Show lB RACH I I ASSIST ASSISI r. r DEMPSEY i Kilbane Tells of Long Arms in Battle t r By Johnny Kilbane Featherweight Champion Jack Dempsey outreaches Georges Car Car- This gives him a tremendous advantage over the Frenchman in the battle July 2 For a half halt Inch r greater reach In boxing boxing box box- M t ing is the same as a 1 n ten yard start in a d. d yard dash or a t U tN Ti s quarter mile handicap 1 in a running race I. I i It means that the it B. B m 1 swings of ot the man t with the shorter reach 4 will viII fall fail short that short that f if ift Y t S he Is against a U up i clever boxer who Is t. t i adept at blocking he t 11 will scarcely be able a R 5 r. r 5 to land a punch il It means th that t In Ins r v s simultaneous i m u 1 11 t a exchanges ex ex- ex- ex W changes the drive of ot J the tho man with the if longer reach will land I I before the punch of his L opponent arrives arrives and and andin Nl in a go between heavyweights heavyweights heavyweights heavy- heavy weights wallops are so heavy that a few blows may decide the fight tight PR PRACTICALLY HELPLESS It means that the man with the shorter arms Is practically helpless at all stages of the game before his longer reaching antagonist The only way he could win would be to throw his caution caution and and 99 S per cent of his chances Into chances Into the discard and wade in with the hope that fate might aid him in slipping over a lucky S clip to the chin or stomach for tor a kayo S Look over the list of ot topnotch fighters of ot today and you'll find that practically all of the boys who stand at the head of their divisions are tall talI rangy fellows And they wilt will tell you frankly that they got there by their ability to outreach the theS theother S other fellow and beat them to the punch L LEONARD ONARD BRITTON LYNCH S Theres There's Benny Leonard among the i lightweights and Jack ton Bri-ton ton among the I welters Joe L Lynch In the bantam class is of the bean pole type S Most of my own success in the feather featherS class has been due to the fact that I have havea a long reach and that Im I'm taller and andS andI I S rangier than most of the boys who can make the weight S Carpentier far outshines Dempsey in speed but with pith a a shorter reach hell he'll go goS S into the ring under a big handicap S I |