Show 1 THE LIGHT SPORT LIGHT SPORT SPORT- By Dr GIL GRANTLAND ILo D niCE lork ork Copyright 1 Nc New Ine Inc Trademark U S Patent Of- Of Of fl flee If It Harry Wills W llla lIIs can whip Jack Sharkey writes ono one on of the th keen keen- keenest keenest est observers tr In the tho th boxing game The he must be b rated a I pretty goo good 1 fighter And that Is I 1 better bettor than I can rate rato rat him hint on what he showed me due against Madden Firpo an and 1 I a a few fw others other In 11 late lato lat years ears If he h can whip Sharkey without holding him with rith a II left leCt hand han and hitting him with a right he be h must be b rated hither higher than many manof of tho the critics are placing him hini Sharkey Isn't a up set But ho h wont won't have hav a a chance If It the referee lets let Wills Vilis hold and lilt bit which roost most ot of the th referees referee have been doinG And Ill I'll say ay for tor Wills that he can do this Ibis with Ith greater cleverness than anyone any ono I have over seen sen CHANCE CIL If Sharkey can outpoint Wills the tho Boston Doston fighter will share the lh limelight with Gene Tunney It would bo be a natural then for lor forthe the tho conquerors conqueror of Dempsey and Wills to meet meet after the long wrangle about the th Wills Dempsey supremacy Sharkey Is a II good rood boxer with witha Ith a good left hand and Ithe afraid of Wills Vitis he can give elvo him I a busy evening even en If It ho doesn't win Ho He must keep away from clinches at every chance for ho he hasn't Wills Wilts Great crest physical strength when It comes to hauling and tugging to holdinG and slam slain slam min lOing- lOing It Ie Sharkey will make mako his fight ns as Madden did he h will have I a chance Wills Is no longer a 11 prancing prancing- youth lie He II was a 1 better belter lighter fighter ten or t twelve years ears ago than ho he h Is today for tor he fla e was then younger ouner and faster taster with Ith a better pair ot of legs lee and a faster pair of hands He Me has lost lott a lot of ot leg le speed nod and swiftness and he h has lost most of o the skill and Quickness hIs left hand once one carried But pretty well up In the th thirties lie ho hoIs lieis hs Is no longer loncer any world beater Sharkey has done doll much imich nora more fighting in 11 the tho last laEt year He lie has ben been practicing his profession sin sin- un under der lire fire tir at a much greater greater ex- ex extent extent ex extent tent Beyond the th two Johnson Johnson- Johnton Weinert farces that lasted only a round or two Wills Ills has ha made madeno madeno madeno no threatening gestures he fou fought ht Firpo Sharkey had baa a good rough rou h and tumble match with George Georgo Godfrey only two ago aeo He lie has had three or four good fights within the last eight months and he h has been Improving steadily over the bu busier ler route It will wili remain to bo be just how much heart he lie hashen has when hen v brought fact tact to faco taco with the bulk built and the tho reputation Wills ills carries lIe He has bas ha enough stuff to bother Wills a lot Enough stuff to win with If It Wiil Wills has slipped one one- tenth one tenth as far as Dempsey l skidded In his last appearance THE filE BIG CHANCE winter wll Sharkey had a con con- contract contract con contract tract to fight Tunney With the chance chanco for a Dempsey match un- un under under un under der way WILY Sharkey was handed the theair theair thair air temporarily at ill least His manager is still bounding around with tide tho th Tunney contract in 11 either hand deman demanding u is Tunney snatch match It IC Sharkey can on outpoint Wills ho he h will then theis be in an Ideal position to start tart a terrific bally bally- ballyhoo bally boo hoo and churn up the th pugilistic waters until they are boiling over There are ar not eo so many who belle believe Sharkey has a chance against Wills Vilis and flint perhaps ho he t hasn't But there were not many who believe believed 1 that Dempsey coul could 1 as far ar or look as bad as a he managed ed to do In his last appear appear- appearance appearance appearance ance It If Sharkey wins Tunney will have hae d triple choice to make front from Dempsey Dempse Sharkey and Do- Do lancy De-lancy and lane and another Dempsey match might not look so ao good It might ev even n bo b calculated to start a flurry Hurry of gossip hero here her and there JACK DEL I ILACE CC Jack Delane Delaney one ot of the tho big big big- ble goat gest cards arda card In boxing has now just abott finished a Il good rest re land and will wili soon be bo ready to re- re resume re resume sume But his bis field Is now hiss hiss- lim limited ted to I-to H has fought Berlenbach I three times time and a fourth shot I might not start any public tumult i A A Delaney Tunney match would be one 01 on of the Aft bluest biggest of ot 1111 sll cards but If it Sharkey In some somo som way sy ay can slip by barrier the th next move might bring brine Delancy Delaney aru and Sharkey together for an nn elimination elimination nation party This would be b the logical operation as far tar as logic goes In a somewhat non logical non pastime or Industry Delaney has some Important money to collect this winter Inter next nest summer and ho will soon son bo be b on thear the tho war sar path pat to do part of ot his hi But most of ot the th contemplated action must bo be b suspended until Sharkey and Wills Wilts swing together It If Wills Ills stops the Bostonian Bo tonian abrupt abrupt- abruptly abruptly abruptly ly without any trouble there thore will lI again aln bo be b a long loni- dark shadon shado falling across the heavyweight road roadbed roadbed- bed |