The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
CHAMP OPENS
GOLDEN TRAIL
TOWARD EAST

BIZ DEAN SNYDER

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; By DEAN SNYDER
Benton Harbor, Mich. Sept. a.
Jack Dempsey Is all set to sock
himself into a fortune now. When
he knocked Billy Miske kicking IN
the third round Of their champion
ship tight here Labor day he prov
ed both to himself and the public
that a boxer fights better as q
champion than as q contender.
Dempsey still retains the old
confidence he had when he was
humping the heavyweight would
be contenders into has-been medi-
ocres.
His old sock Is there in either
hand just as it was when he obliv-
toned Jess Willard IA months ago
at Toledo. The tiger disposition
which used to come over him In
the ring burns as fiercely as ever.
New York Move.
Immediately after Referee Jim
Dougherty counted ten over Miske's
limp and unconscious body the
Dempsey camp was broken up for
the next move. That move is New
York, where TEX" Richard has
the monopoly on the biggest sport
temple in the world in the biggest
city in the world. where money is
spent freer than any place In the
world.
II Dempsey fights Is often as he
wants to and as often as Kearns
plans within the next year he will
hang up a new record for purses.
Cold-bloodedly speaking. Dempsey
and Kearns need the money. They
have nothing In the treasure chest
at present except the Benton Har-
Dor purse which will run we'll over
$4,000 for the champions share.
Dempsey wants to meet them all.
He is confident that his socker is
in first class condition and all the
heavies that have been clamoring
for a scuffle can get same by
speaking up now.
Whether they will prove as much
Of a set-up as did Miske remains
to be seen. Miske was no set-up
before the Labor day fight started,
but he was q short time after the
handshaking. ...
Brennan Next.
Knockout Bill Brennan is next
in line for q show against Demp-
sey. The tentative date is some
where around the 10th Of Septem-
Der. Tex Rickard has the ace card
in his possession to pull it OF.
Georges Carpenter is on his way
to American shores. What effect
his temperance in this country
will have on Dempsey's future Will
soon be boiled down to cold tur-
key.
/; Kearns and Dempsey, plus Tez
Richard, will meet the Frenchmar
at the gangplank. Whether Car.
pentier will ever fight Levinsky
hangs in the balance OF the bar.
gain struck with Richard and
Kearns then. Manager Deschamps
hasn't set an example of living uI
to contracts. He signs with all Of
them but winds up by breaking
any or all Of them.
Field Ahead.
Let's see who's on deck fol
Dempsey in this busy year he has
mapped out. There's Fred Fulton
the fellow who quits when he,
hurt. Everybody beats Frank Mo
ran. Willie Meehan is too fat
Battling Levinsky couldn't stay
with the bearcat mauler before h,
won the title. Gene Tunney ant
Bob Martin aren't ripe yet Gun
boat Smith hasn't the measure
ments.
Carpenter is a great boxer. Hi
manager has a hypnotic eye. HI
has plenty of confidence with ev
eryone except with Dempsey
Would Dempsey shove in a hear
sock" and follow it with a RICH
cross to the jaw like he did will
Miske? That's how you'd have Il
dope it now.
| Two Blacks.
That leaves Harry Wills AM
Jack johnson, the dusky pair
Wills, like Fulton, quits when h
is hurt. Dempsey never tough
anyone whom he didn't hurt.
johnson is in Jail. The dope ha
it that he will be out inside a veal
When johnson met Jim Jeffries a
Reno there was no man in tn
world that could have stayed wit
him.
1 Jack johnson.
| They Say that the big smok
hasn't taken care of himself. Wei
you'll note that he's been fightin
bulls in Spain and Mexico. He
boxing in Jail now. The colore
boxer has a, longer life than tn
white man. So Jack Johnson ma
yet prove to be the strongest con
tender Dempsey will have.
There never was a fighter lik
the present champion. He has tn
ferceness Of a tiger, the heart G
a lion and the kick Of a mule i
either glove.
Dempsey will be the champio
for q long. long time. Judging fror
the class Of heavyweights that ar
in the field now and according
= the dope spilled~in his first staI
since he won the title.