The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-12
DEMPSEY'S new
NOSE Is 0. K,
Fighter Invites Newspaper
Man To Take a Sock at
Beautiful PrObOSciS

New YORK, Aug. !. 80 W. 1000 JACK
Dempsey would rather fight than
make arrangements for ring en-
counter, now that he has assumed his
own management, he told a. repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press
while he waited for three hours try
ing TO get himself licensed for bout
with Gene Tunncy in New York.
The champion said that he had
honestly tried for nearly five years
to get fight with Harry Wills and
all he had obtained was condemna-
ton, summonses and headaches. Jack
said his only lodging had been Of
!. process servers in recent months,
and that he preferred sparring with
m antagonist in the ring If he could
only succeed in arranging a fight.
Coming back here to the big town
always reminds me Of the days first
broke in here" Dempsey said. Il
was flat broke and couldn't get a
fight anywhere when l first hit New
York in 1916. finally got a shot
that paid me $l5. then q couple more
that paid me s25 and $40, all prclim'
inaries."
. Lay-off Won't Help
But Dempsey has passed from the
give and take days Of 10 years agu
when he was an obscure plugger
seeking fights, to a position where q
match with Tunncy probably would
mean = return Of close to 100000.
"Isn't your three year lay-off gu.
ing to be big handicap in meeting
Tunncy?" Dempsey was asked.
ut hasn't helped me any, that's Z
cinch, but the fact that always keel
myself in good condition is going t
help. You know l never smoke o.
:. drink don't like the stuff and
always have had n habit of kecpin,
T up my exercise and getting plenty o
sleep. I'm not far from by hes
weight now. and won't have an.
trouble getting down to about 1873 o
100 for Tunncy."
The champion scaled 2O2ls in hi
street clothes at the boxing commits
sion offices on Tuesday.
"How do you size up Tunney! n
was asked.
"Don't make any mistake about hin
hes the best of the lot he an
swered. "L00k at his record. II
knocked out Tom Gibbons. who stage.
the limit with me, and BARLEY Mad
den. who lasted 10 rounds with Wills
He also knocked out Carpenter.
His Toughest Fight
"What was your toughest fight ?"
"Since I have been champion tn
.Firpo battle was the toughest. II
clipped me on the side of the face =
the start with y wallop that nearl
!. finished me. That was tho best blo'
he landed--not the right-hander. &c
complained by. . shove that sent m
flying out Of the, ring later in tn
first round.-
r.Ik never really f' xs 0xsr fn nto f h
i s%es put r nan .t I'll d az i' could
down. down whsa I rot back Into 1he rim
Altar being knocked out Of it ] wa
even worse Oft. never eten hear
the bell that ended the round, cOns'
auently didn't know I had hit hi
after It sounded.
'ssi vas panned fdr that you remen
Der. A newspapermAh asked m
whether had heard the bell. NJ
!, tithine to. admit !. was too eroggy
hcor it, said sure heard it, II
next day 4 big story came out that
had admitted heAtfn1 the bell an
soeked Fifpo afterrardS. thus con
1ttttine ked1 which should have di
4 qualified me.
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