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Show HARRY WILLS STANDS OUTSIDE CHANCE IN BOUT WITH CHAMPION DEMPSEY COLDOED BOXER - HAS GREAT JEftP ;' "Black Panther" Has Gone Back Long Way, - Edgren Believes 7 By Robert Eigren ( Harry Willi M being eased l"t a match with Jack DtmpT tn Bep-j Bep-j wiNn Champloaahlp cntnder ,' uMUr have to work their way ao. ' Willi kui'l on any real fighting ''or mat any 4inri opponent! for yeara. He hee be.n rhellenged - by two or thro heavyweight! wRO ran 1 4 give him a real fight, " Ilk Jack Henenlt end Oeorg Ood-' Ood-' frer. but ka haa plrked eeitr op- penenle. - Laa year Will through with bonta WIIMI Homol Smith. Jack Towaaand and Ja v Tftompaon man who eouldn t otaf la I'.mpwey eamp aa prrlBg Parhapa Wllla la arlvhted that It I Beit aot to tak any rleh at all tn thar la a possibility of getting get-ting big money In a rhomplooll'tp wiafrh. But bo real fighter ajar ..ahowi eurh aitr.me xautloti before. be-fore. Dempeey hlmeelf, working " up to tha point where Jee TVIIIard could no longer ratuaa him a ngnt ' to a championehip batlla. fouskt th brat heavyweight! In tha ' try and knocked tham out oa after another. Ha didn't . vn '" '- eeutlouely In any of thoa "in- -peiga bottle. Ho want In heeJ-. heeJ-. Jong ,tor Quick knockout ovary ,'" tint. , WILLS STARTED . Wa.LU ' lrhap If Inn that Wllla bi had hand! and oraeka tham Bo oja-' oja-' lly that ha haa to aav tham tor tha ti flaht. Mot likely, though, -'tir. p.rhepe, ha la pretending : that pe s af rail to taka a riak by f'ght- - lag ood Btaa, to mah Lwmpaey rir.l.a.. . ... Parties Jack Kaaroa hat tha i r'aht dopo whan h aaya Wllla waa I a pratly ood flahtar tan r' 1 in ul haa olippad. Kaarai ro-I ro-I r-ntly told ma that ha aaw all uC 'i Willi beat flghla around Loi An-I An-I salaa alaht or Bin yaara ao. In-i In-i cludln. th flpht In .h" 1 kno"kad Haw tnford down hllf I a dore. ttmoe. ina "o . - out by Langford la the twentla h i ;..tnd He . eld Demiy f tnd.y I would have had no trouble beating i wins a. no waa then an that the lob will be muck eaaler aw. r.mpMy. who f.surea anv Biak I who (eta Int. a ring with Mm I I thar becue he ha. a chaeic to . I'wln. never neglect! training. He ...mi to think t laaat fairly Bell of th. bl negro'a ability. I he av h will put In two rnontni of Klid training befor. the event In hi bu.y yaara Will a-urhej op a long rrrord Mat of w'.a end knockout!, with very few lonj hst-tl.a hst-tl.a Among the men h knocd out were Sam Langford Chough S.m flattened Willi a cO'lpl of lime, tool. Ham ktc Vay. K II III-ton. III-ton. .lark Thompeon, rrod fiton. Kid Norfolk n BUI Tt. la 1131 he itartrd a -lampalgn" far a Iiemp.ev match. Borne of the nijel rir.arkir.le aetupe ever brought t . New York and .dv.rtlaed e Ja i- a.roui tighter, w.re ejiatthed with him 'The fieacoe reaullln,;. wllh Willi holding and mauling thaee boor dumaiiea around the ring, nag . .. un.kpected effect Thev .polled any chence Will might hav had to go en in a chanapiuaahip bettl ' ,T,h.,f"r,,tln.. I aaw Will. .. In one ef hi. early f.ght th aJ Ingford and at that time I Itiiught him one of the beet boaere I d n-n Ib y.ere aa uulle dang.roul enottgh to mike Jack Joh:..nn a match with him. Joaneun thought the sama way. for oaia laier bo wouida't even lot W ilia apar with him la tbo training tamp at Havana whort Johneor. waa pre-parlur pre-parlur for the Wlllard f-ght. W'hrt 1 naked Johneoa to box with W ills, o that 1 cnuld gt a lino on hia .onditietR tha ebony champion grinned and said he pref-rrd ! uae Wllla aa a rubber. Wllla tow- ored vr Johneoa. lie ta BuppnM d to bS 4 feet I Inches and look taller. Ha weighs, la condition, about tli Bounds. . Wilis Is built for fighting. Tn that early fight with i-angfortl bg e'ood a bead ov4r tha Bo it on oat-tier oat-tier ard semed to equal bm ia 4pe4 and akill . M1 " in later fights much of that aklll was apparently gone, with much or he oarly red that made "lll "rtangoroaa. He ehangd his fight-irig fight-irig s'vie entirely. Jnatrad of mor. Tng gwiniy and graoofully. gfvilng out Ctean punhea . with bid long iri, hg bas taken to pulling and holding sod wrtltT.g wit'i os --arm while bitting with tho other. Thia ta nnfair undor any ring ria fever wrltUa s'nra London prUe fcnng fla Holdlgr and hltt Hi ! ii d'eiincilv foul as bitting bolow "the' belt. yt I have seen goarat ?New York reforeeg let Wills do It "ntthAnt s protest. He Knocked out " F rd Pulton by holding htm around tbe valet with bta long left arm , and plaatsrlng him on the ribs with ..The right. He broke a few of Pul-..ton'a Pul-..ton'a ribo la tho process. He worked -ti tho same way with Oem Johi .eon and other doekv flgtners Im-s-st'orted to wtoet btm. but tho yofreog iii(ln't aem much Interested la what 4 bn nested to them. a W'iMa has two tricks of bnTd'ng A,tr4 hUHng, around the wait to d koe hla opponent from pulling eabAoay from body punchea and . around tbo nock to land punches on -the jaw. It s an effective way to 0. keep a rival from dodging or duck-jtlnt duck-jtlnt a punch. P- There has been some tat to the weffec? that Wills will have to box without holding sod hitting If be la in a champion oh ip bout. Ho might rt oven rempey If bo oould hold '"the shifting, gwaylag champiM In th crook of one arm while be eorked him wth tho other. Hut jiric K earns doesa't soom worry about that, " I "Ion t cars whether w"llg ho'di and hits or not." said Kearna. "That oulf1 be Jut linpo)'a meat. fimpMT 's sirwnger thaa Wills at "hat mush lnade et uff ant hod t- Will to piooea " This may bo a plena! ap thooy. Sut a chamD'Oaahln bout ahuld We 'oueht eir.-Tiy wl'hm the rule a 4.:f wMi rt DtinpMy around hs Rfrk and pu.l him 'mo a knock' .,'own fii.tt n there d be a rl t. V iiie big enoueH to I'Rnd off and f aht . low f-.r bw wtib anyUodr. w it ft. ..''ji 'pr h a k"i an. ptr-tigtf In v-'oupn i r ir. Tr 1 e.g hlc for bin - e oi.a.it to hav a crarvce wtti, m 'iTiif Or anv other Ti a 3 uttro, -f -ouro ho has be.-om so inurh . . over that ho Cdta l traU wttb . -,-T.r,.tr. uj-.rght, bv thg BU dots, Inc ). |
