Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-24
With Wills Ruled Out Because
OF Color Line. Where Is Dempsey
Going to Find a Real Rival?

Our heavies going through the mo.
tions the other night, while Georges
Carpenter sat in laughing himself
silly at the clumsy efforts of the
two Yankee bruisers.
"I'm telling you fellows" con-
cluded the big 'un, that Dempsey is
the greatest fighter of all time, but
his playmates are the saddest lot I
have ever looked at"
Ketchel's Name to Front.
"Where do you get that stuff
about Dempsey being the greatest
fighter of all timer" interrupted an
other member of the group as he
eased himself right up front.
Greatest fighter of all timel That
makes me sick.
"Just because he goes in there the
other day with an undersized
Frenchman and beats him UP, you
want to call him the greatest fighter
of all time. Why, any of the old
gang could have taken this guy
Dempsey. Why Stanley Ketcher
would have grabbed him just as sure
as fate.
Can you imagine what Old Steve
would have done to that bird Demp-
sey, if he had him on the run like
that Frenchman had in the second
round of that shindig in Jersey City?
Why, he would have knocked him
clean out of the county.
"The great Dempsey. who licked
that false alarm, Jess Willard, and
the chicken hearted Fred Fulton,
and few more buns! Nothing do
ing! I'm with you when you say
that the heavyweight gang is all
wrong, but lay off on that strong
boost for Dempsey"
Gibbons Warmly Boosted.
The conversation was speeding
along at furious pace when some
one suggested that perhaps Dempsey
might not be so lonesome for an
opponent when Carpenter has his
next fling at some other Yankee.
fighter.
I'D like to step in with my cents
WORTH" said a mild hammered per-
SON. IF you guys will just give
fellow chance to get in a few
words sideways, it looks to me as
though Tom Gibbons will be the
bird tossing them at the champion
the next time that Jack starts"
There was a snicker or two at the
suggestion, but the mild hammered
person insisted on being heard.
"You boys are overlooking this
man Gibbons. He's been in the back
ground for many years, allowing his
brother Mike to absorb all the cal
cium, but he is up there to grab the
best of them, and believe me, boys,
this fellow Gibbons is going to get
to Carpenter in much shorter time
than it took Jack Dempsey.
In Prime Physical Shape.
tom is a clean living boy with
out any dissipation whatever, and in
a year from now will be a better
man than Dempsey" he concluded,
as another member of the gang
reached for the center of the stage.
why don't you fellows say
kind WORD about Bill Brennan!
roared the latest squawker, who
plunged right into the fray without
any invitation whatever. That guy
Gibbons won't do at all; he's too
small.
Didn't Bill stay In with the
champ longer than any of those
other guys, and doesn't Bill think
right now that he has a good chance
Of whipping Jack if he ever gets an
other opportunity? Brennan will be
Dcmpsey's next opponent, and can
make it interesting for Jack any
time they start"
The party was getting pretty
rough about this time and as some
wise owl suggested an adjournment
ard the group made for the air, the
mild hammered person called back in
piping tones, do not forget what I
told you mugs. Tom Gibbons will be
the next champion of the world. He
can lick . room full Of Dempseys."