Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-28 | Page 11 | Willard Hops Rope and Shadow Boxes

WILLARD HOPS ROPE AND SHADOW BOXES LOS ANGELES. June 28. Jess Willard. Wil-lard. former world'' heavyweight boxing box-ing champion, began training here Tuesday for what he hopes will be a return "match with Jack Dempsey. whe wrested the title from him at Toledo Ho termed his work today "light signal practice " u s Is consisted of rope skipping and shadow boxing and told the mnall army of sporls writers and camera men from newspapers and .1 r.Lrlt..u lli.it Iih muuuii i-iun nvni, ,-. ...... - would "get down to hard work to-, morrow." "I'm in dead earnest about this." he said. 1 want to meet Dempsey again because I believe I can beat him. If I get another chance i ll try to provej It wag only a lucky punch that gave him the victory over me before." "If 1 didn't honestly think 1 could beat him, 1 i rialnly wouldn'i 'o through month f hard training.'" Willard says he "will be ready for Dempsey" In October. The big Kansas boxer is .training i at the Hollywood stadium of the! American legion. oo