The Washington times., 1920-12-02

w llu JnO NtillcE, JdCh htdIIS, it
weight of this world, beth pugilist a
Up to the hour OF seeing Mr.. Dcmp-
scy go with knife and fork We
thought Babe Ruth. Irwin S. Cobb.
Your Uncle Wilhert Robinson and
colonel TillinGhast LHommcdieu
Houston were tn" greatest food alb
sorbcrs "" have ever seen, in the
order named.
Dr. Dempsey can give any one Of
them twenty pounds and make 'cm
look like selling platers. when MIR.
Dempsey spreads his 1SJ pounds in
front OF tr"nchcr he cats. No fool
ishness about it. lie eats.
"BOARDING HOUSE RULES"
All tho food goes on the table at
oncc, with Patsy, the colorcd maid in
the establishment at Ninety-scvcnth
street aud Broadway. lowering wear
by to pass things. Her services arc
unnecessary.
Boarding house rules" said Mr..
Dempsey. reaching an arm S'ross the
table like a hat rack and spcaring the
bread.
We dined with our coats Off. to
facilitate feeding in the clinchcs. A
man just naturally cannot wrcstlc
with turkey leg with his coat on.
Dinner at last concluded. we ad-
journcd to the palatial drawing room,
and there MIR. Dempsey sat back and
told US things. He wore a silk shirt
that looked as If il might be a bit of
ancient Persian tapestry, with pair
of patent leather shoes cleaning
brightly upon his feet.
NOT REGULAR TRAINER.
who's training me-" said Mr..
Dempsey, repeating our leading qucs-
tion. Nobody, I never had what YOU
might call regular trainer in my
life. except when | was getting
r, ady for Willard out in Toledo, and
Jimmy de Forest acted as my chief
adviser.
Ben Smith. who used 10 b. with
Charley White, is looking after me
in a general way, but | plan most of
my own training. ] am now worNng
full speed for Bill Brennan, and l do
my work my own way.
AS matter of fact. | don't need
great deal Of training. I'm Young
enough and take sthTicicnt care of
myself to get ready on a bath and a
shave. I'm not careless or sclf-satis-
tied, but I think every man in my
business knows, or ought to know,
when he is on edge
Before I met Willard I trained
myself. In fact before / met Jack
kearns oft in Oakland ] scarcely
knew the meaning Of assistance when
I was preparing for n fight. | used
to act as sparring partner for differ
ent fellows, but no one helped me.
'T was helping fellow named
Red Watson, who was managed by
Kearns out in Oakland one day,
,,,t
stun. Watson and I were boxing.
and Kearns watched us awhile. and
then suddenly said to me:
"'Why don't you step around a
little"
TRIED STEPPING AROUND.
"NNcll. UP TO that time my style
was TO simply wade in whaling away.
but ] Immediately started trying to
step around like Kearns said. dis
overcd an immediate Improvement.
and from that moment | think I real
ly found myself.
THAT was the most valuable piece
of advice anybody ever gave me. The
rest of what I know about boxing !
picked up myself | do not pretend
TO know anything about physical cul-
turc. What havd nature gave mo,
and as said before ! merely guide
myself by my experience.
- don't know how TO breathe prop
crIy. Miss Inn Glaze, tho actress,
came mp 10 my training camp one day
to sec mc work, aud she showed me
more about how to breathe than I
ever knew before In my life.
81 am working every day now down
at the Granite state training ship
with different fellows, including Bill
Tate, Marty Farrell and little Jack
the bantam. who is so small
and fast that think hc gives INC
speed and accuracy in hitting.
"I owe my present condition and
ability.to keep IN condition to u lot
OF self-denial," concluded the chsnI-
pion, turning his Ea2e toward the
devastated dining table. II wonder
it Patsy has got any OF that turkey
lcft?"