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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
SMITHS NICHE
IN RING WORLD
ISODD
The greatest 1niddleweight in the

The greatest middleweight In the
world-yet not a champion.
Such is the peculiar position In
which JET Smith finds himself.
jeff, however, intends to rectify
this little matter by the simple
process of forcing Harry Greb,
present monarch Of the middle
weight realm, into championship
match.
Smith has already beaten Greb-
not once, but several times. His
victories, however, were registered
before Greb became champion. Jeff'S
last two triumphs over Greb were
in New Orleans and Cincinnati.
Although the New Orleans match
was declared a draw by the referee,
every Crescent City sports writer
conceded Smith the victory by a.
wide margin. In the Cincinnati
bout, Jeff left no doubt as to his
superiority over Greb, He handed
the Pittsburgher as thorough a lac
ing as the present champion ever
received.
Greb has since declined no less
than thirty offers from promoters
throughout the country to meet
Smith again. On one occasion only
four months ago. the two were
matched in Atlanta. but one week
before the date Of the bout, Greb
pleading Illness. called Of the match,
although 1t Is significant that only
a few weeks later, Greb was ut
anough to defeat Johnny Wilson
for the middleweight title at the
Polo Grounds New York.
Since becoming champion, Greb
has received a least six flattering
tiers to box Smith, but has de-
clined every one OF them.
A few weeks ago, in Boston,
Greb was defeated by Tommy
Loughran. Within the past year
Jeff Smith has twice beaten this
same Loughran-in Scranton and
in. Philadelphia. In the latter
match. Smith had Loughran on the
floor for a Count of mine the bell
saving the Philadelphia from a
seemingly certain knockout.
Realizing the difficulty of enveie.
ling Greb into championship bout
with Smith, Jimmy Bronson and
Lou Brown. who are handling the
great Bayonne middleweight. are
mapping out an ambitious cam
uaign for Smith that is designed to
force Gerb into a match. It is the
plan of Bronson and Brown to
send Smith in against all of the
~ther ~r"ngniZed leading "ontendors
for Grebe's title, and by eliminating
them one by one, gradually bring
about a general public clamor for a
Greb.Smith bout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
Fulton Fight First Put
Dempsey In Upper
Class

In today's installment Of
Jimmy De Forests experiences
as q trainer of boxers, he re-
veals how he built up Jack
Dempsey in the brief period Of
six weeks for his battle with
Fred Fulton. It was the VIC
tory over Fred which proved
the turning point in Dampsey's
career. From that moment on
he was recognized as champion
ship material of unquestioned
merit.
When De Forest had taken
Jack through the month and q
half of training at his Long
Branch camp, Dempsey was Just
as confident he was going to
beat Fulton as if he were going
to fight an infant. Read Of
those stirring days in today's
chapter Of De Forests life
the days when the name Of
Jack Dempsey first began to
write itself indelibly on the
pages of pugilistic history.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
Going To See It?

IF your business has interfered
with your seeing scholastic
u football played on Tuesdays
and Fridays, you should be happy
this week. You will have an OPP
portunity of seeing Central battle
Eastern next Saturday afternoon
at Central Stadium. Play will
start at 2 o'clock, which means
an early finish, as the schoolboys
have shorter periods than custom
airy among their bigger brothers.
Central swamped Business, but
that does not necessarily mean
they will follow suit against East
ern. Charles Guyon has some
strange juice which he shoots into
his lads Just before the whistle
sounds for the opening kickoff,
and how those kids of his travel!
SO remember, Mr.. Man Down
Town, Saturday, at 2 o'clock, Cen
trail and Eastern clash at Central
Stadium up near that wicked
Thirteenth street hill. You can
make it, if you wish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
CRIDIRoN TEAMS CLASH
BY ARC LIGHT TONIGHT

The Seat Pleasant and Lexing.
ton teams will stage another pane
by electric light tonight at 3
o'clock on the Seat Pleasant grid.
iron. Football fans pronounced
the experiment a distinct success
on its first trial. but tonight's ner.
Torrance likely will be better. An
additional searchlight has been in
stalled.
Lexington was beaten by Seat
Pleasant in their first meeting,
but is expected to be stronger in
tonight's game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
HORNSBY DEAL limited
IN BASEBALL cONFAB

