The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-15
Jack DrdIUs
Spectators
Workout
Max Miller Finds Giant
Negro Boxer Is Quite
Proud of His Work
By Max Miller

By Max Miller
NREAr FALLS. June Is.-Great
VI Fails is not excited. The man
most sympa,hlHed with By Great
Fans today Is Tommy Gibbons-an
exactly opposite view from tho pro.
mosers' offiee in shelby.
Tommy Gibbons By all eoAveFsa.
ton. lowered his stock by his exit
hilton tour OF the state not long
aro. us showing Is being passed
nom mouth 20 mouth a. having
been patheuoally poor on that tour.
ana now he has 90 walk until the
Fourth 10 revive himself
lack Dempsey on the other hand.
draws a daily batch OF spectators
"a Camp Dempsey on tho Missouri,
II would be wrong 10 say he draws
a daily 'thpng." Camp Dempsey
eutertalns a crowd daily, bat not
.throng Yet he hasn't begun
working hand
Half the crowd that PAYS 30 cents
10 watch pempsey's sparring part,
ners work are women. And the
pruuaest individual In Camp Demp-
sev is Godfrey. the bulky negro.
Today he stopped right in the midst
OF punching tho bag 10 let a woman
take his picture. His time keeper
pressed the stop-wateh and just
laughed until Godfrey resumed his
punching. Godfrey was dressed
nom shoulders to feet in brilliant
green. He wore black trunks. lie
HIS one pose for pastures. and as.
sumes the pose as follows: tal facial
erimance TO teFrify even the brav'
ct. % right glove close 70 chin,
but not TOO close TO Interfere his
profile from picture. lel left arm
extended ike a fishing pole and
considerably SITTER
But this for Mr.. Godfrey He's
the hardest working indiv.sdal In
the camp-as Ions as there are
people 20 watch him
He studies his opponent for min.
utes al a time without hitting. lie
spends half his time studying his
upponent-,his opponent usually
being. Of course. bag.
n opposite types attract. and make
a good team. then Dempsey and God.
frey deserve the footliEhts OF the
camp. They are a team-if opposite
types make team
The o'clock sun was scorchlng
the buffalo grass and leaves OF the
poplars as Dempsey walked quickly
o.; OF his dressing room. His gloves
already we're on. and he had only a
towel over his bare shoulders In
contrast 70 Godfrey's full-lenEth
tights Of Christmas green. Dempsey
wore short black trunks and n small
black Jersey. he walked quickly.
glancing now and then at the ground.
then AZ the ring ahead. but never al
tho gauntlet Of spectators right and
LEFT.
His left eyehrow--the news OF one
injured eyebrow that travelled all
over the world-hls left eyebrow was
partly shaver of. giving him. all
told. three eyebrows His face wasn't
a scowl. exactly, but Il certainly was
serious. (Thru the entire OF this par
,icular turnout he didn't smiie-not
even once. He NODDED once or twice
to friends--but didn't SMILEY Dcmp-
seq Is either a wonderful actor.
wonderful. wonderful actor. or else he
Is regarding Tommy Gibbons with
more regard than the whole OF Great
Falls
As he shadow-boxed he covered the
whole ring. yet seemed to make no
noise with his feet. Then be started
In on the long leather bag. Thwampl
Thwsmp! p!--and tiny
springs OF hot salt water began open
ing on his forehead. and running
miniature rapids over the contours
Of bis nose and In front OF his ears.
down TO his shoulders. Greatl Lots
Of fun-the spectators liked to see
him persptre. Greatl
This day he tried no sparring part
ners. but turned his next attention
70 black punching bag. an ordi-
nary-sized one. and made the thing
hum to the tune Of woodpecker.
Now catch IT," he nodded to an
assistant. so the assistant stiiled the
bag. Whereupon the greatest man In
the world drew two yards away.
feigned once, then slammed the little
black thing once with all his might
Yet the little black thing managed
somehow TO hang on with its little
black strap.
The assistant stilled the bag again.
And again the greatest man in the
world drew two yards away. feiEned
once, and again slammed the little
black thing with. all the might OF a
100000 arm. Yet again the little
black thing managed somehow to
hang on with its little black strap.
For the third time. then. the as.
sistant stilled the bag. Again the
greatest man in the world drew two
yards away. feigned once. and
whanged the little black thing. Yet
Tor the third time the little black
thing managed somehow to cling to
rs little black strap--and Dempsey.
tossing a towel over his shoulders
departed quickly into his dressing
rooms. He departed Just as he came,
glancins now and then at the
ground. but never at the gauntlet OF
spectators right and left.
A quarter.to-four now. and the
people arc pllIng into their automo.
biies for town-yct It's probably won.
dered why Godfrey was written up
Inst In this story. But that. OF
course. Us merely because the per.
sonages Of Camp Dempsey were each
taken In the order Of their import.
ance. Therc-there, for instance
down on the boxing platform still
remains Godfrey scientifically study.
ins his opponent, the bag. For some
little boys on tho fcnco haven't yet
gone home.