Evening star., 1921-06-28


The Atlantic City lion has a big
slightly more muscular chest and
neck than the Manhasset tiger. He
has a greater breathing capacity, but
IT is questionable whether he has
better wind than his rival. The bar
rel-Shaped chest does not necessarily
imply great vital capacity or good
wind. In fact. an athletes wind or
ability to keep his struggling muscles
supplied with sufficient oxygen de-
pends more upon his heart muscle
than upon his lungs. AS I have al
ready said. while the American cham
pion has the more powerful lungs.
the European champions heart mus
Gle is the better developed and more
efficient. Even at that. it does not
necessarily follow that Carpenters
contest of July than Dempseys. for
another and even more vital factor
enters here. namely. the comparative
ductleSS gland efficiency OF the two
champions.
Pretty Well Matched
The winner of this battle is more
than likely to be the man whose ad-
renal glands function the better. The
contestants are pretty well matched
in ordinary respects, or where there
are differences of equipment the ad-
vantages of the one man just counter
Dempsey's size is offset by Carpen-
tiers speed: the American champions
heavier neck is offset by his oppo-
nent's stronger legs; the French
champions bewildering agility in
dodging about the ring and ducking
under wicked swings is offset by the
westerner's punching power.
Jacks daily exercise began with
shadow boxing about the ring. This
he did with considerable vim and
Ir u inc a mt n ~
actively all the while. some ten min
utes, perhaps. as he did this panto-
mime boxing, but his comparatively
skinny legs and feet are dead as
compared with those of Carpenter.
There were a few rounds of rather
indifferent sparrins with some husky
looking. but very careful, sparring
partners. one of whom managed. how
ever. to brush glove across Jacks
prominent superciliary ridge and re-
open a cut over his eye, which bled
freely.
There was no rope jumping, but the
champion did go through with some
floor exercises in rather perfunctory
clumsiness. Either he is muscle
bound and stiff in the lower part Of
his body. or else his performances are
purely performances for dollar per.
Dempsey Breathing Inferior.
His breathing is certainly inferior to
Carpenters. That big barrel chest
of his may be less efficient function
ally than an ordinary f1attened chest
is. Many asthmatics and persons with
emphesema and chronic bronchitis
have barrel chests. look like power
full creatures. but in reality are weak.
Jack breathes hard, which is all right
with hard effort. but he breathes with
some difficulty-apparently he does
not know how to breathe as well as
Carpenter does.
Not knowing how to breathe may
account for Dempsey's more labored
breathing after muscular exertion.
How much Of handicap this may
prove for him in a twelve-round con-
test. each round three minutes in du-
ration, will depend on how much Of a
chase the tiger leads him about the
cage. One not accustomed to such
exercise can scarcely realize how a
brisk game Of tag can make q man
blow even when the chase Is re-
stricted to a playground no larger
than a sitting room. Jack should
have taken some lessons from a sing.
ing master or some one who could
teach him the art of breathing. But
as 1 said before. it is chiefly the
efficiency of the heart muscle that de-