Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-30
EXPERTS REIGN SUPREME 4
TOLEDO FULL OF KNOWING
ONES DOPING OUT BIG BOUT
Wiilard's Stock Takes Rise when He
SisitS Hotel Lobby but Falls
When Dempsey Clan Comes
BIZ DAMON RuNYoN.

TOLEDO. o., June 29-In the wears
to come they may expand and elabo.
the expansion and elaboration Of the
Willard Dempsey imbrogiio but one
| thing is certain: they are never going
to out-eNpert this case.
! The Johnson-Jcffries affair at Reno;
msm9ory; the Thaw trial, the, peace
penings in which the services Of ex-
perts were required, or, at least were
employed, pale into the celebrated in
signihcance beside the impending
event.
a man around the lobby Of the
ii0tel secor in Toledo at this writing
a plain baseball writer is In the press
box AT worlds series or a political
reporter az a national convention.
sinking about The secor this NOM
ing, but they were hurled so Violently
from from the premises by the house cop
they denied in the front of the Toledo
Hlade office across the way. They
tipped themselves off by claiming that
is coming off.
Outcome Really No Secret.
a man in Toledo who does not know
mis- has no business in Toledo. It is
fun possession OF valuable informa-
tons; Tad" Dorsan, the famous egg
GAMBLER from Great Neck. Long Island
The fight among EN- in lieu OF the
BY noon today the lobby Of the
,weltering in their own ideas. Al that
hour straw vote showed conclus-
lively that Willard will win, but the
sey party. as few Of the Dempsey ex.
perts are up that early.
BESIDES. Jess Willard had just COM
pleted his usual morning call and his
opinion his way. 1t was mild form
OF coercion. When a fellow gets an
e ey io.. OF Jess he is bound to feel more
BIS he is certainly big.
Mnldoon Startles the Experts.
However. by 2 o'clock the Dempsey
delesates were up and about and fairly
spriEhtly and hasty poll showed Jack
running ahead Of his hurley opponent.
liardites were we'll nigh Knocked for
side pocket by William Muldoon,
stating that Jess muscles lack CO.
ordination. or something to that ef-
feet.
That CO. ordination thing was one of
the biggest things in Dempsey's favor
since the rumor. got around that Will
fairly stunned the opposition Bat
Masterson sat thinking about it all
afternoon and saying over and over
to himself: Congratulations; co-ordin-
alton Even Grantland Rice was
breathing heavily as he came up after
that one.
From an expert standpoint, this
it will be the first matter of the kind
exported under strictly dry conditions.
In common with the rest OF the ma
ton, Toledo goes as dry as the rest
Of the nation tomorrow afternoon.
However, that is small detail. There
is no use botherins about spilled milk
until it is split. Or beans. either.
"Reansie" Gets to Toledo.
Speaking OF beans. Beans" Walker,
the Los Angeles expert, got in yes
terday. There is no Interior motive
in coupling this paragraph with the
Angeles Examiner in \veiveteen
jacket. The only other scandal we
can think of ie connection with him
hereabouts. He originated at Lima.
sion: 'Dhere has Lima bean?"
Years ago. when Mr.. Walker went to
diamond display. In those days he
wore not only pins and rings, but
giitterinE jeweled s,omacher. Then
came a hiatus in his magnihcence Out
In Los Angeles the past few years he
has been going in for plain, unob-
trusive apparel, and not much jewelry.
Rumors of certain influence were
current. But here is Beanie" in all
the glory Of the yore--big old splatter
in his striped neck stock. and wide
streak OF light across his fingers. II
shows 10 what a man Will revert once
he is removed from certain Influence
willard Becomes might Rider"
a startling tale which spread over
these parts Yesterday was to the effect
that Willard has been doing lot OF
road work at night lately. pugil-
stic might rider" so TO speak. This.
so 20 ta1 far
his loss Of weight.
OR any way, it was one accounting.
Jack curley,, you remember, says Jess
could think OF no reason why Jess
couldn't get IL. save perhap. for the
general paucity Of square things
around sporting event.
Other reasons were assigned for Mr..
Wizards sudden and incNplicablc fall
Ing away to ton. more or less. but
awarded the brown derby without a
dissenting vote.
NJ Willard appesred in tho secord
back on his bean. southwestern hat
is a cross between a Stetson and Knox,
and the result Of this close i1breedins
pion was neatly arraycd in trousers.
coat and soforth.
Holds His Usual Court.
Tic held his usual court, his admirers
crowdinE UP close 10 him and whisper
ing admrinGly to each other: Don't
| nc look srcat?' While his non-admir-
ers sulkily walked around the far rim
OF the human wheels OF which Jess
WAS The hub. muttcring Indignantly:
| Big stiff"
It was. quite an occa sion one way
! and another. Jess does look well. AS
f! Mr.. Muldoon would say: He seems to
! be in good health"
! From even money Dempsey has ad-
| vanced TO slight betting favoritc
| hercabouts. This is due to the fact
! that there is SO very little VILLA I'd
! money in evidence that the Demp-
| TO get aboard.
| 4 somewhat similar situation pre-
! vailed in Havana before Willard met
! Johnson. While il was Sa id the cham
| pion was the favorite in New York,
and elsewhere in the States. there was
! vana, and Willard was at evens by
| the day Of Tho la .tln will, r.isrh :.