The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
|McGann Says Dempsey Is Through Awhile
Jack Kearns Realizes That the Field Is Too Thoroughly Con- quered by Champion lack. Looking for Other Men to Handle
By SPARROW M.GANN
Special Correspondent of Tho AEe-HeraI
 Copyright, lp22. by The AEe-HeraIdl


 Copyright, 1929, by The AEe-HeraId)
 New York, February 11.-Jack kearns manager of the heavyweight champion of the world, Is on the lookout for a new champion, several of them in fact. And he wants them small. He has a sneaking feeling that his great meal ticket Dempsey. Is about through in this country
 This may surprise a lot of fans who know what the two Jacks pulled cut of the so-called Battle of the Century and who have noted the tidy little S200,000 smackers that Billy Brady offered for go between Demp- sey and Harry Wills. Just the same, il Is the truth Jack Dempsey IS as gcod as dead in this country, at least for some time to come. His canny manager just now is trying to push along the idea of another Dempsey Carpenter fight in England and there are good chances that tho bout may be put through, but so far as this country is concerned. the big fighter Is done.
 The First Jolt
 The first jolt kearns got was when the New York athletic commission put the lemon juice on the proposed Dempsey Brennan fight Chairman Muldoon silenced all criticism by pointing to the comparative records of the two men, including two knock outs of Brennan by the Utah man handler, and asking how come. The fans who were getting ready to work up little interest in the affair tumbled to themselves and gave Rick ard, eKarns and company the happy ehortle
 pfh hlt sey fight? Fulton? Roper? Martin? Grebe? Tommy Gibbons? Wienert? Sailor Maxted% Tarzan Lsrkin? Billy Miske? Al Roberts? The more names You mention the harder you laugh. So 1t will be seen even on the score of opponents. Dempsey has not bat tle coming to him and perhaps will not have one for some years.
 Place of Fight
 But If he had an opponent. where would the fight be held? It is now no secret that every boxing commits sion that seeks to hold its job in peace and comfort without molesta- ton from governors who are sensi- tive to political influences don't want a heavyweight championship battle, and will prevent one of they can.
  fellows can mix 1t up all they want and meet with no trouble. the minute two heavyweiBhtE sign up in a fight involving the championship title, everything If off Preachers and mo ralsts of every race and creed rise on their hind legs and shout. The public looks askanco at the governor who has permitted the arrangement of the proposed brutal spectacle and the last thing any governor wants Is any substantial body of the public to look that way at him. Governor Ed wards of New Jersey braved the gaze last summer, but there are indica- tions that he is unwilling to repeat.
 Thought of Canada
 Look at the trouble Rickard had in finding some place that would stand for the Dempsey Carpenter battle. There was time, so hard was he pressed, that he fully intended to try Canada He would have more trouble now in finding q location. All this concerns a white opponent for Dempsey Harry Wills. colored man. is regarded by some keen followers of the sport as a worthy rival to Jack, but there Is no chance of any pro- moter finding a place in the United States where the two men could bat i tie.
 So, all in all. Jack Dempsey is a great problem to his manager and to himself. He's not an actor and does not like to try to act. So that source of revenue is shut off.
 Jack Likes to Fight Jack Is a fighter pure and simple. He likes to fight and wants to fight as often as he can. In Europe he light pick up money. Certainly he sould be more active than in this country, but it wouldn't be big money unless, of course the British can be induced, as appears likely to fall for another fight with Carpen- tier.
 Anyway Kearns is ip search of small sized champions, / He thought he had one in Joe benjamin. but Joe isn't ripe yet not by great deal. Babe Herman will never be feather weight champion as long as Johnny Kilbane Is alive.
 Anyone who can steer Kearns straight in this matter will earn we'll thanks at least. Speak up' gents.