The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-18
A TALE OF TWO FISTS
The Life Story of Jack Dempsey

Ny friend. Ike Dnrgan. and /
went down to Long Branch. on the
New Jersey coast, one chilly March
| day 10 see Jack Dempsey. II s there
| Dempsey makes his eastern head
gsnrt.rB
was "a little curious 10 sec how
prosperity had affected former
knight uf the hnkrhrams. who sud
denly found himself lined Win
inunry had heard runorS that
Dcrnp,ry. IN HIS new glory, wns
sort % bright lighta' kib SO lkc
and went tn 80" what "" might see.
Ike used to manage Frank h"rhn,
the old blond punch ,Lh-orhcr from
Pittsburgh. and ls at present puh,ic-
lty man for the Willard-bcmt'e"N
rght. These big pugilsstIc matches
are nowadays conducted hs blk bus
ness. on \ p"riIy scale.
We went hy train and Jack kchrns.
IpetupSry's manager. met us nt 'h-
station. K-aN,s has for years been "A
well known flgur" in sporting circles
on tho west coast lie IL an astute
handler Of the grnuH pug. i'"t"tc he
rot Dempsey he managed d"L'n nt
other fighters good. had and ind't-
ttrtnt. lie was Suppo~cd tn he me
manager OF I>s Darcy when THE Auo
| tralian game to this country. but lr''
J ran out on him. so
kcarns IL "a slim. iapprr. SicE
looking individual with experienced
ryrs. his hair Is getting gray around
the edges. He hId nicc new thahh-
Ter automobile. painted u delicate
biJc. waiting for us.
"Hriongs To DEMPSEY and me h"
explalncd aS wo we're hr""Eing orr IN
mi. nifty rig. We huught II i"r
rrthrr We do every thing on "A MY
nfty basis. We're Just like brothers
He's certainly = grand boy.
And when he gets tu he cham .
pIon. and splits out Win you, aT all
Fighters eventually a" after ih'y re
made, what them I asked,
"Dh ." Jack began,
"Oh. l interrupted, cYnicalN.
This fellows different from the rect,
chH"
kcarna srinnkd. lie has no iilu-
| NonS about his game, lie has petn
| around long time,
"Wcu, | honestly think he ID dif-
/ rercnt At that h" SAID, IT" 7rSul~
/ tn bc very fond ~ Dempsey, ana hr
! ihr same token Dempsey seems to
] lp Hht htA'NNs
wv stopped In front ~ quiet
! bous. in A uulrt street. quiet heinr
the prsdcmtna, ,ing feature ~ Long
/ ur,nch. In March. Il 4, a cc'chra Ted
! old tlmc summer resort. hut living
there ia winter strikes one a. a
urnsprct about ~ hlluring ~ a resi-
! laurr la A base ball yhrd during me
/ or gca~on
j The house iS a small two-HiurY
frame. set ia row ~ similar frames
/ T. 10 a snhI. Motel conducted by a
fine old lady whom kclrns greeted
~ Mother" hughes We wtt"
u.h-rrd into = small pnrlor. which
.,.rIucd crowded with men. but III"
crowd Immediately dissolved into un
mnr- than two men, Hut they were
extra large man,
Inok out for mt Bny.
. one ot thrm w,ts brmp~cN hni
met him before 80 W. wrLr mt"fN
resuminu Acquaintance. fhe other
yts ghost ~ lluh fitIS,mu"ns.n 81
: youth shouidsrs, l"gs. hands. fry"k
Is., and everything else He IL Martin
nurke, A sO-yrar old amateur. pick ell
ur by kNarus to act ss Dempsey r
4 srarring partner. One or the-" DAYS
YOU may hear much OF Martin Burke.
There was his pot-hellied stove
In the room--an old fashioned base
burner and T. wa arlnw with heat
Thrr, was table with a reading
! lamp on II. there were comfortable
! chairs and couches. II was An invE-
ing, honey looking place, but about
the last place you would pick az a
/ priyrtIght-r's retreat. II was certain
| " far from the lights ar old Broad
way,
! "pempeey likes Il down here" said
Krarus. and ppnpsN nodded az
QulNScrnce. as he paved through a
pile Of phonograph records 20 let us
{ hear his latest pempseY's musical
taste A pronounCcdly Al J"lson.
~ rule krarns says we" In
speaking or the tIrm. hut the grncr-
Gus assignment of the liking TO
Dempsey alone dii not aStoni-h me.
Mir. kearns ~ incandescent reared,
ooh. IKE It here. too" he said
hastily. noting my expression "lfs
,qui~t--N statement ~ indunItahlr
fact which caused Ike porEan. In
mate Of the UoHring Fortics 'ozl
region ~ Manhattan island) to clear
his throat as II he intended speaking
"And rcstrul" continued Ecarus.
beauties of Long Brsruch
Yes irs "A great place" Dempsey
cut IN. - first got to coming down
here to see Joe IAnuon. "A fricud ot
mine, who lives here I'm the summer
and got stuck ON tho place
trained here Tor the Fulton match
You sec. can do my road work OF