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Show LAY-OFF MAY CAUSE JACK TO SLOW DOWN .--. f . t . Return Fight With Carpentier Would Be Serious Job. Dempssy Would Have to Guard Against Indisposition to Train and Overconfidenoe Old Wallop May Hav.e Been Lost. Few people harbor the Idea that Georges Curpeutler can lick Jack Denipsey while Jack retains anywhere near his present form. But a second meeting of these two fighters cannot b( looked on as a Joke entirely. A return buttle with the Frenchman French-man would demand serious consideration considera-tion by Dempsey, his manager f and advisers. When the I'tuh Mauler signed last spring to meet the Frenchman last July Jack knew not what to expect So he did the proper thing. lie trained down to the point of perfectionready to glre his best against whatever opposition op-position he met from Georges. He had heard of Carpentler'a terrific ter-rific left. He was prepared for anything. any-thing. When he found he could take It and weather It the only worry he had vanished. , . ,...' Conditions favored Dempsey In another an-other way. Carpentier was alive to the fact that his move was to go In and fight risk his chance in a driving, boring attack, a fearless attitude. Ha knew that the public would not ask more of him if he fought a courageous battle. This style prevented him from using the lore of ring- craft with which he Is credited. This wss a material aid to Dempsey whether or not he needed this advantage. Should the men meet again Dempsey Demp-sey will have to guard against sev I " 1 I ...I,, . , i j) Wmrrn N.wMipr Union Jack Dempsey. eral handicaps. The first of these Is Indisposition to train, knowing that he has once decisively licked his opponent. oppon-ent. Lack of perfect condition might spell Jack's defeat. The attack Carpentier Car-pentier hurled at him In the second round Inst July would have ended the career of the same man poorly trained. Dempsey will not know until he begins to train for another bout whether wheth-er he still has his old wallop. There Is danger that his hitting power has suffered suf-fered as a result of his long layoff. Many of his critics said that he lacked a little of his old time man-kllllng punch when he met Georgea the first time. ' And lastly, there Is the fear that Denipsey will be too confident. Should Dempsey treat Carpentier too lightly and relax his vigilance for a fraction of a second damage might be done. , While the bout would not be one for Dempsey t fear yet It would Involve In-volve serious thought on his part. |
