New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
TALK NOW HEARD
 0F THIRD FIGHT
Rlckard Himself Reported En.
 thusiastiC About It
FIGHTERS BOTH WILLING
Offers For Preliminary Fight, AL ready Received - Hymns Protest Ignored Awaiting Dempseys state mcnt On Battle,

! mcnt On Battle. Chicago Sept. A Gp,-Jack Demp- sey has emerged from his second championship beating riding q new crest Of popular favor which, if he elects to ride it out, may carry him to greater ring earning power than he ever knew before.
 Definite talk Of another battle or the century has been suhdued and unofficial; but talk there has been, almost from the moment at Soldier field Thursday night that Gene Tun- ney's arm was raised to mark his second victory over Dempsey.
 Tex Rickard, a shrewd iiagnosti- clan Of public opinion, has shown signs of actual enthusiasm oyer A third Tunney Dempsey fight. and Tunney has indicated his willingness 10 meet Dempsey or anyone else the public may think is q match for him.
 Dempsey's first reaction after the '''HiNA HNlb IlS Ut N tlS that II lildL ed the end Of his career. Today his attitude as reflected hy his close as. sociates. seemed to be that Jack Dempsey might so back to the war trail again-and with vengeance.
 Opinions of Trio
 The picture of new Tnnney- Dempsey fight is sketched ill the Cp mt of h., could make such fight possible Tunney, Dempsey and Ricl6ard.
 Rlckard: T would be willing to promote another match If Jack would go over the same route he did for this one-meeting some Of the outstanding contenders."
 Tunney: Why shouldn't r could beat Dempsey every day in the week"
 Dempsey: "1 still think I can whip him. I am willing to meet him again."
 The fourth and most vital cle- ment involved in a third fight be- tween these two is the public which paid s2.65S,60 for Thursday nights spectacle and which might be called upon for as much or more for a third fight. There were definite signs today that promoters believe this public is not yet convinced that Dempsey is through.
 Dempsey Still Popular
 Indicative of the Dempsey popu- larity even in defeat, Leo Flynn manager of the former champion. announced today that he had re- celVed two offers for Dempsey to fight. Purses for the two fights would be only $75,0 GOO short of the sum Dempsey was paid for his 10 rounds at Soldier Field.
 One offer. Flynn said, came from Cleveland promoters. They offered Dempsey s125.00o for a 10 round fight with the Ohio heavyweight. Johnny Risko. Another offer, the Johnny Risko. Another offer, source of which Flynn did not disclose. was for s25o, o0o If Dempsey would meet Jimmy Slattery, the Buffalo sCrapper.
 Has "Tex AppeaT'
 An Indication that Dempsey still has Tex appeal" was Richards statement that he regarded Demp- sey as still the greatest drawing card in ring history.
 T do not know if he will fight again, for I have had no negotia- tiH1,s with him" Rickard said. "1 do not. however. believe he is through by any means. There is a lot Of money ahead Of him in the fight game if he chooses 10 stick to it."
 Statements attributed to Dempsey and saving that he acknowledged Tunney as the better man, were characterized by Dempsey as "tho bunk"
 "Tdnney is T great boxer" Jack said. "l don't think there is a bet ter one in the heavyweight division. But I still think l can whip him."
 T read in the papers that Tunney says the public doesn't want to sec us ttSht again. He may be right. Rut I don't think the public is any too well satisfied with champion who gets knocked down for count ot from 13 to s seconds and then dances around the ring three times trying 70 keep out Of the ChaIIenger's way.
 Not Through Yet
 T don't think I am through light ing. Of course 1 may never get an- other fight. I cant tell about that. 1tnt al i,, liiion as I ever was. and If follow "ill stand up and fight with me can Nlir him"
 Dempsey in his talk since the fight has been careful to reitera1e hat he has not and does not intend 10 he "sQuawker."
 Right" he told one newspaper- man. I'm not complaining about he fact that Tunney outpotnted me. pr that l didn't make as good 2 showing as my friends thought I would"
 Dempsey's own version of the seventh round at Soldiers Field appeared in today's Chicago Tribune Il these words:
 When Tunney fell, I did go inio corner. Not a human being in Field had even a faint sus- picion that l would hit Tunney when le was down. No one in that crowd lad any idea l would hit him as he vas rising.
 T repeat that did go into a ,orner. l was behind Tunney, as he pictures will show. In spite of hese things, the referee made me 70 into still another corner.
 All this took time. Seconds were 'ears then. Those seconds used up n making me perform useless acts