The evening world., 1888-09-08

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Dempsey Might Give Jake Quite n Pull
-" soap MoAlpine Hard Knocked By
Champaene-Dopoven and the NeppsrciI
Likely 60 10 Six Rounds
Jack Dempsey. Pat Killen and Gus Lam
bert. are laying for Jake Kilrain's scalp. Kill
len is only out for advertising purposes. as
he wants to fight under Q~ueensberry rules,
and Lambert, who oan get but 81. 900, will
not worry the conqueror Of Joe Lannon; but
If the Nonpareil really gots after Kilrain
there will be fun. Dempsey is Just as will
ing to fight Kilrain as Mitchell. and there
will be no difficulty in getting funds for as
for.
IF Jack thinks he can win." Is all any one
of @ dozen moneyed men will say, as he
reaches for his check-book. The Williams
burger, by his modest behavior, as we'll as
his courage and skill, holds O position in
American sporting life no man eyer held
Dempsey and Kilrain, 1t is no certainty that
the big one will even be the ~favorite in the
betting.
Dempsey says Kilrain has a terribly swelled
head. Jake considers himself boss of the
heavy-weights, and says Dempsey is not in
his class. This would be a frst-rate excuse
if a middle-weight was challenged by q
heavyweight, but what rot it is for a cham
pion of all weights to put forth. Those worry
old.timers Jake seeks to emulate would have
taid. as the Upton Slasher did say to mid
dle-weight Tom Sayers and the ~Staleybridge
Infant and Tom King did say to Jem Mace /:
&c post your money"
Dominick McCaffrey has been in town the
past few days. He proposes to show up Jem
Smith for not keeping his agreement with
him and coming to fight. Why doesn't
Dominick get on with Lannon. Ashton, Killen
or Kilrain ?
Years ago "soap" McAlpine was q fourth
rate scrapper. When he got too old for that
engineering small fights and picking, up q
seIf-knows how. Old Soap" and his
But 1 get my bit don't ~" is a
sort of death and taxes" certainty
the Golden Gate. The other day he stumbled
into Dempsey's place. joined a wine party,
and was lin with ii" on every one of some
sixty odd bottle of champagne discussed. No
along towards the fifty-eighth bottle he moved
about very uncertainty. One particularly bad
stumble he had to inspect the cause of very
closely, with his Ben Butler optics very close TO
the floor. Another bottle or two and he sought
champions shoulders said Jack, old
man, / don't very often hit it s. hard g this,
n l guess it's time to NOPE. ALI right In the
head, but these legs kinder bother me- Kind
of hard neighborhood, this down here, 80 far
from Blocker street. Do me great favor,
will you 2"
He held up q disreputable- looking time
piece which would have been hard to give
away.
Keep this till tomorrow" said he.
Somebody might : touch me for it."
Jack Burgess and Boxer and Wrestler
Jimmy Carroll are running a combination.
Mike Donovan has agreed to meet Dempsey
in six three-minute rounds. The net gate
receipts go IS per cent. TO Dempsey and 50
per cent. to Donovan. Donovan asked for
an equal division. An uptown sport told the
writer last night that Donovan argues that be
can beat Dempsey because it took Jack 90
long to beat Reagan whom he, Donovan. says
he can beat in three rounds.
IL Dempsey hadn't been cut with Reagan's
foully placed spikes and hadn't determined
beforehand to give Reagan the long drawn
out thrashing at his own game, London prize
ring rules, which he deserved, the certain
end would have been much sooner attained.