Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-01-03
BY JACK VEIOCK,
International News Sporting Edito

t1lli-i ~ W. tpl'Di t'AAe5 S'NNAN
New York, Jan. g. IF you
want my opinion" remarked Leo |
lynn, manager of Bill Brennan,
Jack Dempsey is the hardest
hitting heavyweight the ring |
ever knew and the greatest fighter
ever saw.
when Dempsey goes out against |
some of the other heavyweights |
You'll see what great champion
he is and then mebbe for the first |
time you'l all give Bill Brennan
the credit he deserves. l think
Carpenter will be soft for Demp-
sey and if he ever fights Harry
wills I'll have good sized bet on
him to win.
That's pretty good, isn't it,
coming from the manager of the
man he knocked out?"
Flynn couldn't have said any
thing more flattering about the
worid's heavyweight champion,
but he did add that in his opinion
Dempsey is not going back.
Taking it by and large Flynn
might have been expected to say
just what he did, for the better
Dempsey looks, everything con-
5idered, the better Brennan looks.
But Flynn was sincere. He be
lieves in Brennan, with all his heart
and Dempsey, therefore, made a
believer out of him.
The question of Dempsey's con-
dition, which has been the subject
of much discussion since the Bren-
nan fight, is still being argued pro
and con, but it will not be solved
Ito the satisfaction of the boxing
public till the champion comes out
and shows himself against Willard
and Carpenter.
Good for Business"
The writer has opined in previ.-
Gus articles that it was good bust
ness for Dempsey to knock Bren-
nan out in twelve rounds instead
of finishing him earlier. Whether
or not Dempsey let Brennan stay
that long purposely we do not
know. Manager Jack Kearns
admitted to us after the fight that
the length of the bout was good
in some respects" for Dempsey but
he added that Jack was too finely
!, conditioned.
We have known Dempsey since
8 long before he became champion
I, land If he was in real condition thu
= aighet he fought Brennan then on
Judgment Of what condition shoul'
q be has been wrong all The time
a Dempsey was pale and drawn. IL
was AS nervous as a hyped-up rae
horse. He trcmbled as ne stoo,
with Brennan while the Gamers
b. man shot the pair, and he wa
- cold as he sat waiting in his cor
> ner for the battle to start. A
% he had on in addition to his rim
costume was turkish towt
wrapped around his shoulders, an
he folded it close around him an
shivored. He looked about a
comfortable as a house cat situn
on a cake of ice.
G Noticing all this the writer wa
- not so greatly SURPRISED when tn
big hoy failed to spring from hi
corner like the tiger he has alway
been and proceed to annihilat
Bul in few rounds. Come t
shink ct over. it took Dempse
about four rounds to get properl
warmed up He was hitun
Brennan hard and often in IN
clinehes and he sandwiched in
long shot at times. but his judg
ment of distance was bad. and a
Brennan kept carrying the figh
to him he seemed content to Il
1t be that way.
something Lacking.
Dempsey was not afraid G
Brennan. Having disposed of hiI
In iig time once before he had n
reason 80 be. But he was nC
he Dempsey of Maumee Bay nc
he Dempsey who knocked Ere
Fultcn cold in a round at Newarl
and there are those who will r
be satisfied that he can ever reac
the superb form of those two fish
again until he proves It to them
The coming battle with Je
Willard will be a rugged test Il
he champion. Willard. they sa
will be in real condition the ne
OF lime they meet, and because /
n believes he can stage a cOmebat
a ne will be. or should be, quite
ct worthy opponent for Jack. Beside
re Willard learned something abo
en- Dempsey's tigerish style at Toles
ne hat he won't soon forget and ]
Il wiu make a different fight Il
n next time.
e II goes without saying tn
ng Dempsey viii be in the best