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Show 4 . 4 Heavyweigb.1 it 11 Brennan is im wondering whether Jack Derhpaey can -n k as hard a.s thi- lack In the picture can uu-k. Inyway, itni kmM afraid to put with this one. HowcTcr, be Isn't so ofKimlstlc aboui hla tighi with Dempv, x, h ,1 r,,r the Garden In Ven York on Dee t 1. 11, docan'i look forward to tin engagement as ( ilnv in any sense of the word. Bill If he 1- .u win be more fitted to give n the statistics of comparison bc- iwccn the kick of a mule and tin- kit 1. : he Dempeej fi-t after the party. By DEA3i 5XYD1 R Around tin- vicinity of Madison Square Garden where Tex Rlckard Ii I introducing chnmpions to the ring gentry the coming warm-up between (sPempsey and Bretfnan is causing but a slight ripple of enthusiasm amonc iln .librarians who keep the boxinR reeofls up to dal It is figured to he another one of I those short fights on which Dempse : holds the copywrlght. I But for all that the Dec. 11 mill il billed for 15 rounds to a decision and 'the heavyweight crown is nt stake. - 1 IM ill SCE I That gives Bill Brennan the same bailee to enter the fistiaua hal of fame that Billy Mlske had at Benton 1 Harbor last Juiy. Don't think for a moment that BUI I hasn't been making tho most of the .delay in finally getting the engagement, engage-ment, lie has been In hard ti ilnin' for three months a Joe Thomas gym in Providence, K. I. Likewise Dempsey hasn't wasted his (days In riotous and sumptuous living because he is a champion and so apparently ap-parently outclasses Ml contendere in I the division. SOTIIIXG SURE j Nothing is ever absolutely sure In i boxing.' says Jack. With this in mind and his (chance to olean up a fortune in a fight with farpentier. the champion regulates regu-lates his life ,y the eloek and the ad-l I vice of his wise little trainer. Ben! Smith. His training camp, pitched in tho heart of New York at f 7 1 ti and Broad-J way, as it !.. miglit Just rr well be located lo-cated In tin' wilds or the Maine woods The champion means business ami his business Is fighting while he is still; at the peak of his powers. TATE is i'l 1 1 v, And Bill Tati the giant colored boxer who has been a Dempsey sparring spar-ring partner and a member of the family household since he joined out with the circus at Toledo before Jack. WOrt tin- title, fulfills the duty of a, half dozMi sparring p it tie i s lie s all Jack needs. I Brennan has box'ed Dempsey a cou-j ; pie of times, both before Jack had hit! 1 in- champion stride. On their second meeting Dempsey was 1 .edited with n technical knockout knock-out in the sixth round when Brennan was unable to continue after spraining 1 his ankle in failing. He is physically the equal of the champion but that Isrt all. 1 RX1XG W U.l.ors Bill i n ks the wallop which Demp- I isey pj ;m s-ses In 1 iia 1: 1 1 1 ies too numer-j (ous to mention. t The field of heavies is scarce i piCkln's at beht. Harry Wills and Tate nr about ihe two most formidable 1 fellows they could stack up against Jack. But both are colored. Tate, of eourse. being a sparring partner, Is out I of the question just now and Wills will j i" ' I 1 gel a shot at the title until I 'ellipse- ha- play. , all white contenders conten-ders Off the ho. nils again Just to prOVS he didn't win the title on a fluke. ILL IU. M 1.1 Kcarns maintains that a Wlllard1 match is a possibilltv- In New Yorki after tho Brennan show although Jvs.s b.-i.s ib nie, 1 such an arrangement several times from his Kansas farm.' Bob Martin and Captain Bob Roperl aren't graduated ur to the class yet as I was shown in their recent Boston match In which Captain Bob again had bis say to Private Bob. Martin still acts like it wasn't quite the proper thing to do for him lo Ik k his superior sup-erior officer IIOXE1 FOR TEX The fight will be fx-mpsey's first ippearance in New York since he won' the title. That is Gufflclent to make) :he match a success from a financial 1 itandpdlnt. I Leon id and Welling drew nearly! loo. OOO the otiier night. Well, Tex should caeh more coupons than that for his heavyweight party 1 II the Big Town |