The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-29
Sporting Notes

Hayes riding it? I tell you he is as strong as a bull, loose and fast. If we had an apparatus for testing the weight of blows I would bet my interest in the fight that Dempsey, on his toes and without rushing can hit as hard with his right as Car pentier can after one of his rushes and springs.
 "I understand from some of the newspaper boys that the Frenchman spends lot of time hopping across the ring and hitting the ring posts as he lands. They say he is very accurate. But Dempsey won't be standing there like ring post, take it from me.
 We will be prepared for anything in the first round. Jack would like nothing better than to have his man come tearing in. If he shoots right, watch Dempsey get inside and hook with his left And if he comes with left, watch Dempsey's straight right. You know what he can put behind it.
 Jack may not be as limber-legged and he isn't as flashy a rope skipper or bag puncher as Carpenter, but he will be faster and stronger on July 2 than he ever was before. I always was great admirer of Jeffries, but honestly think Dempsey is as strong as Jeff ever was, and much faster"
 What about him. taking it?'" spoke up one of the party.
 "I'm glad you asked me about that" replied Kearns. Aside from his early fights Dempsey hasn't had to take many hard blows. He claims that the Darby punch was the one that Gunboat Smith landed on him The Gunner could sock in those days. He planted that right on Dempsey but couldn't floor him. Carl Morris also hit him hard, and Morris was giant.
 Bill Brennan? We'll throw out that fight. Even so, Brennan landed some good blows, but never had the champ in distress.
 Wait till you see Dempsey work ing down here the last few days. I'm going to dig up the toughest sparring partners I can find. I don't bar any, body, and the ambitious ones are welcome to any publicity they can get for. trying to K. O. the champ l hope to have Kid Norfold, Harry G1eb and some of the good clever boxers and hard seekers down here to help Jack to puff. Then you'll see the speed and get some idea of the kick he has in either hand.
 Some of the boys have just dis covered that Dempsey has a left. He has been using it a good deal down here and say, if he hooks MT. Carpen- tier in the short ribs with it and then brings it over on the jaw, you will see that boy slow up in a hurry. When l first got Dempsey he was a right-handed fighter He used his left merely for fork hand at meals. tied that right to his side for six months and made him box with the left alone. That taught him the proper use of it. Now he has de- veloped a powerful punch in his southpaw and can hit with it from many different angles. In a cinch with an opponents head down he can drop it on the neck and floor his man.
 q don't think there is any com parison between the records of the two men and Dempsey's string of knockouts certainly means some thing. Since I took him he has fought thirty-eight times. All but five of these bouts ended in knock outs, and nearly thirty of his .op- ponents were stopped in the first four rounds. He has never ducked the tough ones, either.
 These are just few of the req sons why l think he will win on July 2. As I said before, I would like to see it go three or four rounds, but Jack will take no chances and will finish off his man in one round if possible. The trouble with Dempsey's fight against big fellows like Fulton and Willard is that they did not go far enough to amount to real contests. However, if Willard