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-Dick Kin.
sella, scout for the New York
Giants. held a conference with Sam
Breadon, president Of the local Ma.
finnals today. but efforts to ascer.
tain whether deal involved Rogers
Hornsby was discussed were I'M
aVailing.
Branch Hickey, manager of the
Cardinals, stated, however. ne did
not attend the conference, and if
any trades were considered Breadon
first would consult him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

Descamps can develop q champion
out Of this Covent Garden lad, and,
In the meantime, there is consider
able worry al to who Is the heavy
weight champion Of England.
Technically Joe Beckett-the lad
with the convenient jaw-hcils the
title, but ever since Joe put his Jaw
out where Carpenter could play q
tattoo upon It for e fifteen.secOnd
victory there have been doubts az TO
whether Joe can still be counted
champion 0f England.
"A lot Of hard-h. ting boys are after
Joe for q match. for they want to
win the title: but it's doubtful
whether Joe win ever boz again.
and so the title may eventually slir
from his shoulders to those Of
Johnny Sullivan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
GEORGETOWN UP AGAINST IT

GEORGET0WN UNIVERSITY, for years q the grid
~on much against it this The Hill
topper without remarkable players
followed constantly by the nx injuries adding another
the list Of incapactated lads daily task the
sbes following the work Of Jackie Maoneys early
start at Garrett Park promised good things this fall but that lone
victory the unseaoned George Washington the Hilltop
the reward to date The Marines Princeton Georgia Tech and
after week It is a sad for and Gray.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
DE FOREST TELLS HOW
HE BUILT DEMPSEY
FOR FULTON

training Of Jack Dempsey in developing
him world heater who faced Willard at Toledo was when
hA WAS matched to fight Fred Fulton. .
Fmon long and rangy blow big reach and
little heart talked of the legitimate candidate Tor
negotiations
him meet Willard But these through There big popular
and the time however battle Of big and thus 1t
was that Jack got against Fulton and when ne
sensational
nan he considered when heavyweight championship
Ao-Io-. ~n;ok% he nsSpd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

JACKIE Maloney was supposed
to have the services Of an excep-
tionally strong freshman squad
with which to mold his varsity
eleven of 1923, but so far stars
have failed to shine. Indeed, the
good old pluggers in the line are
conspicuous by their absence this
year at Georgetown.
While it is true that the stellar
backs of the past couple of sea-
sons are sorely missed, those
sturdy lads in the line, especially
Carl Wertz, Zoob Sullivan, and
Rudy Comstock, have left yawn-
ing gaps their successors do not
begin to fill.
Georgetown would rather de-
feat Boston College than any
other team on its schedule, but
the chances are slight that they
will do so at Boston on Saturday.
If they do, the boys may be par
doned for tearing the roofs off
the buildings over in Georgetown
Saturday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

''Big Three" Conc.
THE supremacy of the "Big
Three'-Yale, Harvard and
= Princeton-in football is a
thing Of the past. No more do
teams enter their stadiums ex-
pecting to be kicked all over the
lot to afford an American holi-
day.
A W. and j., a Colgate, a
Brown, an Iowa will trample
upon the Bulldog.
A Centre College will spring
up and smash the Crimson. Even
a wee Middlebury will tie the
sons of John Harvard.
A West Virginia, q Navy, a
Notre Dame will twist the Tigers
waving tail.
Football has widened greatly
with the years. Pennsylvania,
forming one of the "Big Four
back in the ancient times, was
the first to fall by the wayside.
Now the "Big Three" is disin-
tegrating rapidly. It will be
gone altogether before long,
though its members will probably
never admit it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
It Means Nothing.

