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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-24
HERR|Ck EARNED
VACATION AT HOME
U. 5. Ambassador With Lind
bergh in Paris
BY MINOTT SAUNDERS.

BY NfINOTT SAUNDERS.
Minott Saunders learned the
newspaper game in the Herald
office and Is a former New Brit
ainite. At present he is foreign
correspondent for the n. E. A.
and the United Press. The Her
aid subscribes to both these
servtces.-Ed.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
TONY THE BARBER
tReg. q. 8. Pat. ofice.)
"Da Priza Fight
By ED. CALLOW.
Beega da priza fight tonight!!!
.Jacka Da Dempse.Jacka Da Shark.
naasa bows fight for da tack-Wan

BeeEa da priza fight tonight!!!
.Jacka Da Dempse.Jacka Da Shark.
Deesa boys fight for da tack-wan
million buck.
Jacka Da Coin try to Stoppa da
fight-he try to gat injunk from da
court.
Franka Da Hoge feex evratheeng
vera nice for Jacka Da Dempse-he
sand Jacka Da Coin to Boston, Mass
achewsa.
Texa Da Rick sella da tick. He no
lika too mucha da mon'-he gat up da
fight just to maka da mon for Uncla
Sam.
Newsapape have too mucha ola
bunk. Atsa why it is uppa to me to
spilla da dope.
Jacka Da Dempse was champeen
Unita State Tonga time. Too Tonga
for Gena Da Tun'
Jacka Da Dempse geeve Knockout
to Jimma Da jeff and Corbetta.
Gene Da Tun' was champeen OF
Navy an Feeladelfa, Pa.
He was train by General Smeeda Da
Butt.
He taxi champeenshippa from Jacka
Da Dempse.
Jacka Da Dempse straina de eye
bali in movie pitch. He no can see
Gena Da Tun' in da fight.
De same way he no can see cham
peenshippa for Jacka Da Shark in
deesa fight.
Jacka Da Dempse get salary reduce
in movie pitch. He max up his mind
to fighta for more mon weeth Jacka
Da Shark.
Jacka Da Shark fight pretty good.
He geeva Knockout to Maloney da
fish pusha cart man.
Da match is arrange by TeXa Da
Rick. 1t will not be disarrange by
Jacka Da Coin.
Jacka Da Dempse is stronga man.
Jacka Da Shark is very strong man.
Jacka Da Shark have real name too
Tonga for newspape He TAX Irisha
name so he can win da fight.
Da boys will be introduce by Mayor
Jimma Da Walk. De Submarine
Band by Taylor Da Bronze will play
"Washeenton" march by John Fill
uppa Da Soose. Jacka Da Dempse
will shaka da han weeth Jacka Da
Shark justa like da besta frand..
Rougharee will reega de bell.
Da fight will begin.
Ralph. Da Give say da fight no can
be stop by Wainbee< Wheel-it is out
side of wat you Gala his jurisdick'.
If YOU go, we meet you on da
Beano.
Evening star., 1927-07-21

