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Show JESS PLEASED 4 1THI1GBESS Resent3 Criticism of Training Train-ing Methods; Dempsey Refrains From Boxing. By RAY PEARSON. (Chicago Tribune Piieclal Service.) TOLl-:no, C, Juno 12. Criticism of the training- methods of Jess Willnrd were answered today by the champion. There are people In Toledo who think that "V11-Iard "V11-Iard Is not taking seriously the business of getting- Into championship form fellows fel-lows who voice the opinion that he should employ more sparring partners to assist him. Some of these persons do not believe be-lieve that he will be fit for the tltle-rctainini? tltle-rctainini? Job that faces him on July 4. The champion has listened to this taik, and today hu maid: "Yes. I've heard all this con versa l Ion about how I'm fooling away my tinu; and laughing my way through my bouts with Jack llemple and Walter Monaghan. I have trained he- 1 fore, and I know what training is and ! , what I need. I am perfectly satisfied j know that when I climb through the ropes I I to do battle I will be. mure than ready' to take rare of anything that happens." Willard dues not train as Jack lenip-sey lenip-sey trains. His bouts with Hemple and Monaghan do not in any. way resemble what happens in the Mnumee bay camp, for the simple reason that the champion Is so far superior to his helpers that he cannot extend hims.rlf. Monaghan is the bigtrt-st of the pair, and Waiter seemed son lev, hat dejected today when he left the ring after three rounds of effort. Biff Fellow Hits Hard. "What's the use?" he remarked. "I pun-h that fellow as hard as I can and I cannot hurt htm. When he wants to pun- h me it does hurt." Monaghan is one felloe who thinks that thTe ha.s been improvement daily in the champion's condition. Tie has been working every day with Willard and ought to know what he is talking ab'-ut, for Jess and he are not strangers, after an association of several years In training train-ing work. The champion Is taking all responsibility responsibil-ity in the matter of training. There is no one who tells him what to do. He sets his own proerarn, and one of the things he has set tied on is the lencth of bis conditioning bouts. Kight rounds of three minutes each is to be the dura-lion dura-lion of th-se daily sessions. "This isn't a twenty-round battle or a finish contest that I'm going to have with I empey," said Willard. "It's going to be a t w.dve-rouridT, and I don't figure that it v, ill he r.rct-ss.iry fur nv" to bos twelve rounds daily fr a twelve-round ficht. Kight rot-nds will be enough, and in the condition I will be in on July 4 I'll be able to st'p that th-zn ruund-. if that is necessary ihcr- a glimmer oomd be s-t-n in the ehamHon's eyes, tipping it off that lie des n-H expect to work that many rounds in th- title fray), and step it at my b st speed." Willard's Weight. Now about Wizard's weight. Questions Ques-tions a.l-.ed bv tho training c.u.p spectators spec-tators are: "N ih.it b:r f--'.ow dropping any weight, and is be soft'.'" It is our gue-s that the champion haa removed j'it three- p- -unds tl-ic he start '-d working at the Casino. This, of nivssry, must be a n-'s', but Willard told me t 'lav that b.e w.-mhs about :3 pounds. He hasn't had a f.-t un a weighing weigh-ing machine since he st.irtid work, and -lon'l intend to find out vhat 1 n '.'oh. n until he has had more time to irrir.d down the pound. ti,-- He is naturally s. ft. but gradually hard m; ir. "What will Willi id weigh when he fight is ar.o'b.er (pj.-tii'n of;en heard. l! Is aii-rrd by the ihampion, who said tmlay : "I'm going into 1h.1t ring w rikhing pounds. I can and wi.l do it." Hut if Jes has taken off only three pounds in a w.-k it would appear that more strenuous acuity is ahead of him. for it -l..uld he harder t- r--mo v.- this wiL-iit than it was tu take off what he already has removed. New Sparring Partner. At pr-sent U ih.ini cannot ret In e'cl t route! of !in:r.; dat' . tut after tomorrow tomor-row this will ie po.K-i'i, for ;i nw -p.irring iartner N tuld to arrive f;om N. w York to help out Hemple and Mon.mhan. His name is Ketchell ani J'.e is a l:o-plunder. He 1 t!;e man iai"h-d 1'V ).w Archer when W '.Hard s l-u.-uir's manager went riet a few ias aco. No one and ti.at included Arc .t tns to know the ti:st name of Ketche'.l, avd the New York news hounds here can k.'i'-e no light on who ih gent may happen to be. It Is fa id. how ever, t ":i t ): was in the navy during t he war and that be is rapahle. We'll know all about that after tomorrow afternoon. Soldier S:an'.o:i disappeared fnm the i.-mo amp sc, ue today. Katlin.; to see this voting man. we inuuire! a''Oi:t his ih'-enie and was told t tat he had departed de-parted Te Kickard ruul nlniost the entire nf-f. nf-f. e for - which in d " Md rartner" l-"r a nk l 'ournov", w at !; I t lie workouts to.i.iv. They mhw ihard lo three vnuii'N with Hemple and three with Moii.u:hau. They paw lvmp?-py i-un.-ii the l;ts', with siiadow I'oxir.v: and mauling the sin.P'M',-. before th.e t w o incrci sparring pai"tne,v. v.i Tate nnd Jamaica K.I. r:i-(rtained r:i-(rtained the good - sized ttowd with a t wo- round skit . "If there is -uiv place In th's broad e- p.inse of rnunlrv whore r blecr hand of Josh houneia is .it liir;.'.;, It would f'e haul to llnd. TheVre loose Inn Tolc-lo and this momins one fellow tried to frame a Mt of the cave man stuff. "Why don't you net Tate and Jamaica Kid to come over to your ramp and help vou now that Dempsey can t use them "he ause of his Injured eye4.'" v.as shot at Willard as he fcat In the lobby of tne hotel. j. Kg passes a frood part of his mornin-ln mornin-ln the hotel, and they're getting to used to seeing him now that no: ody pays a great deal of attention when he strol.s in. Draws Color Line. "I fought one negro and beat him for the title," came the answ'r. "I . said then that I n.-ver would iiht another colored man. I've drawn tie coior line, and as for n:o taking on Tate ar.d Jamaica Ja-maica Kid, that's out of t.-.e question. Monaghan looks good eough to me. Perhaps Per-haps if I could flip those fellows a g.ove In private I might do it to show- t.-.at 1 can. rut there won't be any public rout between Jeis Willard and Tate, Jamaica Kid or anv other colored man. The public pub-lic does liot want to see that sort of a 1 bout, either." t Now tee fans know- why Willard hasn t a coiored s-'.-irring partner. As for Willard's boxing any of Pemp-1 Pemp-1 sev's sparring partners, there's notmng I doing. Te: l'.b kard would take care of I tiiat matter, and Tex Isn't going lo al-, al-, low anv.hmg i;e t..at to happen between ' now and Juiy 4. He's sitting pretty , tight, is just waiting, and is fooiisn like I a fox. l'enipsev had hoped to put on the cloves lodav, but couldn't get away with It. His manager. Jack Kearr.s. won t take a chance on having that crow cut reopened. It is expe. ted that Jack may slam a few to his sparring partners ty ? u r,, i a v. There were no new developments in the r,-.;Vre-' situatlun. eo--''t that it is con- sNi.-red certain that O he record, r e c'-'-ci.il referee of ti.e To'ec.o A. C. will ofnhale in some capacity, either as a.-t.-rn.ite rel'eree or o:.e of the judges of tr.e contest if the army, na y an.l civilian tH'ard of l.'Tiug rou:r! decides to ap-j ap-j i-omt two Judges in afl i.tinn to a referee. |
