The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-22
CHAMPION HAS
MORE STAMINA.
SCRIBE AYERS
Hasn't Much to Fear, Fighting
Cautious Fight, Sports
Writer Declares
ONCEDES JACK CHANCE
he Splendid, Powerful Body
Punches Gene Can Land
Should Insure Him Fight
ONCEDES JACK CHANCE
BY JOE WILLIAMS

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he old Manassas Mauler do il? Is
it in the cards for Jack Dempsey,
the most spectacular figure in mod
erin ring history, TO come back and
win the championship!
Your guess is as good as mine.
Probably better. am one Of those
bright young men who predicted a
year ago that Mr.. Gene Tunney
would look like mug against Demp-
sey. What | think about this fight
should therefore not be taken too
seriously.
You may ask if Dempsey is any
better than he was year ago. On
the premise that he couldn't be any
worse and walk, the answer, in a
well modulated voice, is nellyes.
| am convinced that the worst err
ror Dempsey made last year was his
failure to fight at least one battler,
one Of the Riskos or Renaults Of the
land, before the Battle Of t,e Sesqui.
Had peen Out Too Long
Dempsey had been out of the ring
three years. No fighter can stay
away from active ring service that
long and expect TO com back a
first-class foeman with his warning
weapons 100 per cent perfect.
All the training he had done from
March to September hadn't kept him
from being rusty, hadn't keyed his
fighting instincts to the point where
he was able to grasp his one fleet
ing moment of golden chance at
Philadelphia.
/ refer to that fourth round when
Dempsey had chance to win and,
by his wn admission, he didn't know
it. His nervous system was clogged.
The messages from tie noodle to the
fists were slow III coming through.
Maybe Dempsey wouldn't nave
beaten Tunney last year even if he
had fought tW, or three times be-
fore. Maybe he won't beat him this
year. But he vii be in a position,
because o. his fight against Tunney,
and his subsequent fight against
Sharkey, to give Tunney a hard,
testing fight.
And if the chance like the one
developed in that fourth round comes
again this year, he'll, hc'll-well,
hell Knock the social lion Of the
gold coast clear out into the lake.
Duu / am touring.
If Tunney was 20 ,nL gh to win
ten rounds cut OF ten against Demp-
sey las. year, why 'ouldn't he do
it again this year? Possibly he will
win by more decisive margin. And
i. may be that Tunney could whip
Dempsey the best day he ~-c~ saw.
But
Tunney did not whip Dempsey the
best Jay e ever saw when he
whipped him at Philadelphia. /
mean to say Dempsey wasn't as
good as he might have been and
when / say this | do not mean to
detract in the least from the remark
able fight sr. Gene Tunn.y fought.
Dempsey Is li.,proyed
This year Dempsey will be better.
How much better is a matter of con-
lecture. He comes into the ring with
two har fights under his belt.
Whether that is important enough to
bring him home in front is another
thing.
Tunney is no worse than he was
last year. Very likely he is better.
The kowle age that he mastered
Dempsey has stiffened his fighting
fibre and his moral sinews.
Id like to be al e to string along
with Dempsey and maybe I should,
But l can't forget + feeble he
looked .gainst Ilnney a ear ago,
nor can | forget the mediocre t
he mad. against Jack Sharkey. /
say thai, mind you, desn the fs
that Dempsey has been my fore
most idol + the ring.
! concede Dempsey the chance you
must always concede him - the
chance 20 land with killing punch
at any Civ moment d,.ring the
fight, bL. this IS, | fear, an out
side chane
Tunney ought TO win. He hasn't
much to fear fighting the cautious
fight he is sure to fight. He is
faster and a more accurate puncher.
He has more stamina. He is splen-
did body puncher with a right hand.
He has enough power in tina right
hand to win by knockout, and if
he opens p and takes few chances,
he may.
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