The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-30

Champions Shadow and
Boy Challenger Will
Spend Month in Noun
tainS of Colorado.
BY FRED TURBYVlLLE.

In about another week, or just as
soon as Tex Richard makes some def
mite announcement as to where the
July 4 heavyweight title clash is to
be staged, Jack Dempsey and his par
ty will hike Tor the mountains near
Leadville, Colo, and start training
for Jess Willard.
Jack will take with him into the
hills near his old home, Jess Wizards
shadow-a big fellow who once as
pired to the honors that 81 with the
Championship. The shadow is, Dan
Daily of New Castle Pa, a former
member of the Jimmy Dime stable Of
fighters.
He will not be the only sparring
partner of the young man who seems
headed toward the heavyweight. cham
pionship, but he is by far the most
important cog in the training .machin-
cry Of the cllallenger's camp. In sta
ture he is almost counterpart of
Willard. He has fought Willard, Mo
ran, Palzer, Fulton and most of the
other men in the heavyweight class.
Dempsey is goin gto fight Wizards
shadow two months. The shadow is
going to initiate Willard two months.
At the end Of that time Dempsey .ex-
poets to be ready for the cash and to
know his foe when he steps through
the ropes. ~.'t =
AS soon as Jeck Dempsey had been
signed for the championship mill he
and his manager, Jack Kearns, held a
council of war. They decided they
must find man like Willard-a man
Of the same size. and one who could
initiate the champions style of fight.
in in the ring. There was only one
such man and he was Daily.
), Daily and Willard had clashed in
the ring at Buffalo in 1914. 1t was a
rough and ready mill. Eoth fighters
were badly punished. Daily claims to
have floored Willard in that fight. The
mill was stopped in the ninth round
by the police, but ip>the record books
Willard is credited with a knockout
Daily declares he was the winner
Daily believes himself the equal Of
Willard and he furthermore says that
Dempsey is better than he There
fore, says Daily, dempsey will win
the coming battle. ......
Dan has mixed it pretty roughly
with Dempsey. He always came out
the worse for wear and each time he
has taken hard wallop from the two
listed knocker-Out he became more as
sertive in his prediction of new
heavyweight champion.
Hell knock Willard out" he keeps
| saying. Nothing can stand before
| him.
| And when you stack them up side
| by side, Dempsey's 1877 pounds against
the 247 pounds of Daily, feet against
6 feet 6 IL inches, you don't notice
such a great difference. Of course
Willard is even bigger-bigger, in
poundage. His reach and height
about equal Daily's,
Dempsey is one of the fastest heavy
weights the game has ever seen. And
he's big enough. Willard is big but
that bigness isn't overwhelming
Right now this big boy Dempsey is
thinking more of the. month in the
mountains than he is the coming clash
with the champion He's crazy abou,
the outdoors. He will take along with
him his manager. Jack Kearns, OAR
Daily and Lester Johnson, sparrine
partners, besides the trainers and rub
bers.
| He's going to bed at dark and he's
going to get up at sunrise. He's 60
ing to r0mp and play out in the noun
ltains and hen month before tn.
light he's going to pitch trainint
quarters near the scene Of the f1h
and polish off his training by ham
mering all the heavyweight sparrinl
partners he can find.