New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18
(BY JIMMY POWERS)

Saratoga Springs, N. Y, July IS
Just what makes you think you are
better fighter now than you were
a year ago?
Jack Dempsey was sprawled on
the grass cooling his golf brogues
in a shady nook just off the 18th
fairway at McGregor links near his
training camp.
Leo Phelonius Flynn, his gray
matched manager, cooked up a wise
and inquiring eye from the broken
hickory mashie shaft he was rue
fully fondling. Overhead a hot sun
poured its golden brilliance down on
the links. 1t was an off day on the
schedule. y good time. thought
this writer, to get Jack to open up
q bit about himself.
There are five good reasons why
1 think l can come back" says Jack,
very seriously and weighing his
words carefully as if to convince
himself he had justified his coming
out OF virtual retirement.
First my physical condition. I
mna's age. I have never really been
knocked out. l have strength, good
wind. a strong pair of hands and
legs that held up under the most
severe tests l could give them in the
mountain at Ojai.
FOL
have Leo here to look after every
thing. I have no sheriffs to dodge.
No jails waiting for me. No mil
lion dollar court suits to lie awake
at night and worry about. 1 can
concentrate on training. My head is
clear My nerves are not jumpy.
Third, my fighting condition.
You know there is a world of diff
ference between good physical con-
dition and good fighting condition.
I feel like going in there and tear
ing things up. I always did like to
fight. Now I have something worth
while fighting for. I want to regain
my title more than anything else in
the world. 7 figure I'm going to
knock out Sharkey. repeat the same
dose with Tunney and, when I have
the old crown back, then think of
retiring
Fourth. my punch. The old sock
is back I can tell when I whip
my rights over on my sparring part
ners. I can feel the big ones curl
up under the steam of my left hook.
That gives a man all the confidence
in the world. 1 know Pm going In
there July 81 with plenty of am
munition.
Fifth. my ring sense, The IN
stinct that tells me when to duck,
when to bob, weave. counter and
block. My ring sense is back be-
cause my head is cleared of all wor-
ries. financial and otherwise. Traf-
fic down all the nerve centers is
cleared
Leo Flynn nodded his head ap-
provingly as Jack chartered on. The
eX-champion scowled for moment
as he permitted his mind to race
back over the past The genial
good nature fitted from his hronzed
face, He sat UP very determinedly,
and banged niblick up and down
as he spoke. tearing a hole in the
sod at his feet.
II would not be here training if
I did not think I was able to come
back and take both Sharkey and
Tunney I'm not broke, All the
money in the world would not make
UP for the humiliation Of being
fiattoned.
1--WE never really been knocked
ont in my life. I never will.
IT don't know Sharkey hut I know
myself. ! know I will get back my
speed by the time the fight is due
and that means I figure to corner
him sometime in Is rounds. That
lad has been knocked out. What
has been done before can be done
again. J still have my punch. In
fact, I never lost it, only my speed.
This hollow shell stuff gives me a
laugh. It will give everyone else
one too, the night of July FL
PIRATES To DIP SCTICE