The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-21
Former Heavyweight Says It Will Be a Case of Youth vS. Age-Other Feature Yarns.
N OM SHARKEY picks Jack Dempsey to knock Jess Will
 lard out in about four rounds

Dempsey to knock Jess Will
 lard out in about four rounds when they meet.
 Ordinarily the opinion of a fighter of a decade ago concerning present. day ring stars isn't worth a contl- mental. but Sharkey's words arc worth listening to because he starred against bigger men than himself and knows the smaller mans advantages and the big mans handicaps.
 Old timers will recall that when Sharkey was at his best he weighed less than Dempsey does. Tom tackled the giant Jim Jerfries twice and in a total of 45 rounds of man. killing fighting wasn't floored. Jeff fries compared with Sharkey about as Willard does with the challenger. SharSey says:
 This boy Dempsey looks like a real fighter 10 me. He'll beat Will lard sure, and look for him to turn the trick in about four rounds. Will lard never was a great fighter, in my opinion. show me one good man that he ever beat and l may change my opinion.
 He beat Johnson when the black fellow was all in. and at that it took him 26 rounds to do it. Outside of Johnson he beat no one who was
 
 been out of the ring for three years and he won't be half as good as he was when he won the title. He may look all right from the outside, but you can't tell me he'll be there when the pinch comes.
 Don't let any one tell you that Willard can't be hurt. They never made one yet that would not go when the right punch lands. And this fel- 1ny Ia' ernr good hands and he doesn't waste any time with his punches. l don't think l ever saw any one who could sock much harder than Dempsey. That boy will win and he'll make great champion. I wish him all the luck in the world"
 The most interesting feature of Sharkey's remarks is the fact that he admits Jack Is a bearcat fighter. Tom has been a leader in the ranks of the old-time fighters who have insisted the present-day fighters do not stack up well with the ones of q decade or more ago. Sharkey was able to hit Jeffries at will despite Jim's great size. Tom believes Jack can get 10 Willard the same way. The very fact that Dempsey is up against the same proposition Sharkey
 
 admiration for Jack. Besides this Dempsey has shown that he is of the old type of tearing in aggressive tighter that f1ourished when Tom was in the game. This probably appeals To Sharkey, too. TH1s STORY came Up from the Il camp of the Red sox in the south. You can take 1t or leave 1t:
 Babe Ruth has the general ways of the stone age man. He is strong on muscle and individual initiative and determination. So Joe Bush. sizing him up, gave him the name of Tar gan" When Babe wanted to know what "Tarzan" meant, Bush explain cd to him that the original bearer of that name was a mighty hunter. a hero many times over and generally some pumpkins as an alI-round he bear.
 Ruth was satisfied. and all went well until the film picture of Tar gan" struck the town where the Red SoX were playing one day and Babe saw the posters in front of the local movie theatre. one had "T'arzan." minus most of his clothes. hanging from the limb of a tree and r,rinninr amiably at a big gorilla Ruth began
 
 his temper in check until he could get a squint at the show. For he hg- ured, maybe, the picture was just a fake.
 But when he saw Tarzan in tho first scene of that famous thriller ''Tarzan of the Apes" Ruth didn't wait for the second act but hot footed it out to the ball park. grabbed bat and started for Bush. Joe saw him coming. however, and At the end of a half hours chase was clean out of sight. Ruth finally calmed down. but no member of the team has had the temerity to call him ''Tarzan" since. However, it's moro than likely the fans in rival cities will remind him of the incident quite frequently this summer. IT ID GLEASON says George UhIe. AA the semf-pro star who is try ing to win n berth with the Cleveland Indians, may make a great pitcher when he quits teiegraphing to the batter what he is going to throw. Gleason says Dick Kerr had the same fault when he joined the White Sox in the training camp, and the Kid had serious talk with Kerr about it.
 You throw, your fast one with a side-arm motion. your curve with an overland throw" Gleason said to Kerr. You can't get by that way"
 T got by all right in the Southern and American association" replied Kerr.
 That may be so, but you will never get by in this league if you don't stop telegraphing." restored
 
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