Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15

Copyright. 1927 In all countries by North
American Newspaper Alliance,
~HICAGO, September 15.-After
looking at Jack Dempsey for
some time in his training
~ here, and seeing him play golf
and take other recreation IN
the midst Of what ought to be an IN
tensive grind for his battle with Gene
Tunnev. | am forced to agree with
him that it is not what either he or
Tunney does in the training camp,
hut what they will do in the ring on
the night of September % that will
win or lose the fight.
That's the truth. But then, what
they do in training will have direct
bearing on what they do in the ring
or what they fail to do.
Dempsey doesn't look so good in
training here. He looked better two
weeks ago. It's all very well for you
IN saw; "Oh. we'll. Dempsey never did
look very snowy in training" ! hear
= lot of people saving that. But don't
forget. trained Jack Dempsey for the
fight in which he won his title.
know how he looked in those days,
and | wasn't looking at him through
any rose -colored glasses. either.
Maybe he didn't look very SNOWY
but he certainly looked effective.
When he socked sparring partners
men with. whom none of his present
sparring mates could have lasted
round-they stayed socked. They
went down and out. Then it was
news if Dempsey didn't drop his man.
Now its news if he does.
Marked by Sparring Partners.
One of the things that makes Demp-
Sey look bad to me is that he is hit so
much by his sparrinS partners. that
his face appears swollen. That's not
like Dempsey He seems to be hard
ening UP some. but there still is room
for Improvement
Dempsey's legs, the legs that have
carried him through so often when ne
needed them. look good now. For
some time in his early training they
didn't impress me as being as depend
able as Of old. but they seem to be
O. X. now. Dempsey has been taking
good care of them.
/ know this fellow like book, and
he's not showing us all he can 40, II
tvpical of Jack not to cut loose any
more until he gets into the ring for
his fight. He's gotten wisdom with ad-
vancing years. and now he saves his
fight for the fight.
He is doing workouts in the other
ring that was pitched for him out at
the track and so is getting in more
work than the general public knows
about. This is the way he always
does. I've told about this so often
in writing about this training routine
in other recent fights that it's an old
story to me.
I'm taking those workouts into con-
sheraton when I give my opinion
about the former champions condt'
ton. 1t isn't how much l see him
Go in the ring so much as it is how
he does 1t that counts with me.
Fat About the Waist. -..
Dempsey still carries as. bit Of: fat
around the sides of his waist. He's
been working to get this off, but it
seems slow to leave him.. ! don't
think he need worry particularly about
getting this off. It's his legs and
arms that must be in shape. also his
wind. That little bit of fat that still
fingers never will leave him now, no
matter how much work he does. It's
old natures mark put there TO show
the world Dempsey. no longer is
kid.
dShcQ JACK IL utS HOSC UOIllcI GU
him now when he was fighting. but
he declared that it didn't. l noticed
his snorting few times in his work.
outs.
Jimmy. don't know I've got
nose" he laughed.
We'll, Jack" told him. some Of
your sparring partners seem to have
no trouble finding it, grinned.
"Yeah?" said Dempsey. well. so
long as Tunney keeps shooting at it I
won't mind bit. Nobody's going
TO knock me out with a punch in the
nose. And while he's shooting at the
beak that'Il leave a few openings for
Old Ironsides." .....,
And Dempsey looked affectionately
at his left mauler4
Dempsey has Just about a week
left to get into trim for the fight. He
can do it, no doubt. but he needs care.
ful work and the right kind. This
coming week will give us the answer
whether Dempsey can come back far
enough to win back hts. title.