New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

I
ing battle-twelve rounds to decisio,
both the champion and the en-,
tender are adopting new and lucrat;r.
methods of preliminary training. Ia.
Willard is in the moving picture So
tion of Los Angeles, Cal, where h.
is starring in a brand new reel. 4
the evenings he counts over his n,
stock ~
Jack Dempsey is somewhere on u.
road with hurley-cue company sls'
waiting the drama and sparring nightlv
In his odd moments he dictates HI.
memoirs at SO much per linear foot.
1t was only few years ago that III.
deluded pugilists of the other generss
tion felt that it was necessary a.,
them to retire to some road house a,
the time of big fight drew near. Thsv
would spend hours trotting aimlesslv
over hill and dale and hours more boz.
ing in gymnasiums. They got nothin,
for this. 1t was merely preliminar
to the fight.
Willard Drops Socks
The two modern heavyweights ar.
rived at ways and means to make !.
profit out of the preliminary work. AZ
soon as Jess Willard heard that In.
match was certain to be made he
dropped the socks that he had beel
knitting for the Red Cross since Apri,
6, 1917, and began to look about him
for some profitable means of gettins
himself into condition. Along came
a moving picture man and signed him
for a Wild West thriller.
The champion finds himself in La,
Angeles with all expenses paid, horse,
to ride and lot of stage COWBOYS /,
knock for a goal every afternoon. Ths
camera records each deed and Willard
gets substantial sum for his train.
ing. 1t is much more interesting than
running aimlessly over the hills ever,
morning and boxing in a perfuctory
fashion every afternoon. Also tbs
check comes fresh every month.
Dempsey is a trifle less fortunate
Being only contender and not cham
pion, he has not been sought as a pict
ure partner for Mary Pickford. Bu,
the more or less legitimate drama.
the burleycue-sought him out. II
Dempsey the association with th.
"shlmmy" and other forms of thu
modern Terpsichorean art is much
more refined and interesting than ths
retirement with uncouth sparrinc
partners to the traditional road house
tor the hike over the hill and the end
less shadow boxing And debating
ones memoirs is a cinch.
No wonder that Jack McAulife. re-
tired undefeated lightweight champio
OF the world, knocks his head agains
the wall and weeps whenever he hear,
anything of Richards $127, 500 match
Jack got exactly nothing for training
Tor his fiercest fight with Carney anf
exactly nothing for the fight itself
put that was couple of decades ago
Puglllsts have progressed financial,
since
Reports from Los Angeles are to til,
enect that Willard is far from ia
and Habby wreck, as some of the Demp
sey admirers have contended. recal
that the champion was suspected of be
ing in that condition lust before tn
bout with Moran. but he turned out +
be a rather lively wreck. The fat. a
one of the gentlemen who handled hin
at the time explained, was not fat bu
muscle. He invited the writer to fee
OF the champions stomach and verif
thls assertion. The writer felt. an
was convinced that there was som
truth in the assertion.
Carting 27o Pounds
Willard probably is carting aroun
about 27o pounds, but he can carr
that weight easily. 1t is idle to tr
making parallel between Willard an
Jeffrles. The life that Willard ha
been leading since his practical retire
ment is different from the life led b
Jeffries. The Dempsey enthusiast
should not bank too much on III
physical deterioration of the chamn;or
1T IS true that he is no longer dash
ing youth. He is beginning 10 ia
forty, but he is far from a corpulen
and aged wreck. p0''A
Talk of Britton- Leonard bout !
IN the air. 1t probably will be brourh
ABOUT, but it will be one of those eight
round bouts in Jersey. On the don DON
an elght-round bout between Britto
and Leonard would decide nothing !;
particular. Britton, however. is ahou
tn the only logical match" for Leonart
ihe lightweight champion stands =
Tar over all the fighters in his elias
that any bouts he may have with lieb,
weights will be merely perfuncto1
bouts wa
Unless some of the states 90. N
liberal spirit Of the times and nermi
longer bouts with decisions. the cham