Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-03

Talk
Az III Other Places Tomorrow
Contest IS Big Topic Ard
Each Has Supporters
EDGREN COMPARES THEM

Most people ii Annapolis and VII
entity. 40 matter how far removed or
siInarily from the domain 81 sports. are
interested III the willard Dempsey
prixeaght Tor the championship Of the
World, which takes place al Toledo.
Ohio. tomorrow. and are discussing its
probable outcome. Reports OF isa re-
suit, al least. viii be received In An
napolIs. and arc awaited with much
interest
Naturally. the young men Or the
city have the keenest interest ii the
AFFAIR. Though few, II any. here. have
followed tho fIghslng game ~ any OK
tent 81 claim ID have the Informal Ion
and experience 10 mike their opinion
biz much value, the city Ii athleticllly
inclined. and most everyoaa Is ready
10 express ain opinion. even though
based On little but newspaper coni-
ments and lunches.
AS groups Of young men are pas scd
on the streets. such as those who eon-
gregafe on Main street where It IS
Joined BY Conduit. snalchea of cOnyer-
sation about the fight are heard. Il
Is the same thing around the Ere COM
pany h0dses and, IN fact, everywhere
where young men. md some older
men. congregate The fight Is the big
topic. even bigger ahan the water
question, for the time being
Opinion. on the whole, seems to In
cline towards willard, the present
champion, lis the winner M the fight.
while there are those quite ! gOOdiy
representation oI them who feel that
he will fall before the younger and
Tighter man. Dempsey. Those who
favor willard DO 50 on the ground 81
his greater strength, weight, height
and reach, while others think that the
youth and aggressiveness on Dempsey
hare going to make him the master
1t may be mentioned that Willard
weighs 255 pounds after his course Of
training, and stands six feet and five
inches In height Dempsey weighs
40 pounds and is six feet and one
inch
Tne outlook is discussed in q sensi-
BILE manner BIZ Robert Edgren, the
sport writer He says:
Picking the winner ID this bout IS
still puazllng the expert followers Of
the sport Each man has advantages
that may OFFSET the advantages Of his
kopponent. And with two such heavy
hittera SIS willard and Dempsey pitt
! I'D against each other, the whole COM
plexion III the battle may be deternairl-
ed by Il single blow, ii an early round.
when Jeffries Won the championship
from Fitzsilnmons he knocked Fitz
down with d left lab In the second
Onnd and Jared him SO badly that
Fitz never recovered entirely from the
effect Of that one blow.
"The same thing may happen on
either side In Fridays scrap
There IS no question that DEMPSEY
|ds able to deal blow that will jar
willard, and even put him down, al
though the big champion has never
yet been on the floor Of any ring And
anyone who saw Willard in his early
fights knows that he can turn q man
somersault, when he shoots over
his big right hand. He did that with
Soldier Kearns. who weighed 20
pounds and was As powerful man AZ
ever wore glove. Willard bit Kearns
Oh the head with his right hand and
1.-THE Soldiers heels flew into the air
ltgo that lie struck the door on the
hack 81 the neck The same blow de-
slivered with the same force might
upset Dempsey as easily, as lack does
not keep his head out OF the way
Toledo ii full Of people who will
argue that Dempsey cannot be hit,
and people Who argue that be has no
defense at all. IN fact Dempsey does
not block much but he has two Of the
elements OF perfect defense First,
! ne moves with great speed and Is con-
ltinnally bobbing his head about 10
make ii hard target to reach Sec
ond. he attacks fnriously and reIent-
Iessiy, so that ne keeps the other man
| busy defending himself
Yesterday had letter from Wall
tier De Baum. who vas 4 great friend
of John i. Sullivan III bis early days
! and he was one of the most skillful
boxers OE Sul1ivan's time Walter
wrote tHas he has seen Dempsey laght
| often and that Dempsey n an almost
| duplicate oE John IL Sullivan ~ the
age of 29 when Sullivan was knocking
Out ali opponents with ease. Sullivan
never had canlinowev err OK D scar
] 10 show Tor All of his hundreds og hard
lights. HIS attack was 20 furious that
/ the other men never had chance 10