“TIGER” PAYNE

Evening Star, Issue 20089, 1 February 1929, Page 12

“TIGER” PAYNE

HIS SUCCESS IK AMERICA Ferocious and warlike monickers at-* taclicd to the many warriors of the squared circle arc misleading, inasmuch as “ Onc-Kound This” or “K, 0. That,” “Wildcat M'Glukc,” An outstanding exception, is, however, the person of “Tiger” Jack Payne, light heavy-weight imported from Australia. Then it was announced that a “ Tiger ” was to showins claws in the Garden, despite the fact that he stopped Johnny Squires in a round. Squires was heavy-weight champion of South Africa, and stayed ten rounds with Johnny llisko recently.

Recently the “Tiger” breezed into the ring/and fans thought Leo P. Kl.vini, his mentor, had provided a. little 'novel entertainment for them. But when the boll sounded Ids heavyweight opponent, Joe Monte, was one of the first to discover it was no joke. Payne swooped across the ring and let drive with a right hand that carried every ounce of his tawny poundage behind it. The first round was about the most torrid sect) 1 since the Dompsey-Kii-pn scamper, as far as .sinioiipnro slugging was concerned* with the “ Tiger ” getting the best. A few rounds later Monte was given, the gate for fouling. Pay no is one of the most vicious right-hand hitters soon iu New York for years. Ho pins them to the jaw and body well. No lost motion is in. Ids attack, ho slides into action as though lie loved it, and a wolf-smile adorns his features when the going is heaviest. Not only does he dispense abuse in heart-breaking doses, but he absorbs it as well. The “Tiger” reminds one more of Sam Langford m days before Sam took on the extra, poundage that made Idm appear pudgy. Ho is possibly the hardest Slitter »f any coloured star since Langford’s day. His left hook reminds one of Dempsey’s famous war weapon, considered by many as the most destructive punch of all time (says a. writer in the New Y’ork paper ‘ Self De-< fence ’).

Payne originally came from Omaha, the eastern city which boasts of Oscar Gardner. Billy Phoads, Clarence English, Guy Buckles, Kid Braves, Andy Schmador, Morrie Schlaifer, and Ace Jindkins.

The “Tiger” roamed about the country, first one place and then another, then set sail for Australia, where he really won his spurs. Looking backward over the long list of fighters who have been banded under the management of IjCo P. Flynn, wc recall the names of such worldrenowned performers ns Kid Alberts, Bill Brennan, Pete Hartley, Barney Adair, Kid Norfolk, Jack Renault, Bud Gorman, Dave, Billy, and George Shade, Eddie O’Hara, Newsboy Brown, Clonic Tail, Jack Dempsey, Panama Joe Gams. Consequently, when wo hoar Air Flynn emphatically state that the “Tiger” looks like the best bet he has had up to date, it is just cause for one to perk up one’s ears. Two tilings arc certain: Payne can beat anyone bo can hit with a right hand, cither on the jaw or body, and the other is that the only way the enemy can avoid battling every inch of the way while in the ring with him is to find a gate.