New Britain herald., 1927-06-23
DEMPSEY HAS EYE
 OUT FOR BUSINESS
Former Champion Likes Money
 as We'll as Another Fight

By the Associated Press.
 New York. June B R - Jack Dempsey may be consumed by an intense desire to fight his way back to the heavyweight championship. but at the same time he isn't over looking the little matter of percent age or guarantees.
 It seems fairly well established that his financial agreement with Tex Rickard will net more money than any ex-champion or any cham pion-outside of himself and Gene Tunney-ever received, whether the erstwhile "man-killer of Manassa" appea- in one or two battles this year. On the basis of 30 per cent of the gate receipts, Dempsey's ''cut" for the fight with Jack Sharkey figures to be s300,000 if the gate" as Rick ard expects, goes to the million-dol- lar mark.
 If Dempsey wins, he will get more than the 15 per cent first mentioned in connection with prospects of a re- turn bout with Tunney. The ex- champion settled this moot point
 with Rickard on a compromise basis. It is likely he will get around 20 or 25 per cent which would net him another ssO0.Ooo or s4Oo.oOO if the gate" tops $1.500.000.
 Dempsey thus has the pleasant
 prospect. as an ex-champion of cash ipr i,, to 0F olo tr econ
 900, if he gets into the two "big shots" of the year. or nearly Gas much as he collected for the battle in which he lost the title to Tunney
 last September.
 Dempsey's first moves on reaching New York weren't - as in former ! times-to fling bit of defiance to all and sundry rivals or "kid the boys He came in through the kitchen door of his hotel and immediately went into huddle with his attorneys to deal with financial affairs and cer- tain legal difficulties still facing him as an aftermath of the fight last year.
 His first greeting to Tex Rickard wasn't about any particular anxiety
 over his opponents but. in effect. what about the dough-"
 The Washingt on Senators won two American league pennants with a flock of veterans but whatever pros-
 poets they have of figuring in the , current campaign seem to rest large
 ly on the youthful shoulders of Hor- ace LisenbeN, one of the biggest
 pitching sensations of the year. In winning nine out of 13 games one being a tie-Lisenbee has per
 mitted his opponents the meagre av-
 craze of about two and one-half
 runs and approximately six and one- half hits per game. The Memphis
 recruit has beaten every club in the
 league except St. Louis and hung up
 three victories over the league-lead-
 ing Yankees. Coming of rugged Ten
 nessee stock, Lisenbee. at 2S, has thrived on lots of work. He has an
 easy twirling motion and undoubted- { " Will pIOlL tllC SeSC CAPCil-
 ence and coaching of his veteran teammate, Walter Johnson. Michael Francis McTigue. a pro- phet as well as puncher in his old age, may be well qualified at
 least to interpret the fistic stars in- asmuch as he "called" his own
 knockout of Paul Berlenbach, Jim-
 my Malon.y's victory over Jack De- fancy and Jack Sharkey's knockout of N loney all upsets. from the ex- perts' point of view.
 Forthwith. Mike makes two addi- tional predictions-first that he will turn the tables on Jack Delaney and
 win the light-heavyweight title in their July bout at the Yankee
 stadium; second. that Dempsey will | whip Sharkey.