The evening world., 1919-01-24
Dempsey and Miske Seem to be
Planning a Local Rehearsal
TOR Their Twenty-Round Bout
at New Orleans Scheduled for
March 4.

rs II possible that Jack Dempsey and
II Billy Miske are to have public re-
hearsal, a sort OF a warm-up. before
their New Orleans encounter, the
tventy-round afrair scheduled for
March 4? The pugilistic tapis has Il
tist they are also matched for New
ark on Feb. 10. for an cight-round
bout What can II all mean?
Planning to go through with the
New Orleans thing, which looks a real
money-maker, the Newark bout can
man.
Both Dempsey and Miske have bus-
ness instinct which all fighters seem
70 acquire when they get at or near
the top.
Knockout in the Jersey bout would
certainly make the New Orleans meet
ing unnecessary, but are these two
Anged rivals going TO let the Newark
match interfere with the dragging
eo.n OF the real shekels at the Cres-
cent City7 Not likely.
But how about the public? Are the
people to be 'bunked"? Are Now
horkers and the boxing enthusiasts OF
newark and points adjacent thereto,
VINO made up the f25. 900 house for
Benny Leonard and johnny Dundee
going 10 be treated 10 zone OF those
tnings"? We hope not. Better for the
sake OF the game. the legality OF which
Is being favorably considered at Albany
yust now. that one or the other bout
be called off.
I EFT them fight ut New Orleans
~ preferably and pass up New
ark IL Miske can weather the
New Orleans storm then he might
come back and show New Workers
how he did It.
Mlske and Dempsey have met tvi..
already. Once out West, where Miskc
stayed ten rounds under conditiona
wnlch aroused suspicion that the
bout wasn't on the up and up. and
recenuy at Philadelphia, where Bllly
again went the limit-six rounds, In
this bout Dempsey was awarded tho
popular decision hut Miske said a.
the time that he was entitled TO n,
more than a draw.
EUNNY, isn't II, how many bouts
IL are required these days to prove
superiority between rivals, who,
as the case always Is. are good draw
ing cards? Here are Dempsey and
Nick arranging for fourth meet
ing: Dundee and Leonard have met
fte or six times; Kid Cred) Lewis
and Britton have CIashed so often
We have lost count: Kid Norfolk and
indian Turner have had three or four
meetings. with the score about even.
an. so on down the line.
IN the old days men fought TO a
. decisive result invariably the first
time and that settled matters between
them. John l.. sullivan didn't play a
return date with Paddy Ryan nor
with Jack Kilrain. JiSl Corbett never
had second crack at Bob Fitzsim-
mons. Fitzsimmons got second
chance at Jeffries but only because
he thought he could win. lie nevar
trained for his first bout when he
lost the championship at Coney ISL
and. Then nc regarded Jeff as "A big
boob, one OF "the bigger they are the
harder they fall" variety. Corbett,
too. fought twice with Jeffries. He
nearly won the first time by outlook
ing the big boiler maker for twenty
three rounds, but the second meeting
convinced Gentleman jim" that he
wac outclassed. Cans and Nelson
fought twice too, but in all these bouts
a second melting appeared legitimately
necessary 20 prove supremacy.
The return engagements to-day have
no such good reasons to recommend
them. They are money makers, money
getters, pure and simple, ana in most
cases an insult to the intelligence OF
those who pay good money to see
them.
TOT 20 hand 1t to Jimmy johnson
~ for his originality at ieust.
When Jimmy takes UP with new
fighter he gets him the right kind Of
publicity through new channels which
the average manager seems tn over
look. For instance, when Jimmy took
hold OF Joe Welling the Chicago
lightweig was known as just slow
thinking, deliberate. hard puncher.
lie could hurt anybody he'd hit, but
few OF his good opponents would
linEer around long enough to get hit
Jo' nson lnstilled some get up full
ness into Welllng, and soon had him
reeoRniZcd AS the "NyOndprful yyIIlipv