The Washington times., 1927-08-27
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NEWSYLE
Of ATTM;K
BY Gene Tunney
Worlds Heavy wefgllt Champion
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BilIy Gibson. my manager. Waxes
enthusiastic occasionalys
He predicted IN Chicago the other
day I would knock Jack Dempsey
out within six rounds.
wish felt 40 confident about
II as he does. Perhaps his exuler.
ance Is due to the fact that he has
never been II the ring with Jack
Dempsey.
/ am not deIuding myself By nm.
derestimating Jack. I don't expect
to meet the same man in Chicago
that I did In Philadelphia . year
ago.
Talk that Jacks 'Iegs have gone
back on him" and that he ID 'shOl-
low SHELF does not deIuds me. I
have heard people say this about
other fighters who have suddenly
let loose q hidden handspring some.
whore and knocked their opponents
clear out Of the ring.
Even II I were inclined to give
credence to some Of these runOrs,
what 1 saw displayed by the former
champion in. his fight with Jack
Sharkey convinced me that was
going to meet different Dempsey
IN Chicago and that ! might as well
start Immediately to prepare for It.
That Is what ] have been doing
up IN Spectator, N. z. left the
ringside after the Dempsey-Sharkey
fight . very thoughtful young man.
Up In Spectator, away from the
devise q new style Of attack which
would inset Dempsey's improved
condition.
/ have had plenty OF time TO
do Il. Fortunately, the isolation
Of my summer camp I'm the Adj.
FOndaclEs gave me plenty Of uT-
hanlpered leisure to work out
my own scheme. During my
road workouts in the mornings,
would discuss with Eddie
Eagan new campaign plans and
In the afternoon we would try
them out i'm the ring. I think
now that have achieved what
want.
Before the Sharkey fight, we heard
that Dempsey was sIow--that his 80
years was beginning to tell. But we
were surprised when We saw that
the Dempsey in the ring was never
outstepped by Sharkey. He carried
the fight from the beginning to the
end. He was able to bore into
Sharkey, trap him and force the kind
Of fighting he wanted. He aimed
to keep on top of Sharkey all the
time and coax him into infighting
and then beat him down gradually.
And he did it.
Furthermore, most of Demp-
sey's fighting was done from .
new stance-flaf on his feet.
But when he wanted tO-wlIen
he needed fO-ne was on his
toes and In there with an the
power and genius that has
stamped Jack as B splendid
fighting machine, with { terri
BILE sock and the heart Of 4 lion.
These new things must be- taken
into consideration. / trained to
fight Dempsey in Philadelphia In q
certain way. / had studied his
former fights and drew my con-
illusions as to just about what to
expect from him. I proved to be
right.
This time, however, / must
change my entire style. The left
jab, which / found to be such 4
valuable asset in the Philadelphia.
fight, viii still be valuable but It
must be backed by something else.
The few friends who have watched
mo work out in Spectator during
the summer believe that / have got
it. They predict that Jack win
not last the limit. I've been trying
hard enough and I hope from the
bottom Of my heart that they are
right.
(CoDyRlght, 1887. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.l