The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-22
Nv DAMON RUNyOS

INC JhCh I'cHl ph'y VINO rt' ny
tho old bnscburner In the quiet lit
tie hotel In Long Branch, lacking
only pair Of carpet SLIPPERS II
not the Jack Dempsey OF the ring
Those are two very iforent
Dcmpseyr, indeed
The Off f-stage Dempsey is pleasa L
and affable. Tho ring Dempsey II
not only serious. but gives tho i'm -
preston OF vast forocity lie In 10 70
rocious lie fights IN savage al
most primitive fashion. yet with u
certain intultivo cunning that passes
for high science.
tlntil tho bell rings he scarcely
glances at an opponent Oddly
enough, this seems TO bc as discon-
certinR to those persons as John l..
Sulllvan's old trick OF glaring at tho
other fellow.
Dempsey has very stlff black hair.
which he wears clipped short.
Il had one OF those badger hair
cuts when | first came TO New
York" Jack intcrjccts Shaved
way high up--you know how they
do 'em out In the stlcks-haw! haw!
What II hick | was"
His Alarming Appearance.
His complexion Is dark: no has
dark eyes and hectling black eye
brows splashed across his forhead
In almost IA straight line. Tho black
hair grows long and loose on his
body, so when he puts on a battle
scowl which spreads an expression
OF fury over his whole face he Is
"A most sinister looking individual.
to hse sure,
In that respect he IL reminiscon
OF Jim Jeffcries in Che days whom
jeff first came roaring and scowl-
ing up out OF obscurity.
DO | look so onncry In tho
ring7" Dempsey asks In surprise. lis
that right Wen. we'll | don't feel
80 ornery. It's lust tho way | fight"
The battle frown fades from bcmp-
sey's countcrnancc as he leaves tho
ring II In almost a. II he DOTTED "A
mask. His very hair seems settle
back smoothly. AS tho hackles ~ "a
bulldog fall when tho fever OF fury
has passed. A smile returns to Demp-
sey's face and he keeps showing n
set OF good white teeth In u grin.
wouldn't call Dempsey hand
some I've never seen many men |
would call Handsome he is nS'
suredlyNnot bad looking His face
is roundish and bland. II bears no
marks Of his many battles. which
rs astonishing, In view OF the fact
that II was such "A nice open count
enancc In tho early days Of his fight
ing careers that hts opponents could
not resist dropping gloves fun OF
fists into a.
Kearns Has the Figures.
lie carries himself In street attire.
straight up. and with the grace OF an
Indian Ho is one OF those round
muscled burlics There are no an
gIes to him. His frame Is smoothed
OF. ond aymmetrical He stands
Mr.. Kcarns reaches for tho pocket
Of HIS form fitting coat. produces u
notebook. and obltlgcs with the dc
tailed figures SIX feet one and n
half inches high Same height rs
Ieff. half an inch taller than cor
hctt, An inch tnIlc~ than Johnson.
four inches taller than sullivan. but
four inches and a hair shorter than
the towering willard.
Weight iN7 pounds stripped" SAYS
Mr. Ecarus from his notebook In
n "a street clothes eos pounds. He II
fight stripped. Of course, hut I'm Jus,
giving ,ou that Ike I've got It here.
" Ach as inches, chest - normal, A6
expanded II sounds ns it We were
measuring Dempsey for a suit of
clothes. Neck ~ iuchcE. waist 3e 2
inches continues Mr., kcarns.
Thigh 20 inches. biccps - IL calf
IS. and ankle Q inches concludes
Mr.. kcarns. with an air Of triumph.
Very good Those are the figures.
a hurley big fellow, say, and yct
neatly constructed lie is n throw
hack to the DAYS before heavyweight
fighters got TO running entirely to
beet
Dempsey Is not a mighty educated
man, hut he has had some schooling,
and is iifc has tended % sharpen
hts VIZ He has been to lot of
places, and seen lot ot things. and
he has always been a keen observer.
Those years ON tho road taught him
"a certain philosophy. Granting that
he is only the 20 years he claims.
he has the calm and the viewpoint
OF much older mnu.-t
IL Dempsey Is Modest.
- r-Fh head is not at all sWellcd hy
bis success know that II quite the
HNual thing 10 say about fellow
even though no may hc pufted up
Ike n poisoned pup but in Dcmp.
soy q case II Is really true He was
around long enough without a white
quarter in his pocket to have quite
some appreciation OF the value OF
money, and he likes money for the
things n viii buy But l doubt II
10 would hc very seriously disturbed
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