The Washington herald., 1921-08-18
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" "sht IN Las vegas. 1t was ru-
.mored that the bout was q frame
up" for the pictures. in any case
II was. not considered judicious to
allow moving pictures of q match
between white man and a black
10 be shown, because or the trouble
that followed the affair in Reno
In 1910. That reason for prevent
irg the showing of moving pictures
or ring bouts has gone out of ex-
tsnence, now that no State boxing
cprimission will license such a
match.
'ehe entire boxing situation in
this country has changed since the
war and the lawmakers at Wash
ing tOn should be progressive enough
to iselp, instead OF hindering, every
thing that improves one OF our
most tsuseful sports.
Easing His Conscience.
JACK Dempsey met Mr.. Jenries.
fatfnen. OF Jim Jeffries. the former
chanpion. Jim Jeffries' father is a
man Of S5. hearty and strong, has
been q great traveller and is noted
as a preacher.
Jack fidgeted around in his chair
for q few minutes while Mr.. Jeffries
! looked him over and decided that
he was a picture OF Jim when Jim
was champion. Dempsey had some
thing on his mind. Finally he
burst out with IL.
Mr.. .Beffries." he asked, do you
think it's wrong for a fellow to be
fishter<'"
81 do not" said Jim's father.
The worth is full of hypocrites and
liars in high places. and in my
opinion a good honest fighter is q
better mapl than any OF ;hem.
Keep your heart clean and il
doesn't maloe any difference whether
you fight or do something else"
IT lived in a rough country ana
| used to fil.ht a little myself" said
Mr.. Jeffries. When / was 20 years
old l had MO last drink Of liquor.
and my last tobacco and my last
fight. ] fought with my best friend
and gave him such a licking they
took him to the hospital and
went around there to see him and
shake hands with him. He's still
living and the best friend l have
today"
What do you think OF that"
way il goes. ] always like the fell
lows that give ne a good fight and
II guess II some guy comes along
and gives me a licking I'm going
to have such respect for him that
ri want to be friends with him
for the rest Of my life"
PubIIcity's AIT Right. But-
Dempsey gave dinner to, a
party of friends. The champion sat
! at a large table. At a small table
nearby one of the guests pulled out
a large flask and after calling for
| glasses and ice began to pour out
| drinks of some amber colored fluid.
He offered to pass the flask oXer to
Jacks table Jack shook his head.
whispered to Teddy Hayes. and
| Hayes drifted around to the other
| table. The flask disappeared.
| Dempsey was nervous all through
| the dinner. When he left he
heaved a big sigh aud said: Gee.
I'm glad to be out Of here. They
oughtn't to pull anything like that
at my party. 7 could Imagine head
| lines in all the papers:
"'Dempsey arrested for violating
the prohibition laws" And never
| take a drink"
It's tough to be the universal
| goat.
Bernard "Pshaw" tlpe famous
English sport cricket. SIS picking
'em again. Bernie leaped to fame
by selecting Carpenter as a 50-to-I
shot to lick J. Dempsey, and after
the fight proved he was right by
saying Carp scored a moral victory
by not being knocked kiclin' in the
first session.
Bernie now picks Carpenter to
| knock r. Gibbons for a brace of
goals or ''Ghouls." as Bat Nelson
used to write il in his famed press
| reports.
Probably the cables wil soon
carry the following special" by
O'Pshaw:
The French wizard will outclass
Gibbons as far as he did Dempsey.
and it's at least a l00-to-1 shot
that he'll give him an even more
decisive moral beating.
The American sport writer's will
probably again try to befoo1 the
silly public by writing fulsome COL
umns of praise of Gibbons. pre-
tending to believe that he will have
a chance to win from Georges. ]
warn the silly public that this is
! balderdash and buncome. and the
American sport writers will all be
betting their last dollar. and as
| many intermediate dollars as they
| can gather, on Carpenter, their
boosting of 7. Gibbons being de-
| signed solely to make him q IA
vorite so that they can get bigger
! odds and win more money. l re-
peat. Carpenter will score another
victory (moraD and he should be
/ at least 1.00o-to-1 favorite In the
betting. q said 100-to-1 in the
! first paragraph. but I've been think
/ ing 1t over.)
p. s. II Carpenter 10 knocked
out while morally winning I'll fur
nish perfectly satisfactory
alit..''
Copyright. 1891. BY the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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