New Britain herald., 1927-01-29
DEMPSEY REQUIRES
 WARM UP BATTLES
Ex-Champion Would Be Easy
 for 1unney in Return Bout
(BY JOS WILLIAMS)

New York, Jan. 2s = Mir. Jack Dempsey is back in the headlines again talking about another duel of the digits with the great intellectual of the ring, MT. James Joseph Tun- ney.
 It would be much easier for some of us fellows who fell down and broke our prophetic nozzles last September trying to call the turn at the Battle of the Sesqui to take MT. Dempsey seriously if he would do more fighting and less talking. What MT. Dempsey needs now is the same thing that he needed before he climbed through the ropes to lose
 his crown to the fighting marine last
 fall-and that is some honest-to- John fighting under his belt. If Dempsey comes back to the ring to meet Tunney without engag- ing in two or three legitimate warm- up bouts en route he will be beaten again just as badly if not worse than he was the first time.
 He ought to be in there swinging loaded punches at the Sharkeys. the Maloneys and the Rislsos, all of whom, l think, would topple before his attack. inaccurate and rusty though it may be.
 There are only two men In the field Dempsey need proceed against with caution. One of course Is Fun ney. The other is Jack Delaney, the light heavyweight, a deadly sharp shooter who might have won from the Dempsey Tunney whipped just as easily as the present champion did.
 But all the other pallid pretenders to the heavyweight throne are not ably lacking in genuine class and Dempsey. in good physical condition, could step out and mingle among them with little fear of losing either caste or cash.
 Dempsey can do more to bring himself to a state of fighting formid- ability by tossing soggy mittens in the general direction of & few ear nest plug uglies who think they are on third base to a championship bout than by all the mountain climbing. bag punching and "Tunney-or-no- body" ultimatums in the world.
 Dempsey lacked lot of things in his fight with Tunney, weight, stam- ina, sensible advice in the corner boise and FIGHTING EDGE. It was this lack of fighting edge that made the fight look bad and caused so many ringside observers to believe it was crooked.
 In the fourth round Dempsey rushed Tunney to the ropes and pin ned him there with an overland right. Tunney remained against the ropes, crouched. wide open for an- other punch, apparently Mustered and hurt. But Dempsey didn't let another punch go. Instead he floun- dered around and did approximately 
 Did it look bad! It looked terri- ble. And it was terrible. But Demp- sey wasn't holding back intentional ly. He was the victim of what you might term arrested action. Three years of inactivity had woven a web of restraint over mind, muscle and instinct. It was elementary to rush l man to the ropes and throw one punch. Dempsey could do that and lid. It was closer to science, to that EDGE I mentioned ,boye, to follow the opening up with :, quick destructive blast. Dempsey couldn't do that and didn't.
 If Dempsey tries to fight Tunney again without trying himself out in 1t least two test fights he will fight much the same kind of a fight and t will end in much the same way
 And this goes even if Jack kearns 8 In his corner and none but non- poisonous COWS are permitted to dis ill the cream for the matutinal java.