Show THE THET THES S SPORT T LIGHT i Y HT i fl By STr Sn mec Copyright hl 1920 1026 Now turk orl Inc Hg 1 U S S Potent Of- Of Office Of Office fice lice This seems to be bo the day dilY At- At Atler After Af After ter ler alt 1111 the tho millions of at words that have been sent to various presses upon the tho subject there thero Is Ie very little left lett now exec except pi to wait walt for forthe or ortho the tho appearances appearance In person of ot Mr Dempsey nn and 1 Mr lr Tunney OpinIon Ion nt lost bet mut mu t give way ay tact fact and this Is 13 Just as well ell tIl It lt I Is all nil a matter ot of o whether the heavyweight hea Ia 13 due for or another noU er upset Tho rho historical upset came when Cor- Cor Corbett COrbett Cor-bett Cor bett whipped Sullivan n The Tho next ono one arrived when hen whip whip- whipped ped Thero There haven't been any other real upsets 1 Fiti sImmons wes wIs given a TAl chance Corbett Jack Johnson was as given II a good go d 1 chance to beat and the tha Letting betting while In favor lont sided one sided Johnson wa was known to be through or th when he M met Willard and Will Will- Willard ard ard was only an money even choice against Dempsey flING ODDS ODOS Sullivan was 5 S to I 1 agaInst Corbett and was about 3 3 to 1 against Dempey was wa 4 to 1 to beat Brennan Carp end and Firpo The sama sam odds odd In his fa favor vor prevailed pre In the tho GIbbons match Moet Moct Iott of at tho the bets made mada him to beat Tunney have lve been 2 to 1 I and 3 to 1 The odd oddS should be about about 3 2 to 1 I In Demp Demp- sey's Demp-sey's 3 coya YS Y'S favor Ills His margin In speed peed and nd hitting power po and end neBs nee nes clo giso him that advantage There wa waa wu a 0 decided rIg nag up- up upI upset upset un unset I set In 18 1832 2 and another enoth r heavy y heavyweight heavyweight weight ups upset t in 1339 1393 39 There Them has haa ben been no bl big upset In twenty seven years It may b be ono one Is 15 due duc But Kut If Tunney win vins tt it must be listed as nu nn nfl n upset He Isn't any hopeless choice lc but then are not many picking hIm to win In The beEt tho that t he Ia can be beven given ven l Is a II chance chanco o win r if Dempsey has hu slipped more moro thaI have Or th lie Ila seem seems cems to slipped cheering circumstance clr of or a ha hard d dearl earl early punch that will slow sloN cry ey do donn doen n And thIs till mutt must h be 1 by greater creator a ness hoes neM than Gene has shown n to date IllS nis ml BIST never nver hll lias hae ought n ft tring ring battle yet that would whip hIp Dempsey If Ir ho he happened to bo be within 70 per cent 0 of his best beet 1 Ito 0 y must skid more than to 10 per tIer cent from hi his hll best beat or Tunney must be about 40 10 per percent percent cent better than h he ever has ben before to have S 'S a ft good chance Dempsey must mutt be well welt below uny by form ho bo ha has hils shown And Tun Tun- Tunney Tun- Tun Tunney I ney fey must be well welt above anything ho has hIlS produced Both Beth things 1111 may happen but there ire ere few willing to 10 bet anything bice even en money on any Rny such nuch Mt l 0 Or 01 Outside of ot all oil this Tunney's net neat chance hance It Is I to go gober berserk rk under the Inspiration o oa a friendly crowd crow that will be with him hint about E 6 to 1 1 lie He must mut find a toeing loning Cor or the hf occasion that will lift him Into higher realm of ot pugh genius than thon he bs ha has ever shown hown It he Ito Is II still cautious still con eon conservative he I 1 will III be b beaten to a 1 U Ha lie must take L u I chance to hale hao 0 a II chance Tom Tont Gibbons took no chance chanco whatsoever and Tom Gibbons Gibbon had no chance nI whatsoever when It came cume to Ho Ito merely managed to tot Ita stay t y rounds an and leave lea the tho opening tor for thousands thousand s to toiny ny that Dempsey carried carrie hIm There TO aro those In competition who can lift themselves up be- be beyond be beyond yond anything they have r er c shown hown For tor these there are no Impo odds They hove o beat beat- beaten beaten en t better men by sheer flame tiame of at spIrit In the crisis rising to heights height that for them were be- be believed believed be believed Impossible must In some Bomo way find ihie flame damn If It ho he Is 1 I to o the tho physical handicap of ot spee speed and power that ho will face If It this ria flame me of spirit this berserk upheaval tak take t kr place the chanc chane wll wIP no De extremely mely thin There or I fe few j Io can spot an nn opponent II a decisive c margin In speed power anti and end still crowd through to the he purple peak peal of victory Extremely few fe And OVen these few have ha to be nfl un- uncanny un uncanny canny In other arts Vir lr unless something un unseen lt een n 1 Dempsey Dempey has been bOon burned away or lost loat he ho carries too many manyguns manyguns guns for lor any one ona around ju Just t It at this moment Ho lie may bs be headed for th the tho towpath that lends down nhill dov bill hili but he ho hasn't dipped very ery for at nt this late lata September mo- mo mo moment ment 00 00 |