YACK DEMPSEY is the biggest
money fighter" the ring has
ever known. He has drawn
~ down the largest purses in fistic
history. He has attracted the
largest crowds and ''gates" on record.
Only three battles in pugilistic an
nails have gone over the million-dollar
mark in receipts and Dempsey has
figured in all of them--his fights with
Georges Carpenter, Luis Angel Firpo
and Gene Tunney. Two of these drew
over $1,500,000.
The erstwhile Manassa Mauler will
figure in at least one more million
dollar attraction, his comeback bout
with Jack Sharkey at the Yankee
Stadium tomorrow night, and will get
his share of another lucrative gate,
if he defeats the Boston sailor and
thus gains the right to a return ba.-
tie with Tunney.
From Willard to Tunney, Dempsey
fought seven times, collecting more
than SO 900, 900 as:his share of gates
that approximated over $5,750,000.
Color" the indefinable something
in athletic prowess that acts as
magnet to the fans, has made Demp-
sew the greatest drawing card in ring
history, in the opinion OF Tex Rickard,
who knows better than any one else
how profitable Dempseys fisttc ap..
pearances have been. 1t Is the sort or
'color" that has made Babe Ruth the
biggest attraction in base ball..
Fandom prefers the "sock," whether
it is with the fist or the base ball pat.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
FIVE ARE ARRESTED
AS TICKET SCALPERS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The State
Boxing Commission today was held
wholly responsible by one of its own
members for the reported rise of
$3.50 tickets to the Dempsey-Sharkey
fight tonight. to figure around $125.
Five spectators were under arrest
today.
The accusing commissioner. George
E. Brewer, blamed the boards action
in placing a $27.50 limit on the price
Of tickets as the cause Of an enor-
nous harvest at the hands Of specu-
lators. The pasteboards had much
higher intrinsic value, and the public,
according to the law of supply and
demand, was willing 10 pay big sums,
Brewer maintained. Speculation. he
declared, was the inevitable result.
Brewer said he had labored unsuc-
cessfuiiy to make hts two associates
on the commission-James A. Farley
and William Muldoon-see his view
point. s
Joseph Boynton. chief ticket seller
for the Madison Square Garden Cor
poration, promoters of tonight's fight,
testified yesterday:
"You can't keep fight tickets away
from spectators any more than you
can keep a duck away from water" J"
He was a witness before United States
Attorney Tuttle's investigation.
He admitted receiving gratuities
from ticket agencies. He termed the
gratuities leverage"
He insisted Tex Rickard had acqui
esced in the leverage" some Of which
was Scotch whisky.
1t was disclosed that $50 tickets
had been sold to local agencies and
825.out Of town.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
EX-CHAMP A MAGNET
FOR THE BOX OFFICE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The draw
ing power Of Jack Dempsey is in evi.
dence again.
Tex Rickard analyses 1t as a "cer-
tain something" and Rickard is in a
better position than any one else to
speak about it. He has paid Dempsey
more money than any other athlete in
the world has earned.
I. You should have seen Dempsey
the first time I laid eyes on him out
had a couple days growth Of beard;
he wore a 'toLgh' cap and looked as
though he hadn't eaten much. You
never would have thought that he
could be the nice, clean-cut fellow he
is when he's dressed up q bit. But
liked him from the start. There was
that certain something about him."
"The certain something" color,
second only to that of Babe Ruth, to-
night will have earned Dempsey
around 100000 for his share in
major puglistic contests since he bat
tered Jess Willard out of the title in
1919.
And Dempsey climbs into the ring
tonight with literally thousands upon
thousands of well-wishers, despite
the IdcC tnaL at times ne was rOunQ"
ly jeered by the same tickle public.
He was criticized severely for not
fighting for Uncle Sam. Thousands
who lost money on Dempsey in the
Tunney fight came away with the con-
Viction that the contest was ''in the
bag before 1t started. Dempsey's
break with Jack Kearns and his re.
modelled movie nose were other in.
cidents dotting his career that put
him in an unfavorab1e light.
Out of 1t all he has emerged today
more popular than ever before, though
beaten by a Marine who fought in
France and matched for tonight
against an ex-sailor.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
If Dempsey Stages Comeback
He'll Be First Heavy to Do So

