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Show IF ZBYSZKO MET DEMPSEY II ROUGH AND TUMBLE, WHO WOI0 ii? CHAMPIONS EXPRESS OPPOSITE OPINIONS AS TO WHICH WOULD BE VICTORIOUS j . ( r v - WQL. - vmSk' coulu Tie. UEt-r-"jt- u-rio -g' 11 " '' EdpB. (HlMsy; A si k,not and eraefxK. nip. 7cCK 5As re cooud k O mmmmSmmm jBmmWmwBzJSr xVmwmmmi zi)5zko amu nmuF CfMm&a&jfXdP iBv. aS tX'Zxim oTir cnArPaal-BjBJ o- -' -- - cmv. hqaT VAJeUCT IF Ie.K)P5E AND ZBSSZKO J voer2e.ioi?MEo uoose in a - v - ! By B1LL1 I INS. Jack Deinpsey Is the world Cham? pion heavyweight fighter. Dempsey Is G feci 1 1-2 Inches tall, and weiKhn about 190 pounds In the best of condition. Stanislaus Zbyszko im the champion heavyweight wrestler of the universe. Ebyeako is ft feet 8 ln hes tall :ind weighs J26 pounds. While he looks a bit fat at that pound. tge. he Bay! j it is his best wrestling weight Jack Dempsey has been fUjhtlng only seven years. Zbyszko has been wrestling 2 4 years. OPINIONS com LICT. ; v hat would huppen if Dempsey and Zbyszko wore turned loose in the same ring, with no holds or puncheH barred'' ! Who would you pick to win. If the j two ( bamploni eng:ied n roui,h land tumble battle to detctVlne the I better man ! ' Jack Deriip.se has always been of the opinion that h can defeat any man that he can hit. Zbyszko Is of the belief that once he gets one of his favorite holds on: an opponent, all bets are off. The question was recently put to Zbyszko. after he hud polished off . his opponent on a barnstorming ' tour that ho Is now making Zbyesko Is a very modest chap, and was rather rath-er reluctant to express an opinion HV To TRIM DEMPSEY. "All things being anywhere neai I equal, the wrestler h-is a decldad advantage over the fighter In what yOU call a rough und tumble f iglit In boxing or fighting, an athlete. in order to do his best work, must , retain his footing. In wrestling, a wrestler does his most effective worU while prone on I he mat. "Dempsey is a wonderful fighter If put In the same ring with him. I wouldn't waste any time on my feot. I would Immediately force J nips to the floor. That would enable me to get In my deadly hoWs and would render his best punches far less effective. ef-fective. i IE UP FIGHTER'S KMs "It Is a very easy matter to brc ik the arm or leg of one who is not up In wrestling. If a wrestler was pitted pit-ted against a fighter he would lie up tho fighter's arms at once, since that Is the fighter's main weapon of defense. "With all admiration for Dampaey I feel In a rough and tumble affair, j a fighter would always be forced to bow to the wrestler." Zbyszko Is much more modest j than Dempsey as tb his chances. The I world's greatest flghler figures the ' world's greatest wrestler would be I soft picking for htm. Dempsey won 1 a broad smile at the suggestion of being tui ned Lc : h same ring with Zbyszkp. I ll knock out Zbyszko and a half dozen other champion wrestlers In the same ring on the same night." says Dempsey. 'It wouldn't be necessary to pick' mo to represent the fight game against wrestling. Johnny Kilbanc. Uenny Leonard or Jack Iirltton pit- ted In the same ring with tho wrestling wrest-ling champions at their weight would , prove the superiority of boxing as quit kl as l would over Zbyszko. All that would be necessary for me to do to trim Zbyszko wiuld bo to sink a couple of punches In that bk unidow of his. cross a couple of right-hand punches to tho Jaw, and It would be all over." "A good wrestler hasn't a chance with an equally good fighter. Everv Jlu-Jltsu expert who has. combatted a boxer has come out second best,'' |