Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-31 | Page 24 | Most Heavyweight Stars Are Too Easily Hit

n n MOST HEAVYWEIGHT I S1 STARS ARS ARE T TOO EASILY HIT J i 1 1 Utter Lack of Self Defense Predicts Predict Short Reign for Them in Game GameN By J Jack ach Shelly Skelly Shelly KW rw YORK Oct 31 Boxing Boxing is 1 t e eart N NEW art o of self defense Its It's not f B e eart eart art o of mauling hauling bulling clinching wrestling wild swing swingIng Ing InS air punching waltzing tapping hop 1101 hopping 1 ping or a lot o of other other- monkey capers aj so many o of the tho present day boxers Ima Ine me It is J JIn In fact most o of the heavy nowadays hardly understand what self defense means for or they seldom endeavor en eft deavor to sidestep blot block or duc duca a blow like such past masters as Jim Corbett Tommy Ryan Ran Joe Chons 1 Frank and other other- great at defensive fighters o of almost a generation on ago m mf 1 Kid Ild id McCoy In speaking of ofton's f Fred Fu Futons Futon's Futons Futon's Fu- Fu tons ton's most vulnerable point t said r n e should be taught to protect himself pro prop properly erly In the the- first round In order to prat pr v vent nt himself from Crom being knocked out a ahe as astie he tie was by Jack Dempsey at Harrison N. N J J. J a year r ago last J Ju July v f Quite h so so Kid labs but t why iy shouldn't a a clever boxer like Fulton know enough to tc protect himself In every round 1 1 In my opinion the lanky plasterer is b the best boxer boxer- In the heavyweight slon Sion lie He has a wonderful speedy dangerous dangerous dan dan- left which he uses with great eat e ef feet b but h he's hes very e deficient IC 1 In his liis d de e like e most s all the other r big fight er era o of the present day A AWhile While Im I'm Inclined to believe that F ton can conquer Joe Beckett the burlY English champion I If he gets an opportunity opportunity which Is not very likely from rom the present outlook he is also liable to be knocked out by the In a whIrl wind on account o of his lack of ol self d 1 Neither Is Beckett a clever clever- defensIve battler for or most all his opponents have hav been able to land on him without much difficulty especially Eddie McGoorty who and Beckett in his deteriorated condition Had Eddie Iddle not lost his old steam and punch he be might today be the the- champion o of England d iI But what's the use of a man being clever clever- I If he be lacks vigor and pep And what good Is a knockout If It you are not skillful enough to land It It Its t the combination of stamina and science that makes great world beaters t ft DEMPSEY'S WONDERFUL SPEED St Its It's really Jack Dempsey's phenomenal speed that won him the championship combined with his terrific hitting But suppose Jack the Giant tiller Killer had faced such lIuch scientific an and defensive fighters a as 18 asPer Peter Per Jackson Jackson Bob Bob Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons or Jim Corbett In their prime would he hays have Continued on following pa page 9 MOST HEAVYWEIGHTS Continued from preceding page been able to rattle and daze them with his hia wonderful speed Perhaps but not likely Great defensive boxers father tather fancy the fild rushing fighters of the Dempsey type who come tearing In wide open without of proper guard lard or pro pro- Frank P 1 P. P Slavin was a a. very rugged aggressive fighter tighter with more experience and knowledge of at the manly art than Dempsey Dempse has so to far acquired But when he attempted to rush and bull Jackson down by his great vigor and slugging Peter defended himself In the most masterly masterly masterly mas mas- terly manner until he at last found an opening and with a well timed and perfectly per per- aimed blow he not only knocked out his is game anta antagonist but broke his jL jaw Jiw with i the terrific f smash h. h erf But Bui ll Im I'm 1 free e to confess o that theres there's I no Peter e Jackson in the ring today to show o the tho t big t flock I r of r defenseless e 01 heavyweights heavyweights heavy heavy- v weights how little they know about side- side topping stopping blocking or ducking a d dangerous danger danger- nger- nger ous punch It seems to be one of the tho lost arts of ot the tho game among the tha Mg hie fel fellows fellows' fel- fel lows lows' especially