Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
BABE WOULD WHET
INTEREST IN SERIES
Jacks Selling Sense Shows
! Even When He Radios
Round of Fight.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

Aux DEMPSEY and Babe Ruth
are stu the greatest showmen Of
them all. The coming world
~ series will be @ thrilling affair,
with stars in each lineup, vet II
Ruth could be lent to each team on
alternate days it would be still more
interesting contest There is no bali
player living with the color Of the Babe.
It was interesting to hear Dempsey
broadcast a round Of the lds-Dundee
fight on Wednesday night. His descrip-
ton was clear and authoritative, and
when he stopped narrating and started
roofing. he made you feel that you GER
tainly were missing something by not
being at the ringside. He has the sales
manshtp sense.
Jacks laughing evasion Of the ques-
ton whether he might some day return
to the ring was merely salesmanship for
his 2romStorial ventures. He hasn't the
fainsest idea Of returning to the ring.
But he Is too clever to ruin the dream
OF many of his admirers who hope some
day to see the tiger man inside the
see another fighter in the same class
with the Dempsey who fought Willard,
but that was many suns ago. and no.
body knows 1t better than Jack.
think the reason Dempsey has such
Q hold on the Imagination of his public
Is not only because of his punch and his
courage but because he always gave his
best. When Dempsey climbed into the
ring. there never was any doubt about
whether there was going to be any &C
ton. Everybody knew that even II the
battle was short; it would be interesting.
Dempsey always gave his competitive
best. He has the real spirit of cham
pion, the spirit which refuses to regard
any cause as lost; which never admits
the possibility of defeat. When he
fought Sharkey. there were many who
wondered whether he had ANYTHING
left; there were those who rather ex-
pected to see the crushing of another
hollow shell. But Dempsey never con-
sidered losing.
Maybe I haven't my old speed" he
said to me at his training camp. "but
let me get in Q few body punches and
we'll both be SLOW"
The afternoon before the Sharkey
bout, Dempsey spent on q putting
green. The first putt he tried was one
of sixty feet and the ball ratified In the
cup.
He went to bed at IL O'Clock that
night and slept until 10 the next morn
ing. When he weighed IN, crowds
stormed Madison Square Garden to get
q glimpse Of him. met him as ne
waited for the police to make a path
to his automobile.
Have you seen Rickard?" he asked.
"No," said. but will see him. Do
you want to send him q message?"
"Just say that I'm In good shape"
said Jack. "and tell him not to worry
about this fight"
It never occurred to Dempsey that
he was the one who perhaps should
worry. IS.
Didn't Lose Confidence.
Tunney beat him badly at Philadel-
phia, but he was supremely confident
that he would win at Chicago. He just
didn't believe that there was a man who
really could trim him. doubt whether
he admits to himself that there Is now,
although he knows that he never again
can be a quarter Of the fighter he was.
Jack Is by no means stupid. He
knows that O man such as Sharkey to-
day Is a great fighter and reason tells
him that the Boston sailor would have
too much in the way of youth and
speed. He knows that and he will not
fight again. but If he was crowded into
q ring with Sharkey, he wouldn't tight
like Q man who expected to lose. His
idea would be that he might be lucky
enough to get one good sock at linn"
Some boxers apparently regard the
ring as better place than Q ringside
seat to get . close view Of . bout.
Dempsey In the ring never was spec
tator. He was in there to do q Job
and impatient to finish 1t. His strategy
was to hit and keep on hitting until
somebody dropped.
Sharkey fought with that same spirit
against Loughran. II he keeps 1t up. the
Boston battler may yet gather to him
self as strong following as the old
ManaSsa mauler.
But Sharkey, as yet, is no such show
man as Dempsey or Ruth.
tCopyrieht, 1923. By North American News
paper Allianee)