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Show JESS "Wild Bull" May Be riew Jim Jeffries in the Ring Willard Write. That Argentine Battler Hat Great Chance to OuUluff Demptey ,.e5IT?R'" Thl. i ths first af a aariaa ef articles by Jssa Willard, formtr heavyweight ehamplon, ailing up Champlen Jaek Damassy and Challenger Luia Angal Firpa. It fivea a mod In.isht af tha Argentines ring taction. . By Jet Willard . In - . Former Heavyweight Champion. S LUS ANGEli FIKPO.a aecond Jim Jeffrieat ' ' I don't propose to answer that question, although, I .worked up a tremendously intimate and comprehensive acquaintance ac-quaintance with Firpo one evening in July. But 1 offer it to fight fans as a fertile subject for speculation; It la true for a certainty that tho talk about Firpo aa ko face a tne champlonahlp battlo- with Jack Dompaey Ip exactly on a lino with -tho dopo oa Jeffrlea whan bo tack- ' iad ataev FllaalMainaa j Tha axperta objected that Jaf- ' frlao waa too rreen and lacklna; In pollah. They bad to admit ha waa atronc and same, but they didn't allow al-low hlrn. a chance aaalnat tha axpe-rienced axpe-rienced title bolder. But ovarybody known what happened., . vhhives ow toi uh oaks. Firpo la a are at blr tourh fellow fel-low who thriven on hard blowa. Your flat Pimply bouncea off him. In tho aeventh round or our flsht, for laatanra. I ahot two hard o.iee in auccoaaloa Ptralaht to hie jaw, I preeeed tho button for him. all risht. but It didn't turn out tha llsht. llo.aoemea to- come on atronser and otronser every round And when Klrpo hit a, Ifa Ilka a Meet from a Plrpe sun. He Pule a ' hole in you. That la J net what, ha doea. N n opponent may be ever ao clever, clev-er, hut Firpo taken a lot of tha I clovornoao out of him when ho alnka one of his punchea. Ho napped nt -atrenrtb In our flrttt by a hall of kidney punchea When bo laAds one, it rocks yoq all over. AWKWAPtD. VST CLEVSR. There len t any fancy stuff about firpo. He la not a nice looking boxer. But In an awkward sort of way bo la clever. Won't force! that.' Flrpo'a rreateat aaeat, I behave, la ' hla rurrednese. He la tha kind of fle-hter who can lot hla opponent wear hlmeelf out and break hie hand. nndlnr oa him. And then Klrpo can h him. Incidentally ha la hand! oat with hla risht hand, and It la a deadly weapon. Tha erltlca keep referrlne to his Inexperience. In-experience. That le not to bo denledr I although bo appears ta bo maklnc ' quick Improvement. But it la a mistake mis-take to under oetlmate him. Firpo len'L a popular personality, but If you wantV a fishier, that'a what ha la. V I don't aay Firpo wll wis from ' Dompsoy, but ha has mora otvuioo thaa moat people think. Take It from mo that he le a real wtM buu. ha haa boon fishtins atoadlly without any soft llvlnc and ho Is ready to da hla ' boat with averytbins ta (ala and aothlns to lose, (Copyrlsht, lis. NBA Barrloa, ma.) In hla next artloie, willard will drs. j Cusa Oempaay'a morlts and dome rite, f |