Show I L 8 1 no ir Jess first question when he he heas as A-as as asked It If hed he'd fight Luis Angel Aneel Firpo In midsummer with the prospect that the winner would have a a. chance with Dempsey on Labor day was How much can 1 I get 7 Seems that Willards Willard's only mental strain was over the the- question whether hed he'd make more by fighting Firpo and risking a kno knockout kout ho hG has hns a chance to meet Dempsey or by fighting l first and risking a knockout that would slap him back Into permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent retirement nt Willard Villard Is in a 8 sweet position just now and will vill be be as long as he Is active In the ring and continues winning If It he ha wanted to he could go around the tho country tor for a while tipping over setups In the style so popular among cham chain championship championship contenders There'd be bo fair money In It It and no risk Of Ot course the public might forget his fight again Johnson and only think of Willards Willard's In Increasing Increasing increasing In- In creasing years eare F FO ro I that In the end his ambition to meet Deml Dempsey Demsey sey would fall flat For th the FIrpo fight alone alono he ha would get a a. tremendous purse or percentage A Willard-Firpo Willard fight tight would be closer i and much more interesting than the Dempsey Dempsey- Dempsey Willard bout of July 4 PromIses prom to be It might even pack the I Yankee stadium again or fill flU the arena aren n pt At T RIV s Ac Acres r s. s If Willard should beat Firpo nothing could prevent a Dempsey Willard-Dempsey match for tor the championship which would be a far greater drawing card than the fight tight at Toledo The public had little Interest In Willard lIlard then owing o to his long absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence from the ring If he was fresh from front beating Firpo and Johnson nobody could deny hed he'd have a chance with Dempsey Even If it Willard Villard could get a a Dempsey match for his next right he could retire on his percentage of ot the purse puree or gate win or lose That's what sporting men call sitting p pretty ett FIRPO PICKED ricKEn TO BEAT BEtT T B. The chances are that It If Willard does loes fight Firpo he wont won't be bothered by having to meet Dempsey later on The general opinion at the end of ot the May MayI b bouts In t the tY Y Yankee e stadium was I that Willard I had d done o astonishingly y well but that Firpo was real outstanding outstanding out out- standing feature of the show The Argentine giants giant's work was Im urn- 4 carried the tight fight to him and forced the pace from the start with the greatest confidence Firpo simply plunged at McAuliffe as he came in In drove terrific rights through his guard with such speed and power that there thero was no blocking block or avoiding them and knocked him out Firpo was as Irre- Irre And compared to Willard Villard is slow Willard boat bent Johnson only because of ot his hie tremendous advantage tage In bulk Il He wouldn't have that advantage b by fifteen pounds and two Inches Inches' of height and several Inches of ot reach over Firpo A great card would be Firpo and Renault Renault Re Re- or Willard Villard with a a. bout between Johnson and McAuliffe for a semifinal Johnson is a good fighter with all the gameness In the world He lost to Villard Villard Vil Wll lard only because he ho lacked the punch necessary to offset three fifty-three pounds disadvantage in weight and six alx Inches less height McAuliffe was equally game with Firpo although he didn't last as long because landed Firpo-landed landed blows vastly harder harder hard- hard er er than any Willard could put over on Johnson on Both Johnson nn and 1 McAuliffe are ara entitled to another chance to work their way up THICK or OF ES MAAGER IA Probably the sorriest trick ever et played on a a. boxer was played on McAuliffe by his manager Mark Marle I who I sold out his contract with McAuliffe the day before the Firpo fight and left town Immediately el not even staying to second et R lest the tha man whose h whole fighting career had been on his coaching and advice I A A. few tew days before the fight I saw with McAuliffe In private practise He explained that he was coaching McAuliffe In the way to fight I Firpo Naturally was dependIng depend depend- Ing upon having depend j in his corner It Is hard to tell teU what effect ys y's desertion at the last moment moment mo- mo ment mont may have had on nerves and confidence for he didn't show nerves and he rose from the first knockdown with a a. smile only to tight fIght I ha harder Hut But 3 lack ot of f proper direction from his corner m may mity y have lost him the fight tight i He went a after lr Firpo every second of i the fl time f l while I e he la lasted mixing I It I cheerfully with a man whose heavy I punches were like hammer blows He should have used his skill and speed to LO I draw Firpo Out nut solve his hia attack and I Ithen then thea try try to o him and slip in a ahard ahard hard punch when he had a a. chance to todo todo todo do I If i without being caught by Firpo's tremendous counter The final match for the Daynes soccer j cup will vill be played June 2 at Ii 30 o'clock I at Donn park At present the Salt i Lake club has qualified to take part In Inthe Inthe Inthe the finals but the Callies and will clash this Saturday to see which team plays the Salt Lake club for the J JI I |