New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
DEMPSEY SAVAGE
 AS FIGHT WEARS
Champion to Finish His Training
 Tomorrow in Secret
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 10 P-

Atlantic City, N. J.. Sept, 10 P-
 Jack Dempsey. scowling, angry
 worlds heavyweight champion, to-
 day is finished with all hard train
 ing. From now until Thursday
 night, only process servers can
 make him depart from his
 straight and narrow path of light
 labor.
 The champion Is tapering off
 from the apex of his training. His
 is down to 193 Is pounds, strik-
 ing distance from his best fighting
 weight. and only enough work to keep him fit to fight will be on the
 program during the next two days.
 Tomorrow he will work strictly in
 private with the gates to the dog track closed even to newspaper cor
 respondents. This will be his last training, although he will loosen up a bit on Wednesday afternoon.
 The annoyance caused by Jack Kearns, in which the champions former manager almost succeeded in having Dempsey cast into the jail house has succeeded in turning Dempsey from a carefree. happy go-lucky youngster mentally at least into fighting destructive individual.
 A majority of the experts here are of the opinion that the action of Kearns in throwing Dempsey into the hands of a receiver will only serve to increase his savage fighting instinct to the point which will bring him into the ring nearer the Demp- sey of old, than all the training the champion could have arranged at this critical period.
 These observers are of the opinion that he will see Gene Tunney, Harry Wills, Kearns, Paddy Mullins, B. c. Clements and James A. Farley all compiled, in one morocco bound edi- ton in front of him on next Thurs day night.
 Dempsey has been subpoenaed to appear in the court of chancery here tomorrow to answer to the suit filed by Kearns on Saturday. Gene Nor mile, manager of the champion, said today 1t was extremely unlikely that Dempsey would show up in person, however. Instead battery of legal talent will appear in his behalf. g Normile is of the opinion that the suit will be either dismissed or con- tinued. In any event, the $100,000 | bond posted by the champion will | permit him to leave the state for his important engagement with Tun- ney, despite the writ of ne exeat, l granted to his ex-manager.
 Dempsey yesterday confined him. self to eighteen minutes of actual | work, doing no boxing although he | was fighting mad. He pounded the inflated light bag for two rounds, shadow boxed for another two | rounds, and finished up driving his fists into the big heavy swinging bag for two rounds. He was num- bling to himself and grunting every time he sunk a punch into the big | bag. The precipitation splashed off his forehead with every swing of his arms.
 Dempsey impressed his observers VI NiAiI tiiC ihtl AIldS iit AiNhVl hS<o olL his toes for an instant during the six round workout. He circled around the inflated bag all the time he was punching 1t. While shadow boxing. the champion was on his toes, continually going backwards and around in a circle, and always out with left hook at an foe.
 Tommy Gibbons. one of the ex- perts to watch the champion. said he to be taking his work more seriously than Tunney. Gibbons had just returned from observing the challenger it his stroudsburg camp. The St. Paul heavyweight said Tunney's best chance to stick the ten rounds would be to adopt a defensive battle. as Gibbons did against the champion in their fifteen round battle at Shelby, Mont, three years ago.
 Dempsey looks good, no matter If others think he has slowed up 5ince his battle with Firpo," Gibbons said: "Of course, he Is older and perhaps not as fast, but he is in good physical shape. This trouble with Kearns may cause him worry ome. but I doubt if. It probably will make him so mad that he will 'e a more eavage fighter against -unhey than otherwise"
 The champion, according 10 latest probably will not in. 'ade Philadelphia until just in time 0 weigh In at o'clock Thursday .fternoon. Nornile said the title