The sun., 1919-06-10
PACE GETS HOT
IN FIGHT CAMPS
Tate Opens Old Scar Over
Dempsey's Eye and
Jack Stops.
WILLARD Is HURT TOO
Gets Big Bump on Cheekbone
When Hempel Lets One
Fly Hard.
WILLARD Is HURT TOO

TOLEDO, Ohio. June s.-Jess willard
and Jack Dempsey Tonight are nursing
bruised heads as q result of spirited
workouts to-day IN preparation for their
heavyweight championship contest here
on July 1.
While he was boxing with the Jamaica
Kid sprightly $50 pound negro, an
old wound over Dempsey's left eye was
opened when the challenger's sparring
partner landed srssing left hook. The
blood streamed from the wound, and
for fear Of further damage Jack Kearns
called halt on the glove work for the
afternoon The cut may prevent Demp-
sey from boxing for several DAYS. as IL
10 feared the wound may keep OPEN
ing up.
Willard received a bump MS big an a
doorknob on the left cheekbone as A
result OF a right hand swing landed by
Jack Hempel in the first round. The
champion Increased his boxing to eight
rounds after doing five miles Of road
work in the morning.
He went three each with Hempel and
Walter Monahan and two with Soldier
Stanton, who was all but knocked out
yesterday. Tho champion was appar-
emily afraid to hit Stanton. Willard
initiated the style Of Dempsey while fol.
lowing Stanton around the ring, much
to ths amusement of q big Monday
crowd. Big Jess crouched as Demp-
sey does and shifted and shifted and
Tented his way into close quarters
Dempsey Scores Knockout.
Dempsey opened his workout facing
Jack Ross, 200 pound youth from
Winnipeg who claims the heavyweight
championship of Canada. Within thirty
seconds Ross was on the canvas, knocked
out Dempsey fioored him after ten
seconds OF boxing with a short right
hand punch TO the chin. After Ross
staggered to his feet the challenger
whipped over q left hook which finished
the Canuck.
The challenger then stepped two
furious rounds with Bill Tate and was
in the middle of his first round with the
Jamaica Kid when tho wound was
opened Dempsey pleaded to be allowed
to continue. but was overruled He left
me ring in humiliation, saying to the
crowd in a boyish way: Accidents will
happen, you know"
There was criticism in some quarters
to-day because Willard doubled the price
or admission yesterday to the persons
VINO visited his training camp on the
shore of Maumee Bay. The champion
charged 30 cents, instead of rs cents
as on weekdays and the paid attend
ance was 2,0s4. which netted $t,042,
more than enough to defray training ex-
penses for week. Ksarns declined to
take advantage of the Sunday throng
and charged the customary rs cents to
see the challenger work out. There
were $500 paid admissions at the Demp-
sey camp.
Rearns is distributing a part of the
money received for watching Dempsey
train to churches and charitable organ
izations In the Bay Shore district. He
presented the pastor OF one church with
check for 500 to defray the expenses
OF church entertainment and In appre-
citation for the donation a Sunday school
teacher visited the camp with a number
OF his class to convey their thanks.
Brown not Named.
Reports that Bill Brown. a New York
referee. had been selected to referee the
Independence Day contest were denied
to-day. It was announced that the
referee question would not be definitely
settled until probably two weeks before
the contest and that the boxers them
selves would attempt to agree upon he
selection of the third man in the ring
II the boxers fail to agree upon q
referee, Tex Richard. promoter OF the
contest. under the terms of the articles
Of agreement, will be empowered to name
one. 1t is known that he favored Brown,
whom he regards as one of the most
capable ring officials in the country.
Willard said that he had not given
the question of a referee a serious
thought MY championship is at stake
and I. OF course, will hold out for the
man I consider the most competent"
Willard said. II do not care to say whom
favor, undoubtedly will meet Kearns
and Richard within two weeks and will
attempt to agree on a man at that time.
do not care to say IL Brown will be
acceptable"