Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-05
|DON'T SMASH IDOL,
IS WRITER'S VIEW
Would Be No Thrill Seeing
Once Great Champion
Inundated by Ham.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.
(Copyright. 1890. by North American News
paper Alliance.)

(Copyrtght. 1880, by North American News
paper AllianceD
w YILL Jack Dempsey fight
AA/ again, even when he
Wv knows that he might
make half a million in
one more bout? I think not, al
though 100000 must be a con-
Sideration to any one.
Still, I believe it unlikely that
Jack will return to the ring, I'M
less he feels that he absolutely
has to have the money. Let's
guess at how much he needs it.
In his fighting days Dempsey made
something over s5,O0O,ooo Take out
what Jack Kearns got, income taxes
and other things and perhaps net to-
tai of 100000 was left. Enough of
this was invested in a trust fund to
bring Dempsey in $1,000 q month
Whether more has been added to this
fund, I don't know, nor do / know
much concerning DempSey'S other in
vestments, beyond the fact that he Is
reported to own considerable real es-
tate. But Dempsey is not as foolish
an investor as many would have you
believe.
Looks After Family.
Jacks expenses are heavy; one rea-
son being that he takes care of the
other members of his family and there
are comparatively good many of these
Dempsey himself lives in expensive
style.
But Jacks earning power is still
great. Last year, counting what he
got from Eugazy. what he received a.
salary in Chicago, what he made on the
stage and what he earned as a ref
| cree and in other Sidelines, Dempsey
should have crossed over $l00,000
Dempsey would risk a lot in another
bout. He is today great drawing
card.
If Dempsey crawled through the rope:
again, a frenZied crowd would rise tt
cheer him. But If he were knocked
out, what then? Merely that some
boxer might suddenly be sitting on thu
top Of the world as the man who knocked
out Dempsey. And, as an ordinar!
thing, the crowd looks up. not down
forward, not back. The kindest thint
which would be sai6 of Dempsey woulo
be that he was hollow SHE'LL" and the
fans would add that he should have hac
too much sense to try comeback.
Flatter Dempsey.
Dempsey undoubtedly likes to fir
with the idea of a comeback. Flat.
tererS undoubtedly keep assuring hin
that the heavyweights Of today are
palockas, and some Of them are. They
tell Jack that he could easily KNOCK
most of them over: Maybe he could
But supposing he didn't?
| There isn't ore of us who ever played
foot ball that doesn't feel. sitting in thu
stands, that he still could block. tackle
and better than those boys on the field
What dumb things they Go! If w
only were down thereof course, Il
may be indignation that gets us lit
tie winded as we walk back to the cal
| line or the hotel. And, in moments o.
more sober reflection. we remember thu
time we carried the suitcase upstair:
and had to lie down for little while
| Is it any wonder that the Dempse!
sitting at a ringside, sees the Demp-
sey who stood inside the ropes?
Jack is only IS. Perhaps he ha
another great and winning fight IL
him. But most of us would hate Il
sec anything happen. Boxing may hav
developed from a sport to a business
a business to a racket, but still we coul'
get no thrill from seeing the Manassi
Mauler battered and beaten by som
newcomer he once could have stoppe'
in round.
Most men fight once to often. w
hope Jack Dempsey will not.
(Copyright 1880. by North American News
paper Alliance)