.
"Balance-both on the mental
and physical side-is one of the
big factors in sport.
1T isn't any trick to keep your
mental poise and balance when yoN
soon find the other fellow isn't even
going to hit at you. It isn't hard to
keep your physical balance when nc
one even tries to crowd you. Louis,
facing the Dempsey of Toledo, would
have lot of things to worry about
that he has never had to bother with
so far. In the wake of that Dempsey
charge, with both hands shooting for
head or body, where speed, power and
courage were combined, he would
never be able to keep the same physical
balance he showed against such easy
targets as Camera, Levinsky and
Baer, who were out before they ever
entered the ring.
THE pressure Of competition, espe-
cially hard competition. can make a
terrific difference In form and style
and final results.
Certain golfers can look like the
greatest in the world. Their swings
are perfect. But throw them in a
United States open and see what hap
pens.
Other Cases.
IT RECALL distinctly the cases Of
three other colored fighters"
Tunney said. They were Panama
Joe Cans. Kid Norfolk and Harry
Wills. When I was coming ON, they
were considered invincible-world
heaters and the rest of it.
"They were-until they met
few good fighters-then 1t was
another story.
"They used to tell me what Wills
would do to Dempsey if they ever met
1T was going to be murder. II they
had met, I don't think Wills would
have gone three rounds. Sharkey,
Pauline and even Firpo, who couldn't
box lick, proved that.
II am willing to concede that Louis
is the best-equipped ringman ever
saw-up to the point Of knowing what
he might do against q real fighter
willing to fight-against a good, fast
left-hand with q good one-two. No
one can tell me he can't be hit, be-
cause I know he can. There never
was fighter who couldn't be hit
and hurt. But how many fighters
ever had chance to reach the top
against such feeble marks as Camera,
Levinsky and Baer-three opponents
who made no effort Of any kind to
fight a lick.
"If Louis had been up against the
Harry Greb I first fought in Madison
Square Garden, he would at least
have known he had been in a battle
when that wildcat came to him claw
ing, punching and mauling with both
hands busy, backed up by a heart as
big as two rings.
II am taking nothing away
AAVh AOuISs ~ WUuAuu Su PAAsO
me q bit to see him champion
for the next six or seven years.
"Just at this moment there isn't
any one even close. But we have all
seen too many supermen who were
not quite so super against game, skillful
competition. still say that it is the
test under hard competition that gives
the final answer-and that is some
thing, in the case Of Louis, that we
still have to wait for.
"It is even possible that Louis will
prove himself even greater against
real competition than he has looked
against no competition at all. Which
so far he hasn't had since moving up.
I still say it Is the test under heavy
fire that writes the final answer"
II see what you mean" said Billy
Phelps as he cracked another spoon
shot to the green. 1.-THE paths Of
glory must be bunkered first, before
they prove the score"
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