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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Record Not Sole Attraction.

But record is not the sole attraction
of the fighter John L. Sullivan never
did have a good record, did not die
with a good record, but he was one of
the most popular Of fighters. Per-
sonality counts. Indeed, a fighter
must have personality plus record to
be worthy of attention. OF the two
personality is the more important
Many a bad fighter had an impressive
personality and was popular Many a
good fighter had no personality and
was unpopular-Jeffries, for instance.
No one knew how good a fighter Will
lard was. is or will be. The chances
are that he never was a good, not to
say a great fighter He is past the age
when fighters become great. Willard
is, propably, 40 years old. He says
So. Athletes all cheat on their ages,
especially when they come in the game
at a ripe youth. Willard, il is believed,
is all of 40, possibly AZ. He is a fresh.
well-preserved man. So was Joe God
dard, the Barrier Giant. who was a
bear of a rough houser and who came
from the Barrier, Queensland, God
Knows Where. in Australia, twenty
FIVE years ago. Goddard was a strong
boy who began to fight at 80. These
late beginners, as a rule, stay we'll.
Fitzsimmons came into the game at
Is. He won the worlds championship
at 80. lost it at 43. He fought good
battles for it when he was As. So,
though willard was old, he was fresh.
But he was past the age when fighting
men improve. He was past the age
when late beginners are at their best.
He had never shown high fighting
form. He is a big man, an immense
man who went into the ring because
he thought he could make more money
there than he could make by punching
COWS or driving oil wells.
Taken in any way Willard was not
a man who will appeal TO those who
admire the human fighting animal. He
is a big, good-natured whale OF fell
low. a type found in Kentucky, Mis-
souri,. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
California. He can eat as much as
FIVE ordinary men. He is very strong
and very good nat ed. He hates TO
fight. So.
II the sporting soul failed TO re-
spond 10 the excellent bovine and do
nestle qualities OF Willard II rose 10
the fighting heart that animates Jack
Dempsey. The Mormon is the ideal
fighting man in appearance and in
temperament Many Of US have seen
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

them all come and most Of them go
from Paddy Ryan to Jess Willard. big
and little, American and foreigner,
white and black, all the famed fighters
of three decades, including the mighty
Sullivan. who really was not mighty
at all, the agile and clever Corbett, the
truly great Fitzsimmons, the rock-like
and great defensive fighter. Jeffries,
the classic Jackson. Johnson. far the
greatest of all. The undaunted Shar-
key. the cool and cruel Mccoy. the gay
and gallus Mitchell, the doughty Kill
rain. all OF them good fighters. many
Of them great fighters, but never has
one laid eyes upon a fighting man who
suits all round so we'll as William
Harrison of Salt Lake City, known in
the ring as Jack Dempsey.
OF all the fighting men ever seen.
none so delight the eye as this Jack
Dempsey. who met Willard for the
championship of the world at Toledo.
He ia a fighting man from his toe-tips
TO his hair ends. He is built to fight
as a race horse is built TO run or as
an eagle is built to fly. He has all the
exterior graces of the perfectly built
athlete. all the animating fire that
makes the living flame. Tb IRE has
been but one man who at all ap-
preached Dempsey in fighting figure
and fighting ability. That man was
the late Stanley Ketchel 1t is doubt
ed that Ketchel possessed the fighting
fire any more than he possessed the
lighting frame OF Dempsey.
Regard the figure, AN Ideal Fight
ing Man" and you will see for your
self that Dempsey fills the bill. Be-
gin at his feet. for all things begin al
the feet of a fighting man. From the
feet he gets his spring and swing
Dempsey's feet are perfect to the pur-
pose. High of instep, we'll set, well
muscled. long enough TO give spring
yet not too long. No other fighter has
had such good feet as Jack Dempsey
Examine the limbs. Simply perfect
Pleny Of bone, yet not so much bone
as tn put too much weight where II
would not do good. Enough muscle "a
make them graceful. not merely
shanks to peg around upon, as were
the ungraceful legs Of Fitzsimmons
Dempsey has the best Of knees, muscu-
lar, firm, we'll knit, tireless knees thai
never weaken, that never wabble, the
knees OF Rocky Mountain sheep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
AS Far AS He Goes, a Perfect
Type OF Fighting Man; Physical
Makeup Unimpeachable, With a
Temperament to Match It; Not
Clever Like Tommy Ryan Nor
Canny Like Fitzsimmons, Rather
Like Ketchel or Terry Meow
ern, but CleVerer Than Either.


