New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

80 ttie ar IHaU IL hau DetJer not get
III the way Of Jack Dempsey.
His breathing itself is unfriendly
ne bites at the air as it comes in and
linen blows it out in loud, angry puffs
| me shadow boxing came first this at
tefnoon and Dempsey slugged away
punlshing the air severely in the wind
You would, would YOU" he appears to
say with each blow, and as he hit he
grunted. 1t seems to US as if his wind
! might be a little better, but It is hard
to tell about the mouth breathers.
Ca!rpentier makes just about as much
noise.
Cline Tries Tc Be Friendly
Irish Patsy Cline followed the badly
defeated shadow. Cline attempted to put
tne bout on friendly basis from the
outset, He made several jokes and
| smiled at the champion reassurinplv
as II to indicate that, as far as he was
concerned, the proceedings were going
to be conducted in accordance with the
best amateur tradition of sport for
sports sake. Dempsey continued to
scowl and cuffed him with stiff left.
to the mouth.
Naturally the champion did not let
any long hard blows fly at Cline. who
was once lightweight, though he seems
to be IN welterweight form Just now.
but ne did punish the little fellow at
innghting His short blows were hard
enough to make Cline's mouth puffy.
Joe Benjamin, the California light
weight, came next for two more rounds.
There must have been some shortage in
lightweight tights at Airport, for Ben
Jamin wore green and purple costume
which Topped around his ankles.
| benjamin looks much more like Rms
sian dancer than prizefghter. He il
even more beautiful than Carpenter
! and at least comparable to Niiinsky
Ills features are regular, and there is
every reason to believe that he would
ike to keep them that way. recording
y he was very jocoae in his manner. but
dempsey continued g bad audience and
played, for the wind, while Benjamin
danced away. The CHAMPIONS left
| seemed excellent, and he was able to
nail the fast little man several times.
On the other hand Dempsey took
little pains with his defense, and Ben
!amln had no trouble in landing left
Jabs whenever he dared stav close
/ enough. Toward the end of the second
round Dempsey caught him soldly with
a left and made his mouth bleed q lit
tie The last two rounds were with
Eddie O'Hara, a middleweight. who
trled to Jab and get away. O'Hara was
last and not ashamed to run. Dempsey
Kept after him and had some little
dlfhculty in landing.
Dempsey Lands CIeanly
In fact, O'Hara scored more blows;
dempsey landed cleanly only twice at
tohg range, but these more than bal
anced all the little taps of the lanky
middleweight. One almost Knocked
nm over backwards and the other
made him double up forward and hang
on. Larry Williams and Battling Ghee,
OF the Dempsey staff of assistants sat
IN the bleachers and applauded when
ever one of the blows which might have
hit them landed on somebody else.
In spite of the fact that Dempsey
does not satisfy the eye as much as
Carpenter, it seems to US that he de-
! serves his position as favorite. He is
little less speedy. but far more
rugged. For that matter much of the
bashful action of Carpenter is not
particularly useful no matter how well
1T looks. Dempsey stays on the ground.
That goes for his mental attitude as
we'll, since he has no notion whatever
OF fighting as romantic pursuit and is
not likely to expose himself unduly in
any sunburst of enthusiasm.
1t will be the realist against the ro-
manifest, the artisan against the
artist. Art, we know, is long, but twelve
rounds is pretty apt to be little
! longer. A new expert came to camp to-
day and placed himself on record on
the Dempsey side. Bill Brennan, who
took the champion twelve rounds in
Madison Square Garden, viewed the
workout and said the champion was in
good condition.
HE isn't as good yet as he was when
he fought ME-" he added. This was
greeted with some surprise and deri-
sion by the boxing experts, but Bren-
nan sticks to it. "Oh, I know you all
say Dempsey's knees was knocking to-
eether. and he could hardly stand up,
and all that stuff, the night he fought
me, but that was just because you had
to alibi yourselves. after saying would
not last a round. He was good, 1'll tell
you, and l gave him a tough fight. Of
course, he's still got two weeks, and he
may be better against Carpenter than
he was against me. There's no danger
of his going stale.
"He isn't on edge yet. What do
think? Well, the Frenchman isn't go
ing to find it easy to hit Dempsey.
That weaving business of his makes it
hard to land on him solidly. Carpen-
tier may keep away from him for
awhile, but in twelve rounds Dempsey's
sure to tag him"