The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-16
Ex-Champ Seems to Have
Lost Fighting Spark
Which Carried Him to Vic
tory Often BefOre-ls in
Coed Physical But Not in
Good Fighting Form
b. .IINNlI PIONEERS

saratoga Hp.IrgS, \. l., july To-
Nt.A ~ Eight years ago i t;gcr.sl
yourgster Of n. dashed b. amo..ion
ard brist.ing with wolf.sn vicious
ness. spr4ag ouc Of his corner at
Jess Willard in the famous mas
sacre Of Maumee Bay.
IndeIlbly stamped on the mental
screen o. every t.eht fan from coast
to Coas- are vivid etcnings Of that
picture.
Memory Of it is going to be worth
exactly $250.oo0 TO Jack Dempsey
when he faces Jack Sharkey on July
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For the Dempsey OF today is a
middle-aged. atfluent athlete. pros
perlty softeEed. ring rusty. lured out
OF virtual retirement by the call o.
the game or the clink Of gold.
This writer was sent up to Dcmp-
sey's training camp. Now this writer
does not profess TO be an expert.
This writer is a reporter.
William Muldoon. for Instance. is
an expert. lie is undoubtedly the
greatest judge of condition, particu-
larly Of pugiists. that ;he sport has
ever seen. So this writer took this
experts opinion and is herewith re-
porting it.
Has Lost Fighting Spark
dempsey has lost his fighting
spark says Muldoon-
AN athlete, particularly q pugil-
ist." explains Mr.. Muidoon, "can care
for his body as studiously as ne
desires. But all the strictness in diet
and thoroughness in training Will not
keen alive the motor that Will turn
this xcellently conditioned body into
perfect fighting unit. The fight
ing spark must be there or the human
machine VIII not function properly.
Condition will not bring back the
fighting spark. A good series Of
fights is the only thing that will
restore It and keep. it alive"
The question now is being asked
viii it he Il better or a worse Demp-
aey that Jack Sharkey will meet thar
| the one who lost the title to Gene
Tunney?
70 which the answer might natur
| ally be that he couldn't be worse.
| THE Dempsey Of today radiate
/ health and good spirits. 1t shows il
| the flush Of his skin, the flash OF hi
eye. the springiness of his step, ever
in the tone of his voice. But it doe
not take an ounce OF common sens
to see that the Dempsey OF 1872
lean never be the Dempsey of 1919"
Experts Confused
I Under the green trees ny the ST
very waters Of Saratoga the expert
sit and ponder. They see many thing
and sometimes confuse fiery aggres
siveness with viciousness.
That stand-up, rolling, lurchin
charge Dempsey now employs is u,
terly foreign to the old crouchin!
weaving Dempsey advance when JAG
used to come plunging in, eyes SPIT
ting venom, working from one shl1
INTO another with every punch coci
ing him for follow-up blow.
You saw the last of the old Demi
sey when he fought Carpenter :
Boyle's Thirty Acres. The Dempse
who fought Firpo didn't crouch {
weave or bob. He just stood up ar
siugged toe-to-toe Neither did &c
| see Jack bob or weave or shi
: against Tunney. And We doub-. d
; spite his studied attempts. that &C
viii not see him bob nor weave M
shift against Sharkey.
Hasn't Fighting Form
- Jack Dempsey is going to be
.aod physical form when he nee
, k Sharkey. But there is wor
D.. difference between physical Tor
co. fighting form.
59e gn look at Dempsey with Il
.560 whom showed wise old Leo FLY
200 Gas the matter with him.
.5I3 swiren your punches and ST.
.4o5 "Neve" were Flynn's orde
.4O7 ners kind if the sparring pa
$50 ill you your block off. Don't
eserythirt in close and then T
break en,n the punch and try
"have ytwo. ;,
and waave o,forgotten how to b
tic quev. "ls Flynn's next ca.
style. &c. youh That isn't "
sway, keep 5laz;A down. Crou
Pet. And SO it goesNWay, etc.
.G42 IN to find lis Xemnsey r IS t
.G32 fleeting. Maybe hAsen. lime
$50 con't think he Will 1ind IL.
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