The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
ON TO NEVADA.
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ON TO NEVADA.
XIV.
There was a friendly keep
er in POcatelIo, Idaho, an honest soul,
who has a warm spot in Jack Dempsey's
heart. II seems hat Dempsey was al
ways rather partial TO restaurant keep
ers IN the halcyon days OF his 'boing,
and his memory Is frecKled with bright
spots OF recollection which stand for
some especially kind poniface.
| gather the impression that any TINA
our hero went hungry In those days
II was because there was a widespread
famine, His stomach never thought
his throat was u If there was any
food In the immediate neighborhood.
This Pocatello restaurant keeper,
square fellow that he was, Used to feed
Jack and others OF Jacks ilk-Jack's
Tx at that period being what Is tech
nically described as busted guys" In
return for this kindness, and at the
restaurant keepers suggestion, Jack
and his ilk used to fare them forth of
The winter evenings TO the railroad
yards and borrow coal off the fuel la
den gondolas OF the railroad company
which had more than II could use, any
way.
This coal was used by the restaurant
keeper 10 cook the food which Jack
and his ilk and the cash customers
as well devoured. 1t was a pleasant
arrangement all round.
But 1t seems the railroad company
was mighty indecent in its view OF the
matter. 1t was unwilling to see an
honest restaurant keeper prosper or a
bunch Of busted guys" keep the
wrinkles out Of their abdomens, and
one almighty frosty night a batch Of
railroad cops took after Jack and his
ilk.
They left coal spread along the rail-
road right Of way for quite a distance,
as did Jack and his Ink, as they has
tened off from there. The poor old
restaurant keeper may be waiting to
this very day for his coal n wonder
ing what has become OF the coal men,
for all Jack knows to the contrary, be-
cause our hero boarded the first con-
venient freight train and left Poca-
tello flat.
He has been hoping the fight with
Willard is taken to Pocatello, just SO he
can explain TO the restaurant man why
he did not return,
He never stopped going on that oc-
casion until he Reached Reno Nevada,
and there, oddly enough, he found more
friendly restaurant men. I figure that
Jack had y positive affinity for res
t%aurateurs. These Reno restaurant
folks were the Anderson Brothers, and
15iSh pldSo was uOt IdTBGb QuL DellutI
were their hearts small.
They fed Jack freely from their store,
and in return Jack worked q bit in
the kitchen, or did a turn in the din
ing room, as the vase might require.
Meantime he was looking for a fight.
Antoine LaGrave and Jimmy Boyd were
booked for a contest. and Jack got on
in the preliminary with n fellow named
Animas Campbell. He stopped Animas
in the third round with a right hand
smash to the jaw.
When Jack was out with a burlesque
show not 80 long ago--this being since
his rise TO fame-he ran into Jimmy
Boyd In Trenton, N. ].
He didn't get much money for dis
posing of Animas Campbell-just a few
dollars-but he found a friend In Jack
Thurm. a barber In the Riverside hotel,
and n fistic promoter. who held him
up" as the saying Is,
Then. too, he became a pal TO Roy
Moore. a well-known fighter Of that
period, who was hanging around Reno
looking for business In his line. This
Moore was a good little man In his
day, He had some influence on Demp-