The New York herald., 1922-04-24
Negro Boxer Declares He Will
Be Ready to Sail After
May Is. y
ny w. o. McGEEnAN.

Negotiations for the Dempsey Wills
heavyweight championship bout to be
held in England this summer were re-
vealed in a cablegram received yes
terday from George Mcdonald. the
English promoter, to Dia Dollings
English fight manager now in New
York. On first flash of the cablegram
Wills announced that he would be
ready to sail on the first boat to Eng
land for the chance of a bout with
Dempsey. Later he discovered that
he would not be able to leave until
after May Is at the latest.
The negotiations were opened with
abruptness that would shock an Amer
lean promoter. Mcdonald cablcd to
Dollings: Can you get Wills to come
to London to box Dempsey. Signed
George Mcdonald. Regent Palace
Southwest. London"
Dollings Immediately picked up the
cablegram and read 1t to Wills. "will
You go?' he asked.
I'll be ready to sail on the first boat"
declared Wills over the telephone.
Dempsey Not ON Pleasure Bent.
It is quite evident that this is the
match upon which Jack Kearns. man
ager for Jack Dempsey, was figuring
when he started for Europe with the
heavyweight champion. Certainly Demp-
sey did not sail merely to lunch with
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fields. The heavyweight champion never
was afflicted with the wanderust as far
as Europe was concerned.
Dempsey and Kearns know that a
bout with Wills would be tho oniy ''logi-
cal one" or course 1t would draw the
biggest crowd IL It. could be fought in
Boyle. Thirty Acres or some other spot
near a large center of population. But
all promoters are afraid that it would
be prohibited I'm any of the States where
II wouh draw any crowd worth while.
There is NOBODY IN Europe for Demp-
sey r fight Even the English are con-
WINGED that Joe Beckett would be merely
a mark for Dempsey's crushing right.
Nor Is there any enthusiasm abroad for
a return matct between Dempsey and
Carpenter Even George Bernard Shaw
had said that thprA Is nobody in Europe
for Dempsey to fight.
There Is no prejudice against mike
bouts In England or for that matter in
any par, OF Europe. Kearns and Demp-
sey have been told that a heavyweight
championship bout in England would
draw almost as much as a bout at
Boyle's Thirty Acres II It were real
one.
BnIIyhoo for Bout Starts.
Consequently the ballyhoo connected
with what is known as the building up
of the matcH has started. Dempsey and
Kearns. with something of an encourage.
are displaying themselves first. Then
will corre the battle of the cablegrams,
ard ca5legramming is costly CONVEX
sation.
When he first heard Of the chance
Wills was bubbling with Joy. He
wanted to pack ZIP last night and get
the frs. boat out. But Paddy Mullins,
his cautious Celtic manager. was not 80
enthusiastic. He could not be located
after he gave out the brief and guarded
statement, II can see no object in leav-
ing yet"
Harry wills IS ready TO gamble on his
chances of winning the title. but expert
ence has made Paddy cautions. he
wants to know how much there Is COM
ing and on what guarantees. But IL
looks very much at the current writing
that the match will be made In the near
future and that the Pullman porters OF
the u. S. A. will be chartering the Lee
viathan for the trip to London to root
for Wills.
More "Mobbingv for Dempsey.
PARIS, April % (Assoc'ated Press).--
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race track to-dav was shortened by the
enthusiastic "mobhing'' he received from
admirers strugglina to catch a glimpse
OF him. The police had to como to his as
sistance in passing through the gates.
When the immense concourse caught
sight of him they gave him a resounding
cheer, and Dempsey responded py oof-
fling his hat. ,.,
When urged to bet on horses with
American mounts. the fighter said: NO
I never bet. came only to see the
horses and the crowds and shake hands
with the American Jockeys. The French
certainly have fine race tracks. bigger
and more attractive than ours. but
don't think they have the horses"
After the races Jack returned to his
hotel on the Champs Elysee, where he
had almost to fight his way through an
other crowd. In which the women were
more numerous than the men.
isn't he grand said ono feminine
admircr. "Yes, but he Is not so hand
some as our Georges" said another He
must be wonderful dancer" remarked
n third.
No Use for Airpiauc.
Dempsey said he expected to stay in
Europe for three months. Asked II he
intended TO do any travelling by airplane,
he replied: 'Oh. no. the gain Is speedy
enough for me. I want something
heavier than air to stand on"
Tho champion expressed admiration
for the French people. but said nc found
life in Paris pretty expensive. THE
only things cheap are taxicabs." he
unused.
When informed that Carpenter said
yesterday that he would have much
better chance of defeating Dempsey If
six ounce gloves were used. with
twenty-four foot ling and an impartial
rcfercn. and the fight held In London.
Dempsey esponded Tell Georges I
win fisht him in London or anywhere
and on sixty foot lot. or cabbage
patch or a ballroom floor viii use two
ounce. four ounce, or any weight gloves
and viii agree TO % referee OF Carpen-
tiers ovyn selection"