Carson City, New. Jefferies climb
ed to the throne in 1899, knocking
out Fitzsimmons in II rounds at
Coney Island.
Corbett tried to come back in
1908, and was beaten twice by JEFF
fries-at Coney Island and at San
Francisco, the second time by an
almost pitiful margin. -Fitzsim-
mons tried to regain the title and
Jeffries doomed his aspirations in
eight rounds at San Francisco.
Jeffries retired in 1905, and five
years later entered the ring again,
only to lose to Jack Johnson at
Reno, New. Johnson lost his title
. to Willard in Cuba in 1915, tried
some years later to regain emf.
nence in the ring. and never got a
good start. -
Four years after Willard was de.
throned by Dempsey in Toledo in
1919, the big Kansan hit the pugi-
listic path again and won single
fight, from Floyd Johnson; but he
met his final defeat at the hands Of
Luis Firpo in 1923.
Not until Dempsey lost to Tun.
ney last September 23 in a. rain.
spattered Philadelphia ring and on
a judges decision had a title
changed hands without the ac-
companying dirge Of a knocked-out
boxers groanS.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
EVANS IS PUT OUT
OF WESTERN EVENT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 21.-Minus
its nationally famous star, Chick
Evans of Chicago, who fell before the
brilliant playing of Harold Neimeyer
of Seattle, the fourth day of the
Western armateur golf tournament
today found one .Middlewestern and
seven Pacific Coast players paired in
the 36-hole quarter finals Of the
elimination match play.
The matches today l.ere as follows:
Frank Dolp Of Portland, defending
champion, VS.. Fay Coleman, Los
angeles.
Bon Stein, Seattle, VS.. Harold
Neimeyer, Seattle. : ~
Eddie Held Of st. Louis VS.. Roy
Moe, Portland
DR.. o. F. Willing of Portland vs.
Chandler Egan, Medford, Ore.
Dolph yesterday defeated Tom Green
Of Seattle and Don Moe Of his own
home town. He eliminated Green,
and 2, and Moe, and 3. Stein,
runner-up to Dolph last year, in his
effort to again reach the finals Of the
Western tourney, conquered Louis
Klaue Of Spokane, 3 and 2, in the
morning and Dixie Fleager, his club
mate, and 2. ....,s-. 4..-..y
Held, the only one Of the seven
.Middlewestern qualifiers to survive
the first two rounds, gained both his
victories at the eighteenth hole. The
first was against Harold Thompson
of Los Angeles when he negotiated a
difficult stymie. In the second round
the st. Louis star, l up on Chuck
Hunter Of Tacoma at the seventeenth,
halyed the eighteenth with a birdie
4 to win. Hunter was medalist with
a total of 148 for the 36 qualifying
holes.
The biggest upset of the day was
the beating of Evans by the Seattieite.
The Chicagoan, eight times winner Of
the Western title, helped to bring
about his own downfall by his erratic
putting.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
'sDEMPSEY'S NO SUPERMAN.
I'LL WIN," SAYS SHARKEY
Boston Fighter Thinks His Record More Than
Matches Ex-C Ex-Champion's-Believes Luck Played
Big Part in the Firpo Fight.

fought. not to win over Dempsey, but
to stay the Is rounds. If a man ia
going to fight you that kind OF fight
1t Is pretty hard to get him. '-=s
Dempsey Lucky With -Firpo.
The ex-champion's fight with Firpo
was a thriller. and yet it makes out
Dempsey a pretty lucky fighter. Let
me explain what 1 mean by lucky.
Dempsey was facing a big, heavy.
footed man that night, an opponent
apparently made to order for him.
And yet, Jack was lucky that he
wasn't knocked out, and was also
lucky he did not lose on foil. Sup.
pose Dempsey had been facing a more
experienced fighter when he climbed
back into the ring. Suppose Firpo
had had more intelligent seconds in
his corner that night.
Then came the fight with Tunnsy.
Even if had not seen with my own
eyes the poor exhibition Dempsey put
up In defense of his title, his defeat
by Tunney would have lowered Demp-
sey as an ideal in my eyes. Although
Tunney proved himself to be a better
fighter that night than had thought,
still have no profound respect for
the present champions abilities.
When 1 face Dempsey, to me he
will be merely the Dempsey who has
fought Miske. Brennan, Carpenter,
Gibbons, Firpo and Tunney. Frankly,
this is no superman in my eyes, and
not Dempsey that should be feared
by me in the fighting form / am in.
Within less than a year I have de.
feated George Godfrey, Harry Wills,
Mike McTigue and Jimmy Maloney,
and I think this more than measures
up to what Dempsey has done in all
the years that he held the titic.-
Evening star., 1927-07-21
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Tommy Loughran,
Philadelphia, defeated Tony Marullo,
New, Orleans Q0). Joe Scalfaro, New
York, and Pete Zivic, Pittsburgh, drew
t10l. Patsy Ruffalo, New York, beat
Johnny Leonard, Allentown, Pa. Q0). .
CLEVELAND.-Jack McVey, New
York, and Bob Sage, Detroit, drew
QO). Sammy, Santos won knockout
over Willie Kohl, Brooklyn ID.
READING, Pa.-Babe McCorgary.
Oklahoma. beat Willie Walker. New
York S).
NEWARK, N. J.-Willie Harmon,
New York. and Billy Algers, Arizona,
fought a draw Qo).; =
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Louie I.avelle,
Anderson. Ind, defeated Ted Mer.
chant. Detroit Q0). Jimmy Sayers. La
fayette, Ind, and Mike Brody, Peoria,
drew Q0). Jackie Stewart. Chicago,
beat Red Rodman, Fort Wayne Q0).
FIGHTS TONIGHT.
CHICAGO-Eddie Shea VS.. Joey
Sanger Q0).
. AKRON, Ohio.-Genaro Pine vs.
Willie Davis Q0D. -
MINNEAPOLIS-Young Stribling
vs. Otto Won Porat Q0). Kid Jap VS..
Britt German Q0).
Evening star., 1927-07-21
FIRPO FEELS SURE
DEMPSEY WILL WIN

