Show firpo's Pa Pals Inventing Weird Werd Fales of f Big ug gout Bout Inexperience of Firpo's Chief Adviser Lavalle I Responsible for Trouble By Robert Edgren If Xe reports from the Argentine are true Luis Firpo and his friends are displaying a lively imagination Lavelle Firpo's amateur second in the Dempsey fight has flights of fancy tancy that a a. Jules Julu Verne might envy Among other things L Lavelle is said to have told the home m people In in the Olt f rl Argentine rg e through through- r h a published u statement statement state state- ment demanding himself for foJ tailing falling to protest alleged violations ns of the rules durin during th the Dempsey fight Is a state state- statement m ment nt that he tried to enter the tAte ring I during during the first round to protest and was forcibly prevented by two memI members mem mem- I I bars bers of or the boxing commission who I Lavelle says threatened me with the police If made any protest during the match Lavelle says says' that when Firpo Knocked Dempsey out of ot the ring the referee did not begin counting Immediately and that eighteen seconds elapsed before before before be be- fore Dempsey was on his feet again He adds that he never publicly answered cha cha that he had been delinquent because American III laws provide severa severe se vera vere punishment for a statement that might Injure the interests of any enter enter- prise Luis Luls is said to have claimed that h her he- was not knocked out and received only an second eight count after the final knockdown This does not sound like Luis Iuis who load had no alibi after aCter the fight l seemed to accept his defeat with r rare philosophy I P T E SIMPLY STARED STAKED The Argentine attitude Is extremely I but even outI outburst outburst out out- burst can be excused in part rt on th the I ground of ot Ignorance and the fact that I he was swayed s by the attitude of the I Argentine people who showed their no notion notion I tion effigy of of sportsmanship Dempsey with by a dragging rope roDe t g around r t an a aIts Its neck through the streets on the day of ot tie tte fight I sat wl within ten feet teet of or corner corner cor cor- ner ncr at the th ringside and during the fight glanced over 01 occasionally to lI see e If the excitable Argentine sec seconds would Jump into the ring as Fran Frantois DecampS DecampS' Des Des- campS campS' does in France when Carpentier Carpentier Carpen Carpen- tier Is being licked From Front what I saw of Lavalle he was si simply staring ng up hero i g ve through r the ropes googly eyed with excitement and gasping grasping like Uke everyone else as the fight swayed one way and the other in the tremendous flurry of that first round The fight was refereed with perfect fairness and impartiality and there was no action action- that would Justify protestIng protesting protest protest- I ing log by by- bythe the seconds of ot either man man Twice Firpo seemed to go down without be beIng being being be- be ing hit hit hit- but probably that was wa be beI because because be- be cause Dempsey's punches were so BO short that the eye could not always follow Y I them Dempsey walked away from front Firpo after each knockdown Once Firpo Fir Fir- I po Do got up ul quickly before Dempsey had gone ten feet teet and Dempsey turned and Jumped at him as soon as he wa was off oft the floor Dempsey always went went- for Firpo at top speed the tha instant the letters letter's hands hands- and wert off the floor that was legitimate te OUT SIX SECONDS When hen Dempsey wa was knocked down down Firpo immediately renewed the fightIng fighting fight fight- I ing hog in the same way as Dempsey Jumped up without waiting for or a a. cO count When en Dempsey Dempse Wa was Shoved through th the ropes by a a. punch which was lItlIe littie little lit lIt- tie lIe more than a big push FIrpo stood close S to t tie ie ropes instead t d of going g io lo Dm his corner o and Jumped on Dempsey t the instant the latter appeared in inthe the ring Firpo was absolutely fair in iq his fightIng fight fight- Ing He Ife was bewildered when Dempse Demp- Demp I k se was out t of the hene ring rg and did not notI ha know w what h to d do next I Dempsey went through the ropes almost almost al- al most within arms arm's reach of ot where I II sat eat and 1 I had a cle clear r ve view of or everything e that happened Tripped and upset by I the rope as ILS he be fell tell Dempsey landed on ona ona