The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-02
Wizards Condition
Perfect, Says Doctor
DR.. Sweeney, Official of Toledo Boxing Commission
Declares Champion Fit for Hard Bout with Demp-
sey-Will Not Reduce Below 245 Pounds
ny DANIEL.

ny ID
TOLEDO, Ohio. July AFTER having
watched Jess Willard 60 through hi!
regime this afternoon have no hesta
ton in declaring that so far as outward
evidences OF condition and speed are
concerned, tho champion Is at least .;
per cent. more impressive than he wal
when he was training for his bout with
Frank Moran In New York more thar
three years ago.
For a man scaling at 245 pounds
Willard truly was a revelation. Ht
moved around the ring with remsrkablt
celebrity. his ring work was excellent
and his Judgment of distance and tim,
all that could be expecte1from a heavy
weight champion.
1t is true that neither Walter Mona
han nor Jack Hemple furnished very
strong background against which e
judge Wizards real boxing ability, but
Monahnn in particular gave the cham
pion a pretty stiff workout and provided
good opportunity 20 get n fairly re-
/ liable line on WIZARDS hstic wares.
Monahan carried him along at g
pretty fast pace ana Willard at no tim,
was breathing hard. Three minutes Of
shadow boxing. three rounds with Hem
pie. two rounds with Monahan, and still
gait. He wasn't putting, and he wst
perspiring freely.
willard Satisfied With Weight.
Willard declared that he was down e
245 pounds and that he did not propos,
to reduce any further when I go int
the ring on Friday will weigh as clos.
TO 2A5 pounds as possible said tn,
champion tonight. THAT is my weight
I could make gas. but that would be 10,
| low for me. so / stopped reducing las
week"
There will be no final drying out pro
, cess. When questioned as to the rumorJ
that he was doing some road work Il
night Willard laughed. Don't let any
body kid you into believing those nigh
rider stories. Road work saps you
strength, and I want all my strength
for the ring on Friday"
From the Willard camp went owe
to SEQ Jack Dempsey go through hi
| stunts. but there was very little TO see
| the whole show lasting about ten min
utes. II was evident that Dempsey ha,
completed his training and that the SEES
sion this afternoon was rugged up for IN
express purpose Of getting the quarter
! that roll in at the gate.
All Toledo Het Up.
Folks in Toledo and the surrounding
countryside take the Willard Dempse
workouts in the light OF circus enter
tainnent They pass up the coolln
! breezes and the refreshing waves at tn
shore and sit and stand in tho blazin
hot sun to watch the big men go throug
| a lot of actions. Most Of the onlooker
, do not know what they are watching. bu
everybody goes, and 1t is q case of fol
! low the crowd.
Dempsey looked as hard as nails, no
an ounce Of superfiuous flesh showed oil
him. The challenger did not show thos
| bulginz muscles about which read g.
much before getting here. He is quit
| muscular. but His coat OF tan bring
| out the muscles in bold relief and make
| them look bigger than they really are.
Dempsey went in for Wizards spe
cialty, shadow boxing. aud we must "a,
| that in this endeavor OF doubtful valu
the challenger already must conced
the palm to his opponent. Dempsey trle
| TO make 1t realistic. but he looked as |
he rather would have had a man in
, stead OF the ozone to cuff at, Dempse,
too looked superb. but Willard i'm
pressed me all around.
As for the matter Of muscles. Man!
OF those who went from the Willard
camp TO the Dempsey quarters remarke,
about the difference between the muscle
OF the champion and those of the chal
| lerger.
Look at those muscles on Dempsey.
we heard from a dozen mouths. The!
are real muscles, but Wizards look sof
and -fahby."
Wizards muscles are OF the Iona
supple. flexible variety that rippl
rather than stand out. They carr
power, and while they are not as i'm
pressive to the eye they are more ser
vlceable TO n fighter than are the black
smiths kind that bulge.
II Willard could bring those muscle
into play with the snap that character
lies Dempsey's punching the fight woul
be n joke. There would be no fight afte
the first round. But the champion use
n fort of straight arm motion in hi
over hand blows an indication that n
Is a made and not a natural fighter. bu
his uppercut is a daisy. II that land
with full force the cuckoos will sim
sweet lullaby to the challenger.
Champion in Fine Condition.
The principal contention OF the mel
| who look for Dempsey to make shor
| shrift OF Willard had been the argumeu
that the champion is not Mt. This sec
| ton OF the debate was done away wilt
this evening. when DR.. Joseph j
Sweeney, official physician Of the Toled
Boxing Commission. made known tn
results of a thorough examination o
Willard. the final examination to deter
mine whether he Is fit to go into tn
ring. DR.. Sweeney pronounced Willar
| perfect.
! From an examination of heart lung,