upon Toledo. Ohio. for the
nstic fray Jess willard OF
Pottavatomie. Kan. and Jack Demp-
sey OF Salt Lake City. Utah, put UP for
the heavyweight ring championship OF
the world. And. despite the fact that
one year ago the man power Of half
dozen great nations was fighting for
the domination OF the world on the
helds Of France, Italy and Serbia, the
fist fight OF two mere men. using pad
ded gloves and fighting according to
rule. had power to hold the attention
Of the world Millions OF men may
battle with great guns, airplanes.
tanks. gas. every lethal weapon known
to science. daring fellows may fly
across the oceans. scores may be killed
while charting the air. riding motor
matches, etc, but the old man-to-man
fist fight still has power to draw spec
tators. At least man named Rickard
wagered $500, 900 that 1t has, and won.
1t will cost the promoter OF the Will
ard-Dempsey battle that much money
10 put it on the stage.
Yet 1t was in many respects the most
unattractive battle ever put on for the
worlds championship. In the first
place II was limited to twelve rounds.
No other championship battle has been
limited TO less than twenty-five rounds.
Most OF them have been unlimited.
Then Willard, the champion, and
Dempsey. the challenger. were not
men Of unquestionable proves. Will
lard did beat Jack Johnson, unques-
tionably a real champion. but the val
idity of the battle which willard won
has always been questioned. Johnson
was exiled from America, Britain,
France and every country wherein
boxers could make money. He needed
money badly He was not an asset to
promoters as a winner. Johnson as
holder OF the championship was not
worth a plugged dime to the men who
exploit pugiIists for money. Johnson
had to have some money. The entire
LAY OF the land" indicated that it was
imperative that Willard should win.
that Johnson should lose. Who was
going TO lose money that Jack John
son, discreditd negro, growing old
and fat a fugitive from justice. with
out value as an exhibitOry asset,
should get considerable sums? To
back Willard. a man out Of whom some
money could be made. was quite anoth-
or thing. Then 1t was most desirable
that the championship should pass
from the negro to the white race. A
negro. even an Incompatible fighter
such as Jackson. johnson, Langford.
Wills. were not az all so great money
makers for promoters as a white man
in the championship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Thighs Well Muscled

The thighs are exceptionally well
muscled. firm. the muscle in the right
place. much better legs than Fitzsim-
mons, who had no thigh swell what
ever.
There is no heaviness between the
thigh and the knee or under the knee.
as in many other men. Dempsey s
limbs are formed with great strength
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
"Ge7Elezzzzz Czzz%% CORBETT

battery. lot of little punches. at
close range.
His neck is large. we'll muscled and
beautifully set on his shoulders. The
head itself is round. thick boned.
strong. The face is "puggy." short;
the chin strong. but not easy 10 hit;
the teeth sound. a most important
thing in a fighter. His nose is puggy
and. like his chin. hard to hurt There
is little bone in il and much gristle.
He won't bleed much if lift on the nose.
Ability to keep from shedding blood is
a great asset in a prize fight Copious
blood shedding is very annoying and
a tremendous handicap in a fight.
Dempsey will never shed much blood
out of his nose.
The brow Is low yet not unintelli-
gent, the eyes deep set and cunning.
split eyebrow might sometime handi-
cap Dempsey by letting blood into his
eyes. The eyebrow is his most vulner-
able point But no man has yet lost q
fight through a split eyebrow.
We have gone over Dempsey inch by
inch and have failed TO find IN him a
single flaw. He might be three or
four inches taller. have a reach OF six
or seven inches longer. Yet it is prob
able that such changes would spoil
him, unmake what he now is, a perfect
fighting man. For, slightly below the
height and size Of the mastodons whom
we have seen in the worlds champion
ship fights, Dempsey is. for all OF that.
perfectly adapted TO his own style OF
fighting He is not only physically CO.
herent, he is mentally. tempermentally
and physically one. His body is a
mere engine. II is animated By his
spirit. temperament His temperament
is perfectly suited 70 his body and 20
his style of fighting; OF course. his
temperament makes his style OF fight
ing. The great point is this: His body
is perfectly suited TO its engine. The
engine is neither too weak nor TOO
strong for his body Any automobile
engineer, a motor engineer of any sort.
knows the importance Of the body not
being under or over engined. A car.
q boat, a man should be engined &C
cording TO beam physical power. A
man who is under-engined will not
work up 20 his full physical capacity.
His engine-temperament-is not ac-
tive enough 70 send him along al best
speed. On the other hand, tremend-
Gus engine. a great spirit, may destroy
A body for which Il is too strong. Many
a man has had the necessary physique
TO make a champion Of the world but
lacked the necessary engine. spirit.
motivating power. temperament Carl
Morris. Peter Maher. hundreds Of 9th
ers we're under-engined. for their
beams. Had they the motive power 10
set them going at the proper speed
they would have crushed all opposi-
ton. On the othe- hand, Jim Corbett.
Kid Mccoy and scores Of other fighters
were over engined for their beams.
They had the motivating spirit but
lacked the physical power TO carry IT,
Their oyerpower hammered them -
pieces
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
GredteSt Fighter
O[dX Tine

