New-York tribune., 1919-06-25


Jess Willard observed the natal day
of William Harrison Dempsey by re-
suming his work 1t was just day for
Willard All of his days are much
the same. He is the most languid
sort of person in training that l ever
peeked at There is a sameness about
his afternoons work and sluggishness
that irritates the oldtimers
Dempsey always is speeding up. He
works with a feverishness that indi-
Gates well-wound and well-charged
human dynamo behind it. The six
practice rounds he boxed to-day were
much faster than any six-round bout
have seen at Philadelphia, despite
the fact that the air here has much
more soporifc qualities than the air of
Philadelphia
Still "Sore" at Tate
/. William Harrison still seems a bit
irritated at big Bill Tate, the tall
Senegambian partner who bounced
such an emphatic right off his chin
while at play the other afternoon In
his second round with Tate Dempsey
. endeavored with considerable earnest
ness to set the Senegambian on the
canvas. But while Dempsey rocked
Tate twice, once with left hook and
once with right swing to the jaw,
William refused to be seated
The Jamaica Kid, the darkest Senc-
gambian of all, with the possible ex-
ception of Joe Wolcott, furnished
plenty of action and stopped some hard
ones.
Dempsey was SO eager in his efforts
to stop Tate that he went to the mat
twice Once he slipped after missing,
and once Tate wrestled him to the
g canvas The intense eagerness of
William Harrison would indicate that
he is pretty we'll trained and getting
toward the ragged edge as far as work
is concerned.
1t struck me that the punches Demp-
sey swung for Tate were about the
best he had. Big William declared the
crossing the Atlantic again" he said.
But though Dempsey landed cleanly
and with all he had, Big Bill was not
staggered.
Certainly the work at the Dempsey
camp is the more earnest. If Willard
turned loose as sincerely as does Will
lam Harrison he would have no SPAR
ring partners left
Champions Beauty Marred
In his workout to-day the champion
received slight cut on the inside of
his lip. 1t probably resulted from a
blow swung by the silent and moody
Jack Hempel, Willard's faithful punch
in: bag.
Those who visit the Willard camp
Tor action do not get the worth of
the quarter paid at the canvas gate.
Willard boxes as the mood seizes him.
Between rounds he lolls against the
ropes and puffs through his mouth.
Dempsey, between rounds, scowls =
bit and PAGES back and forth in thu
ring like a Gagged animal
dempsey is mouth breather. too,
when ne exercises. He has a small,
uptilted nose, and it probably has
been more or less messed up in some
OF the unfrofitable contests which
d marked the start of his boxing caree-.
These training stunts here are fairly
profitable, l should say that each
tighter will draw down something like
$4,000 for admissions to training
camps alone This is almost as much
as Dempsey will get on July 4, and
more than he ever has earned up to
g date
Experts Still Puzzled
1t is just ten days now to the day
OF the battle and the experts still are
puzzled. When Willard started work
after the day off he looked slower
than he has looked for some time, but
ne began to speed up and had the
judges winging again
There will be lot of eleventh hour
exporting around this town You can't
tell great deal from this training
stunt 1t is largely to draw in that
quarter head, and the quarters are
coming in fresh every day.
The Dempsey camp agrees to a man
mat mat Willard is in bad condition. The
willard camp maintains a deep and
:. poilte reticence in regard to Dempsey
put maintains that Wizards condition
is all that they desire, and all thew
expect
Willard is becoming gradually
. get more youthful He was in iocu.
- lar .I mood for part of the time TO-DAY
- ana he said, with his elephantine sense
o. humor: please don't laugh when
~ sney MT me- That is a Kansas lest
5 Ohio. 'aAe 'a'fiy "eil IN
once ne invited Walter Monahan to
Wep rignt in and mix it, whereupon
o.sa later Immediately retired to the
For ahaue saue o1 she ring in good order
30 S4iiect the quarters. Wednesday and
narsaay OF next week probably will
-4" "s spent IN secret working out.
'''''f Deadlock Over Referee
lex Rickard tonight held m..+;r,
with Willard and Jack Kearns My res',s
ager OF the challenger, and ofric;aI,
rcl ,he army, navy and civilian hoar,
sas"t ooxlng control in an effort to SOW,
the problem OF selecting a referee r.
Juagc .he contest. 1t was admitted that
deadlock had been reached.
w: A Gavin, member of the ox
scusiVe committee Of the board an,
: Aaam Empie, secretary, profess to he,
iieve that the situation is not ser
: ious one, and believe that the oues,
!. tion viii be settled within two or oos
! ,ioiy three, days. They attribute tn,
ainicuity in naming the third man ;r
Ine ring TO the natural irritah ahil;tr
: wh'ch Is always Characteristic of AK
: ~ oeiofe an important contest.
{ me Cuckoo Congress which ~ IN
= session here every day in thc iohhv -. ~
! .hs .hs .s hotel secor, sits frequently on
me shs ;reieree question. Battling Nelson
sns!rman, .9ssn votes for himself. Joe Mulo
! yiniIi' the mad halter Of Danbnrv
. Ionn-, proposed Dave Fitzgerald and
Ssciarss that unless he il appointed
yne nght will be bust. Tammany
gsoung' delegate from Forty-aecona
street and Broadway, has nominate
ana seconded Bill Brown. of New Vel
"a. thatcher, the local delegate Ia ths
: 1uSkoo ConEress, wants Ollie Pecord
/. maker Of the best gin fzzes in tho MA.
: die West. Ths congress Usually brcaLs
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