Show FL YD JOHN SON SHOULD SHOULD T. T WILLLARD E EASILY EDGREN EDGR N BELIEVES B BELIEVES ELI VES fOMER GH CHAMP MP f r ilS i SLOW fUR FOR FORI I i Yn YOUTH U I v I i r Willards Willard's Legs Not Able to to Stand tand Strain of bf Gruelling Gruelling Gruell Gruell- r j p ing Battle I r. r 1 1 I I By Robert Edgren t Cn I j jI I Sees Jess Willard didn't have any soft mark for him when they prodded Jess Jeee r fIghting somebody else Instead of the fi i v c Dt If It Jess can get ct away with tho tho'S 1 I worker In a workmanlike m manner therell there'll there therell 0 i b 1 no one between Jess Jee and Dempsey Floyd I t J Johnson on the past years ears performances rr f. Ja nearest to Dempsey although no one 17 c with r tl him to be In Dempsey's class with with- r oUt ou t another rY ear of Lighting S I It Johnson beats beat Willard Villard he will wUl be In Ini f. f I poet ion to challenge for tor the bt Ion e lJ and and will w probably be rushed along alone i h Into a match c U might bo be a good thing for Dempsey l i. i to get Bet Johnson this year No telling ho holy v r s. mUch the tha big blond fellow may Improve If I be goes along every month for an- an lher year Johnson will be Improving I where Dempsey will be dropping back Johnsons Improvement wilt will come with experience In actual contests while D Demp- Demp y ity I at the best wont won't have more than a yi l' l couple of bouts bouts and and probably short ones onesS ones ones- v S e In inthe the coming twelve months FA FLOYD AND AD DEMPSEY J. J I DIFFERENT T TYPES Floyd FI Floyd Yd has been coming on steadily At i IS t p start he was wall a powerfully built tell fellow Bellow w t He had Ws hIs Weighing over pounds II r J 1 strength and development and knew Just III a II at I t 7 little lVie about boxing He lIe looked slow and awkward Iti because of his eto kY build but t. t how DW OW and then he showed flashes of speed H A experience lence he's hes going to Increase his bis hise e 01 I d In In every fight A year from now he ought to be per cent better than he Is g Today r i g a Floyd d Johnson and Dempsey are entirely t. t types J Johnson has the Norse It st stolidity that Nelson elson had to 4 plunge In agaInst punches and keep on hit hU- j c j. steadily until something drops DemPt DemP- DemP t i was as Quick lithe graceful and i e Ju lm attack oven even from the beginning He Is t J et ft born athlete and does everything well r ire Ifs shoots well swims like a champion I us used iJ to be a a. good f football player c can n run runS S long tong distances dl without without tiring Ho He has has' the If rT i v hand Ivand and eye for any game game he tackles I Ye in in- his early fights Dempsey wasn wasn't t ti 1 any better than Johnson He was as amai ama- ama the big fellows until Jack Jacl j Pt i as any of f. f J Kearns coached him Dempsey put up soma aoma tr coast cont when he wae wasa as a if clumsy tights fights on tho r I novice But he developed In a few tew months a t J when hen he gave all his time to fighting nE' L' L THEY SELDOM I li j yS co COME n BACK nuJ 1 S t Johnson has a a a. fair chance to beat VUI WIN Wll- I I i lard Jard He is tea a much better fighter than A i i- i It i Frank Moran was Wall when Willard rd fought the A 01 5 f a top at Madison Square Garden and ands ands' G at Franks Frank's wildy wild s' s I f spent pent ten rounds laughing V F f efforts to land his Mary Ann swing Her He Hed HeI r y I I is stronger than Moran and d a straight hitter hit hit- jO f ter tr H lied Hed d be hard to hurt V l r Ill I'll say that Willard as all he was when he i beat Soldier Kearns Luther Luthe McCarthY and I the rest of or that bunch probably would I Sirock 1 J knock Johnson out For Willard had bad a afi at at i. i fi t t l great punch In those days an and