The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-11

yesterday, hi can deny the day
81 effective.
Granting that RscIArd knows his
canned goods about this supposed
enxa cement. the existence III which
PiIelan denies; the first thing the
promo viii d6 Ii produce the
IJempseysTunney cc1ltraet, which
was iii the process OF being drafted
ti1is morning. The license viii be
Issued atft0ft1a tica Even the
Colonel doesn't deny this.
IN fact, 1t was its absence that ne
seized upon yesterday for the III.
tended purpose Of putting g goua
face upon bad situation. he
merely succeeded in making the
bad situation q trikle worse. he
sat In tough spot. SO he CONCLUDED
| IT would be well to quote the boxlnE
rules IN effect here on the suD5ect
Iof champions defending theiF titles
Ifgalnst bonasfids challengers
INT he seemed Is forget that
Wills was and has been the Only
official challenges here since tiie
ErirpO bout. Tunney never got
challenge across. but dlu even
better than that. He lined w tlle
champion personal "
rhelanss next irreconcilab BE sta te-
mem was that Dempsey cpuidn be
I allowed to sign such contract
here. because he was an unlicensed
boxer IN 50 doing, the Colonel over
looked the fact that Harry Greb
IonIv asked for b license few
hours before his fight with Tiger
Flowers. BY that time, Greb nau
sirned 4 contract BY some weeks,
Ihad finished his, training and hao
| inst been. weighed ii under the OF
EficiaI inspection OF the commission
Added to this his rambling ais
!t sertion on the fact THAT any cIial.
llenger's name Oh the Dempsey con
4 tract would do, thus creating q
precedent for any and all uaWLliinE
champions Of the future, ana MS
slirnnloning OF Harry Wills n order
to establish the fact that Wis 81.
ready had been ia ken care o1 oy
that Indiana contract, and you
kaye the colonel ~ q his sWorss.
He, Of course, WAS the goat
for the entire proceeding Dulp
even so. IL didn't seem necessary
Is live the part By bleating.
A. one man said afterward. "if
| ha was looking Tor an 'out. why
/ didn't he throw a natural ny
/ merely stating that he couldn't
deny q license to b boxer who had
just been returned to good stand
ing ~
Anyhow, the, colonel has lived his
! moment and the good word IL that
/ otter this business today. Of which
/ ne SENS to know little, he can be
/ himself again and happier tor ttS
! When he got that far. he already
had committed his first OF 9
series of monumental faux pas, (;
was not his wish to; declare FOR
| Harry Wills; in fact. the colonel
| was there to tender Wills the
merry run around.
cts up to Tex Richard and the
commission now. I've laid my
| cards on the table and, tonight.
/ am leaving for my training camp
at Saratoga. i don't intend to
miss any more training than / have
already"
/ Thus Jack Dempsey. heavy.
weight champion, expressed himself
! today, after visit to the boxing
| commission which got the cham.
] pion no more than d hearty hand
shake and greeting from Chairman
! James A. Farley, who just hap
pened in.
Accompanied by Gene Normile
and his attorney, Arthur; F. Dris'
| coll, Dempsey reached the boxing
commission armed with signed cQn-
| tracts to be used as exhibits for the
beileeaf Of Colonel Phelan, member
of the license committee. The con-
tracts were relics Of three bouts
with Harry Wills which never came
off-olle at Niles, Mich: one at
Huntington. w. Va. and one at
Los Angeles.
DriscOIl said the contracts don't
mean anything, except to prove
Denapaey's good faith In the mat.
ter Of accepting challenges. The
lawyer said that Wills had got
5000 from the Niles prospect.
whereas Dempsey got nothing.
thereby rendering contracts null
and void" said DriscoIl.
Colonel Phelan did not come %
the comrnission's office today. After
waiting awhile, Dempsey left, say
ing he was going to see RiclGard.
do short workout at a local gym
| and then leave for Saratoga.
UNLESS summoned BY the com.
| mission, I'm not coming hack" said
| Dempsey. I'VE viii have con,
tract drawn up to satisfy the license
commissioner. although cannot
sign any Tunney contract until ]
am licensed. However, it's up ia
the commission.
| Browns Win It
| Ken Williams's sixteenth homer