The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-27
Runyon Scents Possibility Of
Toledo Scrap Going to Limit
No One in Ftc Circles So Far Appears Have Counted Upon
this Altogether Likely Wind Up of the Glorious Fourth
Championship Affair.

ever staged. Like everyone else,
/ am locking for short tight.
and a merry one. but like everyone
else / am basins that idea on the ex-
rectation that Dempsey viii lug the
battle 10 Willard right from the
Kickoff.
Supposinr Dempsey fails to do thate
What then. good gentlemen? II seems
improbable that Dempsey can change
his style, but suppoaing he discovers
in the first few rushes he is certain
to make that he cannot get past the
long left OF Willard without having
his nose plastered all over the map?
Would il be reasonable 10 expect
Jack 10 keep on rushing? Would it
be good sense for him TO keep plug
girg again at that sort OF barrier?
think not don't think Dempsey
wants to get messed about. and per-
haps Knocked cold. any more than any
other fighter.
If the Coloredoan meets early re-
bluffs, he may try waiting around and
as Willard is a waiter to the manner
horn--a sort of head waiter so to
speak-we may see an afternoon of
waiting and / can think of no worse
way of putting in our Datior's birth
day.
t|sIiffseS mas hnoCked out a lCt
queer looking parties in ragtime, but
he has also engaged in lumber of
squabbles which went the limit
well remember hanging over ticker
wire waiting for the *. o." fash that
4 never came. That was the night OF
} MS fight with Billy Miske in St Paul
! There - no single incident in Will
/ lards fistic career on which TO base
the thought that he may end this.
or any other fight quickly He is
positively a mallngercr in battle Slow
TO begin. he is dilatory in finishing.
People who expect Jess to stop
Dempsey use AK a foundation for that
expectation the fact that Jack is A
mark for left hand A very ordi-
nary port prodder can hit him. VIII
lard has a good left, but don't for
get that Willard swatted lot of per
sons with that left and tailed to bring
them down
Tom Mcmahon, Gunboat Smith
Boer Rodel. and others weathcred it
Granting that il wasn't so good ir
those days. there is Frank Moran who
lived nuder the Willard southpav
when It was supposed TO be at ite
pest surely Dempsey is as stout az
any of those
Willard has said that he intend,
taking some Of the battle AT least tc
Dempsey. II seems inconceivabit
that Jess can bring himself 10 forcint
hght, yet II was equally inconceiv,
able that Jack johnson could do sucf
thing, Jack WAS strictly waiter
yet at Havana he went shutting af
ter Jess in a manner which astonish
ed all beholders.
lf Dempsey starts any waiting or
jury =, the crowd is pretty apt to ge
Jess TO some action. But if the,
'poth wait--well / can imagine you'll
scent II back there before the
twelve rounds are over
Win decision depending on tn,
result, whether there is a knockou
or not ii is pretty certain that on,
or the other will manifest some ag
gressiyeness That counts in tn.
summing up.
Speaking OF Frank Moran. as die
In few paragraphs back He ar
rived IN Toledo last night. Tn,
Pittsburgh blondy is ablaze anc
voiuble AS ever. He looks in sucf
good condition that was not sur
prised when he whispered to me hi
intention of taking A jaunt to ga,
Farce before long and firing a Mar,
Ann" AT Georges Carpenter. ant
some OF the other lads over yonder.
m NOT picking the winner o
this one yet" said Frank
I've got to 60 out and look III,
boys over first want to see EN-
sweat Cant tell 4 thing about 'en
until ] sec EN- sweat"
Get-rioh- quick" John j. Ryar
had $4,000 ON tap at the Rood,
hotel 10 bet on Jack Dempsey. anc
mad permitted the folks 10 pick of
about 81 ,oaG OF it in small chunks.