Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-12
DEMPSEY GIVES
FIRST INTERVIEW
SINCE BIG FIGHT
Declares Better Man At
Time Beat Him But Is
Going to Come Back.
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
(C. Z. Staff Correspondent

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Dcmpscy, former heavyweight
champion of the world, today be
came just a private citizen.
Dempsey and Estclle TAYLOR, his
movie star wife, moved ont of a
hotel in the roaring fortics'' to
on apartment on upper Broadway.
Before he left he told the writer
in an exclusive interview his story
of events before the fight with Tun-
rcv, something Of the fight and Of
his future plans.
For seven wears, he said, .
haven t had moment of privacy
and now, even at the expense of n
lost title, | am going 10 live in Il
place where will be an ordinary
tenant instead Of public person
age.
Mrs Dempsey has several
months to spend here in New York
doing some movie work ard ! have
sumr time to spend waiting on the
court decisions of "a flock of civil
suits against me.
As soon as am able to get
away from New York without a
sheriff following me. ! am going
back to my home in California with
Estclie and Gus Wilson, my trainer
and then am going to make the
attempt of my life to come back.
~ am going to go right back in
to serious training and as soon AS
| feel ready for Il fight | will ac-
ccpt an offer from any promoter
not against sct-up, but against a
fighter that the public thinks would
be good opponent,
~ rcalizcd,' Dempsey continued,
"aftcr | had been beaten by the
good fighter that Gene Tunncy IS
that | had made the mistake made
by many champions and good fight
crs before mc-ii had remained out
Of the ring too long.
Il thought that by working most
every day in the gym and by work
ing in lot Of exhibition bouts ]
could keep myself in shape and
did reserve my physical powers, but
| lost my timing and my co-ordi-
nation.
~ repeat that was not right
that night. | laugh at the sugges
tions that was dopcd by one of
my camp mates because days before
the fight | felt | was not right and
! ! kept working on with the hope
dat another day Of work woul'
! make me right.
! ''Whcn | was working in thu
training camp in Atlanti, City,
could hardly lft up my hands ano
| knew that I was being made +
! look bad by Tommy Loughran, The
1 little Irish Philadelphia light heavy
! weight, who is one of the best men
at his weight in thc world-ano
! perhaps the best.
THAT is one of the reasons why
I closed my training camp to the
! public. | wished to pull myself out
Of what the ball players call q
slump.
:" But 7 didn't do it. My legs
had to be pulled under me and ]
had to work TO get up my arms.
~ didn't ask for "A return
match Immediately and don 7
want one, | know that Il man in
amy profession reaches the end of
his string once and am not Ger.
tain that | have not reached the
end.
"As said, | am going back into
training and will accept couple of
! tough matches.
of | know, after this next test,
and certainly viii know, whether
am finished, vii! retire from
the ring.
"Thc next six months will help
II" 10 decide.
"lf am not through and will be
fortunate enough to regain the
championship, will owe it to my
wife and the few personal friends
who stuck to me after one Of the
most unhappy moments of my life.
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