Show THE FLIGHT SPORT SPORT- LIGHT I GilT By DJ RICE Copyright l New york Tort Tribune Inc Ine Trademark U 8 B Patent Ot Of- Of floe Of-floe floe LACK LACE 01 OF 01 COMPETITION Dempsey has said aid that that tho th yeAr three off lay will ill ill not affect him to any extent extant and that he be cap work out his speed peed and his timing In training hours bours with his spar ring riOl ms mates tes But Dut this doesn't always follow I There Thero Is something about tion under e that Is not to tobe tobe be replaced or made up In any mere training trl Some time ago Dempsey took a year two year vacation He lIe- Il ducked the battlefield from 1921 to 1923 Then he met Toni Tom Gibbons You will t-lil hear that this was all prearranged prearranged ranged and that Dempsey wasn't trying tring Then Dempsey was a great actor But Dut under pressure he was missing constantly his llis timing was off ott and anti his judgment of distance was Vas of a II spiral turn A later Dempsey met me Fir Fir- Firpo Fir po po At once lie Ie proved that he was shy on competition His first wild rurh r h at Firpo Iti attempt to hit It before he was In range showed not only faulty but also 0 poor aim NO SUBSTITUTE a aThe The late lat John Siddall once said this There Is no rio substitute for fOI work worle In the same way ay there Is no substitute for competition actual competition v with nith Ith a championship at Stake There Is a II big difference be- be between be between tween playing well irell when nothing matters matters much and playing well when the old coronet Is hanging In the balance V VIt It gets els down largely largely- to a mat mat- mattel matter tel ter of o f team play with the brain the tho nerves nores and anal the muscles When tho the nerves are not under pressure this Is simple enough But Dut when a a Crown crown may fade Iut out out before a mistake correct executIon Isn't quite quite- so so simple Long Long- hard training Is a city Dut lint so Is sufficient compe compe- compe- compe competition competition Ution under Ire fire ire It jI one Is to han hang hanson on to the top branch ANOTHER J MARK ARK TO SHOOT AT Professor Protes or George Georgo JI II Ruth has hIlS already in- in In t the tle course of ot his can can- cannonading cannonading cannonading career blown himself to moro more than fifty homo home runs In two seasons lIe He struck off four fifty ono one year and nine fifty another lie Homay not break either of these bight marks mi buthe but he has a great chance hance to pass pasi the tho fifty and this will be another mark tor for tu- tu f fu future U- U ture generations of ot swat to aim nt at It Is quite doubtful that any other In ballplayer the tho next few tew generations will be bo able to pick pickup pickup up fifty or more homo borne runs three times No one except Ruth has ever reached fifty before In a single Campaign And It might bo be noted that hi his 1926 1916 campaign has been conducted against a somewhat slower baseball and a II flock lock of tree free passes Issued with the subtle purpose of ot keeping the ball bali Inside the lot WIL T ABOUT TIlE THE KILLERS Some one has said that only the killer havo have any chance chance to win a heavyweight championship lp They have ha rated Dempsey a killer l And nd Tunney one of ot the non non killers killers But Dut It might be noted that U orie one James J Jeffries never was a killer In any sense sens of ot the word even hated hatM to knock II a aman aman man o opt oyt t unless the deed was ab- ab absolutely absolutely ab absolutely necessary Jeffries never received any any thrill out of ot beating up a rival lIe Ho was In boxing for business reasons reasons and little else Jack Johnson never was a kill kill- killer killor kill killer er or In of the word John John- Johnson Johnson son John son was good natured most of the tho time and unless crowded never went In to finish a II man quickly lie He was Vas 11 a Q great defensive boxer but only a fair offensive machine being too footed flatfooted tor for any ag- ag ag aggressive attack Seas Jess Willard was never a killer and neither was Jim Corbett VIf It V It If you ou follow the records you OU will see that the game same has known few heavyweight heavy champions who belonged to the killer reed Most of ot them were era nota not I a IOne One of the best fighters that ever lived always admitted that he rarely made mode an effort to knock knockout knockout knockout out a 0 man or batter him up Ills His name Packy McFarland John JohnL JohnL JohnL L Sullivan Terry McGovern and Jack Dempsey have been leaders In the killer school Paul has always alwa's gone out to get his hi man as quickly as possible hut But the tact feet that Tunney isn't one oneo of the killers has bas little to doV do V with Ith hIs outlook provided he can hil hiland and take it It When heavyweight champion championships ships are to be held heid In future futuro the 10 first move should be ma mace made e through the United States tates court Tho Th president and his cabinet can take up the secondary steps need need- needed cd ed to put the deal through At- At Attar Af U After ter tar they are are through the various stat state a legislators can then be bo as- as assembled assembled as assembled to round out any con con- concludIng con concluding eluding arguments And the League of Nations can cast the vote ote ote 00 |