The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-30
KNOCKOUT ONLY Way
TO DECIDE BEST man
SAYS JACK DEMPSEY


ATLANTIC CITY, June 30.-Jack
Dempsey wants his contest with
Georges Carpenter to end decisively,
with either himself or Carpenter
stretched on the floor of the ring if
possible before the - rounds have
been fought at Boyle's thirty acres in
Jersey City, Saturday afternoon.
The worlds heavyweight champion
so declared himself today when he
said he did not want a towel thrown
in an acknowledgment of defeat. A
championship contest, he said, should
be allowed to go to a knockout With
out regard to the battered or helpless
condition of either contestant. Demp-
sey also is opposed to having a con-
test stopped by the referee.
The best way to stop a fight to
suit everybody is to knock the other
man stiff" Dempsey said. Then
there is no chance for argument. l
don't want Carpenters men to throw
in a towel. l know when it comes
my turn to take it They are lot go
ing to throw in any towel for me. l
VIII keep on fighting until l am count
| ed out.
Decision Always Risky.
Nobody is licked until he is count
ed out If a fighter gets chicken
hearted and doesn' put over the viii
ming punch when his opponent is
dazed and webbing, he might get
| knocked out himself by wild, deS-
perate swing. Such things have hap
pened."
i With ten long weeks of training be-
| hind him. Dempsey today is through
with hard work unil he defends his
championship Saturday afternoon.
The champion completed his training
yesterday, but he will loosen up his
muscles on the punching bags this
afternoon and again tomorrow before
! he is scheduled to leave for Jersey
| City. He expects to take off two
| pounds by tomorrow night, so as to
bring his weight down to 100 pounds,
the figure he plans TO scale at ring
time He weighed 1872 pounds before
| his final workout yesterday. The hour
tof Dempsey's departure is a guarded
secret in the. champions camp. Man
ager Jack Kearns said the champion
and his party would leave here tomor-
! row afternoon. but he may decide TO
i spirit him away tonight or early to-
morrow and have the camp attaches
follow by a later train. Dempsey will
| be kept in seclusion at a private
residence in Jersey City until time to
go to the arena.
! Last Workout in Public.
! DempseyS final workout was staged
! in public in the open air arena instead
of the airplane shed, where he worked
| in private on the two previous days
! The champion worked for about IL
minutes, first on the pulleys for three
minutes and then a round of shadow.
| boxing. He boxed three rounds with
Larry Williams, the only sparrine
partner in camp, but struck no hard
blows and permitted Williams to
rough him up a bit while they were
| tearing in close.
convince experts that he had plenty OF
onvince experts that he had plenty Of
reserve power and plenty of speed
! He boxed on his toes all of the time
and his foot work was impressive.
| There was a sigh of relief from
| Teddy Hayes. the champions trainer
and other handlers when Dempsey
| finished his boxing without injury tc
the healing wound over his left eye
He wore a headgear and a thick pad
ding over the cut to prevent any
possibility of having it ripped open BY
a wild swing or a butt.