Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 62

i MADE JAEK CHAMPION £ “King of Ballyheo” Outlines His Own ASSERTS HIS MANAGER . Life Hustory When He Frained as . Fighter in Back of a baloon. ' l BY JACK KEARNS, ' . M tude ever written. Y purpose mierely is to answer Mr, Jack' Denipsey, but that answer ought to be recorded as one of the strongest se:monl on ingrati- It is not my aim to deliberately set out ‘and belittle Dempuy but inasmuch as he has created, under his own signature, the notion that from the start he has taken my hand and led me through the woods instead of my leading him, I think, in justice to myself, that he should be answered and right from the shoulder, that the ‘sporting public may know the whole truth of this Dempsey-Kearns business. & Before going into the many details concerning our partnership and my bringing him to the chzmplomhm .details that should make readers blink with surprise in many instances, I think it fair to you and myself to say a word or two about Jack Kearn§—who he is, what he was—where he came from and hdw? 1 am setting down my ecarly experiences because 1 am confident that they il interest readers of this story about the mak- ing of Jack Dempsey. 1 was born in Michigan. Folks have believed that Jam a Californian. I went there as a child and grew up in a California atmosphere. other I :med in among the boxers when I hdd grown big enough to ap- preciate that casrying a chip on one’s shoulder required a certain amount of defensive ability. If vou declared.the presence of the mythical chip you had to protect it. I was scrappy by nature. I admit that much. I didn’t always win, In losing, I usually made it close and no man who went to grips with me ever walked off as if going out of a picnic grove. Almost before I knew it I had entered upon the career of a fighter. Started Out in Californis. My first ring engagements .didn't set the world on fire ‘tis true, but they were desperately sincere with me. I fought around "Bakersfield, Calif., at the outset. Purses were lean in those days. A dime got you more than a hundred-dollar bill does now, you khow. I think we yaung birds of those days counted more on ring reputation and admira- tion than we did the money. I know that I always was far more interested in smacking the other fellow over than in what 1 was to get for the job. How times have changed. In the period that I was sculling around Bakersfield, San Fransisco, ©Oakland and other coast fight centers-ihere were some really great fighters strutting their’ stuff. The best of them was Al Neill, one of the cleverest middleweights that ever lived. Then there was Loule ILong, Billy Snailum, Abe Attell, Frankle Neil, Eddie Smith, Frank Rafael, George Herberts, George Green, who, many reader may not know, was the original “Young” Corbett; Frank Mc- Connell, Jim Franey, and—well, there were a lot of them. And all fighters from their toes up. Manggers Then Unheard Of. My first real fighting campaign began with a tour of the northern portion of the Pacific Coast. ¥ went on my own. A manager was a thing unheard of. At least a traveling manager, though I'll admit that some- times I managed a fellow in one burg and fought him in the next, Usually you dropped into a town, broke, dusty and hungry. Instinct pointed you to- ward the saloon where some big- hearted bartender was willing to listen to the stories of your ring prowess and incidentally hand you a buck with gxlea remark, “Go get yourself a fepd, ‘You were “for” that fellow instant- ly. He became your manager, in that particular place, at Jeast. For the time being you were “‘bouricer” there, and it was your particular delight to bounce a few off a sucker's chin that friend barkeep might know he had not * wasted time and money on a punk. Always there was some town bluff to whip and you trained for the fight right there in the back of the saloon. Business hoomed msagnifi- cently. You couldn't get in. “Young Kearns,” the greatest that fight “Pete Potato” winner take all. He Packed a Wallop. And they came down from the hills and up from the valley#'to get a peek at the fellow who could break a:man's jaw with one belt of his fist. I really could hit, you know, It was a thriller for the bartender. He went