Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-18

Dempsey mas whipped MINI
self into the same fine cOndi
~ ton he reacheG when he
trained for Jack Sharkey
He once more looks trim and fine
and appears to have snap and viGor.
He looks as if he ought to be able to
put up a better fight against TunneN
than against Sharley and Il better
battle by far than the one he showed
against Tunney when they met before.
Certainly the eN-champion can have
no such excuse as that he let his
fight in his training quarters if he Is
beaten again by Tunney, for Jack has
done everything possible to save his
energy and strength for the contest.
r. He has done q little too much OF
that, in my opinion, in spite of the
various secret" sessions OF sparrng
he has INDUCED in.
In nearly all his sparrinG Dempsey
has been rather sad looking until he
let loose one or two of his heavy
socks on his sparring partners-SoCkS
that hurt them and made them curl
mp or slow up.
Il One day last week when Dempsey
was in Chicago for conference with
Tex Richard. 1 had a long talk with
him. His face was swollen and his
mouth cut
/ why do you let these fellows hit
you, Jack?" l asked. You know
none of them has a license TO lay a
glove on you If you're trying at all.
sAre you afraid of hurting them"
i Afraid of Hurting Partners.
s. That's just it. Jimmy" he replied.
4 ''Well, all l have to say is YOU were
inever so big a sucker as that when
j was training YOU" | answered.
FYou so in there and give 'em every
thing you've got. That's the only
way you're ever going to get into
winning condition. Good condition is
iAll right, but l want to see winning
.condition in my boys. And you were
scne of them once"
l. Since that talk, I've noticed that
Jack hasn't been bit lenient with his
sparring partners.
II And yet. l also notice that the boys
who circle about Il bit, as Tunney |
docs, give Dempsey plenty of trouble. |
sThey not only land on him pretty |
l1reely, but they get away from his |
.Sounters and his leads. But when he |
Matches them-well, they quit circling, |
,that's all.
+. / am frank to say I don't like the |
;'~ay either Dempsey or Tunney has |
;been training. l have no fault to find |
with their trainers, the men who are |
drumming their camps, for when it |
.scomes to that, Dempsey and Tunney |
.alone are solely responsible for what |
they do in training. Both are the |
final bosses of their camps. Leo Flynn, |
lat Dempsey's camp, uses a good deal
.lOf authority, but although Dempsey |
.actually does what Leo says, there is
$50 much Leo doesn't say.
i: Flynn certainly deserves much |
fovs h,.s, f.Nl
1.-THE ring a winner. He did that in the |
,iSharkey fight. 1t was no simple task. |
III can appreciate that it was a big |
task.
Il Training LackadaisicaI.
II But l don't know; there's something
hacking in this training campaign.
Perhaps it is an earnestness, a de-
Termination of purpose, but to me the
I.work of the two men seems lacka-
iEalsical, If may use so Tunneyesque
10 word.
II 1t NAV be that this is just one of
sfhe changes that have come into the
game, with the changed atmosphere
De the training camps and the differ
ltnce in the purses. But this particu-
liar fight will live in my memory as
.the one for which the least amount
sbf actual training was done.
L. Perhaps it is that Dempsey realizes
HE never will be boxer, that he
Unjust rely only on his hitting ability
and his ability to take punishment,
.l1d believes he has reached his limit
and therefore wants to mark time !
and go into the ring with what he
has, and knows he has. rather than
sdake chance of getting more at
Abe risk of losing what stamina he
Possesses.
n Perhaps it is that Tunney is con.
stinced this will be what he said to !
stne it would be, battle of wits, with |
Iahe brute strength part of it subsi-
!fized to strategy" and believes he |
lis good enough to win without going |
Through the tedious, arduous, pain
ful drudgery of intense training.
iAVhatever it is, I'll say that neither
Of them has strained himself getting !
Into shape
IL Oh. they both look good, great. as
q matter of fact. That is, on the sur
face. But how good are they inside?
,tiow about the old heart, etc? Wen |
lknd out about that on the 22d.