El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-21
JACK DEMPSEY
IS NEW ONE On
TRAIL Of JESS
San Francisco Heavyweight
Puts Forth Claim to Bat
tie for the Title.
HAS GOOD RECORD
ON WESTERN COAST
By RINGsIDER.

CHICAGO, III, Jan. 2f-Jack
Dempsey. salt Lake and San
~ Francisco heavyweight, is this
latest menace-self styled-to Jess
Willard
Constituting himself an indepen-
dent BoIshevik leader. with Jack
Kearns as his prime minister. Demp-
sey has bulged out Of the west bent
upon kicking up a revolution that
will dethrone the bulky Kansas cham
pion. Jack arrived in Chicago sew
eral weeks ago and has since been
camping on the trail Of the reluctant
Jess.
Is Good Boxer.
One thing about this Dempsey per-
son. whatever his battling ability. is
refreshing. He does not insist upon
ignoring an other heavyweight chsl-
lengers- He is willing to grub out
every obstruction that besets the
pathway 70 Jess WIZARDS door and
prove his right TO a match with the
titleholder. He IS willing to fight for
his hOnOrs.
II Fred Fulton is the man he
must meet before he gets n match
with Willard. Dempsey says 70
bring on the lIinnesofa plasterer.
II he is to lick Bill Brennan.
Texas Tate, Homer smith OF any
of the other big fellows before he
gets Into the ring with Fulton.
the battler from the Sunset shore
declares these scraps cannot be
arranged too soon 10 suit him.
II is entirely likely that Dempsey
VIII have to fight his way up before
willard will pay much attention 10
him. Matches with Brennan and
Smith are in prospect and. as long as
Fred Fulton seems willing to take
On al corners. II IS not unlikely that
Dempsey viii get a chance with the
front rank challenger.
Has Some Record.
Dempsey has a good record in the
four round game on the Pacific coast
His most notable achievement was a
victory over Carl Morris Dempsey
also claims decision over Gunboat
Smith
Dempsey is six feet two. and when
IN condition scales a few pounds more
than 200. Most OF his battles have
been at San Francisco or in that Vi
cinity.
Darcy n Champion.
II will be a long time before a
fighter appears who was the equal Of
Les Darcy, in the opinion Of Eddie
been sojouruing in Australia for the
last three years. McGoOrty has re-
turned to the United States and i'm
mediately kicked in with a great
boost for the dead Au~tralian boxer.
sSrhe death OF ID. icy was q
crushing blow to everybody IN
Australia said McG Ooriy. ssEr-
erybOdy there thought he was a
worlds wonder in a fighting
sense. And in my opinion he was.
too. I believe his Ike Il uneov-
cred once in a hundred years and
probably in orr time we Will not
see another like him
There wasn't a thing that a good
boxer should have that Darcy did not
possess With experience he would
have been an unquestioned champion.
He licked me twice. did It fair and
square. and I know 4 lot about him
Not only did I like him personally.
but admired him sincerely as a
Fighter"
Takes Things Easy.
McGoorty is not in the best physical
condition right now because of a re-
cent operation for hernia but will
take things easy for few weeks. and
when he feels right again may get
back into the game in this country.
Pal Moore. Memphis bantam. ap-
pears to have hung up a record in the
last Few months that is unique in the
annals OF boxing. at least for a ban
tamWeight who Is not 4 champion
Inside Of 80 days this laughing
Memphis kid covered 5000 miles of
ground and fought four strenuous
battles, aggregating so rounds