Show o I Copy WS 1928 New York Trio Trl- une Inc I Registered I U S 8 8 Patent Office Ottic THE lIU DUFFERS DUFFER'S REVISION UE The Tho days nay I lie te e spent In the th fluffing I In and In muffing The Th rh bitter cries From d Ha hate Hav a I pt me m worn and nd putting puffing pro pros have hav often otton sought me inc 1 Iia e wrecked the th lore loro lor Ih ihy Y brought me m My only OBly books Are traps and And cursing s nil all they they're e taught me ma TEE TRE MATTER OF B CE A A few fw day a ago o an soot foot bali star tar W was 5 R a a certain upon one ot of tho th leading ven I played against t hint him tor for a II a daJ or t two tao 0 In practice the remarked and a d found one on big t lie He H was big bif fast tast strong all old tid he ho had plenty pl nty ot of tight fight But Buthe Buthe Buthe he knew not nothing bing about balance Meaning just that ne e asked kd Meaning just ju t this he replied I found him bitti easy to 1 l ut out ot of oth the way or to knock ott off his feet he knew but little of the theart theart art rt ot of bracing ot of himself o being set et et nt III the Ui right moment of uping hie hi feet teet In the th rIght way He ic had hada hada II a bad habit ot of getting hi his feet teet crossed at the th wrong time oC of be- be beIng belog be log Ing back on his heels heele hen the hl eight should hate hae hal ha e been ben 0 n for ard and other details that mean nean a lot With this lack lacic ot of bal bal- bal unc ance he ha h was easier to knock off ott his fet feet than a R man forty pounds pound lIghter who nbc wa was on to the trick of using Ising his feet leet and legs lets I AS APPLIED TO This Thi same jam fault tault applies to Firpo Then Etez en Jack Dempsey expressed sur- sur ur grise that Firpo went nent down as a aei eully ei lly as he h did The reason In addition to Damp Damp- Demp says say's po powerful socking was nas Fir Fir- Firpo Fir Firpo po 0 s 5 lack of ot knowledge regarding balanc In taking the th tumble tumbi Firpo was not as badly hurt as he seemed to tobe tobe be for tor no great hock shock was nas needed to topple him oser 01 0 er I 1 never landed In the right rl ht way until that last punch Dempsey scy remarked nailed Dempse with more solid effect near the tir middle of the round but Dempsey a master mastero ot of balance barely vent ent ent to his knees knee like the football tac tackle referred to above e know nothing ot of Using his feet teet In the was wa ot of being braced or being set et either to take tak or civo gise a punch He H went down not ui because he be was wae easy t to hurt but beCAuse he h was a aw awkward on his feet teet t Fuller FarHer pictures picture o ot Firpo In training bowed bowd him legged ros edmor more than once Proper use us of the fet feet Is a 0 vital Un matter both oth In I boxing and football It Is here that balance and I balance alance tho the strongest nan man In the Is up against It when hen he meets a a smart opponent ent I No matler matter the th worth or the skill ot of endea endea or fhe he olce olce of ot the th knocker Is with 1 us u tore er fco bo o cheer up forgot forget It and stick to the job j n the lisa th panning slipped Ruth and Cobb BY fly WAY y AY OF T Dear Sir I cant t hy ew papers gh gise f e so o much space paco to tonn toan toan nn an event such auch as liS the recent Damp Demp- tight fight They surely are not kidding e or tr In to kid anyone anyon else elso els that the modern fight game cam is sport Every Esery one understands that It Is a per percent percent percent cent commercialized proposition It might be b argued that the th tIght fight fans want It But what hat about the h good of ot the th game In general the good of o the I lace ace l You Iou ou mai mn recall t Ith thit Gibbons In lu lik lii Rise Rl and rail of ct Ithe Roman noman Empire attributes the steady decadence of of athletic porte from clean hard amateur competition to gladiatorial fights bet beta en eca men as one ono of ot the he reasons lor br Rom nome Bomes s rapid do downfall It If the modern commercialized game I is to be bp featured In the sime s a I 5 here it will III the right kind ot of sport be be In America four tour years from now We V e may have to start an- an another oiher an-oiher other series cries of ot glad gladiatorial Into rial fIghts to t satisfy the th cro d H J E B D I IA A Against cerl certain tr truths th In this Indictment one on might state that tiO so o tar far In place ot of any decadence In amateur sports ports there has beena been a I i notable growth and Rain gain through the last few tew sears lears Games Game that age e good rood for tor only pur- pur purposes pur purposes poses are aro ar not ot of any particular use but the th number no now eng ged In golf golt rolf tennis track Irack etc fl forms the th longest parade In hIS hIS- hIStory history his history tory As tor for affaIrs In the days ot of ancient Rome there sere ere most likely one on or t two tao 0 I 5 lih ith lions and tigers leera engaged where the th principals principal had no ter- ter terrific ter terrific margin martin upon Battling Ind Kid Norfolk The Th ancient jungles at nt lea least have havo hav no 0 overhang overhang-Ine log Ing monopoly of ot the th rough and ready rendy culture tossed Into the pit |