over big with the boss., Never had there been asuch business, and hurry orders were sent out for more grog, wine, beer and cigars. Of course I cleaned up the “Potato” person. Also I had & new B. R. (bank roll). And then on to in the town hall, Somehow on lightweight | er came over the pike, was to | "He was made! Don't forget that. KEARNS LAYS BARE FACTS ON.DEMPSEY Ina s‘ory that cracks Tike the lash of a whip, the “King of Bally- hoo” lays bare his entire relation- ship with Jack Dempsey, disclos- ing the real ingide story of their amazing partnership — how he look the champion as a “ham and egg” pugilist and made of him the freatest fighter of all time—how e had the worries of his Vife keeping Dempsey away from the ladies—and how he tried in vain to keep him from marrying Estelle Twlor ritten pnmanly as an answer to Dempsey’s recent statements, this story actually is a complete account of Kearns' own pictur-) esque career. Pugilist, soldier - of - fortune, Alaskan gold-seeker, gambling plunger, cow puncher, lumberjack, cabaret owner, and Afinally pro- moter and manager for Jack Dempsey—what a carcer! Never did ‘a_character in the wildest novel lead such a life, And it's aJl here—every bit of it —the whole gamut of his exciting experiences. He leaves nolhmg out, however uncomphmentary it may be to himself. The result is one of the most remarkable and unusual stories ever written. other towns, leaving friend bartender thoroughly heartbroken. He never could understand why . the success that had come to one in his particu- lar town would fail to captivate me. Sometimes there were tears in his eyes as he saw you select your par- ticular freight car, with a view to riding to the next scene of a prospec: tive serap. Those were my early hustling days, 26 years ago. Whenever I heard of a set of bouts to come off I made for the town and always convinced the promoter of the show that he couldn’t go far wrong in giving “Young Kearns” a crack at the best light- welght he could dig up. They were tough and rough days, with youth my only asset. From one town to an- other I fought my way, landing even- tually in Seattle. 1 had improved as a fighter, dug:.o my steam-beer training method: was filling and it was ch know. My first real big fl‘h( v\n with Mysterious Billy 8mith, He had a far greater reputation than I, but I fought him just the same, and I might add that, with all his fame, he was as all the other “Pete Potatoes™ 1 had biffed along the line. I met Ausiralian Tommy Tracey twice. Martin Denny. a right good man, was one of my gpponents. It was begin- ning to be real fighting now, I met Dal Hawkins, perhaps the greatest natural hitter that ever lived. learned about socking from that bird! (Covyright. 1926.) «Next chapter synopsis: Tomorrow Kearns tells. how he used “rushing” tactics as a fighter, which he later taught Jack Dempsey “Young Kearns” fights for Clark, copper millionaire ~ at Butte, Mont., and knocks out Jolly Rogers—Kearns as gold scale-boy in Alaska saloon meets Tez Rickard, Willie Britt, Jack Lon-> don aud other celebrities. RICKARD FAVORS CHICAGO By the Associated L Rickard. AS SITE FOR TITLE SCRAP Press. HICAGO,; July 17.—Chicago may be the battle ground for the world heavyweight fight between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tynney. The ihatch, if decided here, will be under the direction of Tex The New York promoter said tonight that five or six wealthy Chicago business men had offered to finance the contest. Rickard within 48 hours. He sai %, name the location of the mat romised to indications ltrongly favored Chicago, with New York and Jcrsey City also to be " considered in the final selection. Rickard believes the match, if staged here, would d w the Nconi glun n.ht’ ex- ceedin z the $1,600,000 gate for the Dempsey- Carpentier . match st Boyle's Thirty The bly on a later date | sta: than ber 16, the date Te- cently set by Rick- ard when he pro; RICKARD. fer with Chi the receipts orphans’. fund of the Police Dtun i ment. " Rickard was unable to say whether a specially built arena would be evected |- for the fight, or whether it could be held in one of the major league base ball_parks or in Soldiers’ Field, oo Chicago’s “lake front, recently - lhe " scene of