New-York tribune., 1921-06-16
Plans
To w ork Hard
From Now On
Regulation Heavy Training
Routine Will Be Resumed
To-day; Jack Buys Dog
By Jack Lawrence

ATLANTIC CITY, June 15.-Jack
Dempsey ended his hve-day lay-oF to-
night and will begin tom orrow an in
tensive training period that will carry
him up to several days before his bat
tie with Georges Carpenter for the
heavyweight championship of the
world. 1t is understood that for two
or three days prior to entering the
ring at Jersey City on July 2 the
champion will engage in only the light
est sort of exercise. If he again shows
signs of going stale, as he did week
ago, this session of light work will be
extended, according to Manager Jack
Kearns.
The regulation routine, Of heavy
training will be resumed tomorrow
morning with road work, shadow box
ing, skipping rope, punching the bag
and short ring scrimmages with the
big fellows various sparring partners.
Dempsey went to Camden yesterday
in his big automobile for the purpose
of bringing back a valuable dog he has
purchased recently. This trip occupied
the entire afternoon, and when Jack
reached his Airport camp late this
evening he said he was thoroughly
ward to getting back into fighting
togs.
Three Two-Round Bouts
Tomorrow afternoon Jack will box
two rounds each with Marty Burke
Jack Renault and Larry Williams, all
husky boys, who can rough 1t with the
clined that way.
Dempsey and Kearns seem to think q
lot of Marty Burke, who comes from
New Orleans. Burke is fast, clever and
hard hitter, who seems to make an
| ideal sparring partner for the title
! holder
If Dempsey has not had enough when
| he finishes with Burke, Renault and
| Williams he may take on Battling
| Ghee, a raw-boned negro who comes
here with a reputation as tough man
III the ring. For work calculated to
increase his speed the champion will
| box on Friday with Joe Benjamin, the
| lightweight.
Moving pictures will be taken of the
entire proceedings tomorrow, the idea
films of the big battle on July 2
| Kearns is of the opinion that the fight
at Jersey City will be so short that the
| films of the real action won't amount
to much. He is confident that Demp-
sey will have the Frenchman on The
canvas before the camera men have
| had chance to turn their cranks very
many times. For this reason it was
decided to take pictures Of the pre-
liminary training activities in order tt
| lengthen out the reel.
This is an indication Of how conf
| dent Dempsey's hackers are. Another
| is that the attaches of his camp are
going about this town bemoaning thei,
fate because they can't find any ont
around who thinks sufficiently well o.
Carpenters chances to back him will
anything resembling real money.
Betting on Rounds
There has been lot of betting i,
the big hotels here, but practically al
of it has been on the number Of rounds
the battle is likely to go. Bsckers O
! Carpenters chances have grown stead
lily more backward in coming forward
| with their cash. 1t is said that on tn,
concrete proposition that Dempse,
| knocks Georges cold within two rounds
they are demanding even money.
One we'll known New York sportin
man blew into town this evening an
offered to bet one to five that Dempse
knocks out the French champion in on
round. So far as the writer has bee
able to learn he found no takers.
Jack Kearns talked to Tex Rickar
over the long distance phone thi
afternoon and discussed the meetin
OF the New Jersey State Boxing Com
mission to be held in Jersey City to
morrow. Subsequently Kearns toll
newspaper men that he had advise
Rickard that he could not attend tn
meeting and requested that it be ad
journed for week. His excuse TO
not going to Jersey City was that h
ought to be here to direct the takin
OF the moving pictures.
Kearns reiterated today that bot
he and Dempsey favor James F. Dough
erty, of Philadelphia, as the referee o
the big bout. Dougherty referee
Dempseys fight with Battling Levinsk
in Philadelphia and his meeting wit
Billy Miske in Benton Harbor las
! Labor Day.