Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-30
BATTLERS ARE
BEING careful
OF HARD HITS
Rlckard Requests Dempsey
and Willard to Lay Of
Heavy Hitting.

Toledo. Ohio. June 3o.-For fear
os an injury to his hands on the eve
y. ms heavyweight championship
contest with Jess Willard. Jack Demp.
eTy Looay was instructed to eliminate
an heavy hitting from his training
bouts. The instructions were Issued
az n request Of Tex Richard, pro
moter of the Fourth of july. match.
VINO also intends to make the request
Of Willard.
sunday saw the last hard workout
aor dempsey and from now on the
Sna!lenger will ease off rapidly in his
raining. This is a necessity rather
than a choice 80 far as the Salt Lake
heavyweight is concerned for he is
80 fine physically that there is more
tnan a remote danger of his going
stale. In fact. many close observers
lea to the opinion that Dempsey
reached the peak of condition some
days and only the most skillful
handling will permit him to retain
the form that has made him the mar
vel OF all those who have had an OPP
portuntty to examine him.
n. Inls afternoon Dempsey plans to
pox tour rounds in which nothing but
light work will be attempted. It is
n Idea Of Trainer De Forest to give
his charge just enough work to keep
MN supple and maintain his judy
" o464044SC.
Willard on the other hand. plans
ITO continue his recent burst Of train
Eng speed for at least two days more
Essunless a spell Of hot weather causes
shin to change his mind.
The cool breeze of the week END
gput a feeling of snap into the cham
kpton and led him to decide to work
title holder long since dropped all
forms Of road work with the explain
dtion that he did not think it benefited
= man of his tremendous bulk. IT
4 know that many close followers Of
poxing do not agree at least, I feel
better without running on the road.
Fin the past I tried out the plan and
came back to quarters SO played out
that had no pep for the rest of
the day. ! know that you can run
q small pony all day but you will kill
a big truck horse with the same
Estrick."
Nevertheless. the controversy re-
garding Willaxd's training system
and his condition continues to rage
among the physical culture sharps
who are aligned in widely separate
camps. Those who think that he
should have done more work admit
that he is in better shape than when
he me- Frank Moran in New Fork
but claim that he is woefully short
Eof the condition reached when he
Edefeated Jack johnson in Havana.
ksWulard contends that he has been
training for more than three months
and his weight shows this for he tips
the scales at 244 today in place Of
the 259 when he defeated Moran. He
expects to enter the ring on Friday at
about PAS. This will be about three
pounds below his weight when he won
the championship.
ENillard claims that his dieting and
4 not the work has reduced his weight
Ind Furthermore he does not need
to be as fine to go even the full ~
rounds as he did when he had the
\ possibility of a As round battle STAR
4 ing him in the face. Some of his
more enthusiastic admirers claim that
Il his condition clearly indicates he has
been doing secret training in addi-
ton to his public workouts. but Will
lard denies this old trick of pugilism.
The champion is not using brine or
any other preparation to tougher his
skin but Dempsey is following this
| old system\and is picking" his face
I for the contest as did Fftzsimmons.
! Jeffries and other earlier day cham
pions.
Neither Willard nor Dempsey plans
to dry out during the final twenty
four hours preceding the bout which
is another old time ring training rule
I thrown into the discard.