Evening star., 1926-09-07

want to fight It's r cinch that you II
be back there, and I tell you that you
are foolish to say YOU are going 10 re-
tire now. when you know and ] know
that you'll never stay put IL you do
step down. Your title is a great asset
It's priceless. You can't walk off and
leave that cold turkey, no matter what
YOU may have in the back Of your
head. The title Is a gold mine. You
can't walk out on that"
Refuses TO Bulge.
hadn't cracked about the mar
riage. but knew thatobacli of it all
was the thought of getting hooked up
and living a nice quiet life as the
ordinary Mr.. Dempsey. Just as if he
could. We talked long and earnestly.
He didn't bulge from his stand on
quitting. | had never found him in
just that mood before. ] knew him
well enough to know that he meant to
quit then, but I also knew him well
enough to know that he'd be back in
the ring again. You can't keep his
kind out. It's the only big thing he
and to be himself. So l took flyer.
"Wen I'll tell you what I'll do,
Jack" I began, III not try to force
you into the ring. l can see that
you're determined to quit now. though
| know you're coming back. Perhaps
you want a lay-off for a while. I'll not
ask YOU to fight. I'll not talk fight.
I'll never mention it until you come
to me and say, Il want to fight again.
You're coming as sure as the sun
rises. You can't keep away from it.
to match you I'll not bring up the
subject in your presence"
I kept my promise religiously. He'll
tell anybody that. 1 made up my mind
to watch developments. I knew some
thing would pop up, but it came
rather unexpectedly when it did.
Tells of His Marriage.
got a telephone. message from
Dempsey one night. He was in San
Diego. When l answered the call
Dempsey was on the other end of the
wire.
well. Doc I've gone and done It,"
Done what" came back.
I've gone and got me the old Ii,
cense. / just got married, Wait a
minute. and III put the, wife on to
say a word to you
Before I could answer ] heard
Estelle Taylor.
Hello, Doc. Well, we've gone and
done it. You're not sore at me, are
you. Doc? Tell me, are you sore?"
Sore? Not at all, Estelle. thought
all along that 1t would be best to post
pone it six months or so If you were
really going to get married, but now
that you are married-welI, congratu-
lations! [ wish the both of YOU all
the happiness in the world. | mean
that. You tell Jack that for me-"
And that was the end of il for some
time. | knew he was plum daffy over
Estelle Taylor, though the marriage
side of it did really fool me. He had
me conned in that respect. No mat
ter what he thought of her l didn't
think he'd get married, and when he
did that settled it, What was there.
for me to do about it. A mans mind
is his own.
Picture Is Failure.
They signed a contract to make
picture together. / advised against it
strongly. 1t was not good policy in
my judgment, because we had just
finished 10 pictures for Universal.
and the publicity that Dempsey and
the miSSus got on their individual
venture ruined the other pictures.
They were flop In this latest picture,
and Dempsey was ruined for all time
as a movie star.
1t was one of the weakest pictures
Of it's kind ever produced. Poor story
poor production, poor photography
and everything else. They didn't
open at ALL They finished their pic
ture, and Jack and Estelle decided on