New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Dempsey camp. Manager Jack Kearns
invited Mayor Schrieber, Tex Rickard,
Ad. T. Patcher, president of the To-
ledo Athletic Club, and some sixty-odd
literary gents to partake Of spaghetti
cooked as it is cooked only in Milan,
Italy, and San Francisco. Cal 1t was
while this feast was being enjoyed by
the Dorgans, Hockstadters, Kellys, Co.
hens, McCarthys and other Italian
Americans that Dempsey appeared at
his best.
Along the beach marched Dempsey,
naked to the waist, the sunlight play
ing on his bronze arms and shoulders.
He was footing on a wheezy harmonica
and his face wore the care-free express
sion of young Pan. Beside him trooped
four little bare-legged children, two
boys and two girls. Behind marched
the grizzled Jimmy de Forrest, his
wrinkled forehead giving him the ap-
pearance of kindly old satyr.
Bit of Ancient Greece
It might have seemed like bit of
ancient Greece translated to the shores
Of Maumee Bay but for the tune that
Dempsey played and which the chill
dren in their high pitched voices
trilled after him. And the burden of it
was doomed out in the bass of Jimmy
de Forrest. 1t was "The Jelly Roll
Blues"
But for an instant or two there
danced young Pan with his attendants
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Then William Harrison Dempsey threw
laughed: "This is Dempsey's Maumee
Bay jazz band"
All of which goes to show that
Dempsey seems to be in a fairly calm
and peaceful frame of mind, for he had
spent most of the morning squatting
on sun-bleached piece of driftwood
talking to the four children A youth
of twenty-five who can hold four
children in earnest conversation for
three or four hours must posses a
rare fund of wisdom.
Willard put in eleven rounds of
boxing while the fiesta was on at the
Dempsey camp. He had one little
stranger among his sparrlng partners,
Joe Chip, a chip of the Chipoulus
family that produced George Chip.
Joseph is a middleweight, 161 FOUNDER,
and an active and earnest young man
Willard Kept Busy
Young Joseph Chip, who furnished
two rounds Of the exercise, gave Will
lard fairly good workout because of
his catlike activity. He reached
Willard on the jaw several times and
kept the big fellow stepping, which is
something his other sparring partners
have not done
Willard will not be able to stand
flat-footed with Dempsey. He will
have to meet frequent changes of pace,
and the sort of work that he did with
Chip to-day is just about what he
needs at this stage of the game
One feature about Willard's work
tends to make some of his followers
hold misgivings. After a few seconds
OF work Wizards jaw begins to. sag
and he boxes with his mouth wide
open. That is dangerous, as one Al
Palzer can testify.
Once upon time Al Palzer was
boxing one Bombardier Wells. Palzer
tired and his jaw began to sag as he
puffed. Wells caught him a light tap
on the loose jaw and Palzer dropped
to the mat all but out. 1t is true that
Albert got up after taking the full
count and knocked out Wells, but he
nearly lost the fight because the light
blow on the loosened jaw Jared him
to the base of the brain.
Both Mouth Breathers
Willard breathes through his mouth
naturally and his jaw hangs even when
he IS in repose. The open mouth gives
MN the appearance of being stupid,
though he certainly is not that But
loose hung jaw is no thing to carry
on ones person when it is within range
Of Dempsey punch.
Dempsey, too, breathes through his
mouth when weary. But his teeth al
ways are clenched, and the jaw is set
to resist any shock. When not at play
Dempsey has the appearance of being
always ready to give or take punch.
Wizards condition at this stage
seems to be thoroughly satisfactory.
The muscles of his broad back, which
were smooth and soft looking when
ne started his training here, are be-
ginning to show lines and knots ana
the bronze tint is deepening in his
skin. He was calling for more work
when he looked over his bruised and
painting set of sparring partners,
grinned and started to shadow box.
Jest look at him now!" shrilled a
citizeness Of this community. "If he
naint fighting with hisself!"
One thing irritates Willard exceed
'ngly, and that is comment from the
crowd on the boxing in training. Re-
marks from his gallery always make
him scowl.
Objects to Comments
u am trying to have signs put UP in
tne arena asking people not to com
ment on the Gay Of the big fight" he
toid me. Il don't think that it does
tne game any good Why do they do
aver the boxing Jack Heinen had
oadiy bruised lip, Jack Hcmel was sit
.'ng down trying to gather some breath
aiter stopping some lefts to the pit Of
tas stomach, Walter Monahan was bit
grassy about the eyes and little Joe
mp was licking his skinned Hpa like
Mrrier that had just been classified
1or annoying big st. Bernard.
willard ought to have more sparrlng
pa.'nsrS II ne wants to speed up tow