a II closely packed bunch of newspaper writers scrambled around reached up for a rope and pulled himself to the edge of ot the platform and back into the ring without losing any time The referee was counting but In inthe the excitement of the moment failed to send to his her corner so stood within two steps of ot Dempsey Dempse waiting waiting wait wait- ing lag for him hion Dempsey was not out of the ring eighteen eight eight- een sen seconds as Lavalle claims He lie was as back hack in the ring and fighting exactly ex ex- six seconds after he went through the r ropes The punch h or push which sent t him o out of of- the rr ring li 1 would not have upset him if the ropes rapt's had not been behind his knoes knees and although dazed for a n. moment by the fall rail he did not lose a second in scrambling back I. LAVALLE Y ALII- ALII HOWLED LIKE LIliE A WOLF VOLF If It the boxing commissioners restrained restrained restrained re strained Lavalle from Jumping Into the ring to protest they dil did the right thing If Lavalle had entered the ring rine he ho would have lost the fight right there for his man who would have bave been disqualified disqualified disqualified dis dis- qualified for Lavalle's Lavalies action under the rules The referee selected by the commission commission com corn mission is b in there to handle the fight and enforce the rules and seconds are not allowed to interfere Under the I rules the sole duty of ot seconds is to handel their man between rounds When Dempsey and fo fought foght in New Jersey the contract provided that either man must be disqualified if It any of ot his seconds entered the ring and the boxing had men to stay close to the excitable Descamps and keep him from J into the ring as all he has often otten done in England England- and France and disqualifying his man Firpo's amateur advisers inexperienced and rattled probably needed restraint They were there to see big FIrpo knock Dempsey kicking and probably they thought there must be something wrong about every punch that dropped Firpo to the floor As pr or Lavalle's talk about reasons for keeping silent after the fight ts tsI s s sI I remember he was vas anything but si at lent He lie howled like a a. a lone wolf while l had not a I word to sa say except that Dempsey was a good tighter lighter and a real champion and he hoped to have bave another chance when he was j more experienced Lavalle and other amateur seconds are not to be bo blamed for ally arly statements state state- ments meats they malts make They were in a strange and novel situation and It is no wonder that in all the excitement and disappointment of ot the event they got ot a a. twisted notion of ot the facts Probably Probably Probably ably Lavalle is quite euite sincere in his statements WILL HURT AMERICANS As for Firpo's statement he was given Riven only an second eight nc count at the knockout l Firpo doesn't know kno anything about that count except what hat he be has been told tell by his excited friends Firpo was knocked out and lay motionless motionless mo tao- on his back fon tor about eight seconds He lIe rolled o pulled one leg up but could not rise Dempsey had walked to his hla corner without lo looking back The referee re repeated te Je the tho timekeepers timekeeper's count to ten and he walked ed away from Firpo who was still on his face helpless Dempsey after the count ran out and lifted Firpo from the floor foor and held him up until his seconds took him When Dempsey let go o FIrpo nearlY nearly nearly near near- ly tEll felt down again He lIe could coull not have gotten up U unassisted I in twe twenty h sec II In ring slang he was out for fora a week I The only unfortunate thing about this talk taik In the Argentine Is that it will create prejudice against Americans in that country and country and an unfair prejudice Firpo cant can't be blamed for it He lie his best and lost a hard figot t tto to a a. better fighter tighter lIe He will come back to fight again It is to be hoped that next time he will have experienced men mento mento mento to train him properly that he be will learn how to use his left hand and that he I r ht vi will have experienced p c seconds nd The boxing box box- ing log commission will attend to everything else and under commission rules he will have Just what he had lasts last time time time-a a square deal and every chance to win if he is able to Copyright 1923 by the Eel Dell Syndicate Inc Ine |