The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
JACK DEMPSEY
STARTS WORK
ALL OVER
Eye About Healed and He
Takes on Terry Keller for
Benefit of Movie Men.
BY JACK

TOLEDO. O, June 2O-weI.
showed the bows today that | haven
forgotten how to box during the tim,
| nave been waiting for my eye 10 heal
The two rounds l hoxed with TER,
kellar for the benefit Of the Pathc
news camera men were tough on me
tor wanted to go further. I believe
night now that I could step out arc
do just rs much boxing as ever with.
out a bit Of danger Of opening tina
cut over nv right eye.
don't think the newspaper mer
and the other folk about the rinr
noticed ii, hut kellar cracked me twice
right on the spot where Jamaica Kit
ripped the skin open a couple Of week,
ago.
felt the ttnKie OF the glove, but il
didn't hurt, and a careful examination
Of the place after we had finished
failed TO show ANYTHING different from
what showed before we went into the
ring
7 fe't fine after that workout. I wa,
punching hard, stepping fast, ant
wanted to 20 my best. It's hard OF
an energetic man to slow up just wher
he Is started. However. ! have tht
greatest confidence in Jimmy DeFor,
est. He knows more about conditioning
boxers than any man In the country,
He starts in where the other fellows
leave off, If he says | must not box
that ends the argument. The fact thai
he let me step those two ounds will
kellar. however. should he sufficient tC
convince anyone that | am ready now
TO go on with my work.
Billy Miske is a great fellow TO traiT
with. No one needs to be afraid OF hit.
ting Bill, He can take those punches
as he showed when he fought me q
couple Of times. | hit him then with
everything | had, but couldn't stot
him urtt NFAf a HFnaf nfUNAEtRtnlt 4
to dig in when he Joins the camp.
Different Styles.
Jamaica Kid and Tate are different
from Miske in a way because the,
move faster, but Bill is more finished
defensively and they tell me that i,
what ] will have TO contend with wher
meet Willard, ] never have seer
Willard work, but 1 have heard tina
he plays a waiting game. hitting wher
his opponent comes after him.
He higures, Of course that I will bt
charging at him because that is the
way | nave done In most of my battles
Well, he may be right. Anyway, Miskt
viii give me lots of work against :
great defense.
Today against Keller worked fasl
and punched hard. Terry Is a fine fel.
low to work with, for he boxes just
as fast as do and made everything
lhbh llIe. tie tNEItu lopSt d. lpl "
left hand hooks, which is another thinl
like about him, for | imagine tina
Mr.. Willard will have n bundle Of left,
hand smashes laid away for me.
Left hands are not going to worry
me n lot, though, Fred Fulton. al
everyone knows. carries a left hant
that smashes away In pretty regular
fashion, yet it didn't worry me much
II you will remember, | went right
| past 1t and hit MIR. Fulton on the chin
The boys were surprised the Other
day when | stepped on the scales anC
boosted It to POI pounds, Well, | sale
before that Jimmy de Forest Is The
worlds greatest trainer, and ! don
think anything could be said that woulc
give more weight to the statement,
He has built up my weight while
getting mt In condition, a thing | neet
n getting ready for a big fellow like
Willard,
| don't expect to weigh that mucl
when ! 40 into the ring, hut you neve
can tell De Forest Is running the show
and II he builds me that way, that
the way IN be.
The pictures we took today consiSI
Of about 200 feet Of film ! swan, dived
rowed "A boat, played OH the beacl
with some kids that are about the
camp n great deal, and boxed, ! an
anxious to see what they win look like
copyright. 1919, by the Evening Mai
S~yndicatel