and with the greatest possible economy
OF flesh commensurate with grace and
power. In ALL Dempsey has the best
feet and legs ever seen on fighter,
probably the best feet and legs any
one ever has seen on any athlete. One
can not imagi a pair of legs wherein
strength, beauty and economy of
weight are so combined as in those of
Dempsey. No Splinter has had such
good legs as Dempsey.
There is no excess about Dempsey's
hips, groin or abdomen. Up to the belt
there is not an ounce of superfuous
bone. muscle or flesh. He is built with
the utmost economy, yet with the ut
most fitness for the purpose Of battling
and with the beauty of Apollo or of
Mercury. Note the manner In which
his ribs and sternum, or breast bone,
come down TO the belt That gives him
that most desirable pugilistic asset, a
high belt" That means that there Is
practically no hitting space beween
his breast bone and his belt. no solar
plexus where an opponent can hit and
paralyze him, as Fitzsimmons hit and
paralyzed Corbett at Carson City.
Jeffries was the only other well known
fighter who had this high belt. His
ribs and breastbone came down and
armored his solar plexus. A glance
will show that Dempsey has almost no
solar plexus and that it is almost i'm
possible to hit him '1n the wind" so
as TO hurt him.
Dempsey's chest, ribs. back and lung
space is wonderful Look at the pic
ture of AN Ideal Fighting Man" Note
the depth of the chest, the arch of the
back. Lung power, heart power in
more than plenty.
It is not easy TO get rounded muscles
and bullying backs in photographs, but
The Ideal Fighting Man" shows that
Dempsey has the lung depth, the heart
power and the shoulder blade from
which punching strength originates
Dempsey has not long arms. He is not
a tall man. His arms are in proper
ton to his height. Indeed, Dempsey is
beautifully proportioned, in perfect
balance everywhere save in the delt-
old muscles. There, for some happy
reason or other, he is overdeveloped
out Of proportion. The deltoid muscles
are Of great importance, for they play
a great part in hitting power. give
smashing force to the blow. Men VIII
light deltoids can not hit. punch hard
or throw a ball hard or TO any dis
lance. Dempsey has enormous deltoic
muscles. They betray where a great
part of his hitting power lies. Few
men have the deltoids that Dempsey
has. They stand, like semi-spheres
on his shoulder points and are the
most remarkable Of his physique.
Punching power originates and Ia:
its greatest power in the shoulder
blades. Large shoulder blades furnish
the levers Of fulcrums for the punch
Good muscles. elastic and resilient, as
sist the shoulder blades. Then come
the deltoids and the pectoral, or chest
muscles, the muscles that run from
the shoulder to the breast and whicl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

Johnson beat him. Indeed. not since
the days Of the debacle in the 70s,
when the ring was rotten with fake
and counterfake, have men with such
poor records battled for the champion
ship OF the world.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

