Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-02
SPORTS WRITERS
DOUBT DEMPSEY
WILL QUIT RING
By United Press Leased Wire

tcnt'ons to retire, Jack Dempsey
Will be drawn into the ring again
by the lure Of wealthy purses. sports
writer's and close observers Of the
! fight game believed today.
However, the former heavyweight
! champion stood by the announce
! ments of his retirement he made
yesterday all of them.
, While many believe Dempsey is
suffering q real eye trouble skcptics
were inclined to look Upon the Man
assa Mauler's move as sBallvhooo
for another title fight.
j The latter group points out that
Dempsey docs not want to 90
through an elimination Tournament.
! They believe Jack will be out Of the
running only until after Tunney has
met one Of the most promising lumi-
narics and the path is clear for an
other Dempsey Tunncy match.
Even the group that is convinced
that Dcmpscy's eve is badly in.ur.
ed ard his general physical condi-
tion far below its former mark do
not believe these facts would keep
3 y
Jack said his eye was hurt in the
first Tunncy bout in Philadelphia.
The present champions iabs gave
Dempsey a bad pounding on the LETT
side of the face.
The same eye was hurt again n
Chicago in the second Tunnev fight
and the present trouble is the out
growth Of this latter contest, Dcmp-
Soy indicated.
"Thc occulist atc|ls me that I
probably have had a lit-le hcmorr-
haPc. which received when Tunncv
huttcd me in the seventh or eighth
round of our Chicago fight.
He thinks that | had n nerve
crt. The eye is perfect, cxcent
when I look down and then it Wig
giles little bit"
Dempsey said that whether he
fought again or not was entirely M
to him and that it was "all right
with his wife, Estollc Taylor.
Tho vnrictv of statements credit
ID TO ~" champion in answer t.
Tex Eickard 5 announcement of
Dempsey 5 retirement was bewilGer-
ing.
He told the United Press "That s
absolutely right: | am through. |
l1vc instructed Rickard not 10 fig
urr On me mt all. Eve trouble. which
I am advised may result in some
tning serious if put en- the gloves
again is the reason. -
The statements published by Los
Angeles papcrS ana the comments of
sports writer's here who know Dem.
pscv well, shed many lights on the
situation.
Scmo Sarcastic
Statements credited to Dempsey.
and various comments by sports
writer's were:
Sid Ziff, Evening Express
Give minutes after Jack Hempsey
told Bill Smith Of the Express that
hc was through boxing forever he
told a news association correSpon-
cent that hc would meet Tunncy in
September. Get together, Jack, get
together.
Bob Cronin, Illustrated News
Quoted Dempsey, q have not re
tired from the ring and won t know
what my future plans will be for
1T least four months.
Harry Grayson, Record" This
may all bc true but it has every ap-
pcarancc of ballyhoo. Tunnev ism I
much good without Dempsey, who
can collect in the ncighhorhood of
S1OO,Ioo for another comeback. The
rejection of that Kind of money
would be something new in any line
let alone the fight racket
Mark Kelley, Examiner One
never knows whether to accept Dem
pfcy's public statements at face
Nalu" or not. But for the moment
he is on the square in telling the
world he is retiring. He says he is
going to manage fighters, too, which
leads one to believe that his recent
heatings have left him bobbing
bit.
Biu Henry, Times This Dem
psey business will he fight re
minds us Of the days previous to the
Hcmpscy-Gibhons fight at Shelby.
Up until twenty four hours before
the fight, it was ON and off every
few minutes. -
jack James, lIcrald-"O Mr.
dempsey not to fight any more-not
anyonc-not even Mr.. Tunney? I
can scarcely believe it. And yet
must believe it at this writing.
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