Show g U I I CopyrIght 1923 1 23 New York Inc Trade Mark U S Patent Office PUt VY V 41 D U U LOG LO G AGO vou vou m-vou vou hear them sa When some tomo one ono mentions Demp i name The kIng kin that holds a world it t bay The conqueror no fl fist t can ta tame tane e Yet Iet more thin thirty years ago TO slip lip bick to IIno another r The Odds dd where here Corbett had no show how Were ere 4 to 1 on Sullivan Calling the turn turp a 3 diy or t two tiso 0 atei the episode has hIlS place is one or of the simplest of ot the arts It is some some- sometimes sometimes sometime times time slightly different on the ds dol 0 Looking forward and looking backward Ields an entirely different focus Ades Ade's revelY anent the Corbett Corbett an-Corbett battle gIVes a won won- wonderful wonderful line lino upon the erratic e of the dope and PubliC opinion In gen oen- genera era sen-era eral era THE nOCK The Tho discussion started at Sir Mr Ir dos AdS winter quarters at na where here between Cen philosophy and humor the Sage bare of ot Ind d belabors the elusive elUsia e golf coif bill from tee teo to green bet between een I Pampas borders under tinder v ulde blue skies Oer thirty ears ago aco ho he was nas sent to New ew Orleans by a 11 Chicago paper to cover the an in-Corbett meeting I ha have haio 0 ne never neel el seen a right fight he heald said ald where public opinion and e- e epert epert ex expert pert prophecy were 10 all alt so io 0 combined lii 11 one Few Fm thought Corbett had a II chance The magic of Sullivans Sullivan's name had buffaloed 1 the tho 1111 1 na flit nation Lion tion He H meant mote mOle then titan thin Dempsey Demp- Demp sey Cey y means moans todi lie was as be ond do- do de defeat feat with the tb odds then at 3 and 41 to tot I 41 TILE TIIE OTnER Sin C It Is it easy now to sit and anil look back I and ice ace how false fahe th e odds I I just a II div li h or t two 0 before the tight fight ib when hen 1 A Biad Dla ail abl od oJ me mc to come conic over oer antI and hive o 1 a aI la I tal I I wit h Corbell lo 10 1 o orlett Corbett the I IheI whole thinG thine v w vis is ts like a joke Hr lir uns v a as like ilL a 0 JIg big bov boi getting I toi foi a romp Hero Here wa was wa-i the world 1 pickinG Sullivan to win In and here tas COI belt angle ullvan Sullivan hasn't got sola I IL 1 chance in the tue world I dont don't care hr It tho thu odds odd aro 90 SO to 1 lie ICe cant can't laya lay u a clovi- clovi glo L on me and It if ha bo cant can't hit mc 1110 how can cn ha he e IlL It wont won't ont c cen even en be clos clo o Tho rho odds ought to be 10 to 1 other a Ive I've e bo boxed boet 1 with him bins himan Ithe an and 1 I 1 know Imo I can cnn win this tIght fight with with- without without without out even en tr trying to hit bit Just him him Just t keep keep- In out or of o the wiy until lie he II ops I When the fight tight started and Cor- Cor Corbett Corbett Cor Corbett bett began beean dancing a away way from Sulli Sullivan van inn a n the crowd cro d began the tha old Doo Then a 0 remarkable thing happened Corbett turned his hia back hac hacon on Sullivan I a as It If ho hG was as a hitching IJO pent t tI I walked iathel 1 over er to the lopes held heid up both hoti cloves 10 cS 10 ind md asked the to bo ho quid for a 1 while vou 1 ou on i will ill ii h hue is 1 e c a 01 j tight light presently present ho he shouted Ito nude same speech from the four foul squares IgnorIng Sullivan completely lien Ihen he li h stepped d back an and jabbed the I hont Bov on the nose I think It just about at tint thit moment that every on IH realised suddenly how false tho the odds Ila had 1 been Sullivan an It at that moment wouldn't lIa bate hav-c bLen c cen en money G C Till 1111 lIlt I I WB We recall this prophecy fI om I a bo expert before met l I illard ho sail null be IC c tho first lIe Y to re- re retire retire re retire tire unbeaten Ho He is the first man manI manin manin I In history ho w it ho Is too Us tug too strong and too fast fatt to be ho Ho Is isn ft goo good food 1 boar bo pr r a 11 hal haid d hitter and hal to hurt I 1 hat tra c sia bL inches In 11 height eight Inches In iii reach and 60 1 pounds In weight can never neter be bl over o oer- oer overcome come b bv bs any pound OO Yeta Yet Yeta a few days 9 later Willard ta had 1 b bean n I knocked n dosta do n seven se times s In one lound by a boxer IJU nod Floyd Is s on his war nay but ho need needs along alone alon Mire e lines Jines before h he is ready to 10 exchange merchandise with Ith Dempsey Dempse These three lines linOs s are ar experience speed p ed and skill lie H has his share char of alt all thc Ingredients but the lh lan Ian t large enough just at this moment lIe 1 would have hav a a far greater chance next t year than he h has now but now but with 3 a million swinging out In ln front ot of one on reach It Isn't easy to dully dally by the wayside and postpone the day of ot liar liar- har harvest vest iest est It Is no easy matter to lead ld a confident confident youngster ter up tip to tho the edge ede 1 vf ot the thi promised land laad and uk ask him to sit alt on the th rail fence fenc for a a spell It If John on can na whip Tom Torn Gibbons after r trimming Bill BlI Brennan It Ill take more s mor thu x a II f to get et him alan to w wait a a trifle Longer r for tor Dempsey Dempesy All he If can see Bee wIll bo be b the tb open opell road and the th clover cionI cloverfields fIelds b yon l And I if Dempsey should lose los It will rill be b no trouble to write the th headlines meteral months In advance e liz viz t Lon Long Lony Off Ly-Off Beats Champion He WIO who fight fights and runs ru away May use liv to t l tIght another day But he h who doesn't fight l ht at all allMay 2 May step tp Into a codden squall In the th meanwhile man Job will find I Tom Gibbons the most moart harassing problem he be h hat has yet tackled t d Ant And It Sd mey be b that Gibbons draws the th first crack at lt Dempsey Dempsy ey while Johnson ac- ac ac another armful of ot knack 1 fo roe another chanc titer l ler with on-with on with a much betleJ better opportunity to win J IV |