The Washington herald., 1921-08-14
Tells Dempsey Fighters
Know Own Condition Best
Heavyweight Champion Planning Long Tour
Of Europe lDearth of Good British Boxers
Laid to Lax Preparatory Methods.
by ROBERT EDGREN.

BY ROBERT EDGREN.
Jim Jenries and Jack Dempsey
were talking over training methods
whom Jack visited Jim recently.
Jim was giving Jack q little ad-
vice.
Nobody knows your condition
better than you know II yourself %
said Jeffries. when you train for
light yoa can train yourself bet
ter than anyone else can train you.
You know what kind OF work you
need. and when you have enough.
In the old days We always used
TO train too hard 1t was nothing
Tor me to 60 out every morning for
4 ten-mile run and run 1t. too I
know now that IL would have been
better 70 walk and take few short
sprintA There's no use In burning
up energy you need In the fight
All q fellow needs IL to be In good
health and trained Just enough 30
that he isn't carrying any fat that
might make him slow or lessen his
endurance.
The rest Of training 10 just prac-
ticing enough boxing to keep your
eye good and your mind accustomed
to taking quick advantage OF open
ings- You don't need much train
ing, do you. Jsck?"
Not much" said Dempsey. Il
put on a little weight between
bouts but it's distributed all over
me. like to be thin for a ght be-
cause I'm faster when I'm light and
I depend on speed a lot. 1 took OF
twenty-three pounds training for
Carpenter. / weighed 1ss pounds
in the ring and today I've put on
about enough to make me 200
pounds stripped"
Dempsey plans to go to Europe
and visit England and France in a
few weeks He has made all Of his
passport arrangements. reported his
income tax payments and all that
sort OF thing.
You won't and any heavy
weights in England who can give
you a fight" said Jeffries. when
L was over there I found them the
poorest lot in the world. and they
haven't improved since then When
you hit them they hold up their
hands and resign"
II wonder why they don't de-
velop any good big men in Eng
land?" asked Dempsey.
Can't Fight ON Ale.
Because they're all mixed-ale
BOXERS" said Jeffries positively,
They all drink ale and beer and
ale makes q man slow and logey.
They don't just drink a glass now
and then. but the" have their pint
with every meal.
Drinking all the time makes a
fellow musny. They'll never have
Aood fighters in England until they
cue out the mixed ale died. They've
had the wrong system there for 200
years and they don't like to take
up new ideas"
I'm glad you say that" said
Dempsey. Il never drink. I'm very
nervous in training-all on edge
and they're always trying to make
me drink ale TO quiet me down.
ave refused so far, and / think
J you've got the right dope. I'm
going to stick to It,"
American college athletes used
10 oyertrain, andin competing all
over the country with college
team years ago / found beer and
ale used on most college training
tables. Throwing tho weights, we
used to start after breakfast and
keep il up until dinner time unless
stop. Then we'd eat enormous meals
and drink a couple OF bottles of
Dogs Head ale, or Guinness stout.
I've sat at football training tables
and watched the big men OF the
line stow away a couple of porter
house steaks each, with potatoes,
spinach, turnips, beets' carrots,
Rates Of toast. pudding or pie. all
washed down with beer or ale.
Mile runners used to go out for
daiIy fve or ten mile jog, and then
spend the rest OF a pleasant after
room practicing sprints. They
northumberland up their energq-
and then depended on the artificial
reIaxation of a bottle or two Of ale
TO rest their overworked nerves.
Cn the other hand. of course.
we've had many great athletes who
ate sparingly and who never knew
De taste Of even the mildest stim-
ulant. Some have been vegetarians'
never eating meat at ALL never
drinking
We've had many great athletes
particularly the weight throwers'
who over ate and drank too much
of fattening liquids. As a rule they
were tremendously big men. and
which may not have been a great
handicap in weight throwing. But
] believe all these men, with their
natural ability, would have been
better il properly trained. and tu-
ture athletes in better condition
will break all their records.
Too Much Fat.
John Flanagan, Matt McGrath.
Denny Horgan. Simon Gillies. PAT
Ryan and Pat Mcdonald were all
heavy caters when they broke rec
or1s, and some of them consumed
large quantities of stimulating
LIQUIDS. I've seen John eat enough
for two men, and break a record
that afternoon
Denny Morgan, who held the
worlds shot-putting record, had an
idea that the more he ate and the
heavier he grew the better he could
LurI the weights. One summer at
Travers Island, Denny had a habit
Of breaking a dozen raw eggs into
a large pitcher of milk every noon
and drinking the mixture after
lunch. He put on about forty
pounds, but he fell of six feet IN
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