Show t Major League Teams lI Ready keidy tf s 0 For K Initial X Games Ir STAR STARIN IN U LONE liNE FOR DEMPSEY Champion Charged With Sid Side eSt Stepping e p pin g the Veteran Wills VilIs By lly SI SP nO 1 MG 1 G SN I-SN Special C r of ot The Sll r C Copyright 1925 1935 by The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated dated Press PrOss Association YORK YolU March AC over oter the progress ress made by bythe bythe the hea weights who ho have hale attain attain- attained attained ed tame lamo In lu the tho past few fen ears Gone Gene Tunney stands at the tse top Pro Proof or of or this lies In the fact th that t no hea weight from Harry Wills lIIs is h so 10 Ig- Ig nori Ig-nori-a noru b ItI Ills fellow felion boxers Not only has he ho bee been buildIng up in he weight ho now rIghts fights at about but pounds pounds but ho he his S Im- Im Improved improved Im Improved proved steadily in boxing Ing and aud In tho driving Ing pov 10 power lr er of or his bo blons He lie Is the he only big man nan who ho Is 11 ling to fool with Harry Grab Greb and he Is by the way say ny almost almot the only man who has hal gh shaH given en the heas- heas weight heavy eight champion champ champt n lI aa es good as ho bo sent ent It if not better Close observers of ot boxing torn torn-sav sa that if Tunney meets and Gibbons and to date any lion tion about such about n bout that been shown has bine Irons from Gibbons Gen aide side Gent sill Bill beat him And thIs thia dope is not the relative showing that and Carpentier Tunnel made against Carpets Carpets- tier although there I Is not the tho slightest doubt that the marino marine ex made tho the best showing Person Person- Personally Personally Personally hardly ally the l writer thinks this t Is hard I ly Iy a fair Calr up line-up on the t two 0 roan men menas c Os s Gibbons and ad Carpentier ore big gloves at Michigan an City and andIn andin andIn In the latter rounds after atter the Frenchman had bad twisted his ankle ankle- ankle or claimed that ho he Tommy did did obviously held back YOUTH GETS GITS CALL Insiders as said do not rely much on the Ibo showing Ing of ot the two t men against Gorgeous Georges but pin their faith on Tunney s his strength and his Im- Im Im Improvement pro provement ement In every respect A Tunney Gibbons match would be a great battle beyond all ques ques- question ques- ques question question tion Tunney Is la an anxious tor for It and It would seem to bo be up to Gib- Gib Gibbons Gib Gibbons bons boris not cot to name namo a prohibItive prIce It would be bo a II bout that v strongly appeal to the lar popular mind whereas s the public Is not falling at all for a Gibbons battle The The- Th odds seem too great for the tho St Paul scrapper is 18 several years older than the Iho negro and In addition to spotting him th the ad- ad ad advantage vantage antage In lears ears ho would have to enter the tho ring handicapped by some 40 pounds In I 1 weight But public sentiment has swung In favor ta ot or a Dempse- Dempse match The Tho feeling reeling Is that It If the champion believes he could coul 1 beat Harry he ho would long ago have stepped into the ring with aith him and tried to knock him oft off PASS I ASS BILLS Every move Jack Kearns has hIlS made In tho the past two years has hal carrIed no suggestion other than that ho tie regards regard a bout between his meal ticket and Wills Wilts 1 p-a p a 0 ery cry dangerous proceeding Just how dangerous will l s ill be he appreciated when It Is considered that In pass pass- ing passing up the tho opportunities ho has had bad to meet Wills Vilis Kearns has hal ad- ad ad div mitte waved a million dollars out ot or his pocketbook Speaking SpeakIng- of ot Improvement Dempsey Dempley cannot have havo ed sin since co he has haa not fought In la nearl tv tao 0 years Gibbons has done clone some lome barnstorming but with the exception ot of Carpentier ha has met no one ono qualified to help him Wills has had bouts T v Ith Madden and FIrpo under uMer his bis b belt lt Tunney has bal been meeting Greb Oreb quite frequent frequent- frequently ly and has fought rought such men as s Delaney Carpentier and others n |