| Show I II I 1 I I 1 I IJ Y DOWNINGS I v r fi V I FIGHT DOPE r By Hardy K Downing in A ti 11 II II I III I 4 NY WILSON WILSON ON who relieved Mike ODowd ODon Dow d of of the life worlds world's I J J cn middleweight elg elgin ht championship by the decision route in a twelve 1 I round bout bont in Boston I just about one year ear ago is IS quite often referred to as a Cheese Champion by sport w writers and and critics j i I nil ail over the c country tr y and it rt has undoubtedly hurt his Ius earning pow e of ot the fact tact that ho raked in j as ns a champion m mj mitt artist But Dut in n view for giving the tho redoubtable Mike another trimming in New York City a AI I short ago I would say that ho is Some Somo Cheese at that j I While Wilson probably never will be a very popular champion owing to the fact that he does docs not como coma up to tho the standard set by the tho great creat Jack l I and Denn Benny Leonard who reign supreme In the two division divisions which have havo always been looked upon as th the heavyweight hf weight and lightweight ht two REAL divisions In the tho boxing game ho has proved conclusively that he ho is tho the master of at ODowd who was considered a real champion and Ij I 1 Ij j think It Is time limo ho was given tho the credit duo due him or ar someone should come comel l along who can prove provo that he Is s not a real champion I Wilson is not a Ie IC O. O fighter tighter having very few feu knockouts to his credit ed t n among the tho mediocre men he was meeting previous to his first win over er ODowd On top of ot that ho has an awkward style stylo of ot milling which his opponents seem sem unable to fathom with the result that the bouts bO lack the I thrills that Dempsey and Leonard have educated the patrons to expect 1 eW e J I Wilson Vilson was matched with ODowd for their first bout W WHEN WIlEN the fans paid very little attention to the affair as the they tiley I figured it just another workout for tho the champion who was taking on all anybody bod the promoters carol cared to pick for him Then when the I flash came over the wires that a practically unknown had hall relieved the great at Miko of his crown they could hardly realize what had happened Ji Paddy Mullens who looks after atter the tho interests of or ODowd was quick II to realize that the fans tans would bo be slow In recognizing Wilson and flooded the th Ih country countr with wires to tho the effect that ODowd had been robbed that Wilson was not at the middleweight weight limit of at pounds and that the chara charn title was not at stake stale all of which detracted from Wilson's Wilsons wins win but the decision had to stand and ho he had to be crowned the I although tho the Cheese was hooked on a O ODOWD DOWD ma may have ha held Wilson Vilson too cheaply for that first mate and may have been sincere when he le toured the country for fo forthe fOi the next six months meeting all comers and anti proclaiming to th II 11 III world that he lie had been robbed of or h s title an and 1 would knock knoek Wilson I out in a cou couple P le rounds if he lie ever gave him a return match II 11 recent defeat at the hands of or Wilson should prove conclusively that he i f one fighter tighter whom Wilson can beat bent regardless re of at whether he ran can topnotch middleweights or not Ills His cr cry of being toul fouled d b by Wilson the late l hut t time does not ring true especially in view of the fact that the me the ailment for toy ti which ODowd was operated upon a short time after aCter the Vison fight tight was WI one which had been bothering him for tor several years f Wilson undoubtedly has the the Indian sign on ODowd and know knows It to toI for when the tho time came and a suitable purse puree hung up by Tex for a return match he readily accepted something that ver very t few w champions hat hail ever done Ho lIo gave the dethroned champion a return match in m a a. little O el six months and while his win the last time ma may not have been quite qUill as u decisive as In n their first meeting competent Judges fudges who were picked to give ghe rr r the decision did not hesitate to return him the winner I Personally I believe that ODowd had started slipping sUpping before he met Wilson and if It the latter was smart enough or lucky enough h to beat lh rest of the fellows to it ho he surely Is entitled to the credit e 1 J I. I 1 eaB B BATTLING A ORTEGA of or Oakland Cal Cal be bc beyond ond 1 a doubt the be best t j. j middleweight eight the West rest has produced of late yr fars has been k camping on the trail of the thc champion for some time lIe He has I finally landed a match It will bo be a ten ten round round no deCision affair ID in Milwaukee Wis Vis on the twenty-third twenty of this month It is u doubtful If It this match will clarify clarity the situation any as Ortega will hav have to win by a K IC O. O in n order to cop the crown and on past past performances this seems doubtful Ortega is a tough and willing fellow who will probably stay the distance However that will not prove prays that Wilson is not a real ml II A champion for ODowd not only failed tailed to stop Ortega In ten rounds but wu WI held to to- toa a draw In n Portland Ore shortly after atter Wilson dethroned him 1 The middleweight has never been of very great interest to tin the fans tans since the late Stanley used to hand them all the K C O O. wallop wallops C Cand and until such another champion comes along It will not be taken yeti err seriously j J J L T OCAL boxing fans who watched Jack Tack Dempsey Domps d. d develop fromn from frow froman Lj an n amateur curtain raiser to th the greatest pied piece of fighting a machinery the world has ever known are watching with kith intense interest the development of another local youngster who kilo promises promis 1 e eto to follow in iii the footsteps of the tho Utah Mauler I rf Lou Lau u Is ls the youngster who tyke has been showing such ouch wonderful dl ability i y that na the fans tans are watching him very carefully and predicting great t l' things tor for him in the future 1 i While just a youngster barely 16 years of at age he shows Vs all ail th AI fh earmarks of at a comer corner and in a little over one year ear has has fought ought hl bh his ui al the flyweight and bantamweight divisions with a clean recur a never having had a decision rendered against him j mar marh h jV has as The the K been local boy y has been boen nursed along carefully That is III to say sap his an aft Ht du f ul een e taken Into consideration and his bouts have been kept kent far tar enough r f apart V to pet permit mft him m to devel develop P naturally and rand it if h tan maintain his strife It In t the featherweight i division glen ln In which he Id Oi IP he will now finds In m another yea Year e be e ready a y to start for tor the l toP P and lt It t vi would ld not be much of ot a s T sur I surprise the to tho those e who have watched him It ho he eventually reached sr l A top rung of o. his profession J EAl A |
