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Show M$pomi(fflT WglVy Granfland Rice Copyright. 1922. New Tork Tribune) FTItPo s DKFEACT I- Give nie, well, say a year or two. And watch old Argentine come through They say I'm raw, but so were all Who started out to climb the wall. And rawness is no killing blight For one who's out to find the light; Wlio'a system holds the boxing breed Of power, toughness, youth and speed For I tan give and take a lot And that's the essence ivf the nint In regard to one Luis Angel Flrpo from the land where the ghost of the pleslosaurua still haunts I'atagonlan lakes, it Is now mainly matter of takir.g on the long grind that leads to boxing skill. The raw, crude material is there lo go n long way under Intelligent Intel-ligent guidance. Some smart manager man-ager might turn Flrpo Into a voung mint by having him hox about thiee hours 8 day f,r Q year under Rlclllful coaching, permitting him an occasional flgh. on the way up. There might easily be enough raw material there to win a title If It Is only molded as K should be. Outalde of the above, which is 100 per r ent necessary. Is always the problem prob-lem of co-ordination, instinct and the osseiulal mental and muscular reactions reac-tions under fire If Firpo hasn't the natural knack, the barrier may not be impassable, but It will be that much higher But no matter what he has. he must first build upon the fundamentals which he now lacks- I FULL, OF JUICE What with the return of Babe, the Tunney-Grob meeting nnd the Inter-folleglates Inter-folleglates at Cambridge, May's closing clos-ing program will be full of Juice. These three events alone are enough to keep the pot boiling quite merrily. We look for thf Tunney-Greb contest con-test to bo full of fire, where the firmly established lla;ht-heavywelght chara- plon of America can then begin to toss threatening gestures tn the direction1 of I'arpentier. The Frenchman could stir up much; greater Interest in his return match; with Dempsey by taking on Greb or, Tunncy. where a decisive victory would1 be n, light boost for a larger heavy-! weigh', gate For If he can't over- power Greb or Tunney then why any: Oempsey match? BATTING FOR COBB'' (The Old Guard Reflects) First we saw Matty rise and fade. Xow some one's "batting for Cobb"; The sunset's now on the open glade. With darkness near through the twilight shade, i As we hear, heart-struck, the announcement an-nouncement made, iThat some one's "batting for Cobb " We never knew how the years could fly Till some one "hatted for fobb"; How quickly youth and its day could die. Till some one "batted for Cobb " Why It was only a breath ago i t hat we saw him crowned in the morning's glow. Now the morning s gone and the sun ia low, ,Wlth some one "batting for Cobb" ! self. |