Evening star., 1923-09-08

his snappy workout yesterday agai
Dempsey used his left continually W
and against his punch-catchers. /
working faster and with greater acc
Jack Britton. former welterweight
champion, said today that, in his
judgment, Dempsey had shortened
the swing of the hook slightly. MAX
ing it more effective. Britton, a past
master in boxing, watched the cham
pion from the edge of the ring, and
marvelled at his skill
Il never thought Dempsey could
step around with so much speed and
hit the way he does" he said. He
is the first heavyweight I've ever
seen that frequently leads with his
right hand. And when he leads with
it. he usually lands right smack on
the chin"
Dempsey was never still. even dur
ing the thirty seconds rest between
rounds, in his workout yesterday.
During this brief rest period. while
his sparring partners painted in their
corners, Dempsey walked around the
ring with short, snappy strides, con-
tinually hooking the air with vicious
lefts.
-. The champion. glad to be relieved
oi tTOuDi0SOIne COiQ, was IN BOOu
humor yesterday. He joked with
visitors at his cottage and twice
drew roars of laughter from the
crowd by playfully taking a couple
OF punches at Billy Lyons, a friend
from Denver, who was refereeing the
training bouts.
Have Faith In Firpo.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N J.. September
8.-Luis Angel Firpo is surrounded
by a small band of faithful to whom
he is the all-powerful being of pu-
gilism.
/ There is the dapper little man of
Buenos Aires, Horatio Lavalle, who
! has undertaken the direction Of Fir
pos training; Carlos Vega, recently
graduated from the University of
Tennessee. the son of a wealthy Ar
gentine. and the sparring men. and
the assistant trainers. not one of
them will talk of anything but vic
tory
Last night these men were gath
cred at the home of Meyer Saul. one
of the chalIenger's greatest admirers
"at one week this time hence a great
battle for the world title will have
been finished and name of Luis
Firpo will be uttered by peoples
throughout the world. they will Know
ers"
"Ah, yes" echoed the faithful Vega.
Luis will win. l am sure of that.
There viii! be great battle. There
will be many surprises. People will
: say it is the greatest heavyweight
fight in history: and at the end Firpo
will still be standing. He is the true
warrior. His adversary strikes him
with all his strength. but it makes
no physical impression upon Firpo.
He is all powerful: he cannot be sent
down for the full count and finally
his adversary. grows weak and the
,crowd is hailing a new champion
the man from the Argentine.'
Frank koeble. Brooklyn light cav
weight, who has been one of Firpo's
best sparring partners. then spoke:
"Firpo can take punishment the
. harder you hit him the harder he hits
back. 1t you can't do anything but
make a man fight harder by hitting
,hi{n with all you've got. how are you
going to beat him? Dempsey's due
for a lacing."
Charlie Schoeneman, the masseur,
agreed, and John Lester Johnson, the
NEGRO heavyweight, who worked two
fast rounds with Firpo yesterday
and predictions of victory:
Meanwhile. Firpo was in deep
islumber on the floor of his training
cottage.
Big Advance Sale.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September S.-The ad-
vance sale of tickets for the Firpo-
Dempsey championship fight at the
Polo Grounds next Friday night, has
amounted to approximately $4,000
The promoter said it exceeded the
advance sale for any previous title
match he has promoted, including the
Dempsey Carpenter fight. which es-
tabIished record gate" of s1.600.-
900 two years ago.
: In the event of a sell-out for the
dempsey -Firpo match, Rickard said,
the receipts will reach s1,250.000.
Half of this amount, or more than
100000, would go to the fighters un-
der the terms of their contracts. for
they are to get SO per cent of the
gross total. Dempsey. whose share
than s350,Oo0. and Firpo, with 12k
per cent. would get more than $780,
These percentages are fixed as. the
maximum by the State Athletic Com
mission.