Show I iD DOWNINGS OWNING FIGI T DOPE t oz 1 A By Hardy K Downing IT I IT T looks as though Je Jess Willard has ha 1 finally been compelled to bow bov hai to sentiment or the will III of ot Chair Chair- Chairman Chairman Chairman man NewYork William Muldoon of o tile llio ho New ew York boxing commission and Is I going to 10 take lake on Johnson In an effort to 10 show the th boxing boing fans that he lie is 1 I entitled to a return match with JacIc Dempsey and a chance at the heavy heavy- weight heavy eight crown This match which will be staged I In n D Tec re Rl Rickard ard at the New sew Yankee stadium on May 12 for tor the benefit ot 01 the Babies milk fund should clear ear up the tho heavyweight muddle whit t h and at least t produce an opponent opponent opponent ent for tor Jack D Dempsey during durins the coming summer r Chairman Muldoon has consented to Willard Villard suspend the ho age limit ruling on Wil- Wil Wil lard for this match and It if he ho should beat Johnson and thereby show that he be helas was las In proper shape to put up om sonic kind of ot a battle with Ith the cham cham- champion chance pion he Is burely entitled to I cham-I th the Sport ii writers niters rs all over Or the lie countr I liae 11 0 al always ays insisted that Willard Villard should be compelled to prove pro hi hii worth In some Borne preliminary battle I be-I for bo-for fore being belne sent ent against Dempsey and he has evidently found that Ita It a hIs only opportunity of getting another chance at tho the y heayn heavy v eight cro cron n The rhe cancellinG of o the mitch Tommy Gibbons Gibbon was vas probably the luckiest thIn thins thing that eer ever e er happened to Johnson for tor It Is almost a that the th veteran would base ha hav handled the young oung Californian a boeing bo lesson would hav have eliminated him a as asa ma Co a contender for crown for forthe J the time being at least while In tI the e forthcoming match It II 1 Is the liter w s 5 opinion thit he lie ha has better beller than an even chance of ot beatin beating Willard Villard and J i awin win 0 over osei- er illard will eill give him a lot los lotmore more prestige than a 1 win over oer Gib- Gib Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gibbons lotI I bons who It H I a n much smaller man mall malland and nd will II no doubt boost him Into a match with Dempsey right oft off the reel The Th fact that Jacl Jack Kearns manager of Champion Dempsey has hs broken oft off all negotiations for any or the tho pro pro- proposed proposed pro proposed posed matches Is an Indication that ho he has already had Ind an on understanding Rickard and amid that h II Is to get gel the winner some bome ome time thi In the meantime Louis Louis- Firpo the lIu lh I Is reported to be on hIs hisnay nay av c osel cel el here to meet Bill Dm Brennan lL IL he can beat Brennan Drennan which hu he h will sill a match matth between him nn anti lIar Hany y Wills ills would make card for and another opponent nt tor for Dempsey ho be Ie e about ready by the Um time tIle the cl ci got cot through polishing polishing- oft o either Willard or Johnson and would make great greal card around Labor day tiny It looks s as though Tommy Gibbons is s just about sidetracked as us far tar as a get getting get l-et- tIng a chance at any of ot the th real heavy heavy- heavy eIght contenders for it Is generally conceded that he h Is too small to sue sue- uc cope with Dempsey and therefore would not make a very sery ery good drawing card even On though ho were successful In beating Johnson and the th rest of them which he h would sery ery likely do at the th present time On the tir other olber hand either one ono of ot the ig hr fellows fellow mIght ml ht stand a a better chance of beating Dempsey than Gib- Gib Gib Gibbons bong bons M DOPE UPSET It Jl Is Impossible to dope doe a boxers boxer's chance chanco against a It certain other boer bo eron on past Hairy HaIr Gleb beat Tommy Gibbons but It would hould be b ridiculous to say that Greb stood asgood as good a 0 chance against Dempsey as Gibbons would for he Is too small being utmost almost as much smaller than Gibbons as lIS Gibbons is smaller than Dempsey and the th same amo lIno lina of reason reason- reasoning reason reason-ln Ing can be b useIn used use in 1 to Gibbons Gibbon and Johnson or To Kive glie an Inkling of bow how this dope proposition works at times tiler ther there ise w-ione w 16 one time when Kid Williams s was isas the bantamweight champion that It wa possIble possible to dope it out so that heUl he Ul also the champion of ot every ery dh Islon up to and nd Including the heavyweight As a 0 bantamweIght he had beat bat some some- someone someone one one who had In turn beat some somo one who had at ono son ono o time beaten the champion who in turn had beaten someone who had Ise beaten someone who had beaten the lightweight champion and so BO on down the line which goes toes to show that the tho Only real way of figurIng out anyone any one boxers boxer's boxer chances chance against i another is to take their size Ize style tyle of ot milling ability to gIve and take tako tak punishment and flu nu- numerous nu I other thIngs s Into