The Washington times., 1930-03-15
CK DEMPSEY BEGINS TRAINING MAY FOR RETURN TO RING
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his added growth. But actually
all Of them are cut to q pattern
that In one way or anioher, fits
pempsey'S style as the key fits
the lock.
Age May Decide
Maybe there are some Of them
he can't lick. Maybe he can't
NNk any Of them. It 'iylat even
~ that he can't lick some stran.
Ger On q street car. But II he
can't win from the kidd they
have In there now. it won't be
because he over-matched himself.
It will be just another case of
age and idleneSs making the arms
leaden and the feet .,erplexed.
Boxing, they will tell you, is all
0 matter Of comparative styles.
Tunney had one that left the
modern, fuddlefooted Dempsey
standing still while his count
enance was pecked into human
hamburger. In time, this lost
its spontaneity and appeal, so
Dempsey retired. What he wanted
was an opponent who would
stand and take it-but not in
definitely.
His opponent, in breif, had to
be . man who either wasn't too
robust or too skittish on his feet
or preferably both. It seems to
nlhlithat q study Of the present
1felc answers many Of Johns
rAH pressing questions.
= Sharkey Slower
Sharkey. for instance. It ap-
pears that he has sacrificed some
Of his speed for supposed durabil-
fly. Many q man will tell you
that Sharkey isn't any too res
olute about the annex or torso
and, as to this, I cannot def
nitely say. All I know is that the
man who hasn't all Of his feet
under him will be hit in the an.
mex by Dempsey until such time
as the latter is persuaded to
desist. Dempsey really isn't un-
reasonable about things like that.
All you have to do is hit him
with a paving block.
Scott is the fast, diffident type
that Dempsey has reason to dis
trust. But Philip can't seem to
abide Q punch anywhere and he
would find that Dempsey isn't
at all particular that way. John
doesn't ask them where they want
to be hit. He hits them and finds
out for himself. 81,
Foot Work Slew
Schmeling is fast with his
hands but not with his feet. He
doesn't go for foot work at all
and is one Of those waiting"
fighters that Dempsey dotes on.
Besides, the German never has
been hit by O real puncher and
it is my impression that maybe
he ought to go off somewhere by
himself and hope that he never
win be. RiSko might give John q
large evening because he is rough
and tough like Dempsey and has
more natural speed. But Risko
can't break a promise with his
punch and is easy to hit, so that
ought to be right down the fair
way for Dempsey.
Griffith, I fear, is neither big
nor strong enough for this racket,
but be has real speed and that's
the kind that Dempsey never
really gets to know, except in
very distant. impersonal way,
until they meet later on in the
dressing room.
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AS f0r Campolo and Carnera,
they ake only fast when con-
sidered in the light Of lunmoxes
and I strongly suspect that
neither Of them can or will take
It in the sun parlor or annex.
81 Therefore, II Dempsey can fight
at all, they ought to be a couple
Of step-children for him. The
point is that man who has had
five fights In. seven years and
no fights In the last three. can
Be rigidly suspected Of not being
able to fight ct all or even less
than that.