New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
The Vital Figures

what eventually would fall to him in
this world of few ups and many downs.
This is the real Dempsey who is
screened behind the statements issued
by managers and various misconcep-
tions written and spoken in the hyster-
zeal days that precede these champion-
ships bouts. He is the Jack London or
the Harry Kemp of the prize ring, only
he is much more hobo than either the
novelist or the poet.
The dust of the road has sunk deep
ly into his pores, and the smoke of the
wood fires in the hobo camps in the
little hollows by the creeks along the
railroad tracks means much more to
him. He knows the road and the blind
baggage, and he knows them we'll
enough to want to leave them for the
luxuries and the bizarre grandeur that
will fall to the lot of the heavyweight
champion of the world
He will revel in the title as the late
John L. Sullivan revelled and gloried
in it. If he wins it he will respond to
the aduation that falls to the lot of
the champion.
With the contrast OF styles and sizes
there is also this startling contrast in
temperaments. 1t is tradesma against
tramp. The man who has against the
man who has not, the bourgeois against
the gypsy. 1t is an old conflict, but
always interesting.
The city of Toledo is cluttering up.
There will be enough celebrities" to
occupy all the morning and carly after
noon with introductions, if the plan is
to have them all introduced
There should be no need of the fifty
four-odd rounds of preliminaries in this
event. Every train brings dozen or
more who feel that they ought to be
presented to the $4,000 who will be
herded into the arena on the Fourth
Tex Richard declared to-day that the
sale of seats was we'll up to all of his
anticipations. He is not ready to give
out the exact figures, because advance
stories as to the rapid sale of tickets
had frightened away prospective buy
ers. This has made the promoter a
trife cautious in this regard. But he
wears the contented look of man who
is expecting a $1,O0O00O gate. So does
his partner, Frank Flournoy
Threats to Quit Jack
They charged the multitude four bits
apiece at the Dempsey camp to-day,
but the price of admission did not
frighten many of them away William
Harrison spared two rounds with Bill
Tate and three with Jock Malone. The
purple coon dlu not appear Tor any
boxing stunts.
1t seems that the sombre Jamaica
Kid has all that he wants of playing
with Mr.. Dempsey, and has become
plumb discouraged with taking them
on the chin. He reported that he was
too i'll to kiss the canvas this afternoon
and that he would not appear here
after
At the Dempsey camp they said that
Bill Tate was persuaded to remain
only after he had been promised that
ne would not be knocked out any more.
blll also has strained his back flop
ping to the mat, and has been think
ing OF running out on the job
Al least this is the report at the
Dempsey camp. They always want the
Impression. to go forth that William
Harrison is rougn little playmate.
lhey seem to believe that it helps
along the morale of the training.
Willard charged only the customary
two bits. He cut his work to six rounds
to-day, three apiece with Hemple and
Monahan. Between rounds he did some
shadow boxing and started off with
some vigorous pulley hauling. To-day's
crop of newly arrived experts seemed
to vote that Willard looked and worked
well.