Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-27
DEMPSEY BONE CRUsHER
WITH HIS TERRIFIC PUNCH
Corbett Says That Jacks First Two
Blows on Willard UncqualIcd in
Ring History.
CHAMPION HAS DEFEN f.
Follows No Stercotypcd Method to
Ward on Attack, but Keeps BObb.
Ing Head and Shifting Body 10
Stall on Opponent.
BY JAMES }. couBEYT.


NEW YORK. July 26.-Ever since
jack Dempsey hammered the crown. off
the head Of Jess willard 10, of per
sons who never could see" Dempsey
have been saying:
Well, We admit that DEMPSEY is a
great offensive fighter. But If he had
not been lucky enough TO land that
nea!t punch and The left hook - the
Jaw the result might have been diff
on dempsey he might have changed
the result because Dempsey has no de-
1t is true, Dempsey has no s,ereo-
typed defense. He fights Inherently
than any other heavyweight Of, any
ora He spurns the ordinary method or
front OF the chest. He looks easy to
hi, but what man mas really hit him
In the last two years? Will. Mechan
Bills Mske. Blu, neithe. hurt him.
neither could drive him back. much less
's , him And for every blow they
Dempsey is big Terry Mct;overn.
never saw tao hghtcrs whose
methods were SO much alike as the late
King of the bantams and feathers ana
the present ruler Of the heAvyweiShts
Dempsey, like McGovern. is fearfuIly
aggressive packs a terrible punch and
~hiris In upon hi1 fo e' and d'G aMinr:
with all the power that he has in his
superb body.
Is Real Bone Crusher.
They call Dempsey the bone crush
e. ana so he IL. | have seen terrible
punehes delivered In prize ring, bu,
nho .s equal 70 the hrs, Two ,h4t
dempsey landed upon the giant E.'il-
iaFd The first VAS a punch ,ui tn.
neart. the second a ft-hander 10 th-
Jaw. Those two wallops started VII
lard on his downfall. And. mind you.
they were delivered at "A man who
never be fore had been Knocked off !s
tcet. never even dazcd In a prize ring.
ana who was Of such formidable pro
portions that IL MAS figured hurnanIy
Impossible TO KNOCK him out Ana
they hit Willard while he was fresh
and absolutely unww-aried
take exception TO certain state
ments that Dempsey has no defense.
Admitting the fact that he uses no
orthodox methods, ! cling 10 tho belief
that his style Of going In AT a man, the
ctaselesS bobting OF his head. bis
duckinS and bending. and his amazing
shifts back and forth constitute :, de-
feasc natural tina, is remarkable.
Some pcrsons criticize Denpsey's
open style OF hghting. |, is my belief
that any effort TO change Dcmpsey's
If he had to fight in any other way
than he does he would not .e fEh,inI
naturally. And when man doesn't
battle In natural s;auce nc IL at a
distinct d:sadyantage.
Defense Remarkably Good.
Dempseys style OF defense is good,
remarkably good No better evidence
az this can be prescnted than the fact
that out OF the last twcnty-iiv. foe men
that he has tackled not more than
three or four ever have been abl. 10
send through any real blows. All Of
them felt n the outset that il would
be quite easy 10 drive through some
smnshers. that Dempsey would be easy
~. NJ ss u =, &c
law unprotected. But all OF them have
learned the folly of this belief within
a few minutes aftt~ they entered the
ring.
rounds with Dempsey in Toledo about
two weeks prior to the battle has this
10 say about the new champion:
81 watched Dempsey in action for
Dillon Il studied his method OF go
Ing in at a fighter with arms Well cx
tended and with jay exposed. real
uneven shifting Of his mead might be
a hard hurdle for me 70 take.
studied his movements carefully. and
dempsey Invited me 10 hit MIN on
the jaw Il co6id. thought II would
be an easy thing. But swung for his
and landed only three blows, Each
was slancins, Not one solid smash
could I put through although Demp-
target ms punching bag when ]
watched him from outside the ring"
CouIdn't Figure Out Shift.
why couldn't you hit his head"
because there is no way OF figuring
his shift" replied Dillon. HE never
moves the same way twice. The fell
low who called him whirlins dervish
was about right; You may ;hink
swing 10 point where you think his
head is going to shift. But you find
that ii has shifted elsewhere. I've
fought more than 200 men in my ring
career and lot of them were cham
pions or near-cham pions. In all that
group I never found one that had a
defense so bathing as DcmpSey's."
Dillon paused for moment And
then he expressed my own sentiments,
when he said:
after all is said and done the great
est defense s powerful and irrisisti-
Bile attack, and Dempsey has that.
think his defense Is one OF the most
battling I've ever seen In the ring.
But the point is that he really needs
none II he can continue doing he
has for nearly two years. drop giants