New-York tribune., 1921-06-28
Champion Puts
Two / Partllers
Through Mill
O'Hare and Williams Slug
With Big Fellow, Who
Is in Fighting Mood

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 27.---
The wcrd had been passed out at Jack
nempsey's training camp to-day that
the champion would take day off TO
rest twentR-feur hours before plune-
ing into thA final two days of training.
Guards weM stationed inside the gates,
which were Backed to the public and
newspaper mTN
Jack Kearns. manager of the title
holder, entrained for New York early
in the day, leaving explicit instructions
to have Dempsey do nothing but loaf
This program was carried out until
Dempsey awakened from q refreshing
nap late in the afternoon. Then, to the
surprise and disgust of his sparring
sartners, he ordered them to the stuffy
hangar q quarter of mile back of has
camp and staged secret workout that
developed to be the hardest Of his train
ing campaign.
With only eight spectators looking
on. outside of the champions handlers
Dempsey toiled for fifty-fve minutes at
terrific speed, working equivalent to
thirteen rounds of boxing.
Those privileged to witness the
workout we're Judge z. c. Bonniewell, of
Philadelphia. his wife and three sons;
Battling Nelson, the former lightweight
champion, and two newspaper men,
who, with Nelson, managed to talk their
way past the guards.
Long Session ss Punching Bag
Dempsey whaled away at the light
punching bags for three rounds and
then drove vicious rights and lefts
into the heavy felt stuffed bag for two
rounds. When he finished the sham
49, .t- k,rvv ed He1
with a healthful perspiration, and bic,
drops splashed off his forehead every
time he sank his fists into the swing
ing target.
When Dempsey began the two
rounds Of shadow boxing he was drip
ping wet. He pranced around the ring.
always going backward and constant
ly hooking at an imaginary foe with
his left hand. He varied his move
nients by spinning around and hook
ing with his left until some of the
spectators themselves became dizzy
watching him.
After the shadow boxing, Dempsey
boxed two rounds each with Eddie
O'Hare and Larry Williams that were
more in the nature of fights than train
ing, romps Dempsey tore into O'Hare
with such speed that the New York
middleweight was tired and putting
badly after two rounds.
1t has been O'Hare's style to dance
in and out with left jabs in an at
tempt to get inside Dempsey's leads,
He has managed to bother Dempsey
considerably, but to-day O'Hare re-
treated before the shiftinr. hooking
Dempsey to escape being knocked fat,
Dempsey hung OHare on the ropos
with a left hook once, but the cham
plon, realizing that O'Hare had been
dazed, did not follow it up.
Williams Badly Punished
Williams, the trial horse of the
camp, was badly punished around the
body during the two rounds he was in
the ring. Dempsey centered his at
tack on Williams's midsection. pound
ing him with wicked jabs over the
heart and in the. ribs.
Battling Nelson perspired for half
an hour in the heat of blistering sun
pumping up his inflated boxing dummy
and called Dempsey to take a few
punches at it. The champions per-
formanee was unsatisfactory to Nell
son, so the battered veteran gave q
demonstration himself while Dempsey
some calisthenics. Nelson swung SO
hard that he missed the bobbing target
and almost fell out of the ring.
Judge Bonniewell, former Olympic
champion and referee of the University
OF pennsylvania relay carnival, was
hignly Impressed with Dempsey's
workout. He is keen observer of
condition and said Dempsey displayed
no indications of being overtrained.
The fact that Dempsey boxed on the
toes ard showed eagerness for work
fet9ted reports to the contrary, he
said.