| Show Relative Merits of Modern Stars and Old Timers Much Discussed Great Pastime Initiated By Dr ART AIT CARLSON CAULSON CHICAGO Aug 7 Comparing the he relative merits of ot present-day present sportive stars with those of ot other years has become quite a A. popular form of or diversion Its It's a a. pastime widely Indulged In n by the athletic assemblage In ill general and rabid In par- par Arguments both pro and con in are numerous sometimes a a. bit heated too i Obviously they get no further r I than han the stage Fort Forit For it t would d bo Impossible I to get the tho I Io Id modern o stars st and ds brilliants la sg of by by- bygone bygone I I gone days together ether In actual com com- petition But Its It's Interesting nev nev- In baseball you hear the ex ex- exploits of ot Cobb arrayed against those hose of Wagner Vagner Johnson versus Mathewson against Bad Rad- bourne And Anti so on In football toot ball Its It's Grange and lies HIs tan inn and Horrell and ALL I fl AD On the cinders cinder Paddock Hussey I and arid Hubbard against a Arthur Duft t fey cy old Georgetown star and tho I first sprinter said to have stepped the he century In 9 I 3 6 seconds In various other sports Its It's tho same comparing the old stars with the t e new or new with the tho old If you ou prefer All AU have their ers era rs Each his quota of ot talking points PO Perhaps haps ono one of ot the most die dis discussed cussed comparisons however Is s' s a that which Involves the tho fight game Especially Is this tr true fl since s Dempsey g has led the pugilistic p car car- I avan I Could Champion Jack have whipped the great John L. L Sullivan Sulli 1 van Could he have trimmed Jim Jeffries when the California boil- boil boilermaker was as in ala prime Some Somo answer In the tho affirmative others negatively nl A comparison of ot the Dempsey Dempsey- I Jeffries titular dynasties Is Inter Inter- Interesting interesting esting Just t at this time n For r they h un sun along somewhat a similar I lines 1 Dempsey has las now ruled tho the I Io II roost o six elx years On July J 4 last hJ he celebrated I his is sixth S h anniversary as mis emperor of ot the tho fraternity OVER o SAME S. Big Jeff topped the pack tho the same length of ot time In 1899 2899 he ho climbed the dizzy heights to famo fame and glory but rather rathe small purses by defeating Bob Dob mons He was still unconquered when he ho retired In 1905 He Ie Ie could find no more opposition Olis His re- re reentrance reentrance reentrance entrance into tho the ring to battle Jack Johnson Is III not taken Into consideration In this analysis During his reign Jeffries en en- engaged engaged f aG d In five championship bat bal baltI ties tI s. s He won them all naturally Four he grabbed on the theother theother theother other going 26 6 rounds to a deci deci- don sion His five fights tights totaled 6 68 65 The Dempsey regime regimo commenced with the Willard fiasco at Toledo That was In 1919 Since then the tho present champion like his Ills famous predecessor has hils defended his laur laur- laurels etc els on five occasions Like 1 Big Jim he has won four of them via viR dreamland drives the other on a aj round 15 point verdict v IC Unlike U I Ibave Jeffries 1 f I d however I er his I five lve bouts have havo totaled but 3 36 rounds I IN J tEXT CLASS A comparison on or their thel records shows hows that each had a round knockout to his credit Jeff toppled Jack Munroe the tho Montana Montano miner In a II pair of sessions Demp- Demp Dempsey sty sey ty os as I Is 18 generally known did I tho name flame to Luis Lute Firpo Jeffries' Jeffries longest brush was WIlS with Tom It went 25 6 rounds The rhe marathon for Cor Dempsey was waR the tho rounder 15 with Tommy Gib Gib- bons bone While Dempsey has finished d his opponents In almOst almast half halt the tho time It 11 took Jeffries to bruch his hl aside that doesn't mean menn anything In tho the way II of ot comparison For Jacks Jack's foes tOtS could hardly be Le classed with those Jim Where here would the Willards 1 and so on of this tItle era get with fighters like CorLett Corbett and Not ot otery very ery far fa All of which brings the thought b ck k again that comparisons hold scarcely any value other than Ulan to tom form a n. diversion for Cor the he sport- sport loving public and bring on numer numer- numerous ous 18 ts t's and unending unending- arguments OC 00 |
