Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-18
READY
TO SHOW FANS
HOW HE WORKS
Waiting for Carpenters to
Finish Ring-In Great
Shape and Spirits.
ROUGH ON PARTNERS
BY JAMES j. CoRRETr.

Former Worlds HeavyweiEht Champion
ATLANTIC CITY, N. IL May 18.-Jack
Dempsey will commence boxing In pub
lie in a few days.
The outdoor ring and bleachers at Air
port are almost completed and Manager
Kearns says If the carpenters finish their
work, the champion will make his first
public appearance Saturday.
Dempsey is ready to begin serious
training. He is going to do a lot OF
boxing throughout tbs month of June
and has already started it, more than a
week ahead of his original schedule.
The champion is hard as nails and
rough as granite. His wind is great and
he is feeling like a colt. can say this
after spending Tuesday at his camp,
where he did some special work for my
benefit.
My. what a rough young man Demp
sey is. He expended enough energy tC
win several heavyweight championships
in nine rounds of boxing with three
sparring partners First he worked witt
Jack Renauit, a big heavyweight from
Canada. The two Jacks went three
rounds and as a windup Dempsey SEM
Renault to the floor with a blow to th'
head
Leo Houck was next in order and Leo
gave the champion a lot of good exercise
eHouck Is a very capable battler and car
take 1t, but he was thankful that the
champion had on the big gloves. AS g
windup to his boxing Dempsey squared
away with Trambitas, welterweight
from the Pacific coast. THIS lad put OF
a headgear to protect his ears and his
chin from the champions punches and
Dempsey figured to get some good ex,,
ercise against him. In the third round
he put Trambitas out Of commission. He
brought one up from his knees, caught
his sparring partner squarely under the
chin and lifted linn clear out of the ring
Trambitas went crashing through the
A-ET Al
while we were all afraid he had beer
seriously hurt, but the headgear saved
him.
Dempsey's program from now on viii
be more prstntious. He will start on tbs
road every morning at o'clock. He will
box a few rounds with his various spar.
ring partners every afternoon and will
do more work in the gymnasium than be
has done at any time to date. He feels
so good that he simply has to work of
After ali his work yesterday he was
fresh as a daisy. He didn't show a sign
Of firing and he wasn't blowing. when be
finished boxing. He surely looks fine.
When Jack had finished his days work
we sat down and talked about the coming
battle with Georges Carpenter.
What do you think Of him, Jim?" he
asked me. "They tell me he Is quite q
puncher and fast as they get"
I've never seen Georges IN action"
replied, and therefore I'm not qualified
to pass judgment on him, but from his
ring record 1 would say he is a very
dangerous man."
Confidence is great thing In a boxer
but there's limit even to that 1 eau
toned Dempsey about being over-confi
dent, and ! mentioned several incidents
in my ring career that were dearly
learned lessons to me. Dempsey was all
ears and very much interested in every
thing l said to him. He is a mighty
sensible chap, and one who is willing to
listen and learn.
I'm taking 1t for granted. jim" he
said to me. 81 expect a hard fight, OF
at least I'm working along these lines
and you can tell the world that I'm ready
for It,"
That kind of talk means something; II
means that Dempsey viii not make the
mistake he made in training for Brennan.
Copyright, 1921, by International News
Service.)