New-York tribune., 1921-06-17
Aims
For Increased
Boxing Speed
Champion Takes ON Babe
Herman and Patsy Cline
for Four Fast Rounds
BY Jack Lawrence

ATLANTIC CITY, June 16.~Jack
Dempsey is as fit right now for his
battle with Georges Carpenter AS he
ever will be. That is the opinion Of
the writer and some twoscore experts.
alleged and otherwise, who saw him
go through twenty three minutes of
energetic training stunts at his Air
port camp this afternoon.
1t the champion is to take off six
more pounds, as has been said here
more or less officially, it is' difficult to
rigure out what part of his 1.-the and
muscular body they are TO come from.
Experts generally agreed this after
noon that Jack could enter the ring
with Carpenter tomorrow if it were
necessary and that from now on he
will require only comparatively light
work TO keep him on edge. That Jack
kearns, Dempsey's manager, arrived at
this conclusion himself early to-day
was indicated in the sudden switching
Of the titleholder's training program.
Instead of working out this afternoon
with Jack Renault and Battling Ghee,
two of the heaviest of his sparring
partners, Dempsey confined his boxing
to four lightning fast rounds with Irish
Patsy Clina and Babe Herman, one of
Kearns's string OF fighters who has
come on from the Pacific Coast for the
purpose Of assisting in the final tuning
up Of the champion.
Intends to Perfect Left
Speed and still more speed will be
Dempsey's aim from now until it is
time to knock off work altogether and
wait for the bell that starts the strug-
gle for the worlds heavyweight cham
pionship.
So far as speed is concerned Demp-
sey appeared lightning fast this after
noon. The way he worked his left
was very impressive. 1t was apparent
of this deadly weapon and will prob
ably depend upon it largely when the
international quarrel starts. The
champions right had a day off. He
didn't bring it into play more than
half dozen times throughout the
four rounds he boxed with his light
weight partners.
The way he worked his left was
something of o revelation. Sophisti-
Gated fight fans, who saw the way it
sent the heads of Babe Herman and
Irish Patsy Cline bobbing back, de-
clared it to be the greatest left hand
rounds with Cline were whirlwind af-
fairs. The lightweight went through
the six minutes Of boxing at top speed,
but his footwork was not bit faster
than Dempsey's. Time and again the
champion Jabbed the little fellow into
corner with his flashing left and all
the tricks of the game that the vet
eran Cline knew could not keep him
clear of that pistonlike hand
Dempsey's method of using his left
is rather odd. The hand travels so
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frequently this afternoon he shot over
three stabbing jabs 80 rapidly that it
seemed that only one blow had been de-
livered. While it was obvious that
Dempsey had his left under double
wraps, as it were, the punches, even
when they travelled only few inches,
seemed to carry stunning impact.
Herman Fares No Better
Herman Jared no better before the
title holders left-handed attack. The
coast lightweight was even faster than
Cline, but Dempsey repeatedly shook
him up with lightning fast left hooks
and jabs that seemed invariably to
shoot through to the mark for which
they were aimed. Herman went at the
champion as though he weighed 1870
pounds, instead of slightly more than
1870. He sent over torrent of assorted
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Dempsey contented himself with block
ing. His defense seemed perfect.
When Dempsey entered the ring he
wore heavy leather head guard, with
wad of white gauze wedged in be-
tween the leather and his left eyebrow
Cline also wore one, but one of Jacks
hard lefts shook him up so that it fell
off. A few minutes later the champion
discarded his headpiece and did not put
it on again. The cut over his left
eye was not visible from the ringside.
About 1000 persons witnessed the
twenty-three minute training period and
when the champion stepped into the
ring for vigorous six-minute spin
with the pulleys, it would have taken
hard boiled pessimist to say that he