the Eucharistic Congress. The New York pronmioter -bpund o be umondoufly om.hmlww: over match would draw i gate of' more Pt than $1,600,000, basing his prediction on the gate receipts of the Dempsey- wlllnrd contest at Tohdo séven ypars “lf the fight were * held * trains would he operated from 100 cities. I believe the it the sensation of boxing. icago has never had-a big championship fight ::d it wnldhenmw'xporuuuflrr ® -u id be consider staging the ngm ln'glmw it lhom ‘Was oppo- sition from'‘any quarter. Under the rules of that under no circum- Tlinois Ath- | ¥ would be on the price ’!I“flm of seats. Rickard has not aj fore the commission, but let it derstood | that associates h:fial‘bmp Sbphcation wan would-take no act! ~ s B _BILL AND GILL DRAW. NEW YORK, July 17 m,—wk Bxu Cuban flyvgcum dmmpw:\ % six ‘rounds (o & draw wifh . the d Both - boxers. d start, nnd_ until D C. PADDI.ERS ENTER REGATTA AT BELMAR R LI Canoeists of the Washington Canoé Club, Potomac Boat Club and Old Do- minion ‘Boat Ciub" are promised a ng-up time Fridey and Safurday en they go to Belmar, N, J., for the annual Middle States Canoe Ing tion regatta. The races ‘over the half-mile Shark River course and the quater-mile Silver Lake course will serve as the assodlation's cham- plonship events and the preliminaries to the ln ‘national champlonship con- tests to be staged as part of the Ses- quicentennial celebration at Philadel- phia Au‘ult 6. 7, 8 and 9. The bmlnr of Commerce is pronucm( affair nest week. end and as»in !ormor years is.doj everything possible to dr;;vfl the 3 canoelsts of the tions, among them #-dance at the Bel mar Am n home for mem- bers of the cnwu and their g will be held in conjunction with tho mu A beach party for . contestants ia scheduled for Sunday morning. Pre- sentation of the prizesat the clase of the wecond day's racing will Iol- lowed by a fireworks display and concert. ‘Waslington (hnoe Club's team ‘m compete without services of lal fune: Harry Knight and W. . Havens, two members of the Washington Olympie crew. Business .pressure is causing them to forego the trip to Belmay AL R, i POTOMAC AND HENRY TEAMS WIN AT NETS Potomac Park racketers added to their lead over the Henry Park team in the Municipal Tennis League yes- terday-by teking seven of their al;bt matches with Rock Creek, while Henry was winning only five out of eight with Monument, Simon of Rock Creek turned in the only-win registered against the lead- ers, when he trimmed sickhr. Po- tomac's No. 5 man, 6—3, 86—, made, i) Standing of Ten: Potomag, Park. Henry Pari Monument : 5 Potomac, 7: Rock Creek, 1. eies—0’ “i" JPotomae. dafea g" phtod 1 =11 Lave, Poto: A e teathd Soetiauod 68" € Rat heber. | Potonac. defeat Loney. Rock € B—1: !lmon. ock Creelk, de- Newhy. mac. dteviaod: mnm'vr- Jetsated g “'3""" Seoara. nr»t o Henry, .1- mmnmn. .1 Singlas—Considine. Henr 1t x iine, Henrr. defoatad hfi"' tt. Monument. 2. entv, defeated Gould. Monnmant, 63, )lflvmvm-nl Qetenrnd” sterey: 37" Civonel. Henry. 63 6—1 wang, . Monument. Honry: 10—, ere: {lolegtod " Aranoweky. Dotibles Copaidine gnd Speery. Henty. de. Flannery.” Monument, '.lll“l "("'0“0 i l.nrr defented ?%-:cu -'n'b s,‘""""‘“-' 62 et and vk and Aus on men gn_n‘m detéated o renrs. MOOSE JUNIORS TRIM NAVAL RECEIVING TEAM The Moose Juniors of. southeast. winners of the Sport Mart series, dis- played thefr class yesterday by tak- ing the measure of the Naval Re- ceiving Station unlimited nine, 6 to 4, at_the ‘navy yard diamond, Today the Moose play a double- header at Seaman Gunners' field. The first \game at 1245 o'clock 'is with the Southerns. Seat Pleasant Junfors perform in the ucoud mateh at 8 o’clock. FINNEGAN STILL SEEKS MATCH AT KENILWORTH Because Matchmaker Heinie Miller is having trouble in Iocating & man to face Honey Boy Finnegan at Kenil- worth on August 10, there is con- siderable doubt as to whether District fight fans are to see their favorite in action. In answer to Miller's offer to box the ex-sa'lor, Al Forman of Fort Myer replied. “I will box Finnegan. at 12 pounds,, ringside, for a guarantee of $1,000 and the privilege of 20 per cent of the gross gate.” This lets the sol- dier out.” Finegan has agreed to mweet all comers up to 135 pounds, but will not make the featherweight limit for a bout here. —_— LEAD N CHESS TOURNEY IS HELD BY CAPABLANCA LARKE HOPATCONG, N, J., July 17 (#).