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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1922
Page
6
The veteran boxer Jim Corbett laments modern fighters lack feinting and countering, saying boxing has stood still or regressed for 35 years. He argues current champs tire easily, neglect proper blocking, and fails to relax muscles during fights, contrasting today’s style with his era.
The article chronicles Pete Herman, a New Orleans youth turned boxing star, earning about 250000 dollars in a year and traveling nearly 100000 miles. It recounts early poverty as a shoe shiner, his ascent with key bouts in New York and England, and a rumored Rockefeller inquiry into his wealth.
Jimmy Bronson recounts Joe Lynch boxing in postwar Paris where American soldiers fought for purse money. Lynch, posing as Jack Blackburn, fought Francis Rey and impressed by earning a late-fourth-round win decided on a 60-40 split. The arena erupted as Lynch revealed to be Blackburn and the crowd celebrated the unlikely victory.
This feature profiles Kid Norfolk Willie Ward of Baltimore a devout Roman Catholic known for colorful tales about his ring exploits. It recounts his KO loss to Harry Villa and his humorous clash with Larry Williams and Bill Tate while noting his ambition to fight Jack Dempsey as the color line fades.
Controversy swirls over Jake Schaefer's world title claim with supporters citing inheritance from his father and others insisting genius cannot be inherited. Analysts point to fatherly tutelage and a lifelong billiards environment as the true catalyst behind Jake junior's rise.
The piece profiles Gene Tunney as a disciplined, white collar fighter with strict diet and farm life humor, noting his abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes, reserved social life, nervousness around women, Greenwich Village roots, and boxing rise after a WWI Marine service with 34 fights and 30 knockouts, yet weak hands at first.
Denver born lightweight Jimmy Hanlon recalls boxing start from a pocketbook caper at age 15. He says he has fought 110 bouts, about sixty knockouts, and has faced Johnny Dundee Willie Jackson Frankie Callahan Irish Patsy Cline Frankie Russell Joe Mendez and Richie Mitchell. He plans a future bout against Benny Leonard Lew Tendler and Charlie Teed.
Babe Ruth met with Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis in Chicago to discuss a 3000 dollar fine and a suspension through May 20 for participating in postseason games. Mitigation options were not disclosed.
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