By the, Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, July 21.-Luis
Angel Firpo, who in 1923 came very
close to- knocking out Jack Dempsey,
only to be dropped himself in the
second round, believes that the for.
mer champion will knock out Jack
i Sharkey. : H.
Dempsey will win' because he IS
the same fighter as ever" Firpo said.
'He possesses the same strength, the
same speed, and has the advantage
over Sharkey in experience. His long
rest from the ring is bound to be
beneficial. Dempsey is not yet old
enough to have slipped too far back.
II have seen Sharkey box only in
training, but If were called upon
to risk my money in betting would
put it on Dempsey without any doubt
whatever"
Evening star., 1927-07-21
BY JACK SHARKEY.

| NEW YORK, July 21.-I'm going
to win. That Is my sincere feeling as
to the outcome Of my match tonight.
l admit this Is handing out no news
so far as / am concerned, and there
are lot of people interested In the
affair who won't believe me until
prove 1t. I know they are wondering
how I get that way. And yet think
| on cold Judgment that 1 have plenty
of sound reason for believing myself
better man in the ring than Jack
Dempsey, at least right now.
The way look at 1t IS this. am
| fighting the Jack Dempsey that l
know, and that Dempsey is not the in
vincfble fighting man that he has
made himself in the eyes of his ad-
| mirers. The Dempsey that beat Jess
Willard must have been a great fight
err quite possibly as great as his fol-
lowers have come to believe. He was
almost as great in my eyes then. But
don't forget that when Dempsey beat
down the giant Willard that was eight
years ago when was kid Of little
over 16.
But since I have taken up Demp-
sey's profession my study Of the game
has convinced me that Dempsey. while
great fighter, is not as great as the
most Of us have magined-nobody is.
and this probably goes for myself.
But what has the ex-champion done
since he beat Jess Willard that should
make him such superman? If he is
so supreme. as a pugilist, why Is 1t
necessary to seek excuses for his show
ing in so many of his bouts as cham
pion?
Calls Miske No Test.
In his first fight as a champion he
risked his crown against Billy Miske.
Well, trust I will never be guilty of
taking on this kind of opposition if I
should become champion. Maybe
should not be too severe in my judg-
ment of this one. / have heard that
Dempsey merely went through the
Miske fight to give a man a chance
to get fair purse. Still. Dempsey and
Kearns were pretty we'll paid for their
softheartedness.
After Miske, Dempsey took another
desperate chance--he took on Bill
Brennan. Although Brennan was
never rated much higher than a fair
second rater, 1t took Dempsey u
rounds to win, and from all accounts
he did not look any too well. The
alibi in this case was that Dempsey
had been none too careful of his liv.
ing at that time and that his laxity
had almost proven a costly lesson.
A man who neglects his condition is
not great champion in my estima-
ton.
Dempsey's fight with Carpenter, 1t
is now pretty generally admitted, was,
| not a contest. Next came the Glib.
bons affair. While Dempsey's ad-
| mirers have had to do a lot Of ex-
planning because Jack failed to stop
Tom over the 15-round distance, /
do not find so much fault with Demp-
sey as some. Gibbons apparently
Evening star., 1927-07-21
AS GOOD AS 81 OFFERED
! ON THE BOSTON SCRAPPER
Shortage of Backing for Ex-champion Is Reported,
f. Although He Is Sentimental Choice-Youth,
However, Is Picked to Prevail.

