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Show DRMPSEY-FIRPO BATTLE TO BE BIGGEST .FISTIC, DRAWING CARD IN YEARS MO BULL' HAS I CHANCE FOR ' Jack Dem paejr I Eapeci-. Eapeci-. ally Dangerous Against 7- the Big Men r- By Robert Edgren tXminr and Firpo. blggeet heavyweight attraction Mo In or iMr Nw York lac Jim Jffrle ani Bo ritsaunmona fught tor th world hainplonlitp at Cony lelaad a quarter o( a ntury aie. will draw a bur crowd aa aaat and atanrtlng room can aceomrnlate. """"Tr Blrkard com! proved an arena to aaat half a million people, a', popular pop-ular price. It would ba flllej. Tha bout won't draw tha blggel rata, bacauaa prlce ara now Untied Unt-ied br tha atat boxing eommle-aloa eommle-aloa rule. It wouldn't draw aa much money aa Carpentler and - Jempr la New Jereey for tha aama r.a.on. Now Jeraey alao Jim. In price. Tha gat of orar !.-00. !.-00. itrawa br llempaey and na Frenchman will ba a world roo-rd roo-rd for a long tlm to coma. In oaa way tha Dmpeey-Car-pontler fight had mora feature to attract a big gat. Carpantlar waa c war haro. a romaatlo ;"r" world OTanta a waU aa In th ring. rirpo la almply a man bigger than Dempeey, a hairy, buaky giant with a beetling brow, 0 aenttrnent. no romance, but a right hand wallop that may possibly tip aar a ehamp-i ehamp-i Ion. . . mirmmrrr WPirf AUA1NST Bite MAIf. Many peopl wt to aa Cann. . bier and Dampeey. hoping that th gallant Frenchman mlht w'n. bo-"aua bo-"aua of tha kind of a man ba waa. Tha public la InJlffarant to what Vind of a man Firpo la TMv ev.r Tow aa alrplan over Oar-. Oar-. w an batterte. and cam back toba . mentioned la tha ardor of tha day aa a her Ba a former black-' black-' amlth and drug clark with big band, a thick acck. a aquar Jaw. brletling black hair and a raat yearning to euooeed Xempy a a anoney maker. Ho.t of tha pop! who i to ittracted byeurloelty. Thara a a hanca that Ilrpo may knock g-acy g-acy out. Almot everybody Ilka to have a rlngelde aaat. or t bleacher aaat. whan o"m'"n,n'2 change haa If oomaihln, to ''3K ,. a la fl- srre If Dempeey knocks out Flr-KrDeimiey; Flr-KrDeimiey; knocking out a in. fi always intsrseting. Tou eee the IVWiX swayi. body JmJ"J rreving swifUyln. tfa r ' aKaai no eomea up with two or th". tVea?:a7o'a.UYlftln. blow. .n4 the i-lant I thrown ,M keen torpedoed. The Met he m-l.hlna m-l.hlna la a aier 4tail. Vauauy th. Ilht Ii naif oyer whea Demp-iaJ Demp-iaJ a.ta In W drat oruahlna punch Eimpaar 1. at hi b.at . ?? &z S rhhoTMihr;, ,h aiant daaa a U',,VD,",;, ia man emon, haarywalaala. mown cukct . I'NDatH IHKi." . There I th International atur en! bit It leal Ilka the Inlarna- X.empaay Hunt, firpo '"" eunlry little beard of J"? will be mora a lempeey 1wd Th tinV rniVely bau . J," Am.rlcan. would Ilk t -,ay American tbm'0" b',B-,,,. FlrD. auaplcloua. thlnka the . crowJwin oe violently aaalnat him. He wanted to make liempaey a tie Argentine lo flht him. He couldn't nnderratand It w hen threro.d ;l M. with wniard roaa up and cheered bl Jee at ina and of the lourth round. Jnl-.Jt that waa P"T ! eaaln.t a foreigner. It wean I Tha cbaarlng waa fur an old chairp-Ion chairp-Ion tryma o fight hie way ; i Yd ahnwrng une.pect a ..a and d'lermlnatlon la aplta of b'iry punlahment. The crowd wa Irh 11 -Had. r dog" Itwahcw-tna Itwahcw-tna appreciation of aatneneee. ISob rittalmniona. a naturallied American, waa foreign horn and . bla flghtlna career In New yealand Whra Bob waa knocked down be young 41m eeffrlea. a-tlv. a-tlv. born, with a tremendoua le" tab In the aeoond round. M " lack In later roonda "htl" , wild man In d.f.nae ol Mi i "-: ln crown, the crowd yelled lie tead lor Klrielmmona. ' When carpentler ataggered twnip. i,y with a right hand punch on tha th.Tn the crowd yelled lta.lt hoarw. f'Wr.MVTh.rtl. Mitchell up-1.1 up-1.1 Tlha great John I ulllaa In aMadlaoa So.are Oardea. and then danced all over the ring before ulllvaa'a Infuriated rihee, th a-row y.lled for Mitchell. a we like to ee American wm. Hul American crawda ara unique Ii ne Way. Tky gi vultora vry a-hanc In the world. ) nrFRonf rLAaa Jno aoiT. v , Jim Coffroth, one th beet fight aromoter In the Weet, and mora re. ntly connected with racing at Tla-,uaaa. Tla-,uaaa. I thinking .1 taking a whirl . t- th old game. Corfroth had rade offer for a heavyweight kamplonahtp match betweaa Demp y aad Wllla. to l held at Tin. ;mna In Mexico. Juat acroa Uie order line from Pan Ulego. 't .empaey win from Flcpo. He want-. want-. td to get the Pempeey-rlrpo match. ut waa vnabla to figure In the bld-Jirg bld-Jirg f"r that event becauee Plrk-2 Plrk-2 -A h.d an aarermant with Tlrprt for three matrhes this year, ths third to be with the champion. Ttalumnn !e the only place on the I 4fonttntnt new where boxing cnaiup- Ion ships could he- held under old conditions, for twsnty, twenty-five or forty-five rounds to a decision or to a flnl-h. If Coffroth runs one ehemplon-shlp ehemplon-shlp match successfully he may come bark as the most popular of all boatng impresario. people would travel from all ever the e orld to see real championship matrhes under real championship rondlttona Tlajuana Is eaay to reach. A match held in Tlajuana would fcave all the la ter est In st-tlna; st-tlna; of bouts held In the good vW dsvs In the Kar Wsst. Tlajuana ia a wide open town. tCupilsht, l-S. by the Bell a- . dicate. Incj |