lots of rot I I W Speed peed behind It H Its It's doubtful that he has the speed e t to drive I a fast s punch with t the j i. i p ft 1 si real rea K Q Q 0 snap n In It now Willard as s he I 4 11 wae 4 at Havana would easily beat John- John il illon on But that's going gein back eIght years t I Iy y la may beat Johnson but If It be does f t I I f. f 2 It Jf will be because he is a a. former worlds world's 1 r l champl n n. n with plenty of experience and confidence and boxing skill Physically lIy In dt fi PIt if If his bulk he wont won't have any ad- ad except in n the tint first three or four r lit pp If the he fight g goes 10 longer Johnson Nr r Improve pr e Willard Jl d dg may y ilov etoW up 4 I Invariably even tho the greatest fighters out c b the ring a few years lose their speed t Judgment nt bitting Kitting power and endurance Especially if They have havee taken on fat while i r vay vaY R from the ring Its It's amusing to see Me seea a couple p of great old timers me put thes the 1 s en gloves IO on In an exhibition 19 They always w I i tl they ey stilt still have lave the stuff and that they're re showing V s something e to the younger O OI V-Sn V i h tI And d always they cavort or about I fl I ring Ing like a a. couple of farmers They 1 P ty know what to do but their muscles cles may I Hi follow w their I minds In i. i I S. S IAtter e After all boxing Is tenths nine tenths me mental l and physical physics speed pep alertness alertness' s' s and andi r youthful ability to put every ounce ot of I. I v strength Into Inlo an effort at any moment There ere Is 18 a skill and mastery of boxing that I i i If ft 55 1 a I. I man to avoid attacks and come comeI I tei i through unharmed But that in Isn't t what j of pins Ins fights When the spring and rum- rum v V cy co TS ncy leave the boxers boxer's legs he 11 is no dangerous rous J J I Si SiT T T T MUST DO ROAD HOAD ROADS ROADS' WORK 4 1 I I S' S j Watch training for the match j 1 1 Floyd Johnson If Willard likes road roadwork roadwork work Work and does a lot of ot It hes he's going to toBt Bt om back If U riot not hell heH Just be a big fl T heavy eavy strong roan man hoping to win on ht his muscle And tha that's ts t's the sor sort of thing that fl win fights tI I 1 remember going to Crolls Croll's Gard Gardens ns in t Alameda Alamda once to see Bob Jo Fitzsimmons In i training Draining Bob was out on the road I 1 It t ri f 1 A couple of ot hours houm later later Bob 4 1 t 1 1 1 limped in laughing as Jf If hed he'd heard the 1 funniest Joke In tho the world Sitting down fl he putted pulled off his shoes Blood was trip drip q i aski pUig nned from fromn his fe feet et which were bad badly l skinned In n several t places place c f I t J V Wot do you think oi of me running on W I. I he road ad In patent leather shoes shots chuckled J Bob Just got here and my training stuff a t arrived but arrived but I ad my run r I I t v ob FitzsImmons would as soon have S thought tl thought ought of j if cutting oft off his hIli right hand as asit it j training for a tight fight without his dally run it Floyd Johnson could stand more rO road t Ive seen his legs slow up after I d' d i some of his hili fast But youth has ald alt al- al t 5 enabled him I Aye to recover quickly It If 4 I he does enough well regulated road toad work worle Vh he bl y wont won't have to depend upon recuperating fter bard hard rounds for tor he wont won't tire Bob Fitzsimmons had a a trick of ot standing up ry his hs corner between rounds as ho he didn't I ar are for the minutes minute's rest rests In fact tact het he t l well enough stan standing up up In n a Do good good L to breathe deeply B But t he didn't r P ee Ii d much rest at that being In perfect I a 1 ht 1923 1913 by the pelt Bell Syndicate Syndicate Inc nc I |