Show I ITHE I THE illiE Ey By GRANTLAND RICE Cop 1924 ses se's cw York Tri Tri- Tribune Tri Tribune bune Inc U S Patent Office 1110 S 1 k D D THrill i 0 a t vl l S b S I 1011 Oil 1021 1121 No 0 o Jael Jaek 1 Jack Demps Jcl Jeci Dempsey has worn orn the hea Ight ero crown eron n exactly foul COUI fouland fouland and a n halt half earn eara car Dy fly time the 0 0 Jul Juli If ho Is la sWI unbeaten his reIgn eIgn will sill ha hate ha lasted the he years vears And tao tuo da do s before the Ih the champion will sill be nine tenly I ar ears 01 old 1 rh ri rhe o e lears ar cans a champIon at the age ao a o of twenty nine I Is some sone- somethIng somo thIng of a starter Dempse In ID io tour four our and a halt champion champlon- champIonship championship i ship oais ealS already checked chocked off ort has haa kept himself In ideal physical con dILlon Co tot 01 the business at hind lie He ha has hs done just enough train train- training I Ing to keep In good food health with his Ills speed peed nd he Iris his done dons just enough nou loafing I and relaxing to keep from Crom goIng taIo II lie won son on the title at IS and anil en een i I 1 n I tao tio icar ear rest he sent ent at top eight only a pound or 0 above I lie lias haa needed only a a fortnIght to reach 01 ot under and pick up most moat of or hs h's oh I speed upI lIU iiii Ar TRI wi I How long lon r s 0 will III Dempsey last John L Jost lost his hlo title at atthe atI I the ago aio of thirty four Cour Corbett nt at atthe the age aEO of oC one thirty one I mons mons at the age HE of ot thirty thirty-alx Jef- Jef Jet files I ie at al the age ase of thirty fh e Johnson at se en and WIl- WIl WIllard lard lard at al sight el Ight ht n I Onh one ono champion In OHr oer o er ha has hial been whipped before he sas aa hilly four aol and that was Vas Cor Cor- Cor belt Cor-belt Jell bett hero here only to heavy ban weights heavy The Tho age ane of defeat Is Ii I It a r O 01 ot er en thirty tl e o oDempsey Dempsey to reach th a a has Ix lx more er cirs to go so And Ad Dempy I Is certainly aboT the nV- nV av average crage hea champion Ho lie 0 hn ha has durability stamIna speed an punching power and ap- ap approaching ap he la is still In fine physical shape with hi his I speed Intact TIe lie has hs proved that he could take Inke his hla share of punishment and andIn andIn In ill turn lurn deal out more than the human humn frame can stand tand Tom Gibbons GIbbon and Bill Brennan alon alone hai ha 0 e lasted more moro than tour four I rou rounds against him In the th last six Ix iX ears THI To our way of thinking Demp Demp- Dempsey Dempsey sey ey combines combine more qualities for or prIze ring r greatness I than any champion that 0 oser e cr r fought lIe Uc has haa e ery qua lit for Cor or attack speed speed po power poser er craft coOlness ring COIl courage ra 10 reactions and durability may my appear apper to be laying It Iton iton Iton on i t trifle thick but It I Is true His Ills one ODe weakness Is 10 In defensIve fighting hut no n men man can enn be is n great e boxer who concen- concen concentrates I almost most entirely upon attack attack ou lou cant can't think one ono wa way and act another arid and get away with lIh It Dempsey Demsey In terms of ot u- u ss and so 0 leases Oo ea himself open to ho he h hit tor for him he lie can cnn tAke a 0 lot lotof lot of hitting Willard Bren- Bren Brennan Brennan nan Bren-nan nan Carpentier Gibbons and Fir Fin Firpo Fir po po 0 have havo all landed handed squarely hut but none of them has ha wt Sent nt him to the I resin for or the count Firpo alone a starting the melancholy toll b him through the th ropes rope I TIlE TIff G 1 Ln Th's Tbs comP defensive weakness of oC o Dempsey may cot cost him th the title within the next year yar or two But we W doubt It It came caine cam near him the crown cro against l a n man he h bad knocked do n s en time times In Ix les hes than two IWO minutes If It one of Firpo s I wild swings Ings had landed after Dempsey CAme cam through the ropes roppa the champion woun have bave crashed He might ha hae gotten BOlten up Again to weather lbs round but that Is all 1 ond allbe ond proof JM I Vt is doubt that T wilt will I eer e er be a grat at ir t e tighter lIln to 10 nu lie I Don opponent to do mol mool o of the tho leading I Mentally he Isn In t l adjusted that i wa a I t knows knoss that hi his two I main assets a gets are arc a pall pal of that can case ea c In iii the side olde of a Il building I lie bab lia 11 the speed on foot tool to ta take tako ko him Into action Quickly coe close In and the hitting PO power poser er to bIng down O an o ox 0 II then h he hi thinks In tet III trims ms ins of oC alt d ill III Ula mind I Is tl fh- Ch fht I Iel t od el upon the tho e o And In the he must take lale of oC bring being I socked U tit e i I I Dempsey I Is luck In iii n a peir p of hands thit th can stand heay hea mauling for or they Ibey are arc called on to tot take tollS that Ihal hat would case ca e In nari I oar knuckles lie I-fe l-f l still lias hitis that Ihal all lail beating braime qua quality Illy In hi his de s fil both arms arnie complete freedom of o action The champion carries carrie Ie ies less wasted effort eUort than an I we sO 0 know Inow of ot In n any sport port Ory D mo moo o 0 I 1 direct a simple and replete with sIth rhythm Itt III lerao I Is such suet that h he CAn I got ot In A killing hilling r punch from a ten Inch range rang I A clr Gibbons Gibbon ma keep hIm 1111 foiled CoIled for Oral eo se rounds roundo Firpo K Firpo or a Il III W ills may catch him on an open opel spot with ItI ItIn a n It killing 1111 nil punch and I Ii i tilt his hlo ero crown eron n to a a dangerous angle I But the odds will III b be In hI his ta faor or I for Cor he h Should hould boat beat an ani Rat rhal to 10 the punch and when he ho doc does the I light fight Is half hal 0 oer o'er er I I Jock Jack Demsey shout I still be the eight champion champie of or the a n ifa al aL from Crom todio lie ICe hRH has hn too many things In hi his fa or and andas andas andas as long lone as 09 he ho watches his physical condition n as well sell II a as he ho has as guard I guarded ed Buard-ed e ed l It for tor or th tIc l e e lie bo should hould rule rulo hi his field until Time begins to 10 beck beckon beckon I Ion on with sith tIme the gaunt taunt and aDd I finger of 0 I age nce TOm Tomorrow William Tilden I |