help pull the arm forward
Dempsey is beautifully furnished
with the machiery of hitting. He is not
the physical freak, the made-to-order
hitting machine that F1tzsimmons was.
but he has, evidently, great hitting
power Fitzsimmons was a lightweight
from his feet to his belt and from his
shoulders to his scalp. He was an
enormous man about the chest, back,
arms and shoulders. SO he could, on
account of his lightweight legs and
lightweight neck and head, weigh in as
lightweight. His gigantic chest,
arms and back were those of a heavy
weight Striking a balance between
the light and the heavy weight, FftZ-
simmons became what he was-a mid
dleweight
A Perfect Fighting Machine.
Probably Dempsey is not such a
clean, crushing hitter as Ftzsimmons
temperament. Fitzsimmons was cool
as ice IN battle. would lay back and
stake all on a punch. Dempsey IS
much more fiery in action than was
Fitzsimmons. He tumbles in and
punches away as hard as he can with
both hands. That was not the way
with old Fitz. He would spar until be
got an opening and then let drive
Dempsey is not a sparrer. He lacks
Fits reach. A man who is over
reached by an opponent can't 10
much good by sparring. Fitz could not
spar with Corbett or with Jeffries. He
tried to spar with the uncannily clever
Corbett and was cut to pieces for his
pains. Seeing he was losing while
sparring, he started n to fight and
won
When you look at his arms you will
see that Dempsey has proper punish
ing arms-such arms as marked Fitz-
simmons, king Of hard hitters, and
Jackson, a hard, clean hitter. Demp-
sey has the short upper arm and the
long lower arm which have marked
many great fighters. The short upper
arm means rapid action. The long
lower arm means good reach. a pile
driver that will go home.
Dempsey's arms are good fighting
instruments. The bone IS clean, long
grained, sound. His wrists are strong
and firmly muscled His hands are a
good deal like the hands Of his famous
namesake. the Nonpareil, who was
middleweight champion until beaten
by Fitzsimmons in 1891. They are
good. well-articulated hands. bound
with sinews and muscles so that they
attain a hammer-like effect They are
hands that would be workable in a
bare knuckle fight, which would cut
and iniict severe punishment where
larger. but less firmly muscled anc
less sinew-wound hands would break
and become useless. indeed injurious,
70 their possessOr.
We have gone over Dempsey's limbs
and body and found them without flaw.
He is built like torpedo boat for
speed. yet armored like a battleship
for protection. He carries two big
guns and can turn loose a secondary
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-11-05
Woman Suffrage Sentiment in Yer
mont.

The Vermont legislators have been
for the most part friends OF the SUI ,
frage movement but a startling
change in the sentiment of many who |
have hitherto been unfriendly was
noted last week when a committee
representing the suffrage interests OF
Vermont. called on a majority OF the
legislators to ascertain their views
on a special session for the purpose
of ratifying the federal suffrage
amendment.
inglv unalterable in their views OF
suffrage turned about and showed
themselves its warmest friends.
frip of nearly 1000 miles was made
throughout almost every county IN
the state and a poll of legislative
opinion taken. The result surprised
even the the suffrage workers them
selves In one case prominent SEN
ator shook the suffrage workers
hand on leaving and declared: i've
been convinced that / ought to sup
port this thing because I've had 1t
demonstrated that my wife is a bet
ter citizen than I am. I'll come to
a special session and vote for the fed
eral amendment and I'll pay my own
expenses"
What has brought this change
about is a question, but that the
change has come cannot be denied.
Some men state frankly they have
been won over because of the work
which women performed in the late
war, emitting them to full particlpa-
ton in the affairs of their govern
ment if they are equally affected by
great national crises or the results OF
misgovernment And an equally as
tonishing fact brought out by the
canvass was the character of the men
supporting the movement. The re-
representatives. of the little towns far
back in the hills were as posted on
the good effects of suffrage in prac-
tice in other states, perhaps more so,
than representatives which came
from the larger towns. 1t was aston
| ishing to drive for miles to reach
some little hamlet and find some
farmers home where the wife took
as much interest, almost, as the
workers, themselves. This may be
due, of course, to the interest natur-
ally taken in civic affairs in the
| household where the head of the fam
| lily was a state legislator. But the
| fact remains that there is an entirely
new day dawning for suffrage in Yer
mont, day in which the idea of the
oId-fashioned "suffragette" is no
| longer associated with the ideals of
the cause as advocated at present.
Out of scores of legislators inter
viewed in a trip covering the afore-
said 1000 miles, not single man re-
| fused to support a special session
and cast his vote in favor of ratifica-
ton. All the legislators were not
interviewed on this trip but the
first man to turn his back and have
nothing to do with suffrage was not
found.
The suffrage workers were radical
ly encouraged by what they have
found and as one woman of the party
expressed it, "Indications begin to
point toward landslide for suffrage
in Vermont"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-11-05
First Vermont Legion Convention.

