The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-17
PUG|l|STS WORK OUT
/. ON RIVALS JABS
nempsey and willard Take shots at
Tricks Practiced BIZ Each Other.
,7so. tBy FRANK G, MENkE.D

Toledo. Ohio, June IA new de-
Tense will be presented by Jack Demp-
sey July land Jess willard in the
resuttal will exhibit an attack that
varies considerably from the old. The
noble warriors having been tipped as
IL the favorite ring tricks OF the other.
Fave been trying for weeks to devise
methods to thwart the plans of the
other. And each 10 proceeding In a
way that makes him quite enthusiastic.
Dempsey. having heard often-and In
Sowing terms-of the long. powerful
and snakelikA left hand. which is In
claded in the trick bag OF the champion
has been lAboring to null it's value. Bill
Tate, the great eparring partner has
been left jabbing at Dempsey--but to
Dempsey. studying ways and means OF
welding II, the feat at hrst was rather
impossible Of accomplishment. Demp-
sey's natural rush was just the kind
that rammed him into that left
Bnt lately II has been a somewhat
different story Dempsey can break
through the willard Kuard--As demon
ssration by Tate-and with startling
frequency. This is probably due to a
new sort OF head wiggle used by the
Utah mauler. and also to a more pro-
nA1Hced crouch than Dempsey has
~so~n before Tate does his best ia
Ivy inc tH'ToSDs put tpHitFStN -
can't be done" Dempsey rushes. wig
giles and erouches his way through, de-
ante TAte's skilfuI efforts to spear
htrn with 4 aouthpaw,
Don't get the impression that Tate
!fnt q master OF that left Jab.
Some persons, and they haven't any
unkind feeling toward willard either,
eia.m the big negro jabs faster and
slrer than the champion. whose ability
IN that line has helped to make hin,
famous.
IRE success OF Dempsey IN the eva
sion Of Tate's left hand has heartened
re Dempsey camp considerably and
II nov voices this feeling:
Our only worry WAS that Jack Nigh,
not Re able to get past a long left
But he has been escaping Tate and Il
y. can do that he surely can ge, past
WIZARDS left. when he does that he
~Nl begin to crack the big fellow, and
then, good n!Eht less Willard.
Meanwhile the champion Is faith
fully practicins a left hook and left
uppercut. both new additions to his
punching equipment. He expec 5,
through the introduction of the blows
~ foil the slashing Dempsey attacks
hat toppled nearly two score foeme r.
into the scrap heap.
The left uppercut differs. from the
~onderful right that Willard possesses
inasmHch as II IL short snappy
hiox--espec.ally suited for the infght-
Inc which Dempsey IL expected to force
W-iiiArds mighty uppercut. which
stArte around the knee cap and de-
strlhes \ fun fearful sweep upward
has its greatest value only in Ions
reuTn work.
But can use the left handler In to"
- toe work" declares Jess
willard hasn't developed the left up
ntrcut to the point OF real ericiencs
vet There is certain awkwardness
~ us use Just now But willard IL
Improving with II and declares II vii
he In frsi-ciass working order on this
Fourth.
The same Is true concerning the LEFT
took Jess never hooked from that side
in the past But he insists that he II
going to do IL quite often agains
Dempsey and Is rather confident tha'
s.ch punch may win the nght for him