Show y THE TIlE STATUS STATtS OF 01 L ft 4 A FIRPO J ul ut w here does Luis Luls A 1 bo- bo bolong be belong Ion long In the list ot of boxer Has las ho he been built up bc ond his just tank rank tanking or ing-or ing or does doea he quail quality qualify as a a Or challenger challener Queries of ot this type ype lite been of ot late There has been some dh diversity of or opinion with most of o the argument nent the from the other side tide of the equator In our opinion while crude Is dangerous He would nO neer cr ha have hae e the chance of ot lasting 15 rounds round agaInst t Dempsey Dempse as did but he would como closer to knocking Dempsey out Gibbon fighting on th defensive th-defensive e w was as ne ne never neer er dangerous In Inthis Inthis this respect Firpo might not last four rounds against Dempsey Dempse but butIC If IC ha hI got one 0 o over er he pc might w win In or at lea t the champion con con- con where here again Gibbons he was fresher looking In the fit fit- fifteenth than he was as in the first SOW OW Ow OR LUER We p have no Idea whether hether Firpo would be much more dangerous a year from now than he would be beby beby by September It may be that his most mos e a st le Ie is the crude hard slugging s stem of o attack he has cd to date Refinement In the th way ay of ot added skill might slow alow him do down don n or reo re- re mo moe some som of ot his steam E contrary to some criticism cism is no bum lIe He Is the th only man except Dempsey to stop Bill Brennan Floyd noyd Johnson was as one on of ot th the most moat likely looking youngsters In Inthe inthe inthe the game gam a fast courageous fight fight- fighter fighter tighter er who had been coming Ilke Ike the Ind Willard knocked him out In 11 I I I I I Firpo knocked out Villard In eight rounds In spite spit of ot his hie crudeness he has hasa hasa a way a of getting there ther through sher r fighting Instinct tremendous physical po power er better than a speed peed for a II big m man n and a smash smash- smashIng smashing ing log right hand wallop We W are arc among those who think I that Dempsey Dempse would stop him In rather short order We W e were ero amon among those who ho in- in In Included eluded 99 9 per cent of all em asem bled em bled who ho thought Dempse Dempsey would stop Gibbons In short order Critics derided Jim J Jeffries be be- be before tor be-tor fore he knocked out moos mons but he knocked out Bob Dob FItzsimmons B Benny Leonard was as cOl before the Kil KII ban bane tight fIght that Kilbane w uld score acore a knockout Inside of six rounds The Tho Th knockout arrived as i predicted but It was delivered by Criqui The Yankees were ro goIng to mop up the field with Ith the th GI- GI GIants Giants Gi Giants ants last fall fail but they couldn t twin twin twin win a game goime We Wo can cant t recall having haing spoken 10 a boxing promoter in more than thana a vear ear so o there ther have hav boon been no re- re re requests quests to hail boo the carnival It might be of ot course courts that Dempsey Dempey would walk aIle out and crack po on the jaw In the first round just justI justas ju ta as h hf he did red I-red Fulton and Jesa Willard Illard But there thero ther Is In F hitting 10 power er enough force to stop Dempsey It If he h lands where lands where a or a IL GIbbon Gibbons woud ou d hav have only the tho faintest outside chance for tor any such uch tap Ye We figure Harry Harr W Ills a more mor dan dan- dan gerou geroue erous opponent than for I he kno knows know s so 10 much more But Wills ls I I lack a 8 Firpo s Inward e the lame the lust of ot combat which i the South American seems eem to ha hao e eto to Ii a a marked degree decree Is an unusual case lie He Is I not to be doped bi b any ordinary standard His ene cru s upon de do- do fento de-fento might bring about his quck I downfall but Is bea heavy a artillery mIght also cirri carry him through a more scientific boxer us- us using u Ing Inere Ing machine gun un fire lre wouldn't h- h he hao e a look in Corbett was as kidded Jeffries was as panne panned 1 and derided was as roasted to a a turn as a big 0 oser- oser over overgrown grown n hut boob boob but they all became I er-I champions of oC the an an I re- re re remained champions ot or the world orld for forI I three vears ears or longer longcr Jack Dempsey went ent t two 0 years without fighting and the Cl cr went ent Up that ho he was as ducking the game I Taco nen when hen he cime back and de- de decided de decided to take on Gibbons and W Ills llIs In the succession succession tho th most dangerous men barring the the road the cry folio followed ed that he ha h v was as picking on ups set-ups hate W Whatever hate er he seems to do Is long I For that matte we e ha hae e found nothing In the legal code cod of the theland theland theland land that forces force an ans customer or client to pay money mone to see se a box box- boxing ling ing match 1 here Is no compulsory attendance The a av erae eras fight tight fan has about as good a chance to get the Inside story of an Impending contest contest as anyone any one else He can use his own judgment ducking all entertainments that carry no ap- ap appeal appeal ap appeal I peal The Th man to stop Dempsey must first of all be b a challenger of ex- ex ex extreme phy physical PO power er with Ith a smashing wallop No 1 others need appl no matter how ho deftly the they can use their hands and feet ui |