About 800 delegates, ex-service
men in the world war, from all parts
of Vermont, gathered in Burlington
last week for the first annual con.
vention of the Vermont branch OF
the American Legion. One OF the
outstanding features of the. conven-
tion was a clambake served by the
burlington Chamber of Commerce.
The convention chose Barre as the
meeting place of the 1920 convention.
Officers elected were as follows:
Pres. John NJ Thomas of Middle
bury college was elected the hrst COM
mander of the Vermont branch: Oth-
er officers chosen were as 1oLl9Ws:-
First vice-commander (armyJ, John
r Sullivan of st. Adams; second vice
commander (navy), Herbert X. PleTce
of Nontuelier: third vice-commander
(marine1. John E. Cheesman of Mid
dlebury college; fourth vice-com-
mander (army nurse CORPSE, Miss
Lillian LaValley of Rutland; secre-
tary or adjutant, Joseph IL. FOUNTAIN
of Burlington; treasurer or hnance
officer. Redfield Proctor of Proctor;
state war risk or insurance officer, T..
w. Gibson of Brattleboro.
Members of the state executive
committee of 13 were elected as fol-
lows: DR.. ]. ]. Ross of MlddieDury,
Joel Lamere of Ludlow, Ray T.. Smith
of Rutland, II. L. Newton of Montpe-
lier. Paul Kicker of Burlington, +. ..
Smith of st. Adams, r. w. McCuen
of Vergennes, Geo. l.. Bates OF NOR
risville, Max Fisher of Barre, Damei
IP. Thompson of Bellows Falls, Ber-
nard A. Donleavy of Brattleboro and
L. F. Edgerton of Rochester.
Two members of the national exec
utive committee to which Vermont Is
entitled, were also elected. These are
DIR. Fl. Nelson Jackson of Burling-
ton and Col. Fred B. Thomas OF
Montpelier.
There were several contests in the
convention over delegates to the ma
tional convention to be held in Mime
apolis Nov. 1912. These delegates
were elected as follows: Regular del
egates with voting power, Howard A:
Allen of Burlington, Guy Varnum of
Barre, B. S. Hyland of Rutland, Ell
mer c. Sanborn of Bellows Falls, @.
III. Horton of Winooski, Stephen S.
Cushman of St. Adams, VIM. S. Cor
rev of Montpelier and Allen Fletcher
of johnson.
Eight alternates to which Vermont
is entitled and who may take part in
the debate, but not vote, were chosen
as follows: Donald n. Norton of
Vergennes, Donald A Carly of Bur
lington, Chauncey Adams of Dan
vile, Miss Lillian LaValley of Rut-
land, John Stanley of Winooski, Miss
Mary Reeze of Burlington, Mr.. Wat
son of St. Adams, and Captain Will
cox of st. Johnsbury.
The delegates at large elected were
]. Watson Webb of Shelburne, Leon
ard II. Mason of Mortified, James E.
Donahue of Essex Junction, Pearl
Clapp of Brattleboro, Carl Webster
of Orleans, w. J. Kelley of Rutland,
Mr.. Hunt of Windsor and Mr.. Weber
of st. Adams.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-11-05
Stats
[)iiar'y

trIday-When the teecher asst me
z describe the Manners & Costumes
OF the natives of the Cannonball eve
lands, l wassent able 2 beside so I
SEQ ! dlddent know. So she asst Jake
winch was holding up his hand which
was dirty like common. So she sed
Jake You may tell US. He replyed q
sed They haint emmy manners or Cos
tunes, nary 1.
:.Saturday-Jake sed 2 me he know
ed how 2 make butter out of grass. I
bet him a rubber Balune he diddent
He sed 2 feed grass 2 the cow which
would give milk & then you churn the
Butter. He hassent got his Balune
yet. Bebby he won't neither.
Sunday-teecher allowed me 2 90
home early from Sunday skool TODAY.
The way it happened was thisaway.
She sed Repeet the 10nd command
ment q sed it was Eat drink and be
Mary today and tomorrow you'll be
Dry; She sed me Stats you Nav
90 nome now & study yure Bible.
Mnlch L did only / diddent study any.
Chicken for dinner.
Monday-more chicken today. ma
give me the nekc eat& / objected to
1t d pa sed when he was little bow
back d the nuckels. / asst him ded he
like them & he sed Yes he did. So /
sed him Well you can have mine.
He diddent.
Tuesday-Pa was playing on the
fonograft & desided he wood get a
church pease so he went the TeIe-
lone q rung up & then the person
which answered sed What do you
want q pa sed Take Me as Am. The
FELLOW sed Who you think yure a
taWking 2. Pa sed Haint you the Mu-
SICK store which sells Fonograft
reckords & the man sed No this is the
romeo stashun- Pa rung off.
Wednesday-after skool was ont
JAKE q me went a hickry nutting out
OLD man Skinnerses thicket. we had
only Just got our sacks full when ole
man Skinner cum along & he sed
Wot you kids doing in my woods
now get out. So we started 2 pick IN
our sacks & he sed Empty them durn
you We did. That ole man is ,
stingy to give duck a drink
Ihursday-The teecher asst Jane .
name the canal which carrys the fud
Threw the body afterthe stummicl(
Dlgested 1T. She revlyed & sed it was
the Allmony canal. / snickered e
she frose me with of her looks.