Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-11
So. California
Sporting Briefs
BY United Press Lensed Wire

/ ''~1N'~J cu'y W iGh
! the Jack Dempsey.Jack Sharkey
battle at New York but 10 days
away, Southern California fans are
rallying to the support of the erst-
! while "Manassa MauIer' with
cash, cheers and confidence.
Dempsey, following his defeat at
the hands of Gene Tunnev last
September, has been acclaimed To-
cally as probably no other idol of
! the sport realm has. His business
ventures have been closely watch
ed, as well as his training camp ac,
tivity at Sopers ranch before the
eastward trek.
Spring street, the local financial
rialto, with its betting marts and
recent ''oil pools figures Demp-
sey at no worse than even money
to defeat Sharkev Los Angeles
| gamblers, through their eastern rep
resentatives, are said to have dis.
patched sums of money aggregating
six figures to cali supporters of the
"'Lippy Lithuanian.
A local amusement palace feat
uring pictures of the Dempsey-T
ney battle, training camp shots at
Ojai and Saratoga is the scene of
cinema cheers that outdo collegi-
ate roofing section.
Flashes of the Carpenter and
Firpo fights reveal the Dempsey of
old. Then with the screening of
! the Slaughter of the Sesqui -
Dempsey punches that fell short
brought gasps of amazement. When
the 1927 Dempsey appeared, the
storm of cheers rocked the stadium,
an evidence of the regard of fans
for his comeback bid.
An expression obtained by the
United Press from Fred :" Windy -
Winsor. one time manager of Demp
/ scy. predicts that Sharkey will be
disposed of by a knockout inside
of four rounds.
/ d" Dempsey is only the shell of a
! former great fighter, but Sharkev
can crack him. Dempsey Will
stop him and within the first four
rounds. - Winsor said
eff this fight was against Gene
Tunncy, it would be different. Tun-
ney is a great fighter, Sharkcy is
| not, Winsor continued. Quintin
Romero Roias and Charlie Weincrt
! beat him He won from Mike Me
! Tigue only after tie lrishman suf-
fercd a hemorrhagc. jim Maloney? =?
/ A built up bubble who eXplod,
cd - he concluded.
/ Reports of Leo ''Pizen' Flynn
| changing Dempsey 5 style at the
! eleventh hour, arc construed here
as training camp ballyhoo.
Those who "follow the fight
racket with support rather than
money express firm convictions
that Dempsey will start his heavy
punching early and do the job up
in liz time. The lone shadow Of
doubt is to how Dempsey 5 ageing
| legs will stand the pace if by some
mira,le' Sharkey avoids an ear
lv knockout.
! LOS ANGELES, July IL Billy
/ Grimes, Australian featherweight,
! lightweight and welterweight cham
/ DlOn MA htS Ills tuIlu hikCi IS'i IL
start here ON July 10, when he
meets stewart Mclean, Minneapo-
lis featherwcight in one of the two
! 10 FOUNDERS that headline the card
at the Olympic,
I Baby Joe Cans, negro light
weight champion, faces Johny o.
! Donnell in the other feature bout.
Grimes opened training here to-
day, after light workouts following
his bouts with Doe Smell and Pico
Ramies. The poundage for the
fighters in the Grimes Mclean bout
I is l29 at p. m. on the day OF the
fight. Cams and ODonnell will
scale not moro than l37 pounds.
/ johnny Williams, Salt Lake fca-
( thcrwcight, and Dario Barron, ban
/ tamwcight champion of Mexico,
meet in the six round special.
( Battling Manning and Young
/ Johnson, negro middleweights, clash
in the curtaiuraiscr.