The Washington times., 1921-04-17
JACK TOAV0|D
GOING STALE
Plans Stay at Summit, N. j., at
Freddy Welsh's Health
! Farm.
BY JACK vEIOCK.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Jack
Dempsey, worlds heavyweight
champion, back in New York to
prepare for his battle with Georges
Carpenter on July 2, is not plann-
ing to start heavy work just yet.
I'm not going to overtrain for
this sSht," Dempsey said today.
Look at the Brennan fight. /
trained on and off five months for
that fight and instead Of getting
better | got worse as time wore ON.
was stale when | stepped into the
ring but that isn't going TO happen
this time.
When Jack stepped off the train
after a fve-day trip from the Coast
he seemed full of snap and go. He Is
heavier than when he left the mo
tropolis shortly after the Brennan
fight, tipping the beam at 195 pounds.
Just enough over normal to start
training on" as he expressed it.
GOING TO HEALTH FARM.
Tomorrow Dempsey and Manager
Jack kearns are going up to Summit.
N. j., for stay at Freddy WeIsh's
health farm. 1t is probable that the
three weeks remaining before he
starts heavy training A little golf,
a little handball, and some hikes over
the Jersey hills will probably make up
the program there.
II like golf" Dempsey said. "Of
course, I'm no champion at that game,
and ! don't expect to be, but l like
II because II keeps me out in the
open, doing something"
n
mile from Welsh's place, and Demp-
sey plans to get in several little
games there. He intimated that IL.
he liked the Welsh place he might
decide to do all of his training there.
Nothing definite has been decided
about the champions training quar-
ters, however, except that 1t will be
N New Jersey. After starting train
ing in Jersey, even in the informal
~ay that Dempsey plans to do at
summit. he cannot leave the State
until after the battle without violat-
Ing his contract.
WILL BE READY FOR GEORGES.
Wherever ] train I'll be ready
for Carpenter" Dempsey said. I've
got to be-hes tough boy"
The champion is guarding care
fully against overconfidence.
'Tf anyone tells that I've made
up my mind to knock out Carpenter
In one round, don't believe them"
he said. II never make such pre-
dictions, and anyway this is going
to be a hard fight. It's going to
be a case of fight right from the
gong until one is knocked over.
Don't get the idea that I'm go
ing to be the least overconfident.
You can never tell what is going to
come of when you get into that
ring. Look at me in the Brennan
fight"
The stable of sparring partners
that Kearns has lined up for the
champions training period shows a
rather radical departure from former
methods in the champions camp.
Bill Tate and his fat contemporaries
are gone-middleweight and light
hcavies, men with speed who can
develop speed in the champion. make
up the new crew.
TARGETS FOR DEMPSEY.
Kid Norfolk, fast and tough Jim
Darcy, picked by Jack Kearns as the
class of the light-heavies, and others
of the same type yet to be named
will serve as targets for Dempsey
training punches.
Dempsey has been keeping in good
ring activity by taking on all comers
on the vaudeville circuit. He has
been averaging fifteen rounds of box
ing a day on the road, and has done
enough other exercise to keep from
getting soft and flabby.
He and Kearns have ambitious
plans for the period after the Carpen-
tier fight.
''The Gibbonses and the Grebs and
all OF the rest Of the men that want
to fight can have their chances after
we get through with Carpenter"
said Kearns. "Au they have to do
10 to show. us a promoter who will
pay. We don't want the earth either.
We will gamble every time. We are
willing to take a fair percentage of
what we can draw"
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE.
Eearns added that arrangements
are practically complete for Demp-
oey-Willard fight on Labor Day.
Between July 2 and Labor Day we
will take on everybody that wants
to fght," he said.
In the meantime Tex Rickard is still
holding off from making any definite
announcement as to the site of the
bout. Jersey City. according to the
dopesters, is in the lead but Tex Is
making no, predictions.