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Show SPORTUGHT Dempsey Seeking Heavyweighls By GRANTLAND RICE . JACK DEMPSEY's attractive home in Beverly Hills, arranged largely large-ly for his two good-looking young daughters, aged 15 and 17, was the scene of the confab. Jack has planned a world-wide survey and test of the best amateur boxers now living between the Mississippi Mis-sissippi River and the Suez Canal, or between the Pacific Ocean and the Rhine. "Our border is the world' Jack says. "They come to us as amateurs ama-teurs but the win- quickness. A slow-moving, L-ing L-ing fellow is no good. I'd s-. quickness was more importat: speed. Joe Louis, for eii: wasn't too fast afoot, but fc natural hand speed that help;: a lot. "You need quick reflexes, ; you see an opening and pm the split-second, or where ji a punch coming and block il ; split-second. A slow-thinkinj won't be of much use. "These are among the tlj we have to watch, stud;, 1 later Dirt to use. We kflou k JSP-? " i L v ners will turn into well-paid professionals. profession-als. We open at Toledo, to to Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh and then keep moving building and building, cutting cut-ting up and cutting down." This led to our dip most of those we try out it be any good. But working u the country we'll find m l and1 another there. We wonV s many, but we'll find Qt needed to stir things up. "We'll give these fighta best instruction possible. A . these modern heavyweights nothing about the true art 0! ing. Many of them never t chance to learn. These boxin; will be televised, and they ; worth seeing. They may be but they'll be interesting. "We may have a nun;:, heavyweights who can't figt. but who show promise Ic future. At the very worst it : an interesting experiment, i will be given a thorough trii I've never seen Jack ft: quite as interested in anyfc fore as he is in this new : weight plan. Thirty-two-ao:-years have passed since hefc out Jess Willard. More ft: years have slipped away si lost to Tunney. But he call; old game that made him fame wealthy is still sounding. 1 rate, it will still be somett see. Television and Football The N.C.A.A. has decided t tinue its policy of policing 01 ing TV displays of college lo games for 1952. Along one line at least Hi a somewhat morbid or at choly idea. For througb the TV committee picked os extremely soggy card. Tit in tne Dig neavy-Gr.ntl.nd neavy-Gr.ntl.nd Rlc. w e i g h t s pi a s i "What makes a good heavyweight?" we asked. "If anybody knows anything about a heavyweight, it should be you. You and Tunney. What are you looking for in a new champion?" "The first . thing a heavyweight needs is desire the ambition to be a fighter. If he hasn't got that he will never make a fighter.. He must be keen to learn, keen to train, and keen to win. He must understand it's a tough road and be willing to take it. "The next thing a heavyweight needs is a punch. This can both come naturally and be taught. A heavyweight who can't punch is no good for anybody and even a natural puncher needs instruction. instruc-tion. One can find out very soon whether a fellew can hit and hurt. "The third thing," Jack said, "is the ability to take a punch. I've known heavyweights who were good boxers and who could also punch. But they couldn't take a punch. There was Bombardier Wells of England. He was a fine boxer. He carried a terrific wallop. But any sort of punch to the body or to the chin would knock him out. He knocked Carpentier down four times in the first two rounds. Carpentier uapueu iu iaiiu une ana wens went out like a candle in a gale. "There are men who simply can't take a punch to the body or to the chin. They will never be any good as fighters. We can find that out pretty quickly. There are no really good heavyweights around today, to-day, and we are building from scratch. Other Needed Matters "Another point to consider," Dempsey said, "is a man's speed or Notre Dame vs. Michigan S Most of the others weretM' to be worth watching. If the 1952 TV committee t know, we can name a few ' better teams the public H would like to see. East: Princeton, Navy, ?' vania, Cornell and possibly Cross or Pitt. South: Maryland, Tennesse: tucky, Alabama, Georgia Georgia, Virginia and Miaff-sibly Miaff-sibly Vanderbilt, Tulane and |
