Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-18

Former Trainer i
Conditioner of Boxers.
N YEw YORK. July 1s.-Coming
N back from my last look at
VI Jack Dempsey, l took another
survey of Jack Sharkey Ain
his workout in Madison
Square Garden gym yesterday. With
all his advantages of youth and conf
dence, there are few things in
Sharkey's style that to me are glar-
ing faults. They will count against
him in this coming battle with
Dempsey.
He still has that bad habit Of drop
: ping his left hand down at his side
when he comes out of a clinch, or
/ when he starts to back away.
: When he shoots his left he falters
) for the fraction of a second-he
) doesn't come across with the punch
: rs he should His long left, when
he shoots it, leaves him open for
terrific right counter to the body,
and, believe me, Dempsey is the baby
who knows how to shoot that par
ticular counter.
1 really expected to see a greater
, improvement in Sharkey than he
showed me. 1t was not any too
warm. compared with the heat of the
last few days, when Sharkey began
his work, and that can't be sufficient
excuse for what / think was not any
too impressive a showing.
tse' Sharlzey Doing His Best.
-. am not convinced that Sharkey
= can do any better than he does in
these sparring bouts in the gym. 1
. am not so sure that he is not actually
doing his best.
There are times when he gives the
impression that he is not trying. but
when he does make a serious ATTEMPT.
MS execution is not much better than
when he is lust breezing," as his
trainer, Harry Kelly, and his assistant
trainer, Tony Palozolo, would have
one believe.
. Another thing, Madison Square Gar.
0en gym is an excellent plaoe to train
in the city, but it certainly cannot
compare with Saratoga, or, rather,
White Sulphur Springs, as Uncle Tom
j Luther insists we call his place, for
!. getting man in good physical condi-
! ton. The difference in the atmos.
. phere is such that there really is no
{ comparison.
2 Up there the pure, clear air is a
tonic, food, really noursihing to'the
blood. It alone would put a man in
fine condition. The open air and sun.
shine are two things that are the
greatest know for conditioning the
human body, or any other living body,
for that matter.
Sharkey is cooped up in an atmos.
phere where some 1900 persons ar9
; breathing the same air, and this air
is none too good at best, what with
Its conglomerate mixture Of burnt gas
oline and hundred different other
;odors, etc. So you see, that's one thing
In which Dempsey has the better of
it. Don't think that the fact that
Sharkey Is "inuring" himself to this
atmosphere will help rather than him
der him. 1t is question of building
up strength and energy, and fresh air
Is bound to help in doing this.
Sharkey plans to keep right on 60
ing up to and through tomorrow after
J noon. I think this is a good thing.
He'll have two full days of rest and
nught to be at concert pitch when he
enters the ring. -,
iNa Dempsey Boxes Daily.
II Pay no attention, however, to the
yarn that Dempsey is through with
his boxing. He boxes every morning,
and he has been doing this for some
time, as I told you in an earlier ar
ticle.N
It isn't exactly secret" because so
epany people know about it, but it is
dpne in seclusion, away from the pry-
ing eyes Of the reporters and the
visitors. Dempsey is striving nightly
10 lash himself into fighting condition,
and he. for one, believes he has
done so.
Sharkey yesterday went through
two rounds of rope-skipping and five
rounds Of boxing, one with Paul Cava-
Her, two with Johnny Urban, one with
Leo Gates and one with Rocky Stone
After this he wound up with three
rounds Of walloping the small bag.
He shows an ability to keep going,
and this bag-punching at the end of
his boxing shows that he has plenty
left when he finishes for the day.
That's where the youth comes in, my
friends.