New Britain herald., 1926-09-03
dempsey SAVAGE
IN HIS WORKOUTS
lrritated at Meeting With
Jimmy Dougherty Of Phila.

Atlantic City, n. j., Sept. 8. Up
Considerably cooled down from his
irritating experiences Of yesterday
Jack Dempsey, after a refreshing
sleep, prepared today for another
hard day of training for his cham
pionship bout with Gene Tunney in
Philadelphia September 20.
The champion was unable to con-
ceal his irritation when he came to
the dog track for yesterdays work
out and found the stage monopolized
by a dozen or so show girls, dane
ing in tight bathing suits, to
the tunes thumped out by a jazz
band. AS he came through the
gates, one creature, in a pink suit,
doing one kind of a dance or anoth-
err, was the center of attraction.
Dempsey promptly ordered the
entertainers off the platform, the
singers to be seen and not heard,
the dancers to refrain from dancing.
I'm sorry about the whole af-
fair" Dempsey said today. Il know
they meant well, but that sort of
thing has no place in a training
camp. ! am here for business and
nothing else. My camp is not q
cabaret. 1t wasn't by my authority
that they appeared here. I didn't
know anything abaut it until 1 ar
rived.
tn &C.,
Their on the incident but his irri-
tation was apparent in the way he
cuffed his sparring partners all
over the place in a workout cut
short by downpour of rain.
The champion also declined to
comment on the outburst Of Jimmy
Dougherty of Philadelphia, once a
warm friend, whom he refused to
greet when they met in the offices
of Mayer Bader yesterday, They
met by accident. The mayor, point
ing to Dougherty, asked:
Don't you know your old friend
here?"
Dempsey quickly turned his back,
declaring:
He's no friend of mine"
Dougherty, reddend with humilia-
ton, protested bitterly after the
incident and related at length
story of favors done the champion.
Among others, he declared he had
turned down an offer Of a stag
gering amount of money" to give
+bo Joo;eio,, 20 rror,ro1, C;bbops or
declare the bout a draw, when the
st. Paul heavyweight fought Demp-
sey in Shelby, Montana years ago.
He said he refused because of his
interest in Dempsey and the loyal
ty of trust placed in him. The offer,
he said, came from a New York
gambler, representing a gambling
syndicate which desired to make a
cleanup.
The impression prevailed around
the Dempsey camp today that
Dougherty appeared here expecting
flare-up from the champion and
came for that purpose. The Phil~
delphian, however, insists that he
had no idea that Dempsey did not
care to see him. although he adj
mits that relations have been strain
ed for some time. They have been
cool towards each other since Demp-
sey split with his former manager,
Jack Kearns. Dempsey feels
Dougherty has sided with Kearns
in their controversy. --
Dougherty refereed three fights
for Dempsey, two of them since he
became champion. He was the third
man in the ring for Dempsey's
match against Billy Miske in Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, and for the Glib
bons match.
New York, Sept. 8. P,-Money
and property of Jack Dempsey now
under attachment in a suit OF Jack
kearns, his former manager for
S333,33334 for alleged breach of
the champions contract to fight
Harry Wills and Gene Tunney, must
remain in bondage for the present.
Supreme Court Justice Walsh, yes
terday denied the motion of the
heavyweight champions lawyers to
vacate. two warrants of attachment
that now tie up much of the Demp-
sey worldly goods. Justice Walsh
found that there were sufficient
facts represented ito show the ex-
istence of contract between the
plaintiff and the defendant, per-
Torrance of the plaintiff of the
terms thereof, breach by the lefen-
dant and consequent damage to the
plaintiff" The court also refused
to compel Kearns to increase the
$3.50 bond he has filed in connection
with the suit.
The court action grew out Of a
contract which expired last month.
Under it, Kearns asserts that Demp-
sey was to meet both Tunney and 4
Wills during the term of his man
agership. Kearns figured that his
share OF the proposed bouts would
have Melted him sS33,s33.54.