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Show soinlii Are Ready to Back Army Champ Against Demp. ; sey for Title. " . - NEW TOItK, Aug. 23.-Boh Martlo o( Z Akron, Ohio, who foiiRht his way thron-h t) milks of heavyweights to the chnmpionshjn tho allied iirmiPB nt tho internllit'd RHni.'s l ' France, utmuls in the wiiy of Jnck DemnsHv', 1 chum to llio world'a ht-uvy weight cti.iiL:n - Bhip. Mnrtin'B liooHters belifve nnti h tnB (v. . bncking of two million American solrlle'r nnrt ' bunie lea million fighting mon of tho alii." arcordinc to repnrls that 1m has a hpiitr ru'i'nJ ' thiin Di-mpsey .to the title of worlds ' cham ': lion. . General rershlng li.ns plaoe.l the Bhmn t '' Approval on Murtin. The AmorioRn coinilinM!i.. praised the Akron hoy highly for his tm.Jt. .: und predicted prcut tlilnps for him after hay. ' intr seen him disp"e of the piek of the huAl' ' est Kcrnppers of fifteen allied annif-s. ',' Cnptniu II. O. Ware or the United RtRle, :". caviilry is one of Martin's most rnt)n!st,vik boosters. In n letter to the eportine eiliio'' of a l'MladpIphtn oewKpiiper Captain Varo 1)0 ' rlnres that if .lack Dempsey wants to prove ' his cinims to the world's title he must t.-ei Hob Martin and defeat him. Ware is re i-ponhtblo for the Blntement that t Ite nrnv ' (lianipion hnH tho unanimous vote nf two ml) lion AmerioHn eoldier.s who look uix;n him the reul heuvyweight champion. Captain Ware is perhaps a trifle ovpt : rnthusiastTc about Miirlln, but his entlmsin-,1 ' is prompted by honest conviction. He ywlni . '. out that Martin as a fighting man, havin g defeated the best fighters that could' be in r from the ranks of the allied armies, withou -the pruidance of n manager or the Inn; of rich purse to spur him on, deserves mere cr"iii than Jack Dempey because lie has met ;m : defeated wion from various parts of the world whereas Dempsey's activities have been tut fined to the United States alone. 1 1 If Wnre Rpenks for tiio majority of Amr : ran soldiern. as he pays, the popular denum ' 1 for a mntch between Martin and Dfmi.se:' nhoiild brlnp the two together in tiio nut fm . distant future. At any rate. tnr bout woul ' bu bound to nttrnct wide interest. V In KpeakinR of the activities of America : boxers in thp biff tournament in 1'mncf, (nf tain Ware - dos not confine himnelf to tli:: , heavyweight division alone, lie presents M:u-' : tin, henvywritrlit ; Eddie Eacan. Denver, mit ; dleweipht. and Penny McNeill, riiMaileliilih, 1 . i "our champions" champions of tin; A. . p.. and that Roes for the rest of it, Jn.-k Dfmp'ej;.. Mike O'Dowd and Benny Leonard not (j'" cepted. -1 . The spirit rind the enthusiasm of f'nplnl Ware nnd other American fighting mrn f ' boosting the A. E. P. champions is admlrnMi It shows the kind of Bpirit that mutie th - Americans invincible at Chateau-Thierry. g Mihiel and the Argonne. It is their rl'cht 1 : think ns tliey please of tlieir chamni"iiK ntj : boost them as httrh ns tliey please, and tlioiTf -V they may step on the toes of some our : ernlly recogntzed champions in doing so tl ; action if pardonable. It is the opinion of many who havp fnlb'.w boxing activities in the army and n:ivr tin -many n future champion may come from tl' ranks- of the men who bnre the colors in t world war. Tliey should be given every Hliqi and all the encouragement possible. Siiou : they fail to demonstrate tho class that H claimed for them, they will ltavf nothing prei to lose. If two million Americans say tt-are tt-are good, they must be good. |