New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-20

Bout E~plo,dcs
As Jack Lands
Champion Scouts Idea OF
Match With Negro, but
Carpenter Match Likely
By Jack Lawrence

wearing an expansive SMILE mon.
ocle and suit of clothes cut BY the
snappiest tailor on the Strand. Jack
Dempsey arrived here from England
late Yesterday afternoon on the Cunard
iiner Aqultania, With him were his
manager. Jack Kearns; his trainer
Teddy Hayes, and Joe Benjamin, his
| closest pal.
Both Kearns and Dempsey exploded
Ine >dee mat the champion is to meet
Harry Wills, negro heavyweight title
holder. in Montreal on July |. They in
dictated very plainly that the next fight
| Will be with Georges Carpenter. This
! night, kearns said, would take place
either IN London or Paris, for which a
| purse Of e75,000 has been guaranteed
| by British promoters. This is approx
mately S375,000 at normal exchange
| rate.
| Resides the monocle and the suit of
clothes from the Strand. Dempsey &C
CURED FIVE new dogs from various
points in Europe. Two of them are
white bull terriers given TO him by an
rngl'sh sportsman They will be
added to the pack Of twenty-sx dogs
that Jack already is supporting The
Dull terriers are named Light Wines
and Beer
Jack Koarns, more dappcr and in
gratiating than ever, acquired p truck
load Of fancy suits of a more or less
startling design and color, and also a
decidedly noticeable English accent.
he now drops his "h's" at the nrone =
place and hooks them on in tho an.
proved London style.
Dempsey and kcarns seemed to know
little or nothing about the proposed
Wills match, and declared that thew
had received no cables concerning X
Both were inclined to speak dispnrac
lngly of the bout. although kcarns re
peated the assertion he has Frequently
made to the effect that Dempsey was
willing to fight anybody anywhere. if
the bout had public support and was
backed by responsible promoters. This,
ne Sald, included match with Harry
Wills.
When asked about u possible meet
ing with Wills, Jack Dempsey an.
peared to become somewhat net+led
ne remarked that he thought all Tho
tax about such match was largely
"oaIlEhoo.' When asked how lone he
! would have to train for a battle viii
: the colorod giant Dempsey replied:
oh, about two days
Dcmpsey wont be able to fight any.
, 0odS before Septembcr.' said Kearns
H'e has a vaudeville contract in The
west which will keep him busy fol
ten weeks. He leaves Tor Los Angeles
on Sunday or Monday to visit his
mother, and viii thcn start his theat
! veal tour. The date for the return
battle with Carpenter has not beer
cefnitely settled. but it cannot pos
s'nly be held before very late in ,hs
ial. We have received cables from al
argentine syndicate making good offer.
/ tor fight with Louis Firpo, to be hclt
IN buenos AEres. We haven't done any
thing IN this connection, however.
The fight with Carpenter will draw
We'll in eithcr Paris or London. as tn.
F,renchman is more popular over Their,
than ever before. That is their belle
IN hls lighting abilitg is mistaken. ant
in both England and France there i.
an impres sion that he is unbeatable
They cant believe, somehow, tina
Dempsey actually knocked him out. W,
saw the fight between Ted Kid Levi:
and Carpenter, and | think tina
Georges is bettcr and stronger thar