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Show . BOTH FIGHTEHS Ofi RAZOR EDGE VVillard Says He's Trained "Sharp"; Dempsey Is Full of Ginger. By FRANK O. MENKE. Universal Servlca Staff Correspondent. TOUICIX"), Ohio. July 2. - It's all over now for tho India tors but iho waiting for th (ions to send them Into battla on July 4. Jess WUIarii pummobai his way through six fast rounds this afternoon, took everything his partners had to pass a Ions to him. handed them some stiff jolts in payment and then announced: "Hard, training Is over. 1 am in shape. Tomorrow It's : lit : I o pulley work and perhaps a. few minutes of shadow boxing. Klffht now I am trained down to lighting form. I never felt better in my life never moro full of light an.l singer. "For all my other tights I preferred some trainer to haruao me. He drove me sometimes beyond my limit. Fre-r Fre-r quently 1 would go stale. Nearly always toward the end I would feel all worked out, and sometimes that condition prevailed pre-vailed right up to rmg time. lUtt it's d i ft" e r e n t now. I know m v physical c : 1 -41 rabilltles. And so I worked with that knowledge be fore me. I t ra I n ed j us t enough to get me into condition without sacrificing any of my energy." Jack Full of Pep. While WT.lard whirled t hrough the firml day of hard work. Pempsey appeared ap-peared before a snmll group at the Overland Over-land club and punched the bag for two minutes and shadow boxed two minutes more. Then Jimmy Do Forest, his trainer, train-er, w iff-w:srsrexl "Knough." Hut Temp-sey Temp-sey pretended not to observe and went r;rhf along dancing around the ring and swmning at an imauip.tiry foe. "Hey. you, I said enough !" yelled Be Forest. Dempsey walked over to De Forest and apparently pleaded for permission to do a few more stunts. "XIx. nix." exclaimed Pe Forest-"You Forest-"You hop out of the ring and into your room. You've worked enough for today." to-day." And then "Hooch Donovan, the Harvard Har-vard physical director and one of the createst trainers of men in America, said: "De Forest knows his business. Four minutes for Dempsey was enoueh just enough. He's as :me as a mzor's edge now, and if he doesn't overwork between now nnd fight time he will walk into the rin tuned to concert pitch." Dempsey's weiaht today was 19',: It was estimated that between now and 3 o'clock p. m. on ncht day he will add about five pounds, which will put him at the 2'"iO mark when he hurls himseif at tae giant champion. Jess 45 Pounds Heavier. Willard. although predicting that he "will beam not more than 2!0 ringside, notched slightly above that mark today and perhaps will arid some poundage during dur-ing the restir.g-up period. About 45 probacy prob-acy will be the mark. Therefore, on fight day. Dempsey will be "spotting" Willard forty-five pounds, nearly five inches in height and about five inches in reach. "Put Willard wii lbe spotting me close to fifteen years don't forget that.'1 cuts in Dempsey. when folks point out the physical disadvantages he faces. Those who like to delve into figures and have a fondness also for sleuth.ng around in pursuit of mathematical items uncovered this tonight: Of the SI.OOO.Ol'O Dempsey money that Is ready to be bet on the challenger at events, only about $32,000 has been placed a situation without parallel in ring history. Never since fistic dueling became standardized in America "has there been such small wagering on the outcome cf a titular clash. Willard Money Scarce. "The nearer we come to fight cay the greater becomes my amazement over the betting condition," declared John J. Ryan, who is operating a big book here. "I felt sure that this last week would see a lot of Willard money coming into view. But it's just as scarce a ever. 1 the Dempsey people were asking that 3 to 1 or 2 to 1 be bet against their man. there might be some excuse for the scarcity of Willard money. But all that the Dempsey folks ask is evens and they can't get it." The mutuel machines, however, are petting a fairly strong play. During the cay there were many bets made on the round in which the fiirht. may end. Tlie eighth was a favorite, with but little wagerinp on the first, second, third, tenth and eleventh. The heaviest hotting of all fa on the twelfth round, id Seating that the "smart folks" think the fight will go the limit. Hut when betjing on the twelfth you nust name the winner. A splendid increase in ticket sales was noticed during the day. and the cheaper seats, neglected earlier, came in for a rather strong play. There are, however, good seats of a.ll prices still on sale and the late comers undoubtedly will be ac- commodated with rather choice pasteboards. paste-boards. The promoters of the show are hopeful of a million-dollar house, which would give thern a profit of about $100,000 to $roo,000. But those who have studied conditions con-ditions figure that if the "ate" reaches , $ .00,000 it will be considered good. I |