The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-15
By ROBERT EDGREN.

After eight months of idleness,
Jack Dempsey could handle Carpen-
tier Gibbons, Wills or any other
week of training. Tn, champion
isn't going very far back. Ger
tainly he isn't slipping enough to
reduce his superiority to a level
with the other heavies.
There were numerous skeptics in
the East who believed Dempsey,
since his defeat of Carpenter, had
fallen a victim to temptations that
always lurk around a ring title. IL
was necessary for Jack to appear
personally in a New York theater
to convince these doubling
Thomases he isn't hog fat from soft
living. The champion carries only
few pounds of extra weight. He
is nimble of foot, and outwardly, at
least, is as fit as ever.
Dempsey is naturally clean
liver. Turn him out in the open
and he's satisfied. If for no other
reason the champion keeps himself
in condition to avoid the drudgery
and hard work that's necessary be-
fore an important bout. Both at
Toledo and Atlantic City, Jack,
frowning and snarling, was the
despair of his sparring partners.
He was engaged in unpleasant
work, and didn't try to conceal his
feelings.
The champion wisely figures ne
can reduce his final training ordeals
by always keeplpg in form. Many
times out in Los Angeles I've come
across the champion doing road
work and engaging in gymnasium
exercises when there wasn't even a
thought of making a match. The
program would be varied One day
a long tramp over the mountains
with his favorit4 dogs or several
rounds of golf around the AMMAN
dale links. The next day the more
strenuous pastime of bag punching
and rope jumping.
| Back in the East. meanwhile,
critics were sure Jack was misbe.
having.
The Pennsylvania Relay Carnival
will be held at Franklin. Field.
Philadelphia, the last Friday and
Saturday in April. These games
have grown tremendously in inter-
Jest and In some respects eclipse the
4
Early Indications point to 100 coll
Ieges being represented at the Penn
Carnival this year. There was a
time when the East monopolizei
honors in athletics. Recently the
West has come up to even terms
with the Atlantic seaboard.
One of the first colleges to enter
the Penn games was the Oregon
"Aggies." There are many prom
fsing athletes out in the Northwest
Bill Haywood. one of the coaches
of the last Olympic team, is at the
University of Oregon. Bill writes
me he's coming to the Penn Carni-
val with a pole vaulter. who does
close to thirteen feet. and who is
also good for six feet one in the
high jump. Haywood also expects
to BRING on a relay team that will
bear a lot of attention.
1t is bashful college that hasn't
offered its pet solution for profess
sionalism in intercollegiate sports
Occasionally We hear something in
teresting from this mass of volun-
| tary opinions. The other day, the
Harvard Crimson" the college pa
per. let loose a broadside of sug-
| gestion~
! 1t would abolish all post-season
selections of honorary teams, do
away with unnecessary advertising
of football games. reduce the mum
Der Of International games and re-
strict the activities of coaches.
II these recommendation were
put into practice they'd have, I'd
play football in Utopia.
To make ball player quit the
game it's necessary to cut on his
uniform.
Spring practice of teams down
| South with romantic stories OF
young phenoms showing rare form
has had a very soothing effect on
numerous holdouts who said they'd
never play again unless their sal
airy demands were granted.
The magnates only had to stand
pat. The lure of 4 the game was
enough to fetch the recafcitrants
back into line
Golf is booming in the Middle
West. The wheat belt win soon be
series of links. Chicago has more
public courses than any other city
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