Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
WITH JESS IN CONDITION,
BOUT WILL Be THRILLER
But Reports From Toledo Say Champ
Is Ioafing and Will Not BE In
Shape to Fight Dempsey.
WILLARD VERY CONFIDENT
States That His One Aim Is to He
In Finest Fcttle, and That He
Knows His Physical Powers Better
Than Sport Writer'S.
BY JAMES CoRBETT.

VIII less willard be in real lighting
o,i certainly WILL" declares tn.
He won't be unless no changes his
raining program In a radical way"
ed Ip T mGsd OF 1he ring exper.s gather.
iE MS daily workouts for nearly three
Weeks. and apparently they aren't I'm
Rarely in ring history has the train.
Ing camp work OF a champion been
more severely criticized than that Of
Willard. But willard seems unmoved
My one aim Is to be in the best
king. MY methods OF cif-irainins
may not be in strict keeping with
l know my physicai powers a lot bet
ter tnan they do. | have 40 arranged
my plans that will work into shape
very top on july I. There won't be
any chance OF my entertaining and
soing stale. as there is when fighter
works under the training orders Of
Jess Loafink, Reports Say.
Just the same, the reports from To.
iedo have it that willard is sort OF
loafins along in his work. This is
doub,ediy. those who have acclaimed
willard one OF the truly greats OF
pusiiism would back him 10 the limit
o. o,, HIT r. eInSTGils l. sssurea that he
But they are bit skeptical about 1t
esst doubts as to WIZARDS ability 10
turn the conditioning trick
willard, in perfect physical cond.-
lion, stacks UP as one OF the greatest
nEhtinE machines OF all time. HES
yesrs OF his fs,lc life he ha. taken
thousands OF the most terrific punches
That h!s soemen COULD SEND into his
Smith. grea, h!t,ers, all OF them.
punches they could summon. But
Insists lie Has "Concrcte" stomach.
The champion insists that he has a
concrete stomach" And that about
others. But viii /, be the same knock
out proof stomach that he VIII show
u, Dempsey. or viii I, be one weaken
cd BY lack OF the strenuous training
which the experts declare he needs
Many persons incline TO the belief
that willard holds Dempsey in light
he necessary 10 be In really wonderful
shape to whip the Utah Mauler." II
that 10 Wlllard's idea. IL may he
terrible hiunder. Dempsey Appeals as
weights Of all time. and no living man
who is out OF condition can tackle him
and then win.
Dempsey Is a real hEhtlns man. make
no mistake about that. He hits with
dynamic power. He has demonstrated
hts great two-handed punching on a
score OF OCCASIONS
But willard. in condition. mind you.
Is a different type Of man than Demp-
sey ever faced before: a clever man
and fast for one no large: fighter
with powers TO Hssimilate punishment
when in condition. mind you-beyond
anything ever before shown in Il prize
ring.
Hopeless Out Of Coalition.
But Willard out OF lighting condition
Is something else again. II he isn't
tuned 10 concert pitch, IL his stomach
won't stand all the slcdsehammer blows
OF Dempsey, homethins IL likely TO
happen that viii he great surprise
TO the champion. II willard goes into
the ring even slightly lacking in the
necessary condition for the champion
chip fight he may md Dempsey carry
inb him alonS so fast that he cannot
keep step.
IF Willard is in real fghtinG shape.
the battle ought to be thriller from
II he lacks In stamina. Is short in
wind and II his muscles aren't frightened
10 go twelve rounds without feeling
terrific strain-then the dreams of Jack
Dempsey Of heavyweight throne OF
his own have fns chance OF coming
true.-Copyright, 1919