The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-19
By DILLON GRAHAM

corners as a young and fresh copy
of the original Henry Armstrong
Like Hanmerin' Hank. Beau
Jack does seem able 10 go furth-
er and faster under the same
ration of groceries than the
average citizen. He's a little bit
of perpetual motion. too. but
there. to this observer. the simil
arity ends.
Jack, the world lightweight
champion by courtesy of the New
York commission, hops about like
a nervous jumping-jack. He some
times seems to spring after foe,
And he throws punches from any
and every position. Armstrong did
that, too, but Henry's punches
were shorter and ones from in
close, while Jack swings from a
distance.
Beau lands a lot of blows be-
cause his victim hardly knows in
which direction to defend himself,
but he misses many.
Although Jack won the decision,
Fritzie Zivic gave him a masterful
lesson in scientific defense in
their match the other night. Be
fore that, a weary, defensive Allie
StolZ made Jack miss more than
35 blows in a single round, accord
ing to one count.
Beau Jack comes in compare
lively wide open. He's easy TO
hit. Armstrong kept moving. He
seemed to shuttle along and he
kept his head down and his arms
up. and protected himself. Jack
gets hit with punches that Hen
rY would have caught on his
gloves.
Armstrong owned a better box
ing head. He placed his punches
with more accuracy, and some be-
lieve he hit twice as hard with
either hand as does Beau Jack.
AS one critic of boxing style put
it, Jack wins on endurance.
throwing wild punches and climb
ing all over YOU"
Armstrong arched his shoulders
as he moved in, weaving about.
He could jolt you good with short
punch. Hank was adept at slipping
punches, he'd slip one and hit
you.
If Henry has retained as much
of his old time stamina as Pa
cific Coast reports say. he is
liable to give young Jack lac
ing when and if they tangle
here.
But all this is just to say that
this passerby can't see an Arm
strong carbon copy in Jack. 1t isn't
meant to detract from Jack, who
is quite a fistcuffer. He's come a
long way in a short time, from
Negro battle royals in Georgia to
the lightweight championship in
little more than two years. He is
still young and can not be expect
ed TO know the tricks of the ring
that the veteran triple champ did.
Jack is a hard and serious train
er. He is always in shape. He has
plenty of courage. can take punch
and can deliver. He'll improve as
he goes along and lightweight
challengers will find him hard to
take.
There was quite hullabalOO
five years ago when Hank Lui-
Setti ended his college basketball
career with an overall total of
1896 points. This was the greatest
scoring spree the cage game had
ever known and Hank was hailed
as a player worthy of any all-time
cage team selection.
But before this season is wrap
ped up a West Virginia eager is
likely to better Hanks total by
some 500 points. With several
weeks to go, John (Brooms)
Azramovic of Salem College has
tailed 1871 points during four
seasons.
Abramovic is one of the half
dozen or so chaps who have bet
tered Luisetti's record. How
ever. most of these sharpshoot-
ers played in what is often re-
qarded as the minor leagues"
whereas Luisetti's points for
Stanford were made against
the eountrY's toughest squads.
Luisetti. too. was perhaps bet
ter all-round player than the
others. and cage fans will re-
member him when some of those
who scored more points have
been forgotten.
Luisetti was a record breaker
himself. His 1896 points took
scoring honors from Glen Roberts
of Emory and Henry College who
had gathered 1881 points and held
the record until Abramovic over
hauled it the other night
Along the way Ernie Rostock of
East Oregon had tailed 1888 and
Bob Kilbourne of Rhode Island
was last years big noise with a
career record of liza.
Abranlovic. whose best single