The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-19

a crowd he IL so obviously powerful
and serious and flt---he is not of the
Broadway. so far he IL unspoiled, n
healthy, natural man. who. by ready
assimilation of what he has seen ana
heard and read. has more than
average Intelligence. He does not
talk n great deal when he does talk
he reveals the practical, the com
mon sense mind. His belief In him
self IN supreme, but the success he
has won In the hardest school u man
can pass through justl!ies that be-
lief. Any man who can win first
place In the American school of
fighting must be con.cious OF his
greatness and he must be II believer
In himself. But Dempsey is no ad-
vcr,iser of himself and when ! left
him he swore that we were pals.
A Young Man In u Hurry.
II would never be dreamed that
Dempsey was highly strung. that he
had nerves. But of this I am GER
tain. He does not beat himself into
fidgetiness as does Bombadicr Wells,
neither IL he y man who fumbles as
does Beckett; but he has that rest
lossness of manner that denotes the
highly strung temperament. He "
n young man In n hurry; he must
rush and tear. that which no EN-.
barks upon he must do quickly, ana
It ls this weakness for holter skel-
tering that has heightened my con-
fidcnce that when we meet 'shalI
take from him the worlds title.
would explain. one of the first
things he ventured upon after max
ing the match wasa a proposition that
oh. a IA 20 ia M nj /
pleaded that my game was very
poor. lie was Impatient; he would
not listen. had got to play. Sc we
went to the links. II he made an
indifferent shot his calmness would
leave him; plainly did ! sec that "
he had difficulty In doing any one
given thing he would get rufficd
and ratified, and az ! followed and
studied him closely threw my mind
back 10 the picture OF his fight with
willard, which j had seen so many
times.
In that contest he had willard In
rxtremis almost right aw8y and
when he saw that he had not fin
ished him completely in the firN
round he was oil raging fire: mad
because he could not do that which
he realized was easy to do--knock
out willard who had no sort ~
defense and whose chief virtue was
his immense size.
Discovers Dcmp~cy's Weakness.
Dempsey beat me easily al 8olr'
[ was no where, but although ne
must have known that he was very
,uch my master. he developed ir-
ritabill,y and not n little wildness
when he made shots which nc con-
sldorcd were not worthy of him. l
formed the impression that II things
did not go his way his balance IL
uncertain, and / must confess that
the discovery gave me much
pleasure.
know precisely what | shall be
up against when I get into the ring
with him. We shall still be the pals
we we're on the links, but with
Dempsey, as with myself, II will be
fight 10 the last gasp, He VIII
come for me with the same ageres-
sivenoss az he entered into the game
/ OF golf ne will rush and tear; he
, will feel that he IS strong; he viii
~ for victory with n furious baste,
Dempsey. II understand him
rightly. viii gamble his all on his
/ splendid power. AZ for myself
well, ! have "A feeling that ! viii
! triumph, AS I did against your
| English champion, Beckett. II IL
not | who will insist upon strength
against strength, for 7 am free 70
admit that In tcst OF sheer brute
I power the odds would be on Demp-
| sey. 7 shall seek 10 make a happy
| combination of boxing and fighting
and II | succeed In doing this
| shall bring back to my country the
| championship Of the world, and !
J shall have realized the greatest am
/ )ition OF my life.
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