Seward daily gateway., 1924-01-31
DEMPSEY WILL BATTLE BR|TON
 LONDON HEARS
AMERICAN CHAMPION SAID TO HAVE TENTATIVELY AGREED
 TO APPEAR OVERSEAS

LONDON, Jan. 3O.-Jack Dempsey's recent intimation that he intends to visit Europe again within the next few months has cultivated a crop of rumors that he may display his pugilisic talents in British ring tic.
 Without having anything really tangible in the way of fact some of the boys that write pieces for the London papers have cooked up a nice little dish for Dempsey. The main ingredient of the dish is a championship battle between the worlds title holder and European opponent at Wembley Stadium, where the British Empire exhibition is to be held next summer.
 According to one version of the stO- ry, certain English promoter has booked the Wembley stadium for a match in which Dempsey has tenta- lively agreed to participate. The op- ponent suggested is either Georges Carpenter or Jack Bloomfield, a pro- missing young British heavyweight.
 Carpenter and Bloomfield, it is re ported, are to have the privilege of fighting eac hother for the honor of in- curing match with Dempsey. This argument, according to present sched- ule, is to be staged in London some time in February.
 Although Frank Goddard, a burly Australian, is officially recognized as the heavyweight champion of England it is noticeable that he is not being Dempsey, while the man whom God dard beat to win his title is in the front rank of possible adverSaries. Goddard won his title lying on his back, listening to the mocking birds after Bloomfield had knocked him out in the second round. His victory was entirely due to the fact that the punch with which Bloomfield lulled him to sleep was a foul.
 Whether Dempsey is inveigled into a match or not it is probable that Bloomfield and Carpenter will meet in the near future. Bloomfield is con- sidered the likeliest young heavy | weight in Europe and the legitimate successor to Carpenter as the Euro l pean champion. He is fast, very shif- ty on his feet and packs wicked punch. He will weigh around 175 pounds in his present fighting trim and should add few pounds to that as he natures. Scores of capable judges of fighters believe that Bloom field can take" Carpenter any time he starts against him.
 It can hardly be argued, even by Bloomfeld's most enthusiastic suppor- ters, that he is good enough to con- quor Dempsey; but, if he beats Car pentier and a match with Dempsey IS arranged, he undoubtedly would give a better account of himself than any other scrapper in Europe.
 The thing that makes it seem i'm probable that Dempsey will indulge in a match here in the reluctance of Flu ropean promoters to talk about mon ey with the largesse to which Jack is accustomed. A purse of $1OO,0OO would look as big as Mount Everest to Eng fish promoters, while it would look like Bunker Hill to Dempsey. Jack Kearns' recently reputed statement that Dempsey will ask $1,OOO,OOO for his next fight rules the British i'm presarios out, for none of them could be con .vinced that there is that much 
 If, however the well known noun tain should amble over toward Mo- hammed and Dempsey should consent to fight Bloomfield or Carpenter, or anyone else over here, they would have to enlarge the British Isles to ac-