York last night from Saratoga, with
an air Of conviction.
Still, 1t is the question of Dempsey s
condition that adds to the uncertainty
regarding the outcome. The Dempsey
Of Toledo. most observers are con
vinced, would dispose of the Sharkey
OF today without much difficulty. But
Dempsey is much older, somewhat
slower, and there is grave doubt as to
whether he can hit as hard now.
While Dempsey's triumph or his
downfall will provide the soul-searing
drama of the night, Sharkey's per.
formance will decide once and for all
the mooted question of his class. The
Bostonian's hackers are cocksure Of
him, Those who lean toward Demp.
sey discount Sharkeys victories over
Mike McTigue, Harry Wills and
Jimmy Maloney. If Sharkey beats
Dempsey he will have established
clearly his claim to pugilistic great
ness, if it has not already been estab-
iished.
Dempsey to Get Big Sum.
Win or lose, Dempsey will get $780,
600 on q percentage arrangement
with promoter Tex Rickard. Sharkey
is signed to a contract which gives
him 2213 per cent of the gate receipts,
and the largest purse of his career.
The admissions are expected to total
$1,250, 900.
Any number of business, social and
sporting notables have engaged ring.
side seats. Among them are Comdr.
Richard E. Byrd, Archie and Kermit
Roosevelt. Clarence II. Mackay, Rex
Beach, Irving Berlin, Babe Ruth,
David Belasco, William A. Brady,
Charles NJ. Schwab, Gene Tunney,
Benny Leonard and Peter j. Brady.
The crowd that watches the fighters
will constitute only a small minority
of those who follow the progress of
the contest. Under the greatest radio
hookup ever attempted the fight will
be broadcast through 81 stations reach.
ing approximately 10000. 900 listeners.
The largest previous hookup for a
fight or. any other sporting event was
for the Dempsey -Tunney battle with
30 stations participating.
The gates at the Yankee Stadium
were ordered opened at o'clock this
afternoon. The first of the prelim-
mary bouts will start at SJ5 pm,
Eastern daylight time. The, main con-
test will begin. not later than 10
o'clock, in accordance with the boxing
commissions regulations. Fair weather
is forecast. = -. q
Evening star., 1927-07-21
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

and Mr.; G; B; EelIy ,washington, 40. -;
Carrier. Baltimore. defeated Dr. H. L. Nc
Nance and DR.. ]. A. Friedman. Washington
80. ~ -..s.s. ~.s.--r..s !.
DR.. W. E. Green and DR.. B. 3. Ide, Balti-
more, defeated DR.. Weakley and DR.. A. B.
Crane. Washington. 80.
A scheduled match between teams
representing the Congressional Coun-
try Club and the Washington Golf
and Country Club, arranged for the
course of the latter club next Sun
day, has been postponed to July 81.
e. Y. Johnson won the first tourna-
ment Of the Transportation Building
Golf Club. staged at the Town and
Country Club yesterday, eregistering a
card Of 86, with Major H. Robbsin Sec.
ond place, with SS. J. T. Keating,
with 99-21-6S. annexed the low net
prize, while. .Robb~ took the prize for
the best score on the first nine E..T.
Cummings won the prize for the play.
er having the most par holes.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 21.-More than
$4,000 persons from all over the United
States will gather in the Yankee Sta
dium tonight to watch Jack Dempsey
of Los Angeles stake his hitting power
against the youth, speed and ring
cleverness of Jack Sharkey of Bos-
ton, in the 15-round bout that is to
produce the challenger for Gene Tun-
ney's heavyweight championship.
Betting cads were quoted variously
- to 5, 13 to 10 and 2 to l, with
Sharkey the favorite. With several
brokerage concerns reporting a short
age Of Dempsey money it appeared
likely that Sharkey would enter the
ring one Of the highest favorites that
ever took part in fight of such inn
portance with a title not directly in
volved.
Without question, Dempsey will es-
say the comeback role as the greatest
sentimental favorite in ring history.
= That partly explains why the former
champion goes into battle on the eX
trennely short end of the wagering.
Tho heart of the crowd will be with
the Manassa mauler, as the Nation
= knew HIM at the height of his ring
career, and if he overcomes tonight
what a majority Of boxing critics
think is a mighty obstacle--the fire
of youth and the endurance that at
tend it-he is assured a tremendous
acclaim, far greater than any he ever
knew as the champion.
Dempsey Is 80 years old. Sharkey,
whose real name is Josef Paul Gu
koSchay, is %. He is Of Lithuanian
ancestry.
VIII Draw Big Crowd.
Dempsey'S return to the ring after
his miserable showing against Tunney
at Philadelphia last year is the mag
net that is to draw the third largest
crowd in ring history, the Tunney-
Dempsey and the Dempsey-C Carpenter
bouts alone eclipsing it. In both of
those a championship was involved.
The former champion has completed
one of the most strenuous training
campaigns a boxer has ever under
gone. Five months ago he began work
in the Ojai hills Of California, and
after satisfying himself that he had
regained the physical power so notice
ably absent when he lost to Tunney,
he came East to complete the process
OF preparation.
The former champion and his man.
ager, Leo p. Flynn, came to New
Evening star., 1927-07-21
DEMPSEY TRIUMPH
SURE, WIFE THINKS


