The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
JACK DEMPSEY
DISCUSSES
LOVES
Champion Says Rollance With
EstelIe Taylor Began
When She Was ~
By GENE FOWLER,
InteenatIon 3 New EerNisa.

II sAMl4t4l4ttoA4lAIN News service.
WILMINGTON. DEL. Sept. 81,
Over hOneydew melon the othel
day Jack Dempsey told mo of iii,
romance with Estells Taylor.
The story was related iii the neat
honey residence .of Miss Taylor'r
/ grandm0the Mrs, IL. 10. B0ylaYi
4 while q crowd slIrged about the. We
randa for g peek at the champ and
his beloved.
The time set Tor their probabl.
marriage is June, 1926. but the
champ added that b lot aof things
can happen between now and then
Two years IN e matter 81 this kind
may as we'll be two million.
~ am telling you.s' the big champ
said, az he rubbed b stubby set 81
one, dayrold Whiskers, 'because YOU
borrowed an oYefcoat OF mine ten
years ago and returned It. There
are two or three other reasons
too. It Is easy to deduce that Stei
and / are In love"
Loved Long.
The champion then sneal1ed over
an unexpected wallop. He confided
that he had been III love with
sStell" since she was thirteen years
old. She Is tWenty-ore now. Love
| for "Stell" has glOwed In the cham
pion's fighting heart since the time
when Estelle wore pigtails and
when he was just one OF the moi
OF brnisers in search Of coffee and
cakes.
Eight years have worked won
ders for these two. Eight years
ago Dempsey had just begun tr
dust off his trousers after long.
venturesome rides I'm box cars. To
day his nobby chauffeur trottSd
us over the smooth avenues in tfla
attractive town IN q luxurious
Rolls Royce roadster. It Ii as loq,E
as Pullman ana has wire wheels
painted q gorgeous orange.
Eight years ago EstelIe was
learning to recfte '.Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight in q New Yorl.
dramatic school. TheySmet through
chance Dempsey, the ex-hobo. and
Stell, the elocution lass, with dark
chestnut pigtails and beautiful
face. Since then StelI has climbed
to fame in the cinema. Dempsey
said:
ut was rather silly then, ]
thought to myself that should 10
50 struck by the face Of q little
girl. 1t seemed absurd. but that
face Just kept coming to my mind
all. the while that was hopscotch-
ing around the country, winning
my way to the title.
Two Women.
Eve kept corresponding. Iwrote
plain, formal letters to that little
girl, for Inever would have thought
OF saying anything about love to
anyone so young. And, as We
both began to go up the ladder.
we still wrote. The day / knocked
willard for q row Of Kansas cy.
clones / thought OF only two women
my mother and StelE And those
were the. two that / wired. And ]
got wires back from both women
that / loved. There never has been
anybody else but Stell and probably
never win be-
Dempsey hasn't changed at All
since last, had a real talk with
him. shortly after he put Willard
on Ice. Prize fighters, as q rule,
are not the most amiable and at.
tractive persons, but this big boy
is an exception. He has color, cour-
age and the open frankneSs Of a
kid. Success has not ruined hlrn,
as some J. Of his critics have feared,
and / know of my own knowledge
that he has stayed clean and IN
good condition. IL there is any
credit to the game OF "pugs.". Jack
Dempsey Is 1t. Certainly he has
had temptation thrown at him.
Only h big man could come through
as has Dempsey, unspoiled, gen.
erous, unassuming.
Square Champion.
Lets have q peek at your
charmer," said to Jack. We
were sitting in the comfortable, but
plain living room Of Grandma Boy.
Ian. Jack lifted his 205 pounds
off Of q sofa in quicker time than
he got up after .Firpo had knocked
him on his Western trip. He raced
to the stairway and shouted:
Come down. StelI-don't mind
do1ling upr'
"Stell' certainly is wins0me. she
was clad in pretty, but not SNOWY
boudoir gown. Her dark eyes
beamed as she saw Jack. even II
he had not been to the parber's so
early in the day. Jack left the
room to make one OF his continual
front-door visits to greet crowds M
youngsters, who worship this physg-
cal king. While the champ WIS
doing his hallway roadwOrk, "Stelt'
Said
This Is not one of those Stupid
rnaudlin, publicity-seeking thinys.
We really did want to settle al
this privately. but there Is no lie.
nying how l feel about Jack. lie
is just like a boy for one thing.
and he Is a big. fine, clean nuInan
being. He doesn't know what mai
ice or envy is. He Is sensitive, too.
when those who don't Know sLg.
gest that Hollywood might hay.
got to him.
"Ie is square. We have, becn
friends for many years. and couEl
not be anything else, +, s
Jack told me he had met .'StslI
first, through Caspar Sharpless, Ice
cream nagnate. He added
Maybe that's why / always have
been fond Of Ice cream"
NJ Cause Of Delay.
Regarding the delay In the mar.
riage, Jack explained: s.
I'VE are both in public life.
will be in 1t until some tough
young egg comes along and, passes
a Get OF knucl1les to my chin. You
know It may be done anytime.
probably win 60 into the ring
twice again, and az either OF those
times may 60 down to stay. !
have been knocked DOWN. and y
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