The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-25
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tunited Prssal.-1he long laycd -
has txxen sincs no va tAe chAn-
pionsAip from Jess willard. and
the increasing optimistic reDcets
from Bully Makes cano ere saus-
ing macA speculation anoag he
followers a Jack Dempsey here -
to his chances With Niske in 0sir
10-round svatfest Labor day.
That Misks's chances are 1cl
taken 90 lightly - they Appeared
10 b several weeks 40 was indi-
Gated today when it WAS learned
that q hurry-up call had bean dis
patched 10 Pittsburgh for Harry
Greb, the steel city nitt wielder, 20
assist in training Dempsey.
Greb. Il was hid, expected 10 ar
rive tomorrow Or Friday 10 asssme
the role Of chief sparring partner
70 the Champion.
Dempsey Is training carefully tor
the tight He boxes eight, rounds
daily with four sparring partners
and does . long stretch Of road
work. Miske ID in training at East
man Springs. . mile from here. He
has four sparring partners and has
forced one to leave camp. He let
loose a right for . knockout By
accident, he says.
Benton Harbor, Mich. Aug. H.
Jack Dempsey has the same train
ing edge over Billy Miske that hs
had on Jess Willard at Toledo.
Challenger them and champion now.
he and Manager Jack Kearns h&ve
been wise enough to dig up excel
lent sparring partners and . clever
trainer. Dempsey cannot help but
reap the most beneficial results OBJ
tainable with the star no has help.
ing him prepare to defsnd his
championship against what should
be q desperate effort BY the st.
Paul clouter on Labor day.
Watching Dempsey and Big Bill
Tate boxing In their ring in front
Of the grandstand ct the Floyd
Ftxdmmons ball park reminded
one sharply OF their training daya
at Toledo. The only difference Was
that they boxed here in full gym
costume, whereas Dempsey In his
Maumee Bay inclosure performed
always in fighting togs and allow
ed the sun to burn him until he was
almost a. dark a. Tate.
| Jtst Like Tsle1A
| Big Bill 10 heavier than . year
ago last July. but aside from those
minor changes It was Toledo all
over again. They boxed the same,
acted the same and wound up with
Dempsey on the tear and Bill on
the back track just ~ in the old
days. Tate knows how far to 60
with Dempsey, just when to run.
and has milled with him SO often
that he takes care OF himself fairly
we'll unless the champ gets angry.
Then Bill rolls his eyes in fear. He
sees the cyclone coming and does
mot dare Jump over the ropes. It's
a tough life, at that-for Bill.
Tate makes An ideal sparring
partner. He's tremendous In size.
can stand the gan. and boxes we'll.
In addition, Jack spArs with Pan
anna Joe Cans, . shifty, clever negro
who, though light, has . lot Of skill
and speed and compels Dempsey to
step fast to get anywhere with him
Working with Panama will bring
back the blistering speed that
Dempsey had with willard 1t's
almost back right now.
i Dempsey Down to 100.
Fourteen months away from al
:: actual fight has not done Dempse!
any harm. He's almost ready ans
positively will be fit by Labor day
, What 10 more. he is not - heavy q
s they have been saying. He's little
2 lie any. over 100 stripped and vii
! fight below that. He weighed IS
2 for Willard and won't be any heay
!, Ter for Miske. That's about his mai
. ural fighting weight. After hi
! workout yesterday Jack admitte
i that 100 was about the right ngur
Q at present. You can gamble ths
Z he won't be caught mapping on cor
i EDITION. He works too hard an
. likes the grind too we'll.
3 Miske Is healthy and punchin
= madiy. His leg work needs speet
y. y ing up and he seems a trifie sti
o in his body action. It won't tai
81 long to iron out these wrinkle
e Otherwise Bill is o. X, feeling CHI
% per and acting like q man conddel
% Of his prowess in such . tight spC
= To show his lightness OF heart
% remarked yesterday that It ID |
- - still and quiet at Eastman Sprtn,
6 nights that he ought to be able
q hear Dempsey snoring half mi
~ or 30 away in his cottage near Il
10 ball park. Bill says he has n
heard Dempsey srore yet and ini
mates Jack may not be eleeDtl
we'll. Miske is still q big kid. on
= &c, and is having q nne tina in u
woods while training seriously.