UTH1LE some are claiming
w that the winner of tomor-
row nights heavyweight
bout in New York between Jack
Renault amp Floyd johnson will
be sent against Luis Angel Firpo.
and ultimately Jack Dempsey,
such is hardly the fact. Firpo
now in Peru, is not due in this
country until next summer, when
he returns for a second battle for
the title. Tom Gibbons is also
hanging around, effectually stop
ping the rush of Renault and
johnson.
The Renault--Johnson bout
doesn't mean anything in fistics,
except a killing off of one or the
other as a money-maker. Both
are small fry Compared with
Firpo, without mentioning Demp-
sey at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
Win Six Straight.

Having won six straight games,
the Corinthian Midgets are seeking
strong opponents In the ninetylfive-
pound class. The Corinthians have
scored 30 points to their cppon.
ents' seven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
PIMLIC0 RACES, baltimore
OctOber 30 Co NOvemher III

First Race, las p. M.
Admission, including tax, S1.65
Special train, Il. q o., leaves
Union Station, 1870 A. nj.
Frequent trains Pa. r. r and
w. b. & A. Electric Linz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
DartmOuth's Chance.

N ARTMOUTH is facing a
wonderful opportunity Sat
urday. Victory over Cor.
nell, unbeaten since 1920, will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01
DESCAMPS IS BAD NEWS
TO BRITISH BOXING
b TnternatIonai Nevye gerv1ce.

LONDON, Nov. Descamps hy
OF the English boxing fraternity
Francois his Georges
dmmed the glory Of Engands prde-Joe Beckett.
Then Francois corraled likely English
Johnny
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

AZ really seems that Lord Curzon
and Mr.. Roincare should have q
conference to consider means OF
restraining Francois lest he dis
rupt the entente which Premier
Stanley Baldwin has been striving
so hard to maintain.
When Francois Georges put Joe
Beckett out in fifteen seconds there
was terrible wall from English
boxing circles.
Lets quit the game" some Of
them cried In the first flush of
Joe's sorrow and ignominy, but the.
more sporting members OF the fra
ternity kept their courage and be-
gan scouting for likely material to
place upon the pedestal which
Georges knocked from under Joe.
They cast abOut, and their
choice fell on Johnny Sullivan,
and then much to their chagrin.
they discovered that Francois had
been about two jumps ahead In
the discovery Of Johnny; and now
70 looks as though Britain's next
heavyweight contender for world
titles will be made I'm France. He
should be hard hitter, because
Francois trains heavy hitters, as
Joe Beckett win testify from his
Southampton hermitage.
Johnny Sullivan Is only sixteen
years old. and he comes from the
old Covent Garden district. where
youngsters learn to handle their
fists at an early age.
Ted Broadribb, once q satellite In
the English boxing armament, took
Johnny In hand when he was only
q baby and taught him q few Of the
elementary things about the manly
art.
Johnny was just twelve when ne
had his first fight, and for four years
now he has been engaging IN six
round battles and winning most Of
them.
Descamps first spotted Johnny IN
a preliminary to- the EilxI-McTigIle
rumpus in Dublin. Johnny took q
tough old soldier boxer over q six
round route In that battle and show.
ed him the way.
'sThat boy win be q champion In
five or six years.. Descamps said.
Several months later Francois
Was preparing his Georges for q
few minutes exercise on Joe Beck.
ett's chin, when he spled Johnny
In the ring In another preliminary.
The willy eye Of Francois Centered
on Johnny, and he watched his per.
Torrance for six rounds, and with
In two days Johnny Sullivan was
entered IN the Descamps stable.
It remains to b seen whether
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

