The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-12
BY GEORGE KIRkSEY fVInitcd Press StaC SorresDondcnt)

bH GEOh1E hlIshoEH
 United Press Stag Correspondcnt)
 Cleveland, O.. Feb 12-(UP)- Jack Dempsey at the breakfast ta- bic, finishing his ham and eggs after finishing off Meyer (K. O. Christner, veteran trial horse with a game leg last night In three rounds.
 Jerry the Greek, Dempsey faithful servant and trainer with the caulifiowered ears. bald head, horn trimmed glasses and eccentric ways, seated opposite him.
 No one else about except an in- quisitive reporter who covered the Christner show and stayed up all night to keep an o'clock date.
 Jack, l want to get set straight on a lot of things"
 Shoot the works, kid" and up Jack bounced.
 Are you going to fight again or is it all a big hoax?"
 Taking His Time
 q am taking on all corners to try to get myself back into shape to try to win back the title. I have been out of the ring for about four yGdTS, anu l Cai Jo's '"y ''' ready to fight again before finding out myself whether l can fight. I'm doing something no one else has ever done. I am going to do it in my own way, and I am not going to let anyone pass a lot of opinions about what I ought to do and what ought not to do. I'll be the judge of my condition, and of whether ought to attempt to fight again."
 "When will you know whether you are in condition?"
 This exhibition tour is an ex- pertinent. I may never be able to get into the proper condition tray cling around fighting once or twice a week, and meeting hundreds of friends and admirers every day. may have to go into seclusion and do four or six weeks of hard training. So far this tour has done me & world of good.
 "I think I'm 100 per cent better TOW than when I started out Tn August. I don't think I could have stayed one round with Christner then. When the time is ripe. I will drop this exhibition tour and begin pointing for a big fight" ~ . lot of people are criticizing you for that reason. They think you are icst making a lot of easy money and have no intention of ever at tempting to fight again"
 How He Figures
 sAll the dough in the world couldn't make me go into the ring . fer a. fight, exhibition or anything else if I didn't hink I had a chance to win."
 "Are you having any more trou- bls getting into condition now than you did when you staged your first comeback against Jack Sharkey and Gene Tunney"
 "Yes, I am. I'm four years old er."
 "The chomp is okay," chimed in eht Greek. Don't you worry about him."
 "Do you think you'll ever be as yosd as you were, say against Will lard, Carpentier or Firpo?"
 "No. I never will be that good again. I'm 36 years old. but I think have a chance and l thlnk the chance is worth taking. If ,! faiI, I'll take all the blame, but if I succeed I want the credit
 Don't you realize you are tax ing a big chance in this tour? That a fellow like Christner or Levin sky might put over a lucky punch and knock you out?'
 "What if they did? No fighter wants to get knocked out, put II my time ever comes to get knocked out, I'll take it."
 Jack knocked on wood as ne talked about the possibility Of knockout.
 The Big Test
 "I may have to take fght Wltn some good opponent for 10 rounds to determine whether am through or not. want to know my physi- cal condition is right before l say: All right, I'm ready, bring on Schmeling. or any Of the rest or 'em'."
 The paid attendance for the Christner show was 9,714; the net receipts $27,971.99, and the kayo was Dempsey's 26th on this tour.
 Dempsey dropped Christner three times for counts or nine each and tue fourth and final time for the full count.
 A left hook foored Christner in the first round. In the third round a right cross toppled him. Dem usey appeared very tired after flooring Christner the last time with a sharp left hook to the head which opened deep gash almost two inches long on Christner 5 cheek.
 AFt~n<V Comment
 Comment on Dempsey's showing
 Stuart Bell, Cleveland Press: "Jack, why don't you retire? You aren't even good hollow sheil' You are through" ,,
 Dan Taylor, Cleveland News: Il have seen Christner fight ten times and I never saw him take such licking as Dempsey gave him with m ounce gloves. Dempsey's left hook is as good as ever. His legs are the question"
 Promoter Joe Lewis: Dempsey dropped Christner with the most perfect right cross I ever saw. His left hook is dynamite. Dempsey doesn't have to be as good as he used to be to whip the present day heavyweights."
 K. O. Christner: "If anybody thinks Dempsey is through I them get into the ring with him He may be an old man, but he can still sock. Sec this cut, don't you? That's plenty of proof"
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