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WILLS MASTERS FIRPO
* Wild Bull of the Pampas” Goes
Down in Decisive Defeat
Badly Beaten.
“Brown Panther” Floored Firpo for Count
of Four—“Wild Bull” Hanging on at End
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Sept.
11.—
Harry Wills battered his way to a
smashing one*sided victory ton ght
over Luis Angel Firpo in a gruelling
twelve round battle before a throng
estimtaed at 75,000 in Boyle's Thirty j
Dominating the fighting from start
to finish with an exhibition of ring
craft that compiete.y spiked Firpo’s
heaviest gun, his famous nght, Wills
beat the giant Argentine iuto decis
iv« defeat with a bruising, relentless
attack to the head and body.
FIGHTS A LOSING BATTLE.
Firpo was knocked down for a
count of four in the second round,
staggered in several others by light
ning-like thrusts to his jaw and sub
jected to a succession of savage,
weakening drives to tho body. Shorn
of his chief and only potent weapon,
the Argentine fought a losing battle
all the way His gameness carried
him through the terrific punish
ment his colored rival administered,
hut he had not the boxing skill,
speed Or versatility of attack to cope
with the crafty, resourceful and re
lentless campaign of his opponent.
No official decision was rendered,
as none is permitted under New Jer
sey ring laws, but there was no
Question of the outcome. Firpo, in
the opinion of some critics, barely
held his own in one round, the third,
while the big majority of newspaper
critics gave every round to the Brown
Panther.
The crowd which filled the big
bowl c'ose to capacity had come in
expectation of a knockout, with
opinion about evenly divided as to
which of the two ring giants would
score it. But instead they saw Wills
the ring master and wily veteran,
batter and wrestle his way to a con
vincing. but unexciting victory
WILLS AT HIS BEST.
The Brown Panther was at his
best, employing all his strategy to
completely baffle his opponent, but
Firoo was not the Wild Bull he had
been in his other battles. Shorn of
the mighty smash that sent Hack
Dempsey flying out of the ring a
year ago. the South American's at
tack was impotent and his defense
was too crude to avoid the continual
barrage of Wills’ blows.
Wills employed all the tricks of
his trade to stand off Firpo's charg
es He continually held Firpo with
his long left and wrestled the Argen
tine about while he administered
fcerrifie punishment with short night
jolts |o the head and body. At c'ose
range, Firpo was bewildered, helpless
and at times handled like a child by
his dusky rival.
Several times during the fight
Firpo complained of Wills’ tactics.
His handlers, too, protested to Re
ft-ree Danny Sullivan that Wills was
unfair, hut Sullivan refused to heel
pointing out that they had
reed to fight in the clinches as
ig as one hand was free
FASTER AND SHIFTIER.
This agreement, as the fight pro
cessed toward an apparently inev!t
bh- end became of increasing nd
intage to Wills. Faster and shift
r. he dug rights and left into
rpo's body at close quarters, occi
>n:t.lly stung the Argentine with
Pier-like shots to the head and
isud red blotches on the South
merican’s left side with powerful
overhand punches.
F.rpo. on the other handr was too
slow, too ungainly in his maneuver
: g to profit from the ruling that
governed their close-range mixing.
Firpo’s knockdown in the second
round, the only one of the fight, came
is the fighters were separating fr< m
clinch and aroused an outburst of
lisapprovel from the crowd. Firpo.
ft the break', unsuspectingly dropped
arms, as he did so Wills whipped
>ver a smashing right to the jaw
fhat sent the Argent'ne topp ing over
lackward. Firpo c'imbed to one
jee as the referee started to c unt
id rushed back to the frav after
count of four.
Pirpo withstood a shower of blows
the hell rang, and he walked
^adily to his corner. That was
Josest he came to a knockout af
tage of the fight. He was sfag
in at least three other rounds
^ird- seventh and ninth, from
blows to the head, but he
refused to go down. , |
Wills, although he kept up a steady
fire, fought cautiously and seldom
took chances at long range. Through
out the early part of. the battle he\
was wary of Firpo’s right, but when
he finally became convinced that he
had this blocked he became more
aggressive. Wills tried hard a^
times in the closing rounds to score
a knockout. Opening up his drive
as Firpo weakened and was slowed
up under a relentless onslaught Wills
bent Firpo almost double at times
with his sweeping right-handers to
the body mixed with swift jabs to
the head, but his heaviest b ows wore
not strong enough to bring the Ar
gentine down.
Firpo’s gameness was his only as
set in the last analysis, for he was
beaten, outgeneralled. out boxed and
outpunehed at every turn. The Ar
gentine’s remarkable recuperative
powers enabled him to weather the
storm, but that was all he could do.
PAYS $800,{)00 TO SEE FtOHT
Jack Dempsey was in the crowd
of notables that witnessed the battle
and saw Wills stamp himse'.f as the
outstanding contender for a tit e
match the colored fighter has been
seeking for three years^
crowd of between 75,000 and
So nOO paid approximately $800 u00
to witness the fight, accord’ng to•
Promoter Tex Hhkard.