than that possessed by and other
fighter.
Out Of this came his marvelously
swift right to the body, his light.
ming right hook to the jaw and
his always surprising left hook to
the Java left hook with K. o.
force in it equal to that OF his
right. Those are his three best
punches.
Another important weapon I gave
him in this second training in my
Long Branch camp was not OF at
tack but OF defense. 1t was an
Improvement on the English head
roll. At least I thought it was,
and Dempsey viii tell you himself
of fits high value. The idea is
never to give your opponent a set
target at your chin or any part Of
your face. The English were
trained to do it keeping up a con-
slant circular motion of the face.
But my way was to keep my man
rocking his head from side to side
like a pendulum Of q clock.
That does more than merely
an opponent. 1t also means
that your head is loosely held and
that fact greatly lessons the effect
Of any blow put on it. 1t also
strengthens the muscles Of the
neck to resist the shocks Of blows.
One Of the reasons which allowed
Battling Nelson to bear the brunt
of the heaviest attacks and outwear
many ADLER men in the boxing line
was that he carried heavyweight
neck on a lghtweight's body. I
think he wore something like a
seventeen collar.
i found Dempsey all unspOiled
by promises Of greater success I'm
the ring than he had ever dream
ed Of attaining, / am sure, when
he first came as q raw kid into
Grupp's gymnasium and later
when was giving him his first
real training when he found q
manager in the aStute Kearns.
1t was the genuine friendlineSs
that grew mp between MS and
continued to grow that not only
helped him but continued to
bring out in me the best / had.
It wasn't only in working In the
gym and putting him through his
several PAGES by which I aided his
development, but carried away
with me nights the picture in my
mind Of the big fellows body and
studied it at every point to sec
where else a new strength In his
physique might lie.
never worried about his legs.
They are large legs, but carry
little superfluous flesh and I tried
them out and found them to be
tireless. Bes des that, sometimes
when we got on the road he would
show off to me the speed he had
in them.
And I can set 1t down that when
the ring got Dempsey a great rum
ner was lost to that Other branch
Of sport. Jack Dempsey can run
like a deer. never clicked him
exactly. but have seen great
runners go and he could have de-
veloped to give the best of them
the speediest rumbles OF their lives.
I turned him out Of my Long
Branch camp as confident that ne
was going to beat Fulton as IL Jack
was going to meet six-months-old
baby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

Jack had done We'll In the MINUS
West, but afterwards he had mace
q trip to his old home and to the
Pacific Coast, where / had hearo
he had been holding reunions with
his old friends, even some OF those
whom he had known when r1oing
the blind baggage and tramping me
roads aa a youth. / had received
word that / was to have Jack
70 work on again and this news
had made me uneasy as to what
might have happened to htm-fears
that he had been having too many
rood times and would report to my
Long Branch camp completely out
Of condition.
But when Jack arrived all these
fears went into the discard. He
nav have enjoyed himself with his
old nails, but not in ways that would
knock him out of shape. He was
as big, clean, strong and healthy
as ever. and while he had not been
In hard training was in the best
NJ condition to start in with again.
This time I had q fair chance
N work with him and over him
and teach him the finer tricks OF
The game. There were to be six
weeks Of training, and . lot can
- done for the right mana man
With championship stuff IN him,
b that time
A soon as I got him to work
a the gym found that he had
forgotten nothing Of whatever I
had taught him regarding the
Strengthening and shortening of his
punches, and he amazed me at the
speed which he showed in punching
the heavy bag. He had nearly be-
come then what he later became.
and that Ia the fastest bag puncher
Of any heavy that ever lived. He
was reader with his left hand than
ever.
- The big point that I undertook
to bring out In him then, ana
which has proved one Of his great
est assets In the ring, was the
training Of his punches with a
strict view to peculiar shoulder de-
Jack has not the characteristic
shoulders OF q boxer. Such boxers
6 -Corbett and Mccoy, NtzsimmOns
and Johnson had long, sloping. very
flexible shoulder muscles.
Dempsey's are bulgier and built
largely on top. He has the Shout
.ders Of q wrestler. But there was
tremendous power growing there
as he was becoming the master OF
short hook and swing. put in
much time teaching him to work his
blows by throwing his body forward
while / developed his wrists and
forearm muscles.
In accomplishing this I used
almost entirely the mechanism !
have already mentiOned-the wood.
en- upright bar built I'm three sec
( lions like q telescope drawn out.
The hands are first claSped
around Q narrow handle, then an
upper, thicker handle, then around
o third handle far too thick for
the hand to clasp entirely. The
fighter twists and twists at these
:. handles, winding q rope that Is
drawing MP . heavy weight.
The result Of this WAS to give
Dempsey a terrific power in his
Aorearms, and the result Of the
entire method was to develop a
hitting style in Dempsey different
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

