Evening star., 1927-04-13


~ OXING'S annual hiatus has set
- in-the Spring period when the
circus invades Madison Square
IL Garden, Tex Rickard goes golf
ing and the Metropolitan fans
focus more attention on such heaVy7
weight sluggers as Babe Ruth and Rog-
ers HornSby than on the crop of con-
tenders for Gene Tunney's portfolio.
There has been scarcely the rustic
of q signed contract and only a fur
tive sally or so by the process serv-
ers since Pauline and Tom Heeney
cuffed each other about the Garden
ring in the final round of the indoor
heavyweight eliminations.
1t is merely the lull, however, be
fore the storm. Within a few weeks
Jack Sharkey and Jimmy Maloney.
the biting Bostonians, will be punch
ing their sparring mates and breath
ing editorial defiance in preparation
for the first heavyweight "semi-fnal"
battle on May 10, at the Yankee Sta
dium. AS a result of a preliminary
baritone turn in vaudeville, Maloney
expects to have a vocal advantage
over his rival. but Sharkey's followers
insist their man has yet to run second
in verbal encounter.
Meanwhile there is the still I'M
answered question-will Jack Demp-
sey come back?
Teddy Hayes, who was Dempsey's
secretary until the split between the
eX-champion and Jack Kearns. saws
the Manassa mauler is through"
But Teddy no longer may qualify as
an 'Insider," so perhaps more heed
can be given to the fact that Tex
RicI{AF6
ing all plans in anticiption of Demp.
sey's return, with a preliminary
match or two to test his fitness for
another crack at the title.
There IS much mystery about Demp-
sey's training tryout, but to the long
range observer it seems that the for
mer king of the padded gloves must
have some serious intentions if he is
willing TO undergo such rigorous
physicl work.
Those who know Dempsey best de-
clare there is no question OF his de-
sire TO fight again and win back the
title he priced so highly. But the eX-
champion doesn't want to run the
risk of another 'panning" by the ring
side experts.
No title holder in heavyweight his.
LOlNs uiIISSS II was JOuI II. SuIalNdn,
bore his honors with more pride in
his prowess than Dempsey Bruised
and battered after his defeat by Tun-
ney at Philadelphia, Dempsey broke
down and cried like a baby when he
got back to the seclusion of his hotel
room.
Jack has still got the old sock some
where in his SYSTEM" one close OBJ
server holds. "And there's no one
more anxious than he is himself TO
land 1t on some heavyweight chin.
The question is, whether at 30 he can
whip himself into shape to apply the
old dynamite again
To judge from its current contribu-
tions to the punching procession, Bos-
ton is we'll equipped for anybody s
tint party
The Hub has carried on creditably
through a line that included John l..
Sullivan and Sam Langford, but just
now it seems TO have more of a
monopoly on the f1stic talent than
any other center.
Jimmy Maloney and Jack Sharkey,
for instance, are Bostons principal
heavyweight entries, with Pat Nc
Carthy around ready to do any avail
able light or serious "upsetting." Pat
put big Harry Person out of the
picture and was the cause of Sharkey
being put under ban in Illinois and
some II other States.
Red Chapman and Dick Honey Bow
Finnegan, Boston featherweights,
shape up so we'll that the New York
Boxing Board has suggested they
meet to help clear up the muddled