| Show Jess Fooled Himself Like All Overconfident Champs i Veteran Critic and Former Ring Ri g Champion Declares No Fighter Is Fully Competent to Conduct His Own Training and J Judge dge His Condition Before i ia Meeting Dangerous Opponent By Jack Skelly Shelly EW YORK July 15 ln In In a very N NEW critical Illness no man can be bo his own physician neither can any fighter be his own trainer adviser and conditioner for tor a a. avery avery very Important gruelling battle I am quite sure that has been proven again and a again ln by the rather unexpected downfall of of so many champions Yes many of th them become e e overconfident over over- r confident cO I e and I might h ay say r rather chesty over their former Cormer victories and they are showered with by the press presa and the tho public They often orten Imagine they are arc unbeatable unbeatable unbeatable able and Invincible and do not wake ake up tip until It Is too late not late not until they are knocked down and out and they hear the wild cheers for the newly proclaimed champion who has beaten them thom But Hut this is a very old story which has been repeated so frequently Inthe inthe In Inthe the history of I well remember how John L. L Sulli Sullivan Sullivan Sulli- Sulli van predicted he would annihilate Tim Tim Corbett In six or seven rounds a at New Orleans In 1892 lIe He rode lode to tho the ringside from his quarters inan In Inan Inan an open carriage with Charley Johnston his principal backer Phil Casey his chief trainer a and Jack Ini ni s 1 Sullivan l was I In a very confident merry mood and he ho and McAuliffe sang some jolly old Irish songs on the way What V What hat would you take for your championship tonight John asked Johnston in a jesting kidding manner mannet man- man ner net SULLIVAN FOUND OUT an Not a million dOl dollars Charley answered eJ S 'S Sullivan Ur an andOl earnestly es 1 wouldn't sell my title for the tho crown of England But Sullivan didn't get a red cent for his mighty crown as he ho insisted that the entire purse puree should go to the winner so Corbett got all the coin Including the aside stake money This agreement alone showed the wonderful confidence poor old John L. L I had In his ability and prowess to defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat the brilliant young Californian Continued on page 3 1 JESS FOOLS Continued from pa page pace e 2 on oh how he fooled himself like so who have failed to train erl erly under an experienced ex- ex trainer Phil Casey knew very indeed training a man manI Sullivan I He lie was a a. champion Iball player In his da day but bute's es e's esta a. a vast between and Yes ers Vl him Jim 1 Corbett had been rugged would have defeated Bob simmons as Ive I've frequently said saidreS reS rebut but Gentleman Jim took to footlights after atter he became cham- cham instead of combating in the thet t three ree or four foul times a year ear So wonderfully clever boxer fooled footed elf also en after atter he became champion was attracted to stage and failed to keep up his fine ath- ath form He Ile imagined that Jim Jimes ties des es was a big slow cart horse horsem m mt the e could easily outgeneral and Tout k as he had other big dubs old Bob got the surprise of his when Jeff floored him in the sec- sec That punch beat Fitz when he got Jot to his corner he to Martin Julian his chief nd ridA Hes got ot me Martin hes he's me But Bob lasted nine more ions and was put away in the nth round by the husk husky heavy OLD D STORY g Jail eTall know these stories almost eart and man many others of the same overconfidence Ve We can all re- re Jiow Jeffries Freddie Welsh Conlon Charley Mitchell ik Moran Fred Fulton Willie lie tie Jack Johnson Al McCoy and zen of other bright stars of the fooled themselves on their con- con nand suffered defeat In conse- conse ce ARDS ARD'S GREAT BLUNDERS s ss Willard might have been the test champion the Ilhas ever known had he fought and kept himself In fine tic tlc form after he knocked out Johnson at Havana t the he mammoth champion only ont d Johnson one ten-round ten bout in four fourS S and 5 nd so lost not only his stam- stam ind md skill but the popularity he had if he had met and ted all worthy comers during p period That was his first great le let and mistake consider his spectacular public ing for Dempsey at Toledo a aHe aHe He He didn't do an any road work vork a aln fn n speed and wind he did boxing partners fast or clever goh to gh to proper test his fighting boxing ho he had no real high and adviser to point out defects and put him in proper Itlo tion As Tex very verr ly said Willard ard lost the fight day he convinced himself that new more about his own physical n than any other man The Thet t t was inevitable Ive I've so often declared Toledo or other city is no place for a ai er erg to train tram especially under constant excite excite- i rand nd furore Willards Willard's tempera- tempera could not stand the strain of maddening crowds like Dempsey consider the crazy mob ns ins ms did Jack the Giant Killer good at that lard Hard should have gone far farup fop Tup up In the mountains under the flon of a wise old veteran er where where he could breathe the ozone and rough it over the instead of doing that daily act in his camp for 50 Ba a head Bonder tv onder the ponderous giant was Jand nd like a wooden Indian when teed iced his gallant yo young ng opponent e ring s has no one to blame but him him- and what's the use of squawk- squawk about i it now He cooked his goose and I J suppose he will comfortably on his little farm awrence Kan and join the become an oil billionaire feel eel quil quite sure that hell he'll never e within the ropes again Why by d he be wi with all his golden coIne coin e f WAS i AS MATTER WITH JESS could rould like to have the opinion me me me of those medical experts who examined Willard bethe bethe bethe be- be the fight and pronounced him cally tally and mentally perfect ever did take much stock In the theo theone one ons o s of physicians regarding the condition of fighters In train- train but I would certainly like to past Must what was the matter with rd rd from their point of view could these doctors declare Jess when he was not 1 iy I have ha never seen a cham- cham so so childish and raw ip ii his tac- tac as asT Willard was even before he hit He held his arms spread open pen open and offered really no deat deat de- de fat at all I didn't believe that Jess was onest man 1 I would consider he heally really ally Inviting defeat and was ring lei to take a beating for and the he col- col 1 lf I. So will some Bome of the high high- medical gentlemen who declared so physically perfect please lri In into to us poor boobs the cause of life action and corn corn- self protection within the ropes must have been some logical medical m reason for Willards Willard's genus us showing |
