The New York herald., 1922-02-15
He Is COmino Here to Talk
Fight and May Make
Trip Abroad.
g MONEY IN EUROPE
Wells. Beckett, Cook and Car
pentier in PrOspect-LeOn-
ard May Meet Jack Britton.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

JACK Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion OF the world. will arrive in New
York to-day on a mission that was
SOMEWHAT logged with mystery last
night. The fact that Mr. Dempsey
left his social secretary Mr.. Ted
Hayes, in Los Angeles is significant.
IL would indicate that the visit of the
chafnpion was more in the nature of a
business than a social mission.
jack Kearns. the business manager
for Dempsey, hints that it is quite
likely that Dempsey will go to Europe
Tor a return match with Georges Car
penner in London or Paris. This step
mayI be necessitated because the re-
turn bout would not be particularly
ATTRACTIVE here after what happened
at Hoyle's Thirty Acres last July 2.
Bait over in Europe there is more or
lessi Iincredulity in regard to Dempsey.
probably due to the influence of Mr..
George Bernard Shaw, who still does
not ibelieve that Dempsey can sock with
the YIN and vehemence that his record
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has been in correspondence with that
dearlM. Francois Descamps and NJ Des-
camps has assured him that the return
maudn would draw beaucoup francs or
guineas in Europe.
Both Dempsey and Kearns could find
considerable use for francs or guineas
at this stage of the game. consequently
they are ready to fit. Mr. Kearns has
made no retort to the offer of Bill
Brady of $500, 1000 for a bout between
Dempsey and Harry Wills, the somber
Senegambian. When the insignificant
is talked of Mr.. Kearns finds relief in
a well bred sniff of disdain.
No Logical Contender.
Aside from the Senegambian Dempsey
does not seem to have any logical con-
tender, as the lads around Caulifower
Row would put it. 1t is true that the
champion has expressed scme polite in
terest in the winner of the Gibbons
Greb contest, but Gibbons, picked by the
talent as the winner. has put himself
on record as not being ready for a bout
with Dempsey for some time to come.
Mr.. Gibbons is not a reckless young
man. He wishes to retain his health as
long as possible.
Fred Fulton is out of the running A
couple of boxing commissions have ruled
that 1t would be superfluous for Demp-
sey to take another sock at Bill Bren-
nan. Tex Rickard has been dreaming
of return match with Jess Willard,
but that venerable ex-champion is be-
coming more and more venerable each
day. > The business outlook for Dempsey
in the United States is not good.
In fact the only person who is con-
ceded a chance with Dempsey is this
same somber Senegambian, Wills, and
he is not conceded much of chance by
any large section of the population.
There are obstacles in the way of this
match. The first obstacle Is the petit
ness of the purse offered for the bout.
Mri Kcarns dismisses this paltry sum
With a languid wave of his bediamoned
hand.
The other obstacle is the reluctance
Of the various State executives to per-
mitl a mixed bout within the borders of
ihek States. Ever since Jack Johnson
embalmed the remains of James J. JEFF
fries at Reno the notion OF a mixed
heavyweight championship bout seems
to have become repugnant to pale face
Governors.
oyer. the ocean for Big Money.
Consequently Jack Kearns has decid-
ed that the heavyweight champion is
likely TO starve to death waiting for
loSbcal contender. Mr.. Kearns is con-
cerhed over this because If Dempsey
gathers no moss Mr. kearns gathers
pore himself. So it looks like the
bounding billow and Pccadilly or the
Bois de Boulogne for the two jacques
Tjempsey may start with the bonn
narted Bombadier Wells, then after
upsftting the battered Beckett and the
cooked Mr.. Cook wind up by pastering
Ge9ges Carpenter once more. 1t
would be soft program for the cham
pion.
Kenny Leonard is anxious TO emulate
the achievement of the late Robert F'itz-
simmons. who held two ring titles at the
same time. Benjamin is due to take
a crack at Jack Britton, the veteran
weperweight champion, some time
around March II.
II this bout comes off it seems more
or less certain that Leonard would take
over. the welterweight title Benjamin
wouH enter the ring Weighing close to
] 20 spouuds, which would bring him to
within five pounds of Britton's weight
and have him at his best. The men are
equally clever. but Leonard has the
punch and the dash of comparative
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