The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-21
Dempsey TOuted Fastest Heavyweight
Champion DeUeiOped in Recent Times
kearns Says Jack
Is a GluttOn for
Punishment
Nv ROHERT EDGREN

Compared with Jack Dempsey all
tho other aspiring heavywciEhts In
recent years have been slow and
sluggish, Some OF then have been
tremendous big fellow. who looked
big and strong enough to take the
championship away from Dempsey
or anyone else, hut the. lacked the
thing that brought Dempsey from
the bottom OF the class 20 the cham
pIuuship In little more than a year.
Dempsey is driven at all times by
a tremendous store Of energy that
makes him unlike any other fighter
ever saw. Up In the woods, hunt
Ing, he was on the Jump every min
ute Of the time. He did more work
than any other two others men in
camp.
Yet whenever there was nothing
TO do, Dempsey dropped down on
a blanket somewhere aud took e
complete rest lie has the rare fac
ulty that Napoleon used 10 boast.
lie can 80 TO sleep ina "a few seconds
whenever he wants TO. day or night,
and so can always be fresh for re-
newed activities.
IIardships Nothing.
Jack kearns gave the an exam
pie of Dempsey's tremendous re-
serve Of energy and vitality. On a
recent show trip through Canada
they played two towns a day. with
long jumps between. Starting at
Kitchener in the afternoon they
played Toronto at night. Then on
successive days, showing in the aft
ernoon in one town and jumping to
the next by train or auto for night
show, they covered London ana
Hamilton, Sarnia and Windsor,
MonctOn and St Johns, Truro and
Halifax Sherbrook and quebec.
Cornwall and Montreal. Kingston
and OttoWH, and then Bangor and
Portland. After this. in the states,
the jumps were longer
"On all this trip" said Kearus.
Jack was the most active member
OF the party. we had 20 jump from
place 10 place on trains, showing In
the afternoon at one place, rushing
for a train connection to show some
where else at night. often reaching
our destination with only "A few min
utes to spare, ana after the night
show jumping on some other train
for the next stop.
Sometimes we could get n berth
for a couple OF hours. or few hours
more during a night ride, and some
times had to sit up In chair cars.
Then Boxed IN Every Town.
1--WE had all our baggage TO rustic
along with us.
Long before we were through
with the schedule | was half dead
for lack of sleep, but Dempsey was
fresh as ever. He actually enjoyed
It! The other poor fellows in the
show would be so weary that they'd
lie down to rest and nearly miss the
trains. and then Jack would run
around and hustle them up, help
them pack their bags. and often dash
for the station loaded down with
twice as much as anyone else was
carrying. He thought 1t was great
fun.
And wherever he went he was
always glad TO take on any local
heavyweight who wanted to give
him a rally. At Portland he boxed
a heavyweight who beat Harry .Greb,
and although the show was outdoors
In heavy rain he thought 1t was
n Joke to get soaked through and
slip around on the wet canvas.
At each show he was billed for four
rounds, but he often boxed 10. At
Wichita, whore he was 10 box four
rounds he boxed two with Andy An
derson, two with Larry Williams.
and two each with three local heavy
weights, making 12 rounds in all.
Not Particular.
Jack never cared how he travel
ed from one town to another. We
couldn't make 1t by train between
Bangor and Portland for afternoon
and night shows. and they sent us
through by auto. at times running
IS miles an hour on those country
roads--and muddy too. That was a
scream to Jack. But I'll admit
didn't feel any too easy One skid