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Show ' CHAMPION'S TRAINING SHOWS PLENTY OF RESPECT FOR ARGENTINE FIGHTER Jaclc Dempsey Believes in Plenty of Hard Workouts JTrpo Mad Biff Mistake When He Broke Off Relations V v. With De Foreat I V , ' fTEERE hnt any doubt that both Dempeey and Firpo trill ' 1 1 1 be in physical shape for their championship match on the ' fourteenth. As usual, Dempsey began training long before the t bout,' allowing six weeks to get into condition. Dempsey believe in plenty of work. -' He never loafs whan othor aaaata sra fairly wall dla-trtbutad. dla-trtbutad. In thla romlnj world'a champion. hip Dampaay Is and ahould ba fa-vorlte. fa-vorlte. Ha had a prrfaot flfhtlnf aqulpmant. Ha la arafty, quick, -aatlla, aagraaalTa and pltllaaa. No flvhtar avor axcallad Datnpaay In tln-lahlnc tln-lahlnc a man wha had baan atartod toward ,Uia knockoutwltha aaalnc punch. . , V ' rmrst punch , j SHOOK WILLARD. S. '. Wlllard mlrht hara esmo back at Toledo If Dampoey had eaead up for half a minute, but Dempney kept on knocklar Wlllard down until tha W fallow waa helpleea Dampoey haa told ma that ha nearly foufht him-ealf him-ealf out trylna to keep Wlllard oa tha floor, and that If Wlllard had been able to come back la tha third round the raault might hara bean different. Plrpo la confident and anreaslve, but he kaan't IMmpaeya eiplcalTe fury. In tha Wlllard flaht Flrpo drew hack at tlmea ta look Wlllard oyer and wonder why tha bis man didn't crumple under thoee terrific rla;ht hand drlrea that crashed aemtaat his ribs Just over tha heart. Ha looked worried, pusaled aad wv certain. Ha rallied each tlma after Wluard'a rush waa spent, aad took tha asgi oaalve amin. but In tha and It waa ace that beat WlUard. area mora than Flrpo'a punches. Tha Wlllard Wll-lard who whipped Johnson at Havana Ha-vana ela-ht yeara ago would hara beaten rirpa. That'a oertaln. When ha went homo several waaka after tha flaht Wlllard talked about Firpo for the first tlma. Those right hand body blows of hta shook ma all up Inside, aald Die: Jeas. t knsw they wera hurt. In ma, and I went after him aa hard aa I could, but aU of a auddata 1 felt that In aptte of overythlnar I could do. thosa blown ware taking awar ray Strang th. It - waa the body blowa, not the blowa around tha head, that weakened me. If ha caa hit Iampssy the same way there'H be a new cbam. pton. airpo la Iron a as an OS. Ths longer tha fight aoea the bauar hia ehancsa will be." What Dempsey will have tn oppose op-pose that heavy clouting of Flrpo'a la hia mho ahlftlness for defense, and tha apead of hia laft hand la attack. It lan't llkaly that Firpo will lass aquarsly ota Dampaaj (a tha aarly rounda. WHBftC FIRPO' chancb ciaa. , 1 But ha may. That g where thla flgtit will ba Interesting. There'll alwaya be a chanco while flrpf la en hia feat that ha may catch Demnasy with One of hia tsrnric right hand punchea. He drlvee that right hand straight, and he hlta when tha other man kits, alwaya al-waya trying to beat bun to the punch. A man who doea that la alwaya dan- ?eroua and alwaya likely ta win any Ight with a knockout. Dempeey haa won all hia fights by beating hia man to tha punch. His system Is ta match apsed against less spaed, and throw everything; Into the punch when ha Iota It go. Wlllard la right about PI rye's chsneea Increasing If tha fight goes along aavaral rounds. If It does go several rounds It will aa because Dempsey Isn't "socking" In his old way. And If ha can weather Demp-aey'a Demp-aey'a aarly attack Flrpo'a height and reach and greater maacular aqutp-ment aqutp-ment will be a great aaaet. Thsra-ll ba plasty of prophesying before tha fight, but ana eat of prophets proph-ets will look foolish whsa It la over. If rvmpsey catches Firpo the way he caught Fulton or Wlllard. with tha first heavy blow struck. H wilt look as If Ptrpo never had a chance, Aad If Firpo drops that right ever In a wall placed counter we'll be wondering wonder-ing why wo ever thought Dempaay a wall nigh Invincible champion. (Copyright, 1121 by tha Bell Syndicate Ino.) ;. through hia training, or neglects : V any detail that might ba needed to . put im til shape to do hia beat la ... the rleg. . ' . Probably Dempsey la tha hardest -.working champion we never had. --HIS manager, Jack Kearns, never - spends much tlma 1n the training -'caiap. He doesn't need to wstch Dempsey to know that he's working. work-ing. Once atartsd in training. -- " Ticmpsey goes, at It as tf tno whole v. future waa at stake. Ha trains all . tha tlma pvaa whan he hasn t a i 'Z match In eight, but of course w doeea't work aa hard aa whan get-.. get-.. tlna ready for a fight. . He la the f Irat champion who over ' tried this