| Show THE I By GRANTLAND RICE I 1824 1924 Now Xo ow- ow York T lb- lb I un une Inc 1 RegIstered U 15 S 8 Patent OffIce It Jt ma be the th majority of ot males les I elgh h bet between een 10 and nd 10 pounds IC H 11 1 1 Isn't true tru then thu this eight Is th tho roost most e displacement t I tom tOI general athletic Hc success There ThAre are andIe to few gOod heA eights and Ie ten root good L I Ic in n either dh lon are ar as tar far apart ft as el the th outposts outpost of ot a Sib llan Ilan an But lint the th range rong beme be- be bet t sn n 1 0 and nd 1 hi briet- briet hog Ung Ith boxing talent The Th list Il Includes Tom Toni GIbbons Gibbon Gene Tunny ne fey larry Harry Harr Oreb Greb Young StrIbling Jimmy Slattery Ad Stone Ston Mike e I Paul B rl n ch and one onor or or t two tee 0 others other almost up to this standard not forgetting fori Delane Delaney This list can start more action than an other weight mie l Ithan know ot of o the tile light heavy limit e ing IT pounds pOund It dont don't hao hae to depend upon one n or two or three men for tor a crowd appeal Ten tor or or fit fit- teen combinations could be ranged from those thos named that could sUr up e nt It Is I at this weight w ls-ht ls range apparently that speed and power and skill kill seem em to t strike the eo on that Counts count I AT T OTHER OrnER G 0 tIlES The range Iron front HO 10 to ISO 10 era era- em embraces braces most of ot tile the tb football stars tars I Orange Ito ta eo ena RICheson Stout Wood McRa McRae Md Wilson rB Barchet Crowley Crowl y Miller Workman land and a 11 long lone parade parada r nT others are ar In- In In closed closed In Ihl this bracket Frisch weigh welchs 15 Hornsby Cobb Speaker r touch 1 Wheat Alexander 17 11 Shoe Shock etc eto Ruth at mit and end n at t 30 U are ar exceptions no now although Was Wag nero irr LAjoie Anson ADson and other Were around 00 WEIGHT CIGUT 1 TAI VES ALt rS It I Is difficult to build bull up I belo a 10 power to compete against all opposition And it Is III l difficult to build up speed abo ie or 10 UPI Agility and bul bulk can wol to- to gather Ither 1 but ut the they conic conle at rarer Iri- Iri In f One Once In a while white Is IsI Isa Isa ita a Germany a a ra I a Glass Ola or a Ruth nuth who wh In splint t tot ot of vast at bulk but is la 1 also alo ah extremely eXtreme ac ac- ac actis tl and alert alan I Jack Dempsey ha has hila th h Ideal l I build tor for a 11 treat heas eight At t hs hI has hs weight eight and PO posse I enough to nn an ani and thai nd at ho he h m and amid nd the mammoths In sll speed cd I calling CJ on both linn han 1 can Jim Jus Jes I Ican Willard Jao Jack Johnson 01 ot Lul Lulu Luis I Ir ii- po at theli their be best nd he lie Is tai b eel faster Ier In action 0 Ho Is the tho most compactly built I athlete thief in time the th same game At lr t glance fiance either in street clothes 01 om strIpped tripped loll ou figure him S I feet teet 11 ii weIghing around round HO or lees Whereas he h i is 6 C feet Tt 1 I weighing around 1 IpU DU fJ L BUILDS Dempsey and aad Cobb have hl had th I ideal physIcal ph lo l arrangement tor for their profession lons lon 1 Cobs Cob at would base har been on just t a trifle light for lor the hea heas n game tame but Iut a at that hd ha had bad the combination needed for tor great groat peed and amid high po pom power er cc that record breaking record ba baseball Cn calls for tor I torI Both Cobb and Dempsey ate alO comparatively slender between behren ankle le and knee hn hiss rs the th pair ot of legS leg'S any an beats hea weight champion barring AndI mon mono mom enl evet carried carrid Into battle And I yet Dempsey Demp ey and aad Fits Fitii the th slender slender- riender I legged delegate lead Iad the th field tn in punching powel pow i from froni short hort ranKeR ranges Till I This is due du to the th fact tact that their main power po er lia baa le jeen n concentrated o abo the alt O COY AMI AMs EI ti EN At stated td Inter internals als none nODe too close bill big backfield men happen alon along whom hont hom combine speed bulk buIlt and pOll poser er Willie Huton weighing am cued Ho i et t he h wa as a a raster faster statter ter then than A r Hahn at that tIme lOft ard kin king Ted Coy COT was a an party parly for tor torone forone foron one over or HO quit quIto active eorge 0 Onn Ow en n at IH was Vas all over the field tl ld as all agile allIe as a gymnast and as fast tast a a sprinter printer Jim Thorpe of all all sll ta sums stan regIstered If SO for top tor his hl six Ix lx teet And at hi crest this wis pounds pound of steel stel t el spring |
