The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14
JACK DEMPSEY HAS
 MADE QUITE A HIT OVER IN ENGLAND
EngIishmen Surprised at Not Greeting Cave Man
 in Jack
By SPARROW M'GANN Special Correspondent of The Age Herald Copyright 1929. by The AEc-Hera1d)
 Ry SPARROW MCCAIN

fly SBaHHOW McUhNN
 Special Correspondent of The All. Copyright. 1922, by The All.
 New York, May l3.-Little time was lost after Carpenter had slowed Ted Kid Lewis away in reaching an agreement for a bout between Demp- place either in London or Paris As far back as last winter the writer predicted exclusively that such bout would be arranged abroad, all though up to that time 1t had not been intimated here that such battle was under consideration. Nevertheless, it is a bad match with out question. Englishmen know it, and one may wonder how well the fight will be patronized if it is held in London.
 There is a host in England who would love to see Jack in action he has made a tremendous hit over there--but 1t is felt by the critics at least. that it is scandalous to hook Dempsey up against a man he has beaten so decisively. However, the controversy over the way the Lewis battle was won may heat things up to point where the pro motors will deem it worth while to stage the bout in London. In Paris, it has been laughingly said that his eountrymen don't know yet that Georges has been licked
 Dempsey's prowess as fighter has started the London fight fans to battling among hemselves as to just what pugilism is anyway. One of the most prominent writers regards l tl.y ff | of self-defense" as ridiculous. He says you might as well call bull fighting tho art of self defense.
 Art of Attnck
 Boxing. he says. Is the art of at tack. Clinching. holding. covering and side-stepping. he says. are nothing more than adjuncts to the real thing-the well known good night sock
 The holding Lewis and Carpenter did in their battle has come fn for lot of criticism. The critic quoted above suggests slogan to be fol- lowed hereafter by British fighters who wish to remain popular Knock out or get knocked out" It Is be- cause Dempsey Axemplifies this theory that he is getting over as well as he is in London.
 But other qualities have made their appeal also. He was a clean sur prise to the Britons, who had ex- pected to greet a cave man with a face like the rough side of rock and a voice the chief characteristic of which was a growl
 Britons surprised They found him tall and slim. man who probably strips much big ger than he appears to be-" They all zIIF 1Sxf .n,.f.. t.F quiet-spoken. excessively modest and. except for his nose, not at all the accepted type of a pug.
 The one striking thing the critics have found in him, aside from his modesty and quiet demeanor and slimness, is the way he moves across room. "He does not walk" says critic, "as other men walk. His ! whole body walks. not merely his legs. and 1t Is difficult 10 see how any energy is expended. His ability. no doubt comes from his ability to move without expending any force on the movement His quick brain and his conversati ton shows his brain Is quiclt-first decides subconscious- ly whether his fists or his feet or his whole body shall move and they move. probably before Dempsey. the man. knows that he is obeying his thought"
 They find Jack moderate in all his ways, a light eater and man who l neither drinks nor smokes His man. ners are regarded as refined. his Ian guage beyond criticism. They say he would be at home in any com 1 pany In short, Jack Dempsey is proving as fine an ambassador for American sport as we could have sent abroad.