The result Of this was to give
Dempsey a terrific power in his
&orearms, and the result Of the
= entire method was to develop a
hitting style in Dempsey different
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

It Eemains to b seen whether
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-01

This time had fair chance
% work with him and over him
and teach him the finer tricks OF
tlDe game. There were to be six
weeks Of training, and . lot can
o done for the right mana man
With championship stuff IN him,
m that time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

sew is opposed to 3 contest be-
tween Wills and FlrpO. He IS con-
WINGED that Wills would be the
survivor, and in that event there
would be only one big bout for
Dempsey next year.
The champion probably viii box
Tom Gibbons again. but the spec.
tacle Of q boxer merely trying to
last the limit with Dempsey will
not appeal to ring fans as strongly
as the prospect Of q knockout with
the possibility Of the champion be-
ing on the receiving end.
Wills has not accepted or rejected
Firpo's proposition for the simple
reason that he has no idea Of what
he is supposed to get. Harry has
insisted for three years that he
should have Dempsey engagement
but while his claim is well supported
he doesn't get action and he is not
cashing anything on his prospects,
So he may be persuaded to take on
Firpo first.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
To HAVE
HEAVY GRID
SCHEDULE
Dartmouth Books Yale, Hair
ward, Brown, and Cornell
for 1924 Games.

! HANOVER, N. H., Dec. dart.
mouth will meet Yale, Harvard,
Brown and Cornell for her most
important games next fall, accord
ing to the 1924 football schedule an
nounced by the College Athletic
Council yesterday.
The Green, In finishing up Its
1924 season with Cornell at the Polo
Grounds on November Is, win wind
up its season almost two weeks
earlier than usual. The council, in
arranging the schedule, realized
that Dartmouth's location makes It
apparent that many OF her import
ant games must be played at mid
season and for the best interests OF
the players and the college as q
whole decided to end the season in
the middle Of November.
In severing relations with Column
bia, which for the past three years
has faced the Green, the council
regrets that such action had to be
taken In order to follow out its
policy OF completing it's schedule
early In November, and for this
reason only declined q very cordial
invitation to play the Blue and
White as a Thanksgiving Day at
traction in 1924. The complete
schedule follows:
September q, Norwich at Han
over. October 4, McGill at Han
over: IL, Vermont at Hanover; IS.
Yale at New Haven; rs, Harvard
at Cambridge. November 1, Brown
at Hanover: 8, open; 10, Cornell at
Polo Grounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
He Boosts Wrestling.

He Boosts Wrestling.
66VXT RESTING is a great
" sport, it seems to me.
'" OF course. am from
the Middle West where every lit
tie kid tries to learn to put his
rival on his back Most of the
best wrestlers have come from the
Middle West, before Frank Gotch
and since, too. It probably goes
with farming, the averageN cham
plon wrestler being a farmer. I'm
a farmer and / know of no life
that makes a man SO healthy or so
strong. When not travelling
around meeting different wrestlers
I'm usually back on my farm,
though l do call Chicago my home
now. It's my official home, any
way.
I'm glad to find a lot Of inter
est here in wrestling. This is a
bit Of a surprise, too. / always
thought Washington interested
only in politics and suffrage pa
rades and soft jobs. On the other
hanr. since getting here last week.
| have found Washington just like
other American cities, and a good
deal prettier than most.
"The last time / was talking
with Ketonen he told me that
there were some fine sports here
in Washington and that I'd be
surprised if ever / came to the
Capital. He's right about it. ]
have been treated very well ever
since getting here, and even if
Turner defeats me tonight l hope
to see Washington again some
time"
Meyers is an intelligent chap.
he IS easily one of three or four
OF the best men at his weight on
the mat. He is short and chunky,
as are most wrestlers of any
skill, takes the best care Of him
sei1 and hates to lose. He is
going in there tonight to throw