New-York tribune., 1919-07-03
Champion Boxes Six Fast
Rounds; Jacks ssWork-
out'' Arouscs Spectators
By w. O. Mcclellan

8N0 QenanceS. Jess wizard dlQ ms last
boxing prior to the Fourth this after
six rounds with Walter Monahan and
Jack Hempel.
William Harrison Dempsey petulant-
" yanked the pulleys and made wild
lunges at an imaginary willard,
charging four bits peek for the ex-
hibition, causing some peevishness
among his admirers, who came to ad-
mire at only two bits per peek.
: Dempsey's workout" was so fast
know that he was working and they
gathered before the Overland Club re-
questing that their money be returned.
The betting at this stage seems to
be about 10 60 s, Dempsey favored, but
there is hardly enough of it to justify
the accusation that Toledo has become
temporary gambling hell. A bet Of
five hundred either way IS sensation.
1t was not like this at other heavy
weight championship contests - the
SullivanCorbett contest for instance,
when Irish-America went unanimously
broke on the late John L. at odds of
5 to /.
There are two spectres that seem to
haunt the Willard camp. One is the
spectre of the cup of tea that is
supposed to have sent Jeffries to sleep
instead of Jack Johnson. You recall
the yarn. And it is still believed by
persons who are normal in nearly
every respect.
Big jeff was supposed to have been
doped by an agent of the ure-thing
gamblers at Reno. The drops were al
legged to have been spilled into cup
of the big Californian's tea on the
night before the fight. The handlers
of Willard are keeping close watch
on the iced Oolong that Willard con-
sunles and no strangers are admitted
into the Willard residence after dark.
Jess Takes Precautions
This may seem to be an altogether
humorous precaution on the part of the
Willard contingent. But one peek at
some Of the take-a-chance men who
have something bet on Dempsey might
make the precaution seem not so i'll
advised after all. All the ring and
turf tricksters in the world are here.
As Jack Grace, the globe trotter, re-
: marked:
''Some of these birds never use their
room keys. They go through the tran
SONS just to keep in practice"
Il has been announced that Willard
will demand another examination of
Jack Dempsey by physicians when
pion, it is declared, wants certificate
that Dempsey is absolutely fit before
the bout starts.
Willard is haunted by spectre of
his cwn. Once in Los Angeles willard
fought enc "Bull" Young and killed
hin with blow to the body. Since
thai the legend has been that Willard
never has used the full force of his
punches in the prize ring. Always the
memory Of the dead boxer is with him.
You can take this yarn for what it is
worth because each camp seems to be
trying out yarns to affect the morale
of the other. This story comes from
tht Willard camp following the state
ment OF Jack Kearns that he feared
Willard might back out at the last
moment.
The one from the Willard camp seems
the more grimly suggestive. 1t is
meant to convey the idea that Willard
most emphatically will try to knock
Dempsey cut. Countering the insinua-
tion that Willard might refuse to fight
If the final arrangements did not suit,
the Willard people point to the fact
that the Dempsey contingent has al
ready drawn about all of the purse due
them and that they may make an elev-
enth hour demand upon Rickard to
raise. the ante.
All OF these yarns are wild. 1t is all
first by Greek named Ulysses and was
called by Homer, "getting the other
guys goat"
Ticket Sale Over 100000
1t is known now that the seat sale
has passed considerably beyond the
half-miilcM }j-r mark.
At ths COZ .ioi. @f his workout
or whatever soe want to call it, to day
Willard lop.-ed Z more supple and
younger athlete than he did when he
fought Frank Moran at Madison Square
Garden three years ago. He is bronzed
as deeply as Il man of his complexion
could be, and the lines Of his features
and his muscles are sharply defined, as
they should be when a man has trained
and is fit.
On this, his last day Of training,
am willing to declare my belief thai
the man is as fit as he can be at his
age. Ii the miracle should happen, il
he is Beaten and battered down by
Dempsey, the victor will deserve al
credit. He will not have beaten The
wreck of an athlete. He will have
beaten Willard at his best.
There have been many criticism.
made OF Denrsey's training, also. Old
timers insist that the men reversed
the processes which they should have
adopted. Willard, they claim, loafet
on the job, while Dempsey worked a
too rapid and strenuous a clip. The
jury will decide more correctly on thi!
after the battle.
Dempsey Looks Drawn
To my mind. Dempsey does look
bit drawn. He is of a decidedly more
nervous temperament than the cham
pion, and he has done more thinking
over tniz bout, despite the claims o
Jack Kearns TO the effect that he ha'
not. Naturally, his position would give
him something 20 think about of nights
July 4 viii nean many bright light
and a world Of Broadways, or the Ions
road and the Ineagre handout again.
In the mean time they while ava.
the hours with craps (African golf
ct the Dempsey camp. Lest thi'
seem mean and frivolous, it might b.
related that II was customary in th'
A. e. F. to let the doughboys shoot al
the craps they pleased before goin;
over the top. And taking punch OF
The chin for purse is hardly as seri
GUS az charging MACHINE guns.
J. Warren Barbour, Of the Back Ba.
Tarbours Of Boston, arrived this morn
dng. Dir. Barbour, of the Back Ba,
Barbours, was Immediately Introduces
to Joe Bannon, Of the Bowery Bannons
who will be timekecper for Dempsey
ard TO Ed Cochran, Of the Kansas Cit.
Cochrans, who will be timekcepcr fo
Willard. Ar. J. Warren Barbour is ex
amatsur heavyweight champion. Nh
Bannon Is still champion catchweigh
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