The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-18
DEMPSEY'S EAR
DON'T FUNCTION
Champion Cannot Hear on L' oos
and Tysc Doctors Rave
Made an ELar1i1s-
ton OF IL

rBy 4. 2. Harrison, Uuited Press
Sta. Correspondent
CHICAGO, Dec. 16--Jsck DsIr1
ger. worlds heavyweight champion
was on his way west today wearing
a left ear which wo1ldn- func-ioa
normally.
The champion said there was moth
ing seriously wrong with the internal
L ear. and refused to discuss his secTsI
Il auuaoiutnenr with DIT. Fred Bonnie,
\ noted specialist Of Niles, Mich, yes
4 terEsay. The ear was examlnso CUR
/ ing the champions brief stay IN chi
/ czgo last night by another specialist,
/ Dr.. r r MOrriE
Nearly everyone WHO talked With
! JACK discovered he could not hear
1 as well when tte conversation was
| directed toward the soarhSids ear
az when on the other side.
| Dempsey did everything possible
! 10 cover his movements during MS
trip 70 Niles and through Chicago,
although usually the champ IL placed
On exhibition 70 newspaper men ana
Z followers when going through the
city. Scores Of Jacks friends waiting
10 meet him here last night were
disappointed when the champion
failed 10 show a. the hotel where
his manager, Jack Kearns, was stay
ing.
Apparently authentic reports were
that, while in Chicago, Dempsey was
again in consultation with Dr.. 30
nine. Dempsey finally was found at
the railroad station just as he was
about 70 board the train which was
to carry him to Salt Lake City, where
hnl+de
with his folks.
DR. Morris arrived at the station
about the time Dempsey showed up,
having been called by kearns- Dr.
Morris gave the ear q rather super
fetal examination and said there
were a couple Of stitches taken in ii,
but it would probably heal all right
Kearns and Dempsey discussed the
ear at length. They declared that
it was injured in Dempsey's fight
with Bill Brennan in New York, not
by a punch. but by the challenger,
when he butted the champion with
his head. They discussed the pre-
vious injury TO Deupsey's ear, when
it was treated by Dr.. BONNIE follow
ing the Dempsey-Willard fight
Nothing was ever published regard
ing this injury before it was told
exclusively in United Press dis
patches yesterday, and every effort
was made at the time by the cham
pion and his friends to keep il
secret. Dempsey apparently didn't
have the ear treated INN ediately
after the fight He went TO Benton
Harbor and an abscess started, due
10 the injury II took about ten days
intensive treatment to effect a cure.
Many good reasons were advanced
today why Dempsey and his friends
should do everything possible to
make the ear appear not seriously
/ injured, the main one being that it
would be a target OF future oppo-
nents.
An evidence Of the apparent deaf
ness OF the ear was seen just as
Dempsey was about to board the
train here Dempsey was walk ing
down the station platform when a
! friend came up behind him on the
left side and said in fairly loud
voice:
oh. jack"
Jack didn't turn around or give
other evidence he heard The man
had to call several times, on each
occasion in a louder tone, until final
Iy Jack turned quickly and answered.
A reporter came up TO Dempsey on
. mis- left side and said in fairly loud
1 voice:
What do you think Of your chances
! Of beating Willard" No answer The
! reporter started to repeat the ques-
| tion. when It apparently dawned on
! Dempsey what had been said and he
turned and answered quickly as if
to throw off any suspicion he might
: not hear well:
] They are all hard nuts--they are