The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-22

exhibition tonight at the Coliseum
Then he grinned like big boy
he is to take on his square jaw.
my chin is not made of concr
body else when hit right. Firpo
| don't go around thinking how
all that rot. No, sir; ! take ZEN
''You know that is what they
all keep telling you. They say it,
going to be a cinch for you. the
other guy can't fight. a set-up. and
all that rot. l
"Well, I always say to myself;
This bird has two hands, q, head
and two feet, and he can hit, and
am human, and besides, he, must
be pretty good man or he
wouldn't be matched with the cham.
pion.
Il suppose I'll get it some day.
They all do. I am only human
like the rest Of them. They all
90 down when socled right. and
I suppose I'm meet a right guy
some day.
Ffrp0 had my title IN his lap,
you newspaper men tell mel Was
too cuckoo to really know what
was happening to myself
5 everybody told mo before the
tight that he was q joke. Joke!
Huh! Well, the Joke came very
near being ON me!
Carpenter nailed me a. nasty
one that made me dizzy, and he
was supposed to be soft. But he
wasn't SO soft as some folks, now
try to make out. He could sock
with that right hand Of his let
me tell you.
sam 1 going to retire9 Do I
look like it?
''To tell the truth, I've never
thought about retiring. What for?
Boxing is my business. ! like it.
/ don't know of anything I'd rather
be than champion. a.
Training doesn't bother me, even
during the last couple Of weeks.
I like to train. hope, though,
don't run into any more sports like
Shelby. That was the toughest
predicament / was ever In, and
I've knocked around quite a bit IN
my time.
"DOes Gibbons get his return
bout with me firstS Don't know.
You'll have to ask Doc KeaTms
about that. He does all the bust
ness and / do. all the. boxing.
We're q great little team, We
started down at the very bot
tom and here we are, right up
at the very top. 4
''It's all the same to me whether
IT'S Tom or FIrpo or anybody.
don't hold anything against any.
body. They're all alike to me-.
whoever Doc says Is going to get
it-why, he's the guy, that's All.
Then go work and train In
earnest
Eyes, I've had a good time in
Florida. Palm Beach Is a great
place. But you can't stay in q place
like that forever. You'd 30 nutty
with nothing to do. <e
.'I was glad when Doc signed me
up for this tour. It gave mo 2
chance to get in some good work
and also to see the country. I've
been seeing the country all my life,
I think, and / never get tired OF 1t.
It's great country, that's why.
'sI'm in fine shape right now" "
and he pounded his stomach muscles
In proof. 'Oh, guess / weigh
about 100 or SO. That'n do for now.
I don't need much Of a grind to be
absolutely right" ~.
With that he was on his way.
Aside from the worlds champion
himself, the principal members OF
his party visiting Washington are
Teddy Hays, his social secretary
and exhibition announcer, and
"'BOstOn Dan" O'DOwd, his train
ing partner. /,
Teddy Hayes, a smart gentleman
II greatly enjoying his duties. All
he has to do Is see that railroad
accommodations are provided, make
speeches before assembled 'thoas'
ands and collect the income. Nc
wonder he is all smiles.
With Boston Dan" O'Dowd
though, things are not all honey
and cakes. He's the gent who has
to face the champion In the exhlbi
ton stunt. In other words, he has
to initiate Carpenter and Gibbons
and Firpo. He has. to aasimilate
that bombardment which the cham
pion, even against his win. cannot
seem to hold back.
"No, Jack doesn't hit hard IN
these exhibitions" says O'Dowd
shat is, not hard for him. But
IT'S a.plenty, just the same, don't
let anybody tell you different. Sure,
we wear pillows, but he'd have Ia
wear mattresses to keep some Of
his hooks from singing.
He's good-natured about IT,
though. He never loses his temper,
II he did, you'd see one gent Jump
ing the ropes and racing for the
railroad station and his name would
be O'Dowd." ...ss t /.
The. champion and his party
leave for New York tonight and
Judging from rumors trickling Out
Of the metropolis, 1t. will soon, be
known whether Gibbons orr Firpo
gets q return bout first.
J It's all the same to Dempsey.
But it may be good for the rest OF
us to know 1t. We're giving II
more thought than he To-.
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