By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 21.-Estelle
Taylor, film star. today unhesitant-
ly nominated her husband. Jack
Dempsey. victor in his New York bout
with Jack Sharkey tonight.
Jacks unbounded confidence in his
own ability will carry him through
Sharkey in a manner that will sur
prise many of the so.called experts"
said the fighters wife. "I know he
is in perfect condition. His messages
to me have been filed with confidence.
Jacks defeat of Sharkey will be
decisive. There will be no chance for
any one connected with, the affair to
say the final result was left to
referees decision"
The actress added that even
knockout at the. hands of Sharkey
could not change her confidence in
her husband.
Evening star., 1927-07-21
81 LOSS AT HEARTS
WORRIES BOSTONIAN
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. ..
NEW YORK, July 21.-The. only
thing that worried Jack. ,Sharkey on
the eve of his fight with Jack Demp-
sey was that he was 81 behind in a
gam, Of hearts when he had to leave
for rundown at, Madison Square
Garden.
After he had returned from the
Garden to his hotel he insisted on re-
newing the game So that he could
win back what he had lost.
This is the same Sharkev that one
year ago in New York refused an
offer of Jack Dempsey to use him as
sparring partner for the Tunney
fight.
"Sparring partner?. Say. I may
push you over myself" was the Bos-
tonians answer.
It is the same Sharkey. also, who
applied vainly in New York in 1928
for a manager. Some of the same
manager who refused to listen to
his claims Of greatness paid so cents
apiece to watch Sharkey's workouts
for the Dempsey fight. A few of
them will help to swell the estimated
81, $50 900 gate receipts at Sharkey's
fight tonight.
Evening star., 1927-07-21

BY the Associated Press.
% HEY don't come back-those
heavyweight kings once top
pied from the throne.
L But. Jack Dempsey, try
ing to climb again to pugll.
ism's crest, has two factors In his
favor which Fitzsimmons, Corbett
and Jefferies lacked when, once
knocked out, they tried to regain
the heights.
For Dempsey is the youngest de-
posed heavyweight champion who
ever tried to come back. and he is
the only one who ever lost his
title without being knocked out.
In his efforts to upset ring prece-
dent Dempsey sets out at gal
most an old age in the ring, and
vet a younger age than that OF
other vanquished title Holders try.
ing to regain lost laurels. And
Dempsey has yet to feel, as a ma
ture boxer, the. sting Of the knock
out punch which rose to haunt
other former champions plodding-
the comeback trail.
John L. Sullivan, first Of the
great heavyweights, did not try to
come back when James j. Corbett
beat him at New Orleans in 1892.
Corbett reigned until 1897, when
Fitzsimmons knocked him out at