Show Ring Champ With a Fighters Fighter's Heart And Plaudits of Ten Million Men c I r re e 4 ir r p f I 1 4 I I i A. A E. E F. F heavyweight champion whom many of the BOB returned MARTIN doughboys are backing to wrest the tho championship honors from Jack Dempsey By Fred I LEVELAND Aug 26 Ten Ten million fighting men are backing Bob Marfi Martin Martin Mar- Mar fi C CLEVELAND tin A. A E. E F. F heavyweight to whip the whole crop of ot present V Vday day heavies The ten million men are soldiers who whipped Germany under the flags of the United tates tates England France Canada Belgium Bel Del gium glum Italy etc They believe in Bob Martin because they watched him wade wada through the biggest boxers of ot all the allied forces ana aria they know he has a fighting heart and isn't afraid of ot anything human Bob Martin fought for his country for the soldiers soldier's wage but now that the war is over and Martin has his discharge he isn't going back to the rubber works in Akron to earn his daily dally bread The army taught him something better He lie IS is a full fledged heavyweight ea ht but ut he has y yet to to fi fight t his first fight right for tor money lie lies lie's a to cash in now and his manager I Jimmy Bronson believes hell he'll rapIdly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly bring his boy to the front ranks where a meeting with Dempsey will willI willbe willbe I be demanded by the fight fans of 01 I America and the world The fans are anxious for him to I show his wares and as soon as he I has visited home folks and rested up upa a a. bit from the last few years of ot hard campaigning overseas hell he'll be offered matches Matt Hinkel fa famous famous famous fa- fa referee and promoter has al already already already al- al ready made a bid for Martins Martin's ser ser- vices He lie wants the soldier champ to show In his home Akron list first He wants to match him with another soldier boxer either boxer either Captain Bob Roper or 01 Sergeant Jack Burke Hinkel was anxious to get him for Labor day but the short space of time intervening probably probably probably ably will prevent this But if not Labor day then a date shortly after will be offered of ot- bred Martin Undoubtedly his first fight tight will be in Akron Martin is 21 years ears old and stands 6 G feet 2 inches lie He weighs pounds Captain Roper is 24 years old and weighs pounds Martin won the championship of ot the army by battling in twenty eight fights against the best in the American army and other armies In the tourney he scored seven knockouts in I eight fights lie He must have something of ot ofa ofa a punch t cr The ten n million fighting men who say Martin should be recognized champion of ot the world give their reasons Martin enlisted in the Infantry and end fought eighteen months against the Boches He lIe received not a penny and ana had no manager to look out for him He fought twenty-eight twenty fights Dempsey served his country by workIng working working work work- ing in a shipyard and won the title byI by toppling over Jess Willard Villard who had hd been in retirement for several years ears I Roper and Burke who who- were unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate In not being sent overseas now say that Martin should meet them first firstI I and give them a chance at the title heI hewon he hewon I won in France And these two worthies I I I probably will have their wish gratified for Promoter Hinkel figures these I matches between the exponents of the will make a big hitI hit army style of ot milling II I with the fans tans |