Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-02
fBv Clinton p. Anderson.)

(By Clinton p. Anderson.)
"He was too big for Georges"
whined Descamps after the Flower
of France had been moved down
by the iron fists of Jack Dempsey
But the same Jack Dempsey
heavyweight champion of the fistic
world, was not too big to shake the
hands of scores of little tots who
crowded around him and fought
fer recognition from the giant Call
fornian in the half hour he spent
in Albuquerque yesterday after
noon.
Dempsey was on the eastbound
limited going to New York city. He
declined to state whether he was
going to Europe or not, merely
stating that it was up to his man
ager, Jack Kearns. His possible
entrance into the movies was also
being left to his manager, accord
mig TO the champions declarations.
There were possibly two thou
sand people at the station to cheer
the fighter. 1t was Hello, Jack"
from every side-no, not every side
for a little flaxen haired girl showed
her way to the front and said,
"Hello, Mr.. Dempsey"
Hello, there, little girl" said the
huge athlete, leaning over several
rows of urchins to take her hand.
1t was a bigger day for the small
boy than 1t was for the grown man.
Jack was particularly happy to
shake hands with the youngsters.
They crowded around him in
droves, showing against his pow
erful legs and Juggling at his trim
clothes.
zone at time, now, boys" said
Jack, and he commenced methodi-
cally extending init" to the pros
uective champions-none over a
dozen years old. He worked both
his right and left hand, and some
of the boys waited for a ride on
Iron Mike rather than shake the
fighters southpaw.
Men crowded in and broke the
circle. Dempsey shook hands with
a few dozen and then turned to
thread his way back to his pull
man.
Many women in the crowd
claimed their right to shake the
champions hand. He politely
touched his cap and smiled each
time, but there was nothing In his
manner to indicate whether or not
rumors OF his matrimonial inten-
lions might be founded on fact.
Jack was travelling east with
Teddy Hayes, his business agent,
and "Dearie." No, she was not the
Hollywood actress mentioned In
the rumors. "Dearie" is Jacks pet
dog.
Dempsey stated that he was I'M
able to announce his intentions,
further than that he would meet
Kearns in New York City. He
branded as bunk" the rumors of
a split between them.
"Kearns Is looking after plans"
said Dempsey. whether / go to
Europe or work for the movies or
fight here depends upon what we
decide when / see him. can't say
a word definitely until 1 see him."
Asked what he would do in Eu-
rope, he stated he would probably
give boxing exhibitions If he went.
IT hear that Carpenter wants
another fight" he said. HE can
whip everybody else in Europe and
If so, l don't see why 1 should
fight them. 1t would hurt my rep
utation. 1 only want to put on
good, clean, hard fights.
Tommy Gibbons is too light;
he can only make around sixty.
I'm too big for him. That's the
trouble with most of them. No use
fighting Brennan either; I've
knocked him out twice now.
Jack johnson won't do for two
reasons. In the first place, he's
an old man and couldn't put up a
fight. In the second place, we
are drawing the color line abso-
lutely."
Jack surely showed the color
line on shines here. He stepped
off the train with a brand new
shine that glistened. When he re-
turned to the car, it had been
rubbed off, Sunk without a
trace" mostly by "foot-work" of
the small boys.
Dempsey talked to a number of
local men interested in fighting
among them Stephen T. Marco,
fight promoter who has recently
come here from Philadelphia.
He talked for quite a while with
Kid Brown, the local heavyweight,
who is matched with Snappy Jack
for q fifteen-round go this even
ing. Brown told the champion OF
his best bouts and Dempsey indi-
Gated that he might use him for
sparring bouts later, as Brown is
noted for his cleverness as a boxer.
Dempsey had trouble with his
sparring partners while training
for the Carpenter bout, according
to the champ yesterday.
II must have had thirty of them.