WHY WILLS WON.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 218, 13 September 1924, Page 7

WHY WILLS WON.

1-♦ ■■" THE' BULLS POOR SHOWING OUTCLASSED AND HAMMERED. NEITHER A TORNOTCHER. CP.T Cable.—Press Association. —Copjr_s_tJ i •Received 10.30 a.m.i i NEW IfORK, September 12. ! In the match between Harry Wills, i the negro heavy-weight, and Luis Firpo, I "the wild bull of the Pampas," the i negro'? defence- was impenetrable. He j held oft the Argentinian, who was not' 1 the ecjuai of his opponent in any branch |of the business. He inflicted heavy | pundshment on "the bull." Firpo's blows, even when they lanced. ; scemc-d to lack the steam of those he' • handed out in the Dempsey fight. ; In the second round Wills floored j Firpo with a hard left to the jaw. This j was the only knockdown in the fight. I Wills administered heavy punishment to his opponent's body throughout the I contest. The men clinched like clams, and the | referee spent a good deal of time prising them separate. Wills dominated the fight from the sound of the first gong, giving an exhibition of ringcraft which rendered futile Firpo"? magnum opu s —that famous right. He beat the man from the Pampas with a relentless, bruising attack to his ! head and body. Firpo's wonderful gamones? alone | carried him through the punishment which the son of Ham ladled out to him. The Argentinian had neither the skill. the speed, nor the versatility to ro j? j with tffe resourcefulness of his sable ■ opponent. A crowd which numbered 80,000 wit- . I nessed the unequal battle, j Although Wills easily outpointed the i Argentinian, it is scarcely believed tjot Jhe endangers Dempsey's tenure of the championship. Experts and laymen alike i j agree that neither has a chance against [ ! Dempsey. Neither showed any improve, j i ment in his boxing, despite the glowing I reports that emanated from the respec- j tive training camps. The tight had plenty of action, but there was a sameness I throughout the successive rounds which killed the thrill. * The mass of spectators who found a thrill in the fight, and who by the wav paid SOO.OOOdoI at the turnstiles, waited for a sensation in the arrival of the Prince of Wales. _________ however, did not put in an appearance, although there ■ was a group of eminent sportsmen. | including the members of the English and American polo teams. These sportsmen received a long and continuous' ovation. ; The whole of the spectators were dis- j appointed with the fighters, neither of; whom showed in the actual battle what I he had showed in training.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) j The r.a-ht was under the manaeemoit of Tex P.ickard. Firpo is to receive 37j and Wills 27_ per cent of the crate. and firpo gets IO.QOndoI from Eiekard for. his share of the aicture right- '! a i (