New-York tribune., 1922-02-16
Had Long Conference

Kesrrs and Dempsey had a long con
.srcrcc in the hotel Immediately after
-. champion's arrival but i; came to
,o,hing 50 far as any definite plans
for tire future are concerned. When
H. row.wow was concluded Kcarns
re,terated his oft-made statement That
dempsey was willing 10 fight anybody
,ny time and anywhere In fact. light
- and manager chorUsed this Scnti-
mcnt for the benefit OF seventy six re-
nor.ers and 176 photogra piers. more or
,ss The Tribune was reliably in
tormod. however, that both kcarns and
dempsey viii probably be sailing east
ward on d transatlantic liner before
March IS. This information is worth
rss.ing in your hat
flashlights banged and cameras
clicked as Dempsey emerged from the
stream OF arriving passengers Jack
Xssrns and Joe Benjamin were the
ms. to greet him. On one side Of the
ssavyweight king was Mary Pickfo1d
and on the Other was her husband
Douglas Fairbanks. the latter still
vesring tha, funny D'Aitaenan mus
aehe and leading q very much per
:lrbed police dog.
Doug said he had given the dog to
Dempsey. who is something of L mono
rsniac on the subject Of animals lie
alreejy has ,wenty-e ght dogs OF Va
rous brands and one of the first uucs
,ions he asked when he hit Grand
Contra. was whether the dog show al
Madison Square Garden had ended He
SAID he would try to get to the Car
den later in the day.
Mary and Doug We're There
The famous trio went over to the
Bemon. and later went up town in an
automobile accompanied by Joe Ben
jamln. Dempsey and his stable mate
dropped of al the Ansonia. where Ben
larin is living At the Belmont Demp-
sey was piled with questions as to his
immediate plans. He said that he had
several iheatucal propositions under
consideration. but declared he was
thoroughly sick Of the stage.
I'm not an actor any more than
6soe Ruth is, said Carpenters con-
que'or. Il don't see how some OF these
hg birds like Favershaln stand the
On. rs lot of fun at first, but
vasn you have to do the blamed thing
light after night it begins to get youi
gost, They say you can get used to it
but III be darned ii ever could
Il don't draw any color line or any
other kind of line" said Jack wher
asked concerning a possible Wills
match. Il have no objection whatever
70 fighting negro. but | suppose {
lot of other people would view the
thing entirely differently. If it is pos
sible to hold the fight and reliable
promoter can be found who could stage
the thing they wouldn't have any
trouble so far as | am concerned Pm
not asking any unreasonable purse and
I'm not laying down conditions that
would make such fight impossible. II
the public wants ne to fight Wills, OF
anybody else, FOR that matter, III be
o. the Job.
Carpenter and England
IF this fight can't be arranged and
there arc no others in sight shall
probably 60 abroad. There is some
possibility that another bout could be
arranged with Carpenter, as they seem
TO think lot Of him in England. I've
seen about all OF the United States and
Ia IKE to have a look at tho other side.
We may play some theatrical en-
ssgements in and about New York and
we might do some stage work in Eng
is'o and Europe. would like to have
my next fight arranged as soon as pos
s'oie and want it to be a success. The
va? things look to mo now | should