Show I JAKE KILRAIN SAYS 1 Jack Dempsey Never Whipped Worth- Worth WorthWhile WorthWhile WorthWhile While Contender AS A A TOLD UY ny BILLY DILLY EVANS E A S I I haven't ha seen a II fight tight In 10 1 years cars and dont don't feel feci able ablo to com corn compare pare the present day champion champlon I with those of my time n said Mid ld Kit Kit- 1 I rain when I Ib b JA I asked him to do ir I that very ery thing i f. f In n the thA first tint firstS S place I am get get- getting ge ting pretty old I to bo be running rt S around to prize prize- prizefights prizefights fights and now I that I am em em- employed employed ployd at night I I 1 dont don't have the I chance Ch t The Tho last five fl flor or six fights tights I KILRAIN saw didn't make mak I much of ot a hit with me Thero There was too much and hugging and too little real fighting Maybe I ex ex- expected expected too much from some lome of ur tho the highly touted boys bos bosI I lave have never ne seen Feen Dempsey but buthis buthis his fights tights never made mado much ot of otan otan an impression on me He lIe never beat any an really realty great fighter tighter aul anI he doesn't fight tight much more moro thin once a year I think this v fello-v Wills Ills may be too much for tor him hint himOt Of Ot course the experts all writ about Corbetts Corbett's cleverness but I never raved over him Corbett was fast on his feet feel He lIe had a good pair ot of legs and turned most ot of his fights Into a a. waltz When hen was beaten by Corbett he dropped from ex ox- exhaustion trying to catch up to t Corbett Corbett used to dance about so much without regard of ot his op op- opponent that he would often be bt forced to glance about to see nee what part of ot the ring he was vas In in It was at such a time that th Jim Jeffries landed tho the punch that knocked him out In the twenty third round of ot their Ir fight tight Likewise Fitzsimmons landed the solar plexus that won him the championship at Carson City our dur during ing ono one of ot Jims Jim's waltzes I I always admired Jim Jeffries s regarded him as a true cham cham- pion It was too bad he wa was wn-s brought back from retirement to tobo tobe tobe be bo slaughtered by Jack Johnson who by the way wa was one of ot the best of ot heavyweights That fellow tell ow Stanley Ketchel was my idea of ot a a. great fighter Ho lie was clever could punch and to fight tight When hen It comes to the money mone the fighters tighter ot of today had It all oil over o the battlers of ot my time They are far tar smarter In this respect and they not only get tho the money but keep It When a fighter tighter won an im Im- important Important im- im important battle In tho iho old days dat much of ot the purse went for tor a abig abig l big celebration The present day fighter tighter Is waiting for tor tho the bank to open the next morning You cant can't blame blam him for that though While none of ot the time old fighters got big purses few tell of Jt them therm would be in want today if it f they saved their money monc Too many man of ot the modern mod rn fight tight fighters ers ens are clappers Instead of ot punch ers They dont don't follow tollow up their blows |