The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-06-10
WIZARDS
UPPERCUT
IS DEADLY
t Won Many Battles for Mon
Ster In His Early
Days.
BY FRANK c.. MENEE

EsrAFF CORRESPONDENT i. N. sERqicEI
TOLEDO, o., June 10.-The
Jack Dempsey rooters may never
get a chance TO exercise their local
chords on the Fourth of July if
the Utah slugger does not perfect
some adequate defense for the rim
of his jaw.
Dempsey's resent style of bat
ting knows no guard for either the
upper of lower part of his head.
And the deadliest punch that Jess
Willard carries in his immense
arm is an uppercut. It is the one
blow that the man mountain can
deliver with all the crushing force
of his super-body behind il.
BROKE MANS NECK WITH IT.
4 r~ight-hand upper-cut used during
his early DAYS won many BATTLES for
Willard. The half circle sweep that
~traveled from his knee u the head OF
his opponent never failed to drop the
target that it hit. 1t was that same
apper-cat that broke the neck Of Bull
Young in Frisco a few years ago. and
Young died within q few minutes after
Willard hit him.
Ever since that time Willard has
never attempted frequent use Of the
most powerful blow that he knows, per-
haps because he feared the consequence
If it landed But if Dempsey corners
- - -.
ring trick to save himself from de-
thronement. it is a certainty that VIII
lard will use that uppercut and chance
the swapping Of Dempseys spinal
column.
Through the last few days Of train
ing Dempsey. perhaps cognizant Of the
menace Of that uppercat without de-
Tense. has been attempting to perfect
some covering for il. But mp to the
present time the result has bean incon-
seoucntaL Il fact rather disheart-
ening to those who are yearning for a
Bonpse victory over the mighty cham
pion
DEMPSEY IN GREAT SHAPE.
Dempsey right now is in the most
superb nghting condition he has ever
known. With muscles perfectly tuned,
skin tanned almost to b~lackness by out
door life, with vine in excellent condi-
ton. Dempsey is Mt TO battle a hundred
rounds if condition alone is necessary
to carry on.
Dempsey moves with the speed Of a
panther. Those whose memories sweep
back along the trail Of yesterday to the
time OF Paddy Ryan say that Jim Cor
bett alone was faster than the mauler
from the Golden West. Compared with
Willard. the ~oungs is like a ten sec
ond performer in a race with q hobbled
truckman.
And Dempsey is punching With such
startling accuracy and dynamic power
that he IS having trouble in keeping a
STAFF of sparring partners. Although he
has offered 5000 a week to sparrers.
whose usual pay is only SIS. he cannot
get any white men TO linger long. a
dozen or so essayed the task-including
Jack Ross, heavyweight champion OF
Canada-and all Of them either have
quit cold or been knocked cold" in a
round or two.
NO ROUGH STUFF TODAY.
Dempsey.s program for today perhaps
viii not include any rough stuff" It's
sill because the Jamaica Kid" one Of
Jacks dusky punching bags swept
the heel of his glove against the Demp-
sey optic in a rally Monday afternoon.
The result was a nasty cash over
Dempsey's right eye that may take a
week or SO TO heal. If unpunched in the
interim.
But it's perhaps just as Well" con-
soIed Jacks trainer. Jacks condition
is such right now that he was in danger
Of entertaining. a few DAYS let-up in
boxing Will do him good rather than
harm, -