The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-15
Says Dempsey Is Hard to
Hit; c h a m p Leads
With Either Hand
By JOHNNY KILBANE
reatherweight Champion


BOTH HANDS
Jack Is Just as much at home lead.
Ing with his right as with his left
He's been working on the art OF
Sucking and side-stepping until he's
Ahr more clever at II than the last
time l saw him In action.
vThe ability to renew the offensive
AV4th either fist or foot enables the
ohamp to use his feet in side-steps
That are barred TO the one-hand
0ghter. For side-stepping viii &C
opmplish little IL the man who is
oucking Is not set to deliver a blow
Yghen his opponents wallop has been
welded And the one-hand fighter
an side-step in only few ways II
Is to still keep his fist handy.
psey. on the other hand. can hit
from almost anywhere.
II Is this that has given Jack his
Marginal style OF fighting. Unlike
bther heavy champions. Dempsey
lays over blows when from the ring
Ande the feat looks absolutely impos-
ksibie. And when openings occur, the
champ is just as likely as not TO
pass them up. waiting a chance for
me of his surprise punches.
DEMPSEY
MOVES QUICKLY
II It's surprising to see how easily
Dempsey can twist his big frame
hway from a punch and how quickly
be can regain position to deliver one
HIMSELF
That's the trap hen seek to invite
be Freedman into-try to make
he flashing Georges miss on one OF
his chain. lightning jabs. and then.
vhen Carpenters arm has shot over
Ne champs shoulder and Georges.
uho always fights on his toes. is
temporarily off his balance as a re-
bult Of the misZd iunge. Jack WIN
step in and Try to slip over the
Swivel swing" that he expects win
end things
Apempsey Is taking his work SRI
Nv. In the ring there's never a
y on his face iHe's full OF EN-.
4 course, when he poses for the
4 photographers afterward) But inside
ne ropes he's working all the time.
&eearching for holes. trying out new
methods and planning attacks In his
own slow, methodical and painstak-
ang way. And when he has his plans
4 Al mapped out. and decides to hit.
be HITS And when he hits. we'll.
1 JACK DIDN'T
MENTION GEORGES
I For the benefit Of those fans VINO
kfhink that the secrecy tactics OF Car
pentier and willy Deschamps, his
manager, may tend TO worry the
champ. let me say that talked with
Dempsey for more than an hour.
and that In an that time not once
Md Jack mention the Frenchmans
hame.
Worried7 Not Dempsey.
He's Just the same big. overgrovn
boy that he always has been, and
he'll go into the ring that way.
\ But he'll be a serious minded boy.
1or Jack Is taking his fight with
me Frenchman in earnest
&ocepy right 1874 by Newspaper Entsrpriss>
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
ATI.ANTIC CITY, N. j. Juno Is.
Champion Jack Dempsey today
x3hook off some OF the chains which
yhave shackled him to idleness all
week
Manager Kea.rns permitted him
e take part in a training camp
hali game, which was followed by
| the announcement that the rcgu-
lar trimming program will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
Thursday promised TO Be q big
day for the champion Aching 10
get back into the ring with the
pillows on the fists, the announce
ment made Jack supremely happy
Kearns further informed him that
he official training pictures. which
win be part OF the fight film will
- clicked off Thursday.
= Promoter Tex Richard also viii
lahow up for a conference on the
natter Of a referee
Kearns denied that he had talked
With anyone on his choice for
referee. He has a favorite candi-
date, he said. but declined TO name
him.
Bob EdgTen was believed BY some
ITO bs the champions choice for
tnsarce, hut others close to Jack
Ind his manager. asserted Jim
IDougherty, Philadelphia. third man
In the Dempsey Mske fight last
Nall was their choice Both Ed
gren and Dougherty were named
IN the articles as acceptable Off
gals.