Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-04
STAGE ALL SET
FOR BOUT FOR
WORLD CROWN
Continued From Page One.)

Dempsey has achieved a remarkable
ing, free-hitting type of offensive.
His followers base their predictions
on his victory on his ability to rush
and batter his way through Wizards
guard and reach a vulnerable spot.
DEMPSEY is considered a more
aggressive type of boxer than Willard,
hut the champion has always been
thought to have store of reserve
strength upon which to draw should
the occasion demand. While his
Knockout record is not nearly as i'm
pressive as that Of the challenger, the
champion has at times shown flashes
Of tremendous speed and hitting power
fully in KEEPING with his huge bulk.
Expects Willard to Surprise.
While neither boxer has made any
public statement regarding his plan
Of ring campaign, reports from the
training quarters Of the men indicate
that there will be little time wasted
in long range sparring during the
early rounds of the contest at the
least. Dempsey is noted for his eao-
erness to get to close quarters with
an opponent and STANDING toe to toe
to demonstrate that he is the bn++nr
man in two-fistnd combat. This
is not as p rule the system adopted
frineds of the +i+lo-holdnr that he has
friends Of the totln- holder that he has
been preatlv displeased hv reports of
alle"ed indiffer""t trainin" and in
ability TO meet Dernnsev~at his own
game, despite his physical advan+a-
ges. In discussinc this ANGLE If the
| match tho champior's closest friends
Indicate their belief that he will startle
the BOXING world nv DISPLAY Of 40
pressivennss and hard fast hitting
heretofore foreion to his rino ca,,-
paigns Willard evidently exnnct"
some close action for he has requested
| that no attention be naid to aru unin-
tentnal foul committed by his OPP
ponent,
Spectators "Stung."
The crowd gathering here increas-
ed to a marked extent TONIGHT but
not sufficiently to remove the look
of Gloom observed on the faces of
ticket SPECTATORS. They were to-
night in many prominent places Of
fering their commodity at less than
gate prices, although the more op-
timistic were holding back in hope
for boom tomorrow afternoon.
One reason is that $4,000 is lot
Of seats. and it because apparent
that anyone desiring to witness the
big show tomorrow could do so at the
legal price The PLIGHT of the specu-
lators in no way indicates that fol-
lowers of FIGHTING are not here in full
I force, for they are. and sleeping in
close quarters all over town tonioht
hundreds in the coaches which
brought them here.
Hottest Place in U. S.
An INSPECTION of the vast octagonal
arena today made one prediction fair
w safe. it was said. and that was
that Ravview park would be the hot
test place in the United States to-
morrow. as it was TODAY.
Telegraph linemen were busy dur
ing the dav INSTALLING snecia1 wires
nn1 one company estimated that it
would handle close to half million
words to the press of the country to-
! morrow.
The streets were thronoed tonight
in the virtually Of the hotels and thea
te~s, Veteran followers of the game
said it seemed queer to see a heavy
| weight championship being staged
without the old-time BACKGROUND of
revels in saloons and cafes.