The Washington times., 1929-07-09
BIG PURSE
TENPTS
JACK
By Jack Dempsey
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No-I am all through.
What's that2 Who said q
million-dollar gate9 And who
with? A millionl Well, now
that's a lot Of money. And 80
or 371a per cent Of that
that money, too.
There's plenty of thrill in fighting
When a fellow figues he has about
played out his string and tossed his
B last punch and that it's never again
for him-well, that's when he gets
an awful hankering for one last shot
I know!
In shape? Who? Me? No. not to
fight. Tip around 207. Sounds like
plenty. It Is plenty when recall
that my old fighting weight was
1872. But / can also recall there
were times during my championship
DAYS when I weighed as much. !
!; took it off then. Perhaps could do
1t again.
Yep! Tn "a. Sort OF ancient
i. for an athlete. But Jim COrbett
fought q great fight at 81 and
another at 81. Fitz and johnson
!. were over 35 when they won the
championship. Fitx came close
to regaining his old crown when
he was 40.
Lot of comfort in that-if it's com.
tort need when I get those little
yearnings to make just one more try.
]. OF course, I couldn't ever get
!, back to the condition Of my youth.
Maybe I couldn't quite train back
to whatever form I had for the
Sharkey and Tunney battles OF
1927. Yet, / don't think Sharkey
is the man he was two years ago.
Pauline hasn't been helped by all
those bumpings he has taken.
Schmeling? Well, don't know
about him. Saw him the first time
about four years ago when was
in Germany. Just a big green kid
then. Taking a line on his most
recent fights, he may be more
dangerous than some folks reckon.
I may be wrong in saying that
I think ] still can hit. So there
we are.
sides those mentioned here, who get
their names and pictures in the pa
pers. But those three boys are the
/. standouts. If anybody DID offer me
fight it undoubtedly would be with
one Of the three because they are
the cards.
Having arrived at this point
the question now cOmes-cOuld
make the grade against the
best of the three?
| whipped Sharkey once. Since
then. of course, I've grown older
and, naturally, I've slipped. But so
has Sharkey If his showing against
DeKuh, Christner and Stribling can
be taken at face value. can't rate
Pauline any higher than Sharkey.
So they're twins with me. Schme.'
ling is the puzzle.
Eenie, rneenie, mini. mo-whoopla!
who's the toughest OF the three?
And how tough is he? How tough
could get with two or three months
Of training under my belt-or maybe
should say around my belt.
It's all a great lot of sport trying
to figure out how good-or bad
the fellows are. how bad am and
how good I could get. But when
I've worn out the pencil, am just
where started.
OF course, I could agree to fight,
and go in and make motions and get
a generous losers end. But that's
not my racket.
III couldn't get myself into
shape where / was confident of
winning, all the money in the
subtreasuries wouldn't get me
within those ropes.
I don't want those young birds to
run the risk of getting tossed into
jail by the Humane Society for beat.
ing up an old-timer. And anyway,
I took a couple-one in Philadelphia
and another in Chicago and that is
plenty.
After thinking it all over, / have
decided I will never fight again.
But let's not make that the final. A
mans got right to change his
mind, hasn't he?
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