Show lUNG I TITLES OFfEN CHANGE 0 Champs Are Unpopular Upsetting the Dope Two Heavyweight Hopes Dempsey Tutors Johnson 4 BY nr BILLY 1 JIS s I a fighter lighter becomes s VT V champion Immediately a lot 01 ci ColIc fo begin pulling for tor someone t tl te defeat him I I It Jt I is 11 n a n verv very easy matter maUer for tor a champion to make some sonic slight mIs mh mIstake take that causes a lot of fight tight fans fansto fansto to tl get Iet out cut their hammers and anI the old nn anvil II chorus When Carpentier met Dempse Dempsey I i majority of oC the Immense cro I present was pulling for tho the Ill I'll man nelt-I nelt man to win In It was as an 1 that of ot seeing a n foreign cham champion pion plon lionized while the home bre I 1 only a luke warm recep recep- reception lionI lion tion I war record which h d been widely exploited In the papers made him the popular hero tero h ro Dempsey's deeds lelO drab In corn com com comparison parison n S C CAt At present se several eral title are rather unpopular Some b be- be because be because cause of their refusal to fight others of o the minner m inner in which they I fight I I venture to say that a lot o I right fight fans Cans are hoping certain chare chare- are early rendered unconscious ls clo the first time the they step Into the ring Upsetting the dope is the favorite pastIme in the fight game at pres- pres pres present ent ant Few w calS in the annals ef J the sport have witnessed so nany as 1922 C C Already it seems that 1923 wll ruin Tun 1922 a clo close o race for tor upsetting the dope In 1922 Johnny Buff lost boUt the fl weight and bantam titles title Harry Gleb won on the American light hea championship from fron Gene Tunney Battling Siki be bes be's Carpentier for the w si orld heavy light light title The veteran Jack Britton handed over tho welter elter honors to Micke Mickey Walker Although 1923 Is la only three months on the tho way three cham cham- champions champions have already been dethroned Gene Tunney in a return match defeated Greb while Frankie Gen Gee Genaro aro aro took down the decision over ilia lila Battling SikI was knocked back to nowhere when hen he lost a close decision to Mike In justice to Greb Grab nl I and Villa It must be said Bald that the decisions that deprived them of ot their titles tailed failed to meet with popular favor tavor and caused much unfavorable as to the methods of conducting th tuG same game In New York In the heavyweight class Louis the Argentine tighter fighter and rloyd lIoyd Johnson the Iowa young young- youngster youngster ster look liko Ilko the best bets In that division Firpo in his bout with Bill Bren- Bren Brennan Brennan nan Bren-nan nan which ended In a knockout victor victory showed that be he packs 1113 punch Not only was Brennan knocked out of the ring but also right into a hospital Ho spent over a week re- re recuperating re recuperating from the effects ot of the tho walloping Firpo handed him Bren- Bren Brennan nan Bron-nan nan can will testify that Firpo can hit Floyd rloyd Johnson i Is the American hope In iii the battleship class s A A knockout of o Bob lob Martin a decision osor Bill Bm Brennan and aad a Q knockout of Ray Smith Sinith are arc high spots In Johnsons Johnson's career C S Johnson Is Improving every time timeout timeout timeout out He Ho has hos tho physique the tho thoI fighting spirit and at present larks lACks I only experience to make a 1 worthy for Dempsey It would bo ho the irony of ot tate fate if 1 John Johnson on onas was waa to win tho the heavy heavy- heavyweight weight heavy weight title from Dempsey Dempse During the last world series be- be between Iween bc-Iween tween tho the Yankees and the the Martin Martin-Johmson fight tight was nr- nr ringed ar-ringed as n a sport attraction that would draw big because ot of o the thousands of visiting fans tans In New NewYork NewYork York C C C Dempsey a 1 great grent baseball tan fan tanas was as In iii New York at the time H n became Interested in Johnson Johnsoa nl amil I worked out with him tor for 10 days prior to the tho battle I watched them in action several afternoons and feel leel sure that the kindness of or Dempsey helped John Johh- Johhson Johnson son to win In much prestige by his out knockout of ot Martin Demp Dempsey Dempey ey In a weeks week's time made oser oer Johnson from an n ordinary fighter Into a mighty dangerous on one rate Fate would indeed be unkind If later the carl early training of would aid Johnson in defeating the tho champion |