LINCOLN AND VIRGINIA UNION
CLASH IN NORFOLK OCT. 27.
Lincoln and Virginia Union have
at last decided to bury their old
hatchets and settle their ancient
grudge on the gridiron at Norfolk,
Va . Monday. October 27. The pub
lic has long clamored for a meeting
of these two crack squads and the
fact that they have been finally in
duced to come to terms is certainly
a credit to the game and has re-(
moved the shadow that has been;
hanging over the athletics of both,
colleges.
Both elevens will have a majority
of their old warriors back in har
ness and all indications are that this J
game will be the most thrilling of
the season and certainly the hardest
fought of the season. The Lincoln
ites are extreme y anxious to avenge
their 6-0 defeat in the last meeting
of the two teams at Richmond and:
the Old Dominion boys are equally
strong in the belief that their colors
will continue to remain aloft.
Norfolk .is an excellent location
for this classic as it will give to the
great number of football followers
of this and other sections further
South an opportunity to see two of
the “Big Four” in action. Prepara
tions are already under way to make
this one of the biggest events of the
season and numerous social arrange
ments art being made for the enter
tainment of the visiting teams,
a umni and friends.
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HAMPTON PREPARING FOR A
GREAT FOOTBALL SEASON.
(By W. Taylor Staples)
Hampton will olay «vevy school in the
C l. A. A, this fall. The schools that
Hampton will battle are as follow’:
Oct. 4 State Normal ...at Hampton
i)ft 11 Va Seminar' ...at ilumpt »n
Oct. 18 St Paul Institute Norfolk. Va.
Oct. 25 Va. Normal Inst at Petersburg
Nov. 1 Lincoln Univeirsity at PhUa.
Nov. 8 Shaw University at Hampton
Nov. 15 Howard University at Wash
ington, IX Cj thanksgiving day
Va. Union University at Hampton
Coach Williams, who has coached
many a Hampton eleven to victory
promises and. predicts a brilliant sea
son for the Seasiders although Hamp
ton lost most of best players through
graduation. Sulob ones as the mighty
Ruffin brothers, Jimmy Jones, the
swifty end, and David Gunn, the crafty
}■) alfl >aick.
Coach Williams told the scribe that
the Seasiders expected to trim every
thing this season. • v
Hampton’s two greatest attraction
of the reason will be the St Paul gam
at Norfolk, Va., and the Thanksg.vin
Day game with the Virginia Union
University on Armstrong Field at
Hampton. The Hampton Union
game will be the home coming event.
~ Remtmber the Seasiders mcfcto .
“Always do your best
jvTever mind -the rest
The gjnme’s the thing.”
SHARON CHURCH SERVICES.
Sunday, September 14, 1924.
Location: Corner Leigh and First Sts.
7:00 A. M., Sunrise Prayer and
Praise Service. •
10:00 A. M., Sunday School and
Men’s Bible Class.
*11:25 A. M., Sermon by Rev, Royal
Sharks.
6:00 P. M., Young People’s Meeting.
8:15 P. M., Sermon by Rev, Royal
Sharks
Regular Prayer Meeting Wednes
day at 8:15 P. M. Come and wor
ship with us. You are-welcome.
Rev. R. H. Johnson, B. D., M.
A. Pastor. W. L. Johnson, Clerk.
THE PASSING OP MARTHA JEAN
WINTERS, PHILANTHROPIST.
The world has thousands of un
sung heroes among the masses. Miss
Martha Jean Winters, who died in
New York City, Thursday, ^August
28th was one of them. F°r ten years
she has cooperated with the progress
ive women of the race in religious
work and social uplift, Tho lacking
academic training, she possessed a
higfh degree of intelligence and was
full of the spirit of service and citic
pride.
I met Miss Winters three years
ago. Since that time, I have had
the opportunity to know something
oTTrer social view’s, religious fervor
and race pride. She was one of the
most lovable, most gentle anc] most
interesting women that I have ever
met. God has created few women
with souls as fine as hers. She was
a born conversationalist and a goo!
entertainer. I know few women :'n
her class who have the keen social
perspective which she had. Though
without education herself, she did
! what she could to assist and encrur:
age others to secure it. She spent'
money freely at assist some of her |
relatives in school.
Miss Winters has lived an active, (
unselfish life. She has done well,
despite iher lack ot.,school training.
She was blessed with <what many
modern women lack—good common
sense. May her soul rest in peace.
—(Thomas L. Dabney.)
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GOV. E- DEE TRINKLE,
Who sustained a broken arm Monday
i Our World War General Retires
Gen. John J. Pershing wiil celebrate his sixty-fourth birthday
Saturday, September 13, and retire to private life. Full national
nonor and tribute is his reward, publicly given in a great meeting
it New York September 10.
French Champion
Loses First Race, But—
Epinard, four-year-old French champion, lost the first of ,i..;
three scheduled races to the American horse, Wise Coonseflor, but
only by a half length, as shown in the picture of the finish. Carrying
130 pounds, the great horse outran Zev and the rest of the nei*.,
but could not hold a lead over Wise Counsellor.
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