New-York tribune., 1919-06-23
Bill Tate Hits
Jack Dempsey !
A Savage Blow
Contender Almost Knocked
Down by Right Hook to
Chin; Willard Bored
By w. o. Mcclellan

BY w. O. Mcclellan
TOLEDO, June ga dark man
crossed the path of Jack Dempsey at
the Overland Club to-day and almost
spoiled him for the $1,000. 900 fipht
on July 4. Said dark man was Xii
Tate, one of William Harrison Demp-
sey's sparring partners. Bill caught
Jack on the chin with right hook
While the contender was off his bal
ance and Jack came very close to sit
ting down and meditating for while.
1t happened in the second round of
spirited sparring bout. In the first
round the Senegambian had clipped
Jack Dempsey twice on the chin with
Joltlng right hooks. The second Of
these almost seemed to slow Dempsey
period.
Blow a Sockdolager
But it was third right that came
IN the second round that impressed
the multitude with the apparent vul-
nerabllity of Dempsey. In the native
dlalect of Ohio it was a sockdolager.
dempsey was coming in when the right
OF Bill Tate incased in a fourteen
| ounce glove met the point of his chin
and spun him around. Just a little
more force behind and William Harri-
son would have been dusting the resin
from his trunks.
AS it was Dempsey closed in and
neld. When the full realization Of
me lnd1gnlty put on him by his spar
ring partner percolated through his
shaggy head he went in to slay the
offending Senegambian and Jimmy De
Forrest called time before there was
any chance of job for the Coroner
of Maumee Bay and vicinity.
dempsey was true to his instincts
even here. He waited until the mists
il1ted, then he went at his man like a
tiger that had been rudely slapped
across the nose. There were about
nve thousand spectators at the exhibi-
tlon and gasp of wonder went up
when Tate brought home the right and
dempsey started to spin.
VI course, these training camp bouts
90 90 not signify great deal. But Bill
rate easily outboxed Dempsey and cer-
talnly outhit him, as far as those three
rrllgnt-hand wallops were concerned.
dempsey, l am quite sure, did not get
any OF those wallops by urgent request.
lhey were unexpected and hardly well
come gifts.
The impressive fashion in which
Dempsey blocked with his chin to-day
might have caused a drop in the stock
Of the contender had it not been for
the air of langour and boredom which
was worn at Willard's camp. Willard
yawned his way through nine rounds.
There were no mighty wallops there
such as Dempsey took and gave. The
big fellow always has been bored bv his
training stunts.
Right about now he is the most bored
looking person in the world, and there
is whole lot of Willard to be bored.
too. He seems abnormally slow in COM
parison to Dempsey. Willard also
stopped a few punches with his chin
to-day. Walter Monahan and Jack
Hemple reached him one or two apiece,
but it is thankless job, for Willard,
even in training, always gives blow for
blow.
The 5000 paid admissions took their
moneys worth out in glee when Will
lard stood and let Steamboat Bill Scott
whale away at his unprotected ab-
. domen. Bills punches rebounded from
that rubber-plated anatomy as punches
, rebound from the Battling Nelson
punching dummy. There were as
many women and children at both
camps as there were men.
Jess Uppercuts Himself
Willard started to shadow box with
a great show Of ferocity to-day. In
! clipped himself right over his own
, eye and annoyed himself considerably
AS matter of fact it was harder
blow than any of his sparring part
ners have landed on him for some time
/ unless he uses more caution IN this
shadow boxing he may knock himself
out, which would be bad for July &
again.
Willard will not do any work to-
morrow. He makes a practice of taking
one day off a week for play and medi-
1t is just as we'll, perhaps, as his work
seems to be getting bit listless. All
experts agree that he needs more exer-
else, but the big fellow is directing his
own campaign and is thoroughly salts
fed with the way in which he is round
ing to.
Training here seems to bring in
quite neat revenue. Both Willard
and Dempsey cashed about $4,000 in
admissions. Jack Malone showed up
at the Dempsey camp, but did not
box on the plea Of a sprained hand.
Terry Kellar, Dempsey's sparring
partner. showed up at the Willard
camp, but could see very little, as he
wore shanty over each eye.
Tex Rickard to-day received a card
from the Army, Navy and Civilian
Board of Boxing Control guarantee
ing that his record has been clean and
authorizing him to promote boxing
contests under the auspices of the
board. Richards card was marked
No. !. Major Drexel Biddle and Gut
zon Borglum will be here in the morn
ing to begin the sessions on the mat
ter of the referee.
The BARRIERS convention is still on.
Tom Jones, the barber of Kewanee. and
John Reisler, the barber of Times
Square. are sympathizing with each
other in all the hotel lobbies all over
the place. Tom the barber used to
manage Jess Willard, and John the
barber used to manage Dempsey. John
the barber is accompanied by seven
lawyers representing the firm of Skin
burg, Flimburg & Limburg, or some
such monicker, and says that he must
be paid off or there will be no fight on
the Fourth.
Tex Rickard had a short conference
with John the barber and decided that.
while he might be right ethically, hs
was wrong tonsorially.