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Show Jack Takes Some Stiff Punches From BUI Tate; Shows He Can Stand 'em Dempsey's Sparring Partners Ordered to Cut Loose, and They Cut; Experts Say Willard Is Slow on His Feet and Advise More Road Work, but Jess Doesn't Want Advice. By RAY C. PEARSON. Tribune Special Service. TOLEDO. O., June 22. Bis Bill Tate soaked a brace of healthy -wallopt to the chin of Challenger JaoK Dempsey in their two-round workout work-out in the Maumee Bay camp this afternoon, and a crowd of 4S0O fans yelled wildly. They continued their applause. . but shifted it to Dempsey when Jack shoved that he can take a stiff punch by '- coming back wilh a vicious attack, which caused Chief Trainer Jimmy de Forest to call time before the expiration of the " scheduled three ft.inutes. : When de Forest called a halt, which : meant the finish of the day's work for t'en'.psey, Jack was cracking a bundle cf swats on Tate's head to even up for those punches the negro sparring partner had landed. v A few more words about the punches that Tate slipped to Jack are worth while. There were three of them, and ever- one was a stinger. One was a left ui'Prcut and the other two were right crosses. The first was a right cross, but it did not disturb the equanimity of Dempsey to any considerable degree, for Jack came back with an attack that forced da Forest to call to Dempsey to (low up a bit. Dempsey smiled when he heard that admonition, the first smile that we have seen adorn his swarthy features in the training camp ring. Jack s Dander Up. But Tate's left was a bit different. Jack did not smile after It had landed. He scowled, and went after the negro with blood In the optic, and then came more advice to Jack to "calm himself bit, Jack followed orders, but a few seconds later, when Tate let go with a Hsnt cross which landed flush on Defnp-tey Defnp-tey s iaw inj move(j hjm at east fDur across the canvas, he would not listen to anything that resembled instructions instruc-tions to go easy. He gathered speed and ; '"S Into his sparring partner, which retimed re-timed In the round being cut short, as previously told. . ' Before Dempsey mixed with his six-W six-W sparring partner he entertained the f'ony giant, Jamaica, with a two-round , 'wo his total number of rounds for the . ay being four. Jamaica found the going JO'iS'i, and several times Dempsev was requested" to be mild in his attacks. : was rather unpleasant for Jamaica. ; Jamaica is a "card." When a report sained circulation this morning that he nan knocked out Dempsey In a secret workout held early in the morning, he : came across with a correction. Jamaica Makes Correction. '. , pressing the ringside scribes, l.'?! ,,a' after finishing his two rounds " Dempsey, and while the aforesaid "K were wa'ching Tate do n bit of Wiig to escape retaliation damage, made a speech: 'Ocntlcmen," said Jamaica, "I wish to i"i' Ii? dcnlal that 1 knocked out Demp-lni Demp-lni ,J'S 'norning." Then, after looking the rlifcT. he added: "I guess all you S ould bB i"s- PS 'loving' as Tate - n ' you were in there." : camni! lhe, rl,,Kairle spectators nt both of wm 3 Tm Jones, a former manager th!.h Jones is Just as sweet on I"1 OT'8 chances as he was a week ' Tolirf llB '"ade a previous visit to i'nol r JoneR. despite the fact he has 'il h i'!"1 best of fnendlv relations l,i" hlB JeS3 since the latter dumped tho .olt'roard as manager, agrees with - lie rf01'1 mtun hy Dr. W. A Evans ill oifer. ""'"so Tribune, but ".Silent Tom" ; tuinm "'"Pntlinent. After seeing Willard for Z Hemplo for three rounds, Chip two i ' &cott ,or tw. and Monaghan for "ivn0nes 8ald: Evai . Is in fine condiilon, as Dr. Old hL teH' lla ook" better than ho "hbrZ? wc.cks before his fii;ht with Jack : .that h H,JVill,n. but I want to add I fion't it, better from the waist. I font J "k 1,18 1(,H work as well. His I Hess V, oment Indicates that a supple-' supple-' a lof ?ears to he 'acklnsr. Willard, with ,' lo ,i roadwork, I think could and tm c a,c0.rrt that slowness. But I'm 'Ws rl V,ot mv coin on Willard regnrd-v.5--.r llaa two weeks to get into ropePse" befre hS "mbs through the i'"ar.d llRS cut out 11,1 roaa worl. He ,"f " aurce with his former manager Hat his legs are not fit. Have Had Enough. ; Two sparring partners will be missing , from the camps of Willard and Dempsey : tomorrow. They wore missing today as far as engaging in any work was con- cerned. No longer will wo see Jack I He men of the Willard entourage, or Terrv f,rf the Dempsey camp." 'it's been .hard, boys, to work with these fellows .v,areTsoln" to niuss up one another m the Eayview park arena on July -4 I ics. and unpleasantly hard. I ,..,,1ow;,t5ke1Heinfn' His last engagement w.th thf champion, a two-rounder on i-riaay. resulted in a cold knockout and Vwn-,ra,C , 0n, the boards outside the ring dkln t help his bean. His neck is still s.ifi and sore. So the incapacitated Jack lett fur home tonight. Kellar Is still liv-Vha liv-Vha rt DePs;-v's caI"P, but Jack Kearns slipped the Information that he would soon be deporting. Promotor Tex Hickard wore the air of I ? JOJ'f"1 man toda'- Tex was around j town showing a card he had receive! from the army, navy and civilian boxins board it is promotor's license No.' 1, the first to oe issued by the board not long ago organized. or-ganized. The card says: ( "This is to certify George (Tex) Rickard of New York has a clean and honorable record as a professional boxing promoter and is at llbertv to pursue the vocation of boxing promoter with the full sanction and approval of this board VTTT?1?tUrARMy- NAVY AND CIVILIAN. CI-VILIAN. BOARD, "Adam Emple, Secretary." |