Show G s I ii EARS IN RIN RING TAKE TAK AWAY AWAt r j ABILITY l F Ge Georges Has Burnt More L Precious Energy Than P Jack B By Y Johnny Kilbane Featherweight Champion Jack Dempsey has more good fights In his system than Georges Carpentier The reason I think so is because he hasn't been milling as long as the l French Tench m man Carpentier will go goIn In the ring at Jersey k City July 2 entering his fourteenth y 5 earin ear earin s I- I in the prize ring Dempsey has been y f fighting but a little littleover littleover littley over six years j ears f Fourteen years in inh inthe inthe h the prize ring before getting a crack at the worlds world's s title is a long longtime time Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons mons fought for seventeen seventeen seventeen sev sev- enteen years before he hemet hemet hemet met James J. J Corbett 1 for the heavyweight belt and won it in 1897 ritz Fitz held the title for tor two years losing to James J. J Jeffries Ruby Bob boxed on for five years longer making a total of ot tw twenty four tour nty-tour years spent in the ther r prize ring John L L. Sullivan began boxing In 1878 1578 Four years ears l It later Itter ter in 1882 1582 he won the world title from paddy Ryan His total ring career career- career covered eighteen years James J J. J Corbett had been boxing seven years before he defeated John L L. for the title in 1892 Corbett held the title five years losing to Bob mons His entire ring career extended h over a period of eighteen years CAME JEFF CAME FAST rS- James J J. Jeffries came fast He be beJ began began be- be J gan boxing seriously in 1896 Three years jears later he ho was the worlds world's heavy i y T weight champion after beating L f mons Jeff was through In 1910 after Jack 5 Jack Jacl Johnson Knocked him out at Reno f v. v Jack Johnson began fighting in 1899 l It ft t wa was eleven years before he beat Jeffries Jeff Jeff- j ries when the big fellow tried a comeback comeback come come- back Johnson Is still boxing while serving time in Leavenworth prison and will essay y a a. comeback on his release which comes in Jul July WILLARD ALSO Jess Willard began boxing in 1911 I n Jour our years later in 1915 he took the e I. I away from J Johnson at t Havana n J Jess j. j vS S not through yet jet He wants a re- re r patch natch with Dempsey who gave him t i-t c uch a terrific beating in 1919 fit Ji fg Dempsey dj did not have any fights ot of J s 's sufficient caliber to get in the record book ook k until 1915 It took him four years ears wade through to the ti title tIe belt The life of a fighter does not seem to tobe tobe be measured by bj his age RING HIRING RING YEARS COUNT The ring years and the degree of ruge rug rug- e edness Sadness which he possesses count most J 7 Bovers last longer than fighters They t S. S mow how to conserve their energies jf Fighters Fighters on the other hand spare one of their strength They put all 5 they've got into every punch Naturally hey burn up the wick of their ring a Careers faster PUNISHMENT r Demps Dempsey's ys y's case case is a little peculiar He r in 3 essentially the fighting type of ring- ring man man yet jet et he has bas had few fights tights that I lasted over one or two rounds i And in none of ot the fights has he taen taken ta- ta v ken en much punishment 1 on the other hand is a i xer He has fought many long fights He has been beaten He has taken punHe pun pun- He h has ts s been fighting for fourteen ears He has burned more of his fight fight- p ng years than Dempsey although by his cleverness he has conserved conserved- much of rills his ls energy |