Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

1T might have been the other way
around. Success might have lifted
him to n higher plane in his own
estimation. I never asked him. never
cared what his thoughts in the matter
We're. felt that he'd run true to
form and that the lady would go her
way and he his. They parted.
You would have imagined that with
this love affair behind him, Dempsey
would have kept aloof from the fair
nnes for a spell.
His is a Conquering nature. He
must conquer or he isn't happy. He
lives the part of the conqueror. 1t
IS his life. 1t has been his life. 1t
was always So. He's been the con
queror from the very beginning.
At the swimming hole. the school
ward, the bah lot. on the trail with
gun in hand for game, with the no.
hoes and the yeggS he dominated. he
conquered. My first flash OF him was
IN a harroom, When | saw him belt
he devil out OF half "a dozen shaggy
giants who used chairs, bottles and
,uspidorS as side arms. In the ring
his spirit of the conqueror was never
dmmed You remember earlier in
my story of Dempsey as l knew him
that he told me on the way to the
Gunboat Smith bout not 10 throw in
he towel if he was fioored or got cut
up. You remember that he told me
not to stop the fight for any reason
whatsoever. as he vowed that he
until he had been knocked down six
or seven times. That's the kind of d
heart he had.
Leaves Strewu Trail.
That's the sort Of man these james
were combating with all their arts
and WileS. l. it any wonder, then,
that he left a trail of sadly diSap-
pointed damselS in his march through
loveland? Perhaps they We're not dis
appointed. Perhaps they breathed n
sigh of good radiance. He never told
NE the why's and WhereforeS of these
sudden changes of heart. The women
never pecped.
Only one of them ever tried to com
, mercLaliZe the breaking off of affeC
tons. and she didn't have Il leg t.
stand on. That was Bee Palmer. She
was married and had no business
using Jack for bow and arrow prac
tice. She sat up an awful SquaWh
and eventually sued the champion for
n quarter OF million. hut she Was
goaded into that by her hubby.
Nothing ever came OF that swift
Irritation. Nothing ever could come
Of IT, Jack had the coad sense to re-
lgiouSlv ignore married women. II
was always easy, for the old girls like
to shine up to a hero just as we'll as
their unfettered sisters. Jim Corbett
has often said that he used To have Il
kick married women out of his way
as he came out OF the stage entrance
of this town or that. Jim was a matt
nee idol among heavyweight cham
-pions himself.
I'm not trying 20 put purple robes
on Jack Dempsey. hut show me the
woman Young or old. that won't fall
for him. and I'll tag a silly looking
sister. lie got by on personality, as
/ said before.
Load OF His Mind.
When the affair between Joshn be
came deadwood. l hreathed easier
Naturally | didn't want him married
A Young heavyweight champion has
no business to be married. He h9
four or fke years of hest days, and
they should Ice sacrificed 10 his proteS
sion, exacting. if ev+r there was one
\ woman can't live deCently in the
turmoil that surgeS around heavy
weight title bearer. The first few
rushes through the crowd Of rubber
recks that surround a champion with
his every move usually makes a
champions Wife repent the folly OF
marrying Il world champion tighter
II she is gentle. talented. refined ana
sensitive her married life becomes a
roaring nightmare of pushing. elbow
ing, iibbering Idiots.
You've goS 10 travel around with