Show DEMPSEY IS STILL THE SAME SALVIE OLD RING TIGER w t if it 14 14 1 4 Months Months' Layoff HaSn't Slowed Down Socking Champ Ready for a 1 y c x I I I I I BY RW DEAN SNYDER x BENTON HARBOR Mich Aug 31 Jac Jack Dempsey Is 15 Ull un the tiger fighter In Inthe tho the ring and the tho boy outside It If IC a fourteen months' months layoff has made any difference In his fighting prowess It doesn't show In an any of ot his work vork as he goes about the daily dally routine of ot training for his Labor day mill hero with Billy MIsko of 01 St. St Paul Pant No boxer ever rot pot more actual enjoyment enjoyment enjoy enjoy- I ment out of fighting than the present I champion The only trouble with Dempsey Demp- Demp I sey is that he has to be held back from overdoing He Ho tears Into his sparring partners like It was as a real reat fight Dempsey Dempse doesn't know how v to pull putt hl his punches as any of ot those who have boxed with Ith him Including Jess Willard will tes tes- Ii tiC fy Rumors that he had grown town fat and soft sort while making pictures Is without credence His exhibition boxing In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York served to put him on edge ede and to swing awing him back into his old stride I His weight varies from two to three pounds over pounds He says hell he'll bring it down to b before fore September 6 There Thore Is Js no apparent superfluous fat on his muscular body HES HE'S TOUGHENED When asked if ho believed he ho was AS s ASgood asgood good rood as when he lie won tho the title Dempsey Demp- Demp I ecy sey thought ht a LL little while before answer answer- answer I ing InS That Is hard to say he finally replied I ought tt tl to be Im I'm a year older now I That ought to toughen me I feel reel stronger strong strong- er and then Ive I've developed more around tho the back and shoulders If JC there thero Is any difference in mo me now than when I fought at Toledo it may boI bo be that my eyes arent aren't quite aa as quick perhaps per per- perhaps haps as they wore then A fighter has hs hasto hasto hsI to bo be going regular In order to keep koep his eyes in trim Misko Is ia a strong tough felto fellow They say he ho is heavier and In better health hulth than when I 1 boxed him at both St St. Paul and Philadelphia two years ears ago I hope he ho fights me for tor are the tho kind of oC birds I like best beet His camp is pitched within a hundred yards of ot the battlo battle arena Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons tho the man malt who has sunk a a. cold In this Labor da day card al already at- at ready read has haa turned over his cotta cottage e to Dempsey and his retinue Charley Chancy White used the same camp in preparation for his bout with Benn Benny Leonard onard LIKES THE WATER Dempsey drinks a a. lot Jot of or the Benton Harbor mineral water There Thero Is a a. pump at tho the roar r of oC hl his cottage where he gets get ets a jt f 42 r I w 4 4 0 0 I 4 I r l lri II I I II I ri 4 I e r sa Here arc the tho latest pictures picture of Champion Jack Dempsey taken by Bob Dorman Dorman Dor- Dor man N. 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A photographer at Bentor Harbor At tho- tho left loft is Dempsey punching j the sandbag The force forca of his blow can be noted from th the curved dent in it On the right J Jack ck is tearing into hi his sparring partner Panama Joe Joo Gans Cans The face picture inset at tho he bottom shows that Jack is st still ll the tho boy ho ha was when he won Vlon the tho title Note there are no I lines in his face yet It fresh and sparkling sIh from deep down In tho Michigan sands Ho He starts the days day's work with a fivemile rive five mile run by the tho ever faith faith- ful UI Bill Tate Tato and Joe Gana Gans his colored sparring partners The Tho roads aro are soft sort and sandy candy Tho Tue bl big fellow cant can't make much speed This Is tho the only feature of ot the training site he doesn't like The Tho sand slows a him up and nod what ho he wants most Is speed He lIe rises at cats eats a alight alight light breakfast and arid goes on OD the road at atS atS atS S Ben Smith tak takes s him in tow after atter the tho road work ork Ben Den hasn't a peer any place probably as a rubber What he says ys goes Dempsey may make mako suggestions a ato as asto asto to how he wants things thing's done but that's as an far as It counts Ben knows his business business busi busl- ness and docs does It H. I LOUNGING I HOURS After the rubdown Jack has haa a little time of ot his own Thero is a plum tree In inho tho ho yard and you'll find tho the worlds world's heavyweight hea champion out thero there perched on a limb a good many timea every day Neighboring children have all been made his cloDe friends and confidants They liko tho the plums that Jack shakes down for them but they like him too Ho has lias always had a great eat way of ot attracting children to him Tho intervening time before ho he does docs his ring work ork is taken up by reading the tho papers a a. tight light lunch at noon nOOD a game of ot sol mire sometimes a a. nap and perhaps per per- perhaps perhaps haps a spin to tho the downtown headquarters In Promoter big birr red roadster RUSHES EVERYTHING His training ring Is lust jut in front of the ball park pu-k grandstand Ho He boxes at works out at 30 at Ike lice Berstein's quarters about three-quarters three f. f i ff 4 e A MEASUREMENTS OF CHAMPION AND CONTENDER Jack Dempsey Billy Misko 25 A Ago a e 2 2 25 Weight 2 6 ft 1 4 in Height ft 1 in in 78 78 Reach 77 39 39 Chest Normal 39 44 44 Chest Expanded 44 17 Neck 1714 17 20 20 2 Shoulders Shoulder 20 2 32 32 Waist Wa i st st. 3 33 33 15 15 Biceps 2 15 14 Forearm 2 13 8 8 Wrist Vrist 7 34 7 21 21 Thigh 14 2 Calf 15 8 Ankle 9 9 of ot a n. mile up the tho road It is arranged this wa way so that the crowds can see I both ke and Dempsey get set In battle form The tans fans rush rueh from Crom one camp to another trying to get the Inside dope on the thc match All tho the while Dempsey is work working Ins he heru ru hes everything first everything first the punching bag baS then his sparring sp partners and then finishes off by the daylights daylights day day- lights out of old Sal SaI the 2 pound leather covered sandbag He Ho goes s three rounds with both Tate and Gang Cans Dempsey uses use the towering form of Tate for bod body punching practice practice tice but he also takes some somo pretty stiff sure smacks macks m from Tates Tate's powerful swings s. s That toughens him up and ho likes liken It Cans Gana weighs about pounds Dempsey Dempsey Demp- Demp sey scy has to speed up uI to Keep tile t le Panama I Ibo bo boy away from him I IDEAL WORKOUTS This combination of ot sparring partners is almost most Ideal Joe or It gives Ives him a 3 workout workout workout work work- out for both punching and fast rast slugging Harry Greb who boxes Marty Marly Farrel on the same Labor L. day card completes Dempsey's Demp staff starr I Dempsey isn't going to be Caught napping He lie Is eager easel to box aU all contenders contenders con con- tenders and give them their chance without favor or exception Whether he Is IB as good a man now as ashe ashe ashe he was s when he socked Willard Villard Into that never to be forgotten dazo daze of oC pitIful pitiful piti pitI- ful CuI helplessness cannot be bo assured until after he meets Any boxer needs I a few fights under his belt before he Is ia going top lop |