consideration and dope it out on that one boutI bout I Jut Just because Greb Grob beat Gibbons and should Gibbons meet and beat Johnson It U is no flo cinch duds that Greb could beat Johnson MYERS VERSUS BLACK CI Myers the Poc- Poc tello Poci-tello teUo tello junior welterweight r who who who- lays lars equal claim to the welterweight cham cham- championship of o the th IntermountaIn countr country a along ong with parren farren whom ho hohas has hae fought two draws has finally de- de d to 10 leave leae his own osin stamping mind nd try hi his luck In hostile territory M Mers ers and and his bis manager Frank Frunk Wet Wet- Wat ere sonI to 10 lI leave ave their home horn In Poca- Poca Pocatello Pocatello Poc tello tello for tor Portland Ore Saturday where Myers Myrs will meet met Joe Jo Black of Denver r In a 8 a round 10 bout Watson Vatson has been promised several bouts boots in the northwest west for his hi It if he h lh goods and he h should lave little trouble In tn getting over O in IPhi his ble first start tart against Black whom he be behas has bas alreadY beat n havIng beaten him bins himIn himin In l a a six round bout In Ogden Orden some sometime time ago aco While Whir BItch made mad a creditable showing against I Myers and gae aH himon hIm one of the th hest toughest battles battle he h had Over ever had bad outside of the th two bout with wills Darren and will no dou doubt t make mako mak It Il In in- in interesting In for him again the th Pocatello Poc boy should have hav little trouble In brior lug Ine home bomo bom the th bacon In a round jO-round 10 bout for the th farther they go co the better Myers rs chances chance are ar for tor he h Ie Is I sure ur to out condition the tb boy If It noth- noth nothIng noth tug Ing elseA elseA else A co Incidence In regards retard toi tot Myers Myer InItial appearance In hostile terrItorY Is the th fact that Frankie Darren Barren who holds the welterweight championshIp of the th IntermountaIn country thrOugh the the fact tact that ho he beat all aU of th welt r weight claimants before 1 ers tie tie- de developed eloped Into a welterweight i is also making hi his Initial al bow how in foreign ter territory ter- ter territory net neet Wednesday nIght at Butte Mont after arter Myers makes his debut I In Portland I Local f fans fan ns will still no doubt take a est in the progress of ot these thle th ie two stellar battlers battler but regardless of what I they have hase the local tans fans 1111 ne neer er be bo perfectly satisfied until the see them settle the question of In a local ling I Young Herman Auerbach silenced a alot alot lot more of his critics last Monda londa I when he h romped home a 0 over John Hanna Henna tie th K IC I 0 king kini of Pocatello lIo in the six round feature event at the Hippodrome theatre ot at Salt Sail Lake and man many of the fans tana who I hac 0 been pulling for someone omon to beat beal him hini are now now- singing his praises I Auerbach had a hard row to hoe In his fight for the plaudit of lh the I local fan fans but he has sl snowed th the ol I fighting ph split I and delivered the thc goos Coo doo Is Inin In such a In that thin th m 01 the fans tans have base sImply imply had to to themselves es that he lie Is the real I goods I Ills HiS HI lack of popularity at the start J sas as probably due to 10 the th fact that heI he I was as gien ghen a lot of publicity when lie first lr t made hi his debut and miny ny of ot the th lh f I tans fans ns elo of the impression that th ii h 1 WM was a morning glon and anti the tho th fir fir I boy that he lie met would drop him f ft I the countIn count countIn I In his first meeting with wIlh Red ned Davis the tho majority of the fans tan predicted that when hen Divis Disis Dl Is connected with his right glove glo on Auerbach's chin It ItI II I auld be bo all 0 el but the counting and when he be not only failed to go 0 godown do don n under that same FAmo wallop which connected not only once but a num- num numb num number I b ber r of times they began to 10 open their t Ces es and when hen he lie e put Davis DaIs Da Is down for forthe forthe the tho cout of five as the final bell rang forI I hardly I It In a return mal match h InI In I which he stopped I Davis In two rounds the fans tans began to vi arm to him and he tools e that John Hann had hail last I Monday both on the th chin and in thel the midsection and came hack back like al a tiger for tor more they finally began to toI I realize he lie Ie was as delivering the goods hen then he was R the there w isn't a dl dissenting voice olce in the I house hO although he ho had just won one of his toughest bouts and didn't ha hase hae e I any more of a II margin than he had hadI I ha had in se other bouts boutt In whIch he sins as vi as awarded the decision which brought forth a n roar from the fans that thaI could hive base been heard in Mur The difference i Is that the th fans tans ar are beginning to what hat Auerbach Is doing part of the time instead of ju just l watching for tor the he other fellow tellow to him over oser and as IlS a 1 result are both bolh sides of the Ey By battle By specIal i arrangement with Uh Salt lIt Lake Lak Tele Tele- |