The Washington times., 1927-09-21

CHICAGO. Sept. 21.-one weel
Of rubber-heellnE it around Chicago
with our ears to the ground and
our eyes peepinE through some o
the best and some Of the least dt
eirable keyholes in these environs
enables US to report to anyone VIII
Is interested three very importan
findings-to wit:
/. The Dempsey.Tunney fight
Is to be on the level. Nobody
has or can put the well known
s'finger" on the wealthy Chicago
people who have the exclusive
conduct Of this show in their
charge. In the first place these
people earned the millions they
have honestly. and therefore are
not now interested In any
crooked money. They alone
have charge of the ticket distri-
button and lllinOisans, not out.
siders will name the judges and
referee. There is no incentive,
no motive, for a screWey fight
here-alI the people concerned
have plenty.
2. IAN but the fighters. you
say?" All, yes, all but the fight.
ers, And here is a problem in
human psychology which is in.
teresting and which makes us
believe more than our first ar.
gument, that the thing Is on the
up and up.
Gene Tunney and Jack Demp.
gey are as honest as Abraham
Lincoln. Tunney, refined.
etudtOus, gentlemaniy, courteous.
conscientious boxer, who looks
upon the ring game as q science
and profession, would no more
DO anything to drag his prOfes.
sion into disrepute than q
mother would to MAIN her child.
Gene Tunney, as q scientist, Is
an Amundsen, not Doc" Cook.
~. Jack Dempsey. honest In 3
different way. although he
comes from the bralSe-beam !.
class, where anything goes so
long as man eats and Hops, Is
to his boxing racket what the
leader of the wolf pack Is to the
gang. He would not d0uble4
SASoG Ghot AOAlUNUlk WHICH
adOres, aye, wOrships him. II
one of Peter B. Kyne's wolf dogs
would drop In his tracks before
his last drop Of blood had melted
crimson into the snow, then
Jack Dempsey would lay down
to Gene Tunney.
On those three premises we base
our claim that Chicago. despite its
Of housing gangsters and
being the last of the frontier
towns where gun-play is the noblest
way Of settling differences, is going
to give the world an honest run for
Its money In staging the next heavy.
weight championship. This state,
ment does not embrace the ticket
in its entirety, because the
finest sieve will not strain ticket
spectators. who get hold Of large
blocks Of seats and double and triple
the prices on them.
1t does, however, include the ac
tual staging of the fight itself, the
conduct Of the fight. and the method
and people who will determine the
result OF the fight, including ths
principals who themselves are likely
to prove quite eonclusively to any
and all which is the better man.
Yes. this fight may not need
Judges or referees. SO far as ballot
ing on the outcome is concerned.
E Dempsey is crazy to get in there
and prove that last years showing
was not up to his standard and that
he was not himself. mentally
spiritually or physically. and thai
Gene Tunney beat a broken, nerve
man who for the moment
was almost insane with worries and
fears for his personal liberty.
Dempsey wants 60 prove to
all those faithful hackers he
supreme, and the first chance
he sees To- floor for good hls
antagonist he will do It. All
the money In the world couldn't
buy off Dempsey from getting
this revenge n IL d once within
his reach.
III the Philadelphia ring last yeal
sc the end Of the fight. Dempsey
was SO battered lIp he couldn't see
w 4cu MS nStLA QDLCCIANSs = EEls lap
scott, told him Tunney had gone
Dempsey said to Fred Lead me K
him When Dempsey was face X
face with Tunney he couldn't sex
his hand to shake III. the outline oi
Genes body alone being visible I,
Jack. The latter threw both arms
around Tunney and said, 'All
hope Is that YOU don't have tn,
troubles have had, and that vol
give me a return engagement
Tunney nodded his appreciation
and his assent. and is giviRS
Dempsey that chance now. Dempsey
is not going to waste this oppor
tlinity. He's out to win nothin.
else.
On the other hand, Tnnney
Is cut by the inferences written
and spoken I'm many quarters
to the effect that he beat a
hollow" shell and he is Just as
anxious to prove he Is
Dempsey's master now as well
as last year. as Dempsey Is to
prove that he is not.
So do not be surprised to heal
Of Knockout by or to eithe
party. The impression Is loose thil
is to be a fight to the finish AM
that It may not take 10 rounds Il
finish 1t.
Meantime Tunney has brushed III
on Dempsey's style,--that Of
fighter, and Dempsey has polished
himself off somewhat as a boxer