New-York tribune., 1919-06-19

Aiio AAAAl1iOu-Oo4ldT QukeS, Q1glCS or IL
his four sparring partners to speed
to the call, and a few seconds later
collided with left hook to the ia,
to-day, two with each assistant.
Over at the Dempsey camp William
Harrison Dempsey loafed all morning
on the beach of Maumee Bay and did
a little shadow boxing and pulley
yanking in the afternoon. The shaggy
browed young Celt wants to keep as
much of that pol pounds as possible
until July 4, when he probably will
have plenty of use for it,
Somehow Willard looked fatter to-
day than he looked when he started
training. Instead of reducing him to
any extent the long spell of work on
the previous days gave him an appe-
tlte and he slowed in lot of calories
and other things that broadened him
out and gave him a suggestion of
paunch. Gents who are tagging that
fatal age of forty or thereabouts will
run to baywindows and convex lines
about the waist.
Monahan Poor Orator
The comments of the visiting fire
men and others annoy Willard when
he is boxing. Before the exhibition
Willard had Walter Monahan make a
little speech requesting that no COM
mcnts be made. Monahan is not
natural orator, and the speech was
barely audible. Moreover when you
nick an Ohioan for two-bit piece at
the gate he is going to take his two
bits worth out in conversation. And
SO is she.
Little Chip, the middleweight,
seemed to give Willard the best work
out, as he was feinting and dancing
around to the side, changing the pace
as Dempsey probably will do on the
Fourth. This change of pace annoys
Willard to some extent, too. Moreover,
Chip reached him on the jaw unexpect-
edly more than onco. This annoyed
Willard, too, but he grinned and re-
trained from countering
With Jack Hempel the champion
was fairly rough At one time he
shot him clear across the ring with
succession of right crosses that
Jared and would have Jared consider
ably more if Willard had put all of
his steam behind the blows. Hempel
is beginning to look about as much
battered as Battling Nelson, who is
lingering about these parts engaged in
earnest literary work.
About two weeks from tonight will
mark the finish of the training period
of both fighters. Experts and mex
perts are of the opinion that Dempsey
IS ready for the ring tomorrow, while
they are sagely shaking their heads
over Willard. The matter of James ].
Jcffrics at Reno is still on their minds.
But l am quite certain that Willard
is not what they might term a hollow
she'll of what used to be, nor yet
fiabby wreck or any of that sort of
thing. He is in about as good condi-
tion as man tagging forty can hope
to get himself. He would be the bet
ter for month or more of work, but
there is no agency that could induce
Willard to take any more work than
he has taken.
Willard His Own Boss
The champion is his own boss, train
er and manager. He takes no advice
Ee is suspicious of advisers, having
once had three or four managers. He
will be responsible for his condition
and his fate when he steps into the
ring on July 4.
While he has not seen Dempsey box,
he. has his own ideas as to how the
fight will go, and he is drawing his
plans accordingly. Evidently he feels
that he is not going to be greatly an
noyed or exerted on July q, for his
plans are all made up, and they have
been made with the defeat of Dempsey
as something that has already oc-
Cured.
While Dempsey did nothing of a
spectacular nature yesterday, the crowd
was quite as thick at the Overland
Club, where William Harrison is re-
siding, as it was at the Casino where
Willard performs. The contender has
been photographed SO frequently that
he was around giving the photogra-
pliers tips to-day about lights and
shadows. He has posed for every blow
known to the Queensbery science.
The seam over his eye seems to be
disappearing. and he will start boxing
again Saturday. His handlers want
hlm to put on a head harness, but
Dempsey wants to block such punches
as arrive in his direction with his bare
and unprotected countenance.
Both Can Be Reached
The battle in July, it seems to me.
VIII not only be a question Of how
hard they can SOCK but how hard a
sock they can take. For both Willard
and Dempsey can be reached The left
hook of Willard has tremendous power
behind it, though it is delivered in
ponderous fashion. Dempsey has
snappy drive in either fist, and if Will
iard's sparring partners can land on
hlm Dempsey certainly can land and
land harder. The question may be
just how many of Dempsey's punches
can Willard stand
Again, Willard is gentle with his
srarring partners and is always on the
defensive in training He has ;ndi-
Gated that he will take the offensive
against Dempsey and that he certainly
VIII not pull any of his punches. That
Willard left hook, delivered with the
full steam of the elephantine cham
plon behind it, would have tendency
TO ooYnce almost anybody's head from
his shoulders
There is not much loose betting or