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Show ; IVct It Co Funny . ( wnu mi is. ft - RuT V . rONNWft ThM6& HAvrB Edgren Doesn't Believe That Firpo I a Set-up , " for the Champion By Robert Edgren j Tnm Argantlna ta patting La la Fir- po'a name In the Hat ef the world rent eat eofiq vierera Al ' ezander, Napolaow and the rat ef the eld bora ere fergnttaa la tha Araaattne. Mr. Kiwe-d Brewn of tha National Amttear Atblatle fadaratlofi. who recently vtelted Bunra Alraa In eonneetloa with da-faloping amatayr eporte In Snoth Amrl-a. aaya that re-rybody talka about Firpo all the tlma and that Lule le bettar -now a and mora Umnui then any prealdatiL Fr al that the Arnilfe preeablr aeulda't pay a reeord breaking ete for a lampeay-Firpo fifht, Tfi Rtrkarda ambition to take the propoeed man ealow the af avatar Vaanft kinxa ea UN-Ing UN-Ing a blavar ata than the noney paid for the Carpentler-I-'mweey ftfht. Tha fact le that there probably navor eaa be another each aate In Amartea. eocanae New York and New Jereer hav tut a limit ta the tlrkat prteee that can, a eh a re; ad, New Jeraajr by etata law and Kiw Terk br a tut in eemmlaalon1 rule. That le why 4h rna;elda hi for the recent Flrpo-V Ulard mad wata only lll.lt, tan Indeed. Hlsujaida fatii for sUempeay and C'arpantlcr ware 10.1 That nude a big difference la the ta-' tal I If Rlckard were ta hold tha ftght In! the Jareey be we be mlaht have to build: another ten row a ef aate around tha nppar rim te take rare ef the ttrktt eala, and estaael tha rlnflaee ara back until tt bgan te climb the Incltoa. Tan row ef added evata, each row half a mile lone, would add eomethtna; worth while te the fata. There'a no deuht that rir-po rir-po and Dempeay weald fill any arena that can be built, at reaoonaee prlae, alnrwhare within eaey raarh of Naw Tork. That flerht wovd flraw a crowd from all over the country, and thoe-eanda thoe-eanda mi apeetatorefrnm (uralaa laada Oa'ne garaasm haent leat hie am Ha, althouah Uene haa wfi m poor thle year. He flopped In the Brtrleh open end flopped naaln at borne. But Oene la an optlmiet. "I'll cop aajaln nsmt rear." aald he when be eama trallinp; n with bobby Jonea, hopeieealy eat ef the nroring. Perhapa Hfe baa been too eaey for Oaoe. Whan he fraa working hie a up ta tha open and. the arofaaalooal tl-tlae tl-tlae laat Jrer.. he atudlad hia eourcea moat ha In advence and trained np to the day of eerh matrh. Afterward, whan be baat aiaajea In their individual match, be felt that Ux-k woe id alwaya run hia way. But at daeaa't da tnat la golf. i a a a AlmVet everyone I meat, wfce talka about Dam peay and Firpo, eaema to think that Dempaey will eaelly wbffTtha goutk American by dropping a raft book ea bin ebta wbea ba pnila baob hia rirht band. rarennally. I don't IhHik R la going to be aaey for I'ampaay. t would ba aay If rirpo waa alow. Firpo haa Pad. and plenty of It. With apaad ant. trnvih rnrain4 a boaer le likely te An tartythlrtc Firpo doaen t pull blr rihl heed bark ao much whan rrady tn put tha punrh eer. Ha Mta from rlnea to Ml body, and arroote the punrh fairly etraleht. Ha doaan t trlee murk. At laeat ka didn't mlae H lllaPrd. V. haa ba fullf-d to cat tha rlfht throurh to Wlllard e bodr It waa txceeee U tllard had an excellent guaxd againet a beV pajneh. . Of ronrae, ftempeey may dmp 'ha ftrwj punch ovar on Fit po'a hln for A knork-uut. knork-uut. Hut It'a a iat-tn-1 ahot he won't. Dampeey nvar fouent aa teuen a men aa Ftrpo. WlHaj-d, ullon, attrrle e4 the met ef tha big failowa were auft tor a puncti on the chin. Thare'a notktna: at ft about Ftrf-o. rTee rurarrd. Ha eaa take ptanakea and eeme aearmg boah ta Tial. Tha firbt -may be eh art when tboy meat, beoauee Firpo lent I Tn 4ie-bone 4ie-bone in basing akl It and cunning waa of tork bolde and cHnchae. durkmg and run nine: and twiatlnf a way from tree bia. Ha' a aa direct and ea-fraaeWa aa rampeay himealf. and hie lnh and a half of haiht and twouty-five pwnla of good bari wataht wtay 4o eomataiwe te offaat lampay gra advantaeie le having a laft band leat a aa g-"4 aa hia rljtht w aood ha la - ririm a one. . (hancae are rempay will taaa him. Hut tt.kt La one lime lieinter won't be aura 9t winning aatll Hi au avar. rampeey h going ta be tthe a n-aa with a rapeatlnsj rifle fi ah flag a rt aa with an old faahlonad buffalo gun. H tl have the advantat. hut there'a a fha-we ha may be hit flrat. Major Cuanmea It lea, who fouarkt th roue h a erare houth American ra vol uimne, tn tha Phllipplaae and China, and nerved eta monihi at the front la Uatfiem, ra-inarkad ra-inarkad whan ha raturnad aftar the b't war that thay hl'lad man faatar la Ke 1 rope, but aa far aa he opeerved the un 1 klliad by marhlne gun fire were no d radar than the men pip pad ever wit a aiuca tVwa In tha canabrahae In Leaon Flrprt te about ae alron and touh aa Tom Shark ay, due Ruhnn and aoene ef tha ethar kt blrda Jeffrlaa uaad te wallop. wal-lop. Jaff broke thraa ef "kertjy rthe, and kkarkey foucht him iwanly-f I va round a. o raaeoa why Ftrau eheitJd flop the flrat Uino he le bit. avea by Dampaay (Cepyrlakt 1911 by tha Bali Syndicate, Inr. |
