Show COP Copyright right 1923 1023 New York Trib Trib- Trib Tribune Tribune une Inc lac Trade rado Mark Regis Regis- Registered Registered U S Patent Office SPEAKING G or OF COMPETITORS CO There aio a e not so many speakIng agaIn ot of the tha soul who have much to spare on Mrs rs Iolla I Mallory allory hen w hen all territory between Baffin s I Bay and Cape Horn is con con- con considered Mrs Mallory ma mD hae have knon her share ot of o depressing moments on European soil soli but her reIgn beneath American las Jas been en one of the phenomenal turns of sport I The She has haa won more moro champion champion- championship championship championships ship ships 0 over oer er here than Nathaniel I Hawthorne's house had gables gable but the fiscal eel h has brought her hardest test teat 1 Mrs Irs Mallory In addition to ten ten- tennIs tennis ten tennis nis skill kIil Is a II star atar e exponent of ot de- de determination de determination termination and two steadiness qualities that will wUl take on one a long lenS leng way III THE WONDER ONDER Th The eighth wonder of ot tho the uni- uni universe uni verse os as a a competitor Is WilliamM WilliamH William M H Johnston A He is another who carries the qualities of ot determination and to a II great height Did you know pens pone a bystander b stAnd stAnd- stAnder er Pr that that on that last lut hot day at Sea Bright Johnston started his first set weighing US pounds and made his last point weighing 1097 We Ve knew know the Californian was a slight figure but we bad had no Idea ho he quite worked down don do n to This i is III below the Jimmy Wilde Wilde-Pancho Villa flyweight displacement The marvel marel mar el Is that a slender frame of Johnston Johnstons meager mold can get ouch uch uch terrific pace from n a forehand smash Few giant can lash as hard hord No small smaIl part of o the Imp Impetus must start from the pit of ol a great com corn competitive e soul TilL CASE OASE OF There Thero i is an opinion expressed In some quarters that Firpo has been unduly criticized In some quarters for merely practicing his chosen profession collecting what he could en route Isn't all boxing per por cent commercial writes a II fan pick on Firpo The squawk directed at Firpo was due to the fact that he has been taking the up set-up trade and traffic far more seriously than the championship Ho lIe had a wonderful chance un under del dec De Forrest a n fine tino trainer who knew Dempsey's style otle to advance rapidly after the Mk Fund Show of 01 May But he hI elected to collect all th spare change In sight rather than ork for skill and developed de- de de development which hlo hl hi crudeness re- re re required 1 he average a fight fan tan couldn t bo be blamed for tor bello that FIrpo was mel ely sighting at the losers loser's end in the Dempse Dempsey affair aUdr adding on to the Inevitable such uch loose cull cash as aa he might find along th open highway no Boxing is commercialized to the ultimate limit buthen but when hen this corn com corn cuts cuta Into training for fora fora tora a championship tight fight placing loose chango above fitness for the day dayot of test teat the keen poignancy of the squa o k can be understood I Firpo Is no skilled workman who needed a II bit more season season- seasoning season inc Ing He has been a 1 crude crudo product that needed all the Intensive train train- trainIng trainIng training ing and Instruction that he could find They say Firpo Is stubborn lard lard was also stubborn at Toledo which helped to account for tor the fact that ha ho sat Mt down do heavily and suddenly seven times timed In the first round hore only unsound unfound timing saved him hint from a n out knock-out Inside the first three minutes I I No two tio t 0 challengers challenger could have boon been wider apart In their traIning methods method than Dempsey before the Willard match and Firpo before the Dempsey match Dempsey left no doubt that he was to bo be b per cent ready with all he ha had the remainder to FIrpo has haa worked along no such linos and Firpo Is no Dempsey of 19 1 9 10 Julia Jullas Caesar once onca received un- un unlimited unlimited un unlimited limited credit for tor being able to write a n letter Jetter on one subject while talking to some friend on another matter They slipped him him the chaplet for tor double concentration But consider the case caso of Babe Ruth who abo ho has been forced to keen keenan keenan nn an eye eyo In on n Harry Hellman Heilman and CY WIlliams pach each time he leans against a fast one or a sudden dip This was the season In Babe nabe Adams dams was to retire retire apparently to retire opposing r batsmen In one t two to 0 three order One of the mot most eminent of ot the Babe family has only begun to war ar Tint Tim Quit beckoning two to years ago due In the main to a a weary forefinger that was as beginning to crack erack under the strain I i I We have just encountered another outburst t entitled The Secret ot of Putting George Dun Dun- Duncan Duncan Dun can can outlined the tha secret of ot putting some time ago aso viz Theres Thoros the hole hole-here's heres here's the bit ball ball bit It it The next secret ll Is keep this thin keep the head keep still keep the bod hod still- still still and dont don't hurry the stroke The Theother Theother Theother other secrets of putting pre are too minute to bother with In a hectic age And the tho vast ast ast majority of read read- readers readers ers orB wont won't eyen ev n follow fonow this limited advice Why Increase the tho range 7 It would all be bo much simpler If each was not In a 0 hurry to put tho the next move moe mo e across Haste makes waste was wati written of the swing whether hether Jt be bo golf baseball or tennis |