The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-26
FANS PUZZLED
BY fine FORM
Of BILL MISKE
Inclined to Believe Dempsey's Chal.
lenger Has Even Chance Of
Coping Big Bout

Benton Harbor. Mich. Aug. &C.
The mystery of the new Billy
Miske" is proving q hard one for
veteran followers of the ring game
to fathom.
The advance guard of experts
find themselves perplexed to as
sign a real reason for the great i'm
provement shown by the st. Paul
challenger of the worlds heavy
weight championship. The MEM
DRY of his bouts with Bat Levinskey
and Tommy Gibbons still fresh in
their minds they have been agree-
ably surprised at what they have
seen in the training quarters which
the St Paul lad has opened at
Eastman Springs.
, See Chance for Bill.
So determined does Miske seem
that he will accomplish what many
regard as the impossible when he
engages Champion Jack Dempsey
here on the afternoon of Labor Day
that many now incline to the be-
lief that the path of Jack Kearns'
prize won't be an easy one. He
has taken on many pounds of bone
and muscle, his speed and accuracy
are improved and his punching
power has sent the fans away from
his camp strong in the belief that
il he lands on Dempsey in q vital
spot with the full strength OF his
power that a new champion will
come into being.
Manager Jack Reddy is having
his troubles getting the sparring
partners that Miske needs to con-
dition himself. He brought three
along with him when Miske went
into training last Sunday, blu,
these are so badly battered up nov
! that the manager is burning thu
! wires in an effort to get the ma
terial needed.
Knocks Out Partner.
In his first training bout, Misk'
dropped Jack Heinen, giant Chi
cagoan, to the mat with straigh
fright hand punch. Heinen Is thu
same individual who travelled WITT
Jack johnson and Jess Willard
when both were champions and hi
! story of the new" Miske is an in
teresting one. Here's what he hai
to say after he had been stopped
by Billy: -
IT worked with both johnson AMI
] Willard when they were champ
| ions and stopped some Of their bes
punches, too. Never before, how
ever, have l been hit any harde
than Miske hit me. was expect
ing him to use his left hand. ha,
seen him in previous bouts and hi
left seemed to me his most danger
GUS punch. Possibly, he had hear
that / had expressed such an opin
ion. That was a fine way for hiE
| to let me in on the big secret II
be watching both Of those hand
from now on"
4 Billy Burk and Jimmy Delane,
hailing from Texas and st. Pau
respectively are the others stAndin
the br,int Of the Miske ammVnitio
just now. Both are lighter mer
but are fast and clever boxers. I
the hope Of giving his man all tn
opposition he believes he will re
quire to train his punches properl,
Manager Reddy has invited JAG
Wilson and Jack Blackburne, Chi
cago heavyweights, o join th
camp. Every day fighting make
q fighter" says Reddy. land
husky sparring partners are goin
to help in knis ease. Miske wi
have them. We are out to cop thi
time and will not spare any 81
pense in achieving the desire
end"
| Always Tore In
Rather he was always tearin
in," says Reddy. ready to give an
! take. ct all times. We have PR
pared q special plan OF battle fo
this fight and have every conf
dence that Il viii work out ~ el
pected. Dempsey is far from VI
beatable. Don't forget that b
bowled over q lot Of ordinary figh,
| ers In winning his way to th
} championship and Jess jWillar
! didn't even measure up to this clas
1t Toledo. That's the big reaso
why we're warning that the shol
end isn't going to look SO ba
] along shout 6 o'clock on the svez
ling Of Labor Day.