Show How About a Maxim Charles-Maxim Bout RouB By GRANTLAND RICE ITOE TOE BENJAMIN former light- light J J weight boxing star a pal of jack Dempsey's and man about the world has a good idea I 1 This present day fight fig f i g h t 1 1 game he said is pretty ter ter- It is even en worse than i that Why not take a chance and back to J go 11 a I at least part of j the big years i I mean the years i when Dempsey j 1 I and K Kearns e ear a r n s 1 fit s came along We t 7 cant can't use old but j Jack now we can call calI on Kearns At that A Grantland Rice I think Jack J a c k y wouldn't do so L bad today But Doc has a fight fight- fighter er named Maxim who can give Ezzard Charles all the trouble he is looking for It would be a good fight What chance do you think Maxim Max Max- Maxim Maxim im would have I asked the wan wan- derer Arid And why did you once toss aside a title and a million dollars when you had the chance I r didn't care to be bothered with that much responsibility Benjamin replied If I had won the Ithe the title Id I'd have lost it later If I made a million dollars Id I'd have spent it Im I'm doing all right i i About Charles and Maxim he resumed It would be a good fight They have met three times already and it was all nip and tuck No big difference ference d I know Charles has im- im but proved but so has Maxim Maxim had a bad arm when he met Charles sand and this choked down his punching The The arm is OK and Maxim is a afar afar afar far better puncher now Besides Joe rambled on it help things out to have Doc Kearns back You remember what he was when he handled Dempsey back in inthe inthe inthe the lost past Doc might have lost a little of the old zip zip but but not too much He Be could help stir sUr things up up anyway And Im I'm not kidding you about Maxim He lie can really fight Heis He Heis Heis is a fine boxer and a much harder puncher than he used to be This might not make one of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time but it would be bet bet- better better better ter than anything we have in sight And I think It would pick up a louder ballyhoo I Louis Dempsey Angle i Being a professional fighter it Chas always struck me that it was strictly Joe Louis' Louis business when the he decided to keep on fighting Many a professional writer keeps Ion on writing when he is well over the hill Maybe its it's a matter of habit But Dempsey and Louis are well apart in this respect Dempsey tried one comeback After losing to Tunney he started training again beat Jack Sharkey when Sharkey had two brainstorms and then moved on on- onto on to the famous long-count long with Tunney Dempsey lost that one He took quite a beating beat beat- beating beating ing around the eyes Theres There's some some- something something something thing that few know After the long- long count fight Jack was offered for a third meeting Demp Demp- Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey sey turned the offer down What good would be to me he said if I lost my eyesight In the wake of the long count long count argument a third Dempsey- Dempsey Tunney fight might have drawn close to in 1929 the 1929 the big boom year before the bub bub- bubble bubble bubble ble was punctured Anyway Dempsey turned down He might have held out for a million million million-in in a time when taxes were extremely low At that time would be the same same today as Tunney kept over of the million he colleted collated in the second Dempsey fight To To- Today Today Today day he would be allowed to carry away The point is that Dempsey turned down in 1928 while Louis was still willing to fight for in 1950 And possibly for 30 his next time out Still who can laugh off or even for a nights night's work Then and Now Back in 1889 Snake Ames of Princeton played through every game His substitute Shep Homans Romans never had a chance to get into a Tiger contest The next year Shep Homans Princeton's pound fullback played in every game game 13 13 all told told and and Sheps Shep's substitute never had a chance to play Later on we had the Iron Men from Brown where 11 men played every second of several games In those days a good football player had to work on both offense and defense A back had to run and pass He also had to block and tackle A lineman had to stay in inand inand inand and take it This old game lacked the speed of the modern game But at least it built the endurance which modern play doesn't build It was with something of a shock that we looked at the Columbia charts on the Columbia football program last week These charts showed how much football had changed I Here were the different teams or ups line-ups to be watched watched-to watched 1 Offen Offen- Offensive Offensive Offensive sive teams teams 2 Defensive teams teams 3 Punting teams teams 4 Punt receiving teams teams 5 Kickoff teams teams 6 Kick- Kick Kickoff Kickoff Kickoff off receiving teams teams 7 Point-after- Point touchdown teams You wouldn't believe this could happen happen but but there it was Football is no longer a two-platoon two system It is now a seven-platoon seven system |