system, otnsra like to take a long layoff from tha traln- lug grind, between fights. ' Some r' even have to ba watched day and might by their managero. while training, to keep them from sllp-.4-ping out Of camp and breaking training In some way that would Injure their eaaacee la tha coming . - bout, , .....,... .'"tcrn-ns i.oiio sues :. . --. OF TSUUkl.'aa. , William MiMooi weed to go after " John I Sullivan with a baseball bat to make him atlck to tha training ""otuff whan Joha wanted to all? out and have a good time. Fitsslmasone wae eemeiarna like ' Dempsey. Ha liked hia training, and did a lot of boxing between "' boute, for amassment. '1" Jeffrlee didn't boa mora between r.,"f1ghta, but hs apsnt half hia tlma In tha mountalna en hunting tripe ' .and roughing It In tha wild coun-.,try. coun-.,try. which waa even batter for .....keeping la condition. Uampeey goes hunting sow and ... then, and llkea the woods, but his chlsf enjoyment coraee from boxing every day. all over the couatry. 1 with all tha roughest fellowa he - caa find training la tha gymnaa-' gymnaa-' turns he vlelte. . . . Aftsr seeing Dempeey against Tom 'Olbbone at Shelby I am of tha . ' opinion that thla tlma he needs a , long siege of training. ' He may ba physically In good r ooadltlon, but ha needs a lot of . rough work with big, tough siug- aers, -" Either he didn't have hia old punch when he fought Olbbone. er he had partly toat tha knack of allrolng It over. - - . Fighting every day In tha tram-, tram-, In camp will bring It back. Whea iJempeey took Saratoga training quarters Instead of soma place V nearer New York. It showed re- ''apart for Flrpo'a chaneee. t Although Firpo apent quite a bit Of tlma trying to Induce Tea Blck- ard to postpone tha bout, he lea l -, going ta ba backward when ha once ,.,elepa Into the rlnc with Dempsey. with the world's biggest ring prise . in sight. ... . . . : Flrpe. like a lot of modern bof- srs. ass developed buslaesa asnsa. -A After heating Wlllard he found that ' he could maks a lot of money very 'eaotly, trimming sscond-ratsrs and " " doing ataga work, on hia rsputa-t rsputa-t lion as the man who la to fight iiempcev. oft money and very tempting! ' . - Firpo never had anything before - he came to North America to bos.' r He waa almost a ring tramp until ' -"Illckard took him up and gave him 1 a chance. Ha was begging for pre- " llmlnary beuta and willing to ac-'."CfPt ac-'."CfPt anything. Within a year he '"'became a ring attractions and be gen ta draw Big purses for his work. Hs hss earned a lot of money In his fights, with Brenaan. ' McAullffe and Wlllard, aad more eince tha Wlllard bout. He haa had atnge offers, moving picture offers, offers for the use of lis neme In booatlng fake patent ..medtclnea that ha never need and never heard of before, eradicate of-i.-fera for tha atory of hia life, fr ...articles under hia name, for the uee of hie name en aporttng goods, clg-ssetls clg-ssetls advsrtlssments, ana prob-' prob-' ably on oil well etock. mining slock, and other things that need advar- "Vlrpo would like to go on poking pok-ing up assy money In the ring for a while. Then If he fighta Dempeey n , and la flattened for a loSg tan ' count, ha ran go back ta the Ar. . grntlne a rich sua, If not a cham-, cham-, ..'''The hmt tf k4 beats Demp-i ' aey and takea the world a blrgeal i tL ring title ha can make a million dollara within a year lopka like a. . gamble to Firpo. He la ahrewd , e-ough ta remember thai nta' " chance for eaay money will be over, -' If he e beatea aad knocked out of ..hia posit loa aa leading challen ger. ,...! - IT TAKBS htOR THAN A, WALLOP. But whea Firpo found that he waa " expected to go rlrht ahead and take " the r'ek Packard had planned for him " he want to work cheerfully enough. I The one mistake he made waa In that " early aplll with Jimmy Da Forest, Z who had taught him what ha knew of American boxing, and la bringing oa an Argentine amateur to act aa - advleer. -i Firpo la of a suaplrloug nature. Vr- ho thought thst sn American iiaualf mlrht slip something Into his in. He didn't know De Forest, who m taxes a scientific Inter eet ta develop . lrg new champlona. - Ie Foreat never haa been a money a grabber. Ha lan't a (ambler. Ha doeen t bet on fighta He usually w, lakes half his pay In glory. And no amateur aportaman can equal him twin knowledge of trait-Jog methods or - boxing. ' 'e In a flghter'a Corner Do Forest Is . another Spider Kelly. If Do Forest -lan't behind Firpo when Firpo fights Dempeey. who will be directed by the experienced and resourceful Keama, . Flrpo'a chance to win will be allnx. He haa a great rlrht hand wallop, - but n take mors than thst to win a championship. The old baaa counta |