The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-12

1.-The Man of Destiny ana ne
Idol of Ills Country were good,
sensational headlines TO get the
people interested In the kind of col
lars that he wore, and how the
DANES used to chase him all over
the boulevards of Gay Paree. Pop
ularity gives q guy q good start, and
Georges got his.
He was no more. entitled to a
match with Dempsey than any other
John MCGEE fighter. He was too
small and, in the first place, never
beat anybody worth while. A lot
of Americans that were at the enc
of their rope took a fling at the
game on the other side, and Georges
| was lucky enough TO get match
with them. He beat q few and Won
from "Gunboat" Smith on a foul.
Then the prize puShOver. Eng
lands marvellous spraWIer. doe
Beckett. was stretched In one
round. That fight gathered In AL
the headlines, and the people
thought Georges was the logical
man to tangIe with Dempsey. The
fight happened and went over Dig.
Carpenter and Descamps, Inc.
gathered in q whole flock Of II
back to France and bought more
aluminium factories, and the fight
crowd on this side Of the pond
was satisfied.
Another marvel of the age ha0
come, saw and almost conquered.
| Didn't he hit Dempsey on the jaw
| in the second round and make JACK
! shake his head? Great Fine! 1t
| Dempsey had a weaker jaw, the
darling of the bouleVards would have
beat him. But the crowd said that
Dempsey didn't deserve any credit;
he was too big and altogether too
rough.
In the old days the fighters made
! their regulations In the ring-not
in the pressrooms of the newspapers.
Bob Fitzsimmons landed here from
| Australia like a load of wool. NO
body knew him or nobody cared:
Let him show what he could do and
they would give him a chance.
He showed 'em. He beat JACK
Dempsey for the middleweight title
and then took Jim Corbett for the
heavy laurels.
Jim Jeffries had a tough time
getting to the top. He started In
as sparring partner for Jim CorbeLt
and would get socked from post to
post. But he said nothing, and got
| there at last.
They don't start as sparIing
partners any more. Any big guy
With flat nose rents himself out
to some windy manager and then
the vocal activities start. tie
| gets OH with some Dumb isaac
eli t~S- NNA
! dumb gentleman takes the count.
A few OF these easy puShoVers
| and then some guy that used % Ge
| good but amt any more is otfefed
| up for the sacrifice. Maybe TN"
big guy with the flat nose that
| belongs TO the windy manager Will
| beat this has-been or make 5000
| showing against him. Then he's AL
| set. Another logical contender -
added IT, the ranks Of the army
that are after Dempsey.
| The boxing business ranks with
the movie game now as one OF
! the leading Industries. All the dough
that's involved in the champio5hlp
match Is enough to tempt any big
strong Teller" to take a whirl at It.
When q man becomes a champ
now, he's in line for more dough
Than tie oldrtimers ever thought or.
True, they went on the stage, then,
too, hui the movies weren't flick
ering around in those days.
Look at Dempsey and Benny
! Leonard. What a can they're max
ing out Of personal appearances!
Movies and the stage are the
goal IF every champion now.
II looks. like Benny Is finished
| with the gloves. He started out
with an act wearing fancy tights
and shadow boxed a bit. Then AZ
q Nrand finale he told all ahnllt