Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
CAL DELANEY HAS CRIMINAL
OPINIONS ABOUT TRAINING
Declares Most Boxers Dont Give Their
Constitutions a
Chance.

days when Germany is getting boxed
INTO begging peace and being forced
% beg until Uncle Sam gets ready TO
have the umpire count ten, 1t. seems
httipg to cHtcmporizc somewhat ON u
lighting boxer
Of the Great Lakes Naval Training
station. who. while getting ready to
put the punch into ;ne antisubmarinc
fashion quite noticeable Cal has been
a a Of trying TO DC in shape TO
Eight battles ;doi in the ring. but We have
i. is, true that ne has an appear
a sinss OF pus :S;n,e and rounhness and
no, normally permit on the frame COZ of
boxing men. That may rcdouned to
the glory OF the navy and the kind
Of H fsed cd ,hey put into their nghters
when in Roch Island the other night
ne ne siripped to give battle to Sailor
Introduce to YOU. VIC asked him about Ut
II then.
ev .WhY !, don't you &c. some Of i, on,
stomach to put SO much OF IL on >"
NC asked him.
n Whssreuponn. without hesi,atins. he
a dissertation on the matter Of condi-
ton in regard to boxing
,.n f ;o thdnS because ! cat eight or
night that ! don't know anything" he
said You have wrong idea about
IT,. my training. I mean. Every:
am fog fat every time l step into the
ring: Tha, isn't true. because my
y weigh, VIII no, not yield to the hardest
talking about, because have tried TO
Gu. It down time and time again. "
so ] have REACHED the conclusion
strong whenever you see me. and
don't + Arrays nnish as we'll as the H
ONE. oshsr FELLOW: Vel. that's the an
suits. II seems to me. are what ough,
to count.
There. one thing know very
lot Shelter of and will live a longer
time than some Of the fellows know
give their constitutions a chance to to
rest up. Take the case OF Johnny
DUNDEE Dun ioT tnStance. There's a hoy
for fight; has the fight and that
n next morning ne e righ, at it again,
his periods OF staleness and isn't
H M%5ss a my s,I lie simply burns
10 Keep In shape. every minute OF the
time Instead OF training off. drink
Ing little beer or something of the
TO recuperate. he dries himself up
and gets. as stale as can he. That is
heNtT SoinB 10 happen 10 me. ] take
good care of my system. but l won't
train the way he does-and wouidn. T,
Tor anything in lie world.
~, ana "a there IRE are lot of others Just
Cal may be right. His recent OBJ
ponent. Freedman. Is a hard trainer
and against Cal the other night he
Looked IKE a greyhound against a
psrcheron draf, horse. Yet Cal show
! ting force. The sailor Just couIdn'.
get going at any kind Of speed. w.: :
short In his leads and ineffective aud
mauiy when he got In close and IT :
tempted to do something.
when YOU look at it, a question 81
and the only person who can ala
ouateiy decide what is best for a
boxer Is the particular boxer himse,i,
IL stands to reason that the man WHO
has TO face the other fellow is eoin.
10 give himself the kind OF treatment
ne needs TO make him him able u land
the blows
And you never can tcll-it will on,y
take few more fights to determine
whether Cal has found the keyno:e
OF his fighting power. but, judein.
from recent results. we believe he has
1t Is we'll known that outside OF
The ring person can paw too much
attention 70 his condition for his own
good. and Il seems reasonable that
OF the man In the ring.
We are waiting. like the rest of
you. 10 see what is to come of this
triangle composed OF Dempsey, VII
Lard and Willie Meehan, of the Coast
So far 1t seems like 1t sometimes IS
on the western front. There is a 10,
OF talk; and that otherwise the night
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