Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-04
BY JIMMY DE FOREST,
Former Trainer of Jack Dempsey and Fan
Conditioner of Fighters.

Former Trainer of Jack Dempsey and Famous
Conditioner of Fighters.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, n.
Y, July 4.-Jack Dempsey, as / pre-
dicted he would, did his training in
comparative seclusion here yesterday
and he put in quite a strenuous time.
AS a matter of fact, he showed me
the best workout I have seen him per-
form since my arrival. 1t was sup
posed to be held in secret but with
all the war correspondents" here who
are used to this sort of thing, 1t is
practically impossible to hold really
secret workout.
Jack boxed five rounds, wrestled
and mauled one round, and did few
floor exercises. In the morning he
went on the road, but he merely
walked. The former champion, still
showing the effects of the tragedy
which resulted in the death of his
brother John and the latter's wife,
sought seclusion even on his road
travelling.
When Jack returned to camp after
his jaunt, crowd gathered about him
and many attempts were made to take
his picture. He refused to pose for
any one until he came over to where
/ was chatting with Bill Rodenbach,
the one-time amateur heavyweight
champion. Bill and Jack shook hands
and then Dempsey agreed to pose with
Bills daughter for a picture, which
Rodenbach took.
Extra Guards on Duty.
Extra guards stood at both en-.
frances to the training camp proper
and three men took up position on
little hill overlooking the ring to
ward off the crowds, while Jack took
a rundown in preparation for his work
out. Not even the newspaper men were
allowed admittance and naturally this
got the boys a little sore, but I can
sympathiZe with Dempsey. However,
as l have said, / don't think any of
the war correspondents missed seeing
what they wanted to see. These news
paper sleuths are tough birds to get
away from.
Jacks hands appeared to be trem-
bling a bit when Jerry the Greek adj
justed his boxing gloves. But If the
former champion was nervous or shak
en-, he failed to show it once the word
was given to go"
He took on Ed. McMullin first and
got a real good workout. He began
rather slowly, but he wound up with
a rush and a couple of seconds before
the round ended he had Mac practi-
cally out on his feet.
Next came Allentown Joe Cans.
Jack crowded Joe pretty much and
got another good rounds work.
He then took on Flash Yeager of
Newburgh, or some place like that
and after Flash had fioundered
around the ring for 20 seconds Jack
said, Throw him out" That ended
Flash" Then a chap named Bill
Battely, hailng from Nashville, went
on and for two rounds this little fell
low, a welterweight, gave Jack quite
a fast time. Dempsey caught him with
a left hook on the temple about two
minutes after they started ami they
called time when Bill locked a bit
'batty" from the clout.
Martin Burke went through his
usual defensive round, and then Carl
Carter wrestled and tugged with Jack
for u round. With the floor exercises
this about wound up his work.
Jacks Right Hand Slow.
Now one round is a good deal like
another as far as blows and such stuff
go, but this sparring serves to show
what's wrong with Jacks boxing. He
is not getting that old shift to work,
and he doesn't let his right hand &c
fast enough when he starts it. He
must speed up this punch
Dave Shade didn't work with Jack,
but he will get busy pretty soon, &C
cording to Leo Flynn.
find that Leo is looking around for
a spot to put up a ring away from
the training camp, where Jack can go
to work without being disturbed. AS
said before, this secret" training
Etuff is not likely to be put over up
here. The gang knows every spot
around, and they would have to go
far away to find a likely place. /
used to be able to get away with II
when / was working with Jack, but
that was mainly because the doys
didn't expect it, and we gave them a
show at the regular scheduled time.
besides. You see, that was a few
years back when Dempsey had some.
thing he hasn't got now-youth, |
mean. In those days the more work
, Jack did the more power he built in
his reserve. Now. If Jack does too