—Josee R. Capablanca of Ha- vana still was leading the players in the Pan-American chess tou nt at the conclusion of the in the ninth round teday. & ¥, J. Marshall, New York, drew with Capablanca in 18 moves, while G. Maroczy, Budapest, also drew with | Kupchlk in 47 moves, The adjourned game from the eighth round between Maroczy and Lasker was won by Maroczy, The -undln; ‘to date: + BUCS' GH _GATCHER ?OB. 1m PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 17 ), “The first new player ohtals b urgh National Lesague Base- Ball’ Club-for the 1927 season is Ike «catcher, of Idahe Falls, in the’Idaho-Utah League. ~Danning. Pirate -offieldls announced today, will report for Spring training. The ulfcr -ue Iways watch Oonn' {'h-t o Favis §§§§3£; i il H Hilf i £ will appear ur ager legally expires on August 3. e [usively in n- !m Kearns' contract J'ULY 118,192 -aS er ‘Dempsey’s man- AHEARN TO MEET A TOUGH MANIN GARDNER TUESD! AY PER@ER GARDN S in the main event of 12 rounds of Newport, Rhode Island’s great little fighting machine, will be the opponent of Goldie Alearn, local ghetto pride, at Kenilworth Arena Tuesday night Gardner should make Goldie fight all the way, as the little Rhode Islander is known as one of America’s greatest Two years ago Gardner stepped into the ring with Red Chapman in Bos- ton and gave him a lacing. Chapman was fresh from a victory over the sen- sational Honey Boy Finnegan. In a return_ match in Newport Spencer again licked Red Chapman. If Goldie will go out and fight to lick Gardner he will gain a following in Washing- ton, but if-he goes back to t ies he sometimes uses of hitt holding, he will write his as a main eventer hereabout. tact and finish Goldle can fight, make no mistak but some.of the home town boys won't give him a word of encouragement when he answers the gong to. start. Gardner is intent on landing the Fin- negan ma#ch here on August 10, A bang-up_semi-| flm! booked for the show. KEddie Buell, classy little performer from the West Coast, goes to the post in a return bout with Jow Kaplan, Oriole bantie. The lest bout wag a real affair until the time the fight was stopped, due to Buell's right’| eve being closed. Sammy Braunstein, all-service light- weight champlon, will'go six rounds with Billy West, local kayo king. This bout should be action from the word geo, Braunstein, while not a classy ‘boxer, upset the service dope when he let fly a wild haymaker that landed on the chin of Jimmy Ryan for the first_kayo in the big left-hander’s ca- Teer. ‘est also can punch. ¥ Frankie Cheslock, welterweight chgmpion of tl Marine Corps, is down. for six rounds with the ever willingeJack Cody. Both boys love to mix, so & real bout should resuit. The four-round opener sends two willing boys to the ring, Nick Alvis, a little Greek, goes with Gypsy Amata, an Ilnlhn BANTAM CHAMP FAILS TO SIGN FOR BATTLE CHICAGO, July 17 (®).—Charley “Phil” , Rosenberg, world bantam- weight champion, failed to appear to- day, as expected, to.sign for his pro- d championship bout with Bud aylor, Terre Haute challenger, here Labor day. Promoter Jim Mullen sald Rosen- berg probably delayed his departure from New York uniil after the Ber- lenbach-Delaney fight last night, and would arrive tomorrow or Monday. FIVE CONTESTS ARE ON TODAY IN UNION LEAGUE Double] ers at Union League Park and South Capitol and P streets and a single game at Sixth and K southwest, make up today's program in_the Union Base Ball League. Black Sox Deanwoods play two, games at thé leag fleld, -uruu at 2z ‘Washingtoni Glants and Myr- tles play at South Capitol and P. starting at 1. St. Cyprians -.m ori- ental Tigers have the d‘}-m The Stonewalls meet the Myrue- at 3 o’clock at Sixth and K. /' WORLD SERIES FOR BOYS, The junior world series base ball club fighters. SPENCER GARDNER, CUBS’ YOUNG b SETS FAST HURLING PACE A | American Security and Riggs nives, fi“"" in the race for the pennant. in ‘nalf of the Bankers' Base Ball League serles, added to. their strimgs with easy wins yesterday at the Mongment ‘grounds. - American .e‘tcurlly chalked up its fourth strai by swamping V{, ington Loan and Trust, 12'to 1, inl five-inning tilt,’ while mu- tumoa in ird consecutive triumph for the second series and the ninth -mm for the meason by downing Comme: cial, 18 to 5.’ Womersley plfclied for m‘u‘and Lemon and Elils mwucd the punch. Lemon ting ‘three .in four and Filis accounting for five bingles in six trips to'the vlate. Barrett of American Security let his opponents down with three hits, while his mates accounted for nine at the expense of . Stewart ' and hy. Beruggs got two hits in three chances. Simmons hit a homer ’ LEE LEADING mTTEns ; OF DREADNAUGHT NINE . ALE. A‘VDBIA Vl Jnly 17,~The Dreadn; it A ‘being led at bfl.! hry Gill has a sticking 478. He is closely pushed by “Ii Dreifus, first baseman, pitcher and outfielder,” who has garnered 16 hits in 26 chances for a mark of .400, “8lim" Gileg leads the pinch hitters with § hits in 10 tries, while Kermit Emith, now with Pu'lulay. in the Bastern Shore is leading the pitchers at bat wit! percentage of GLICK TO BOX MILLER. NEW YORK, July 17 W) .—Joe Glick, New Yar!! :unhr 1 mmru, will meet Ray M the 10-round I'.!un muAh Onm next Friday n!tht. In 10-rounder Eddie Ander- yoming, will box id Ryl-n. fsl.thfl!llht chlmmo of the. Teland ha ucon N . game of the first half, Parks and Labor. BALL SUPPLY GIVES OUT, SO RICHMOND FORFEITS RICHMOND, Va., July 17 (@).— 'l‘he lodclud the first .w of the ‘hh League, donblvlu.‘ cterlbnr: 9'to .. in the dzh‘h d-V- o hu- illll © 5 Going Into the eight! two e Petersburg club sank ti of base ball's holes-in-one. The local ey ""“"‘.:o....""""""‘ fnding runs the water while b'cllh strike another of the rlvor’a forks at the . rear of the park. o S B Al RACKETERS ARE SEEDED FOR LONGWOOD TOURNEY BOSTON, July 17 (#).—Willlam T. Tilden, 2d, national champion was seeded first in today’s draw for the eighth anpual Longwood bowl sin- gles tournament at Brookline next Monday. The singles in an invitation event for the fivst time this year, and the men’s even) has been made the first officiaf tryout for the American Davis cup Players, | Takeichi Harada,, 1925 runner-up. | was placed second in the seeding, and the others were: No. 3, Alfred H, Chapin, jr. of Springfield; 4, ‘handler, Cranston Holman of lams, Ch pan was seeded first among the for- eigners and his countryman, Teizo ‘Toba, second. SLAB STAFF BY JOHN B. FOSTER, major league teams to a bit N EW YORK, July 17.—Any corps of pitchefs able to hold opposing more than eight hits per game de- serves credit for Hitting a winning stride. The bouquets are hereby ‘tossed upon the blushing brows of Rdot, Blake, Bush, Osborn, Jones, Kaufiman, Piercy; M\lslrcld um company of the Chicaggo Cubs. b Not -any shining stars in that constitute the “present Great Beat, firmament. They are all stars. BASE BALL SECRETS Stretching Outfield Hit Into Double. contests, the first ever held, will be played in the Municipal Stadium at \Philadelphia, Pa., ‘October 11, 13 and 14, . Championship teams of Tour re- gions,, the ‘Far West, Middle Welt, Cemn.l and Eastern ons, will off the serjes. More 2,000 Wl teams have been entered in tha leagus |. many t\\rou'hout tbc Nation ~and hundreds uwrc expected to tnzor 1?‘8101 0. K/§ BUNDAY GOLF. According to Rev. L. A Lip) group. but as Jhey are g the; the Ursa Major of the‘o’h:so ball That's -one_ reason why the 'Cubs are| ] clawing around so lustily at the bottom of the Sfirst di vision. Since the first of July the c-b-‘ pitchers have been pitching to rival teams at the rate of 8 2-5 M\l per game. There hgve been four games in ‘which other clnbu Mt them for double figures, Brooklyn did most of that. In\ fact, the Brookb'a ‘batters have the, Cub huelérs harder than any others, ex- ;:;p;":u Bo-wnl, who muo 13 hits be towers of strength flg intercollegiate | \ BY FAIR PL‘Y. EW-YORK, July 17. Fight fans regret the passing of Patl Berlen- Bach as champion of hig class.” Paul is a fighter pure and simple. A title meant nothing to him- other than something to throw int the ring any ‘time a worthy challenger came qung. Jack Delaney faile: the first time, but did heuer on the next try and now is the undisputed boss Jof the Jight heaviés. ridgeport sharpshooter will toss lcvunbh for it, Delaney wlllll t:‘:ht and‘l":'.hn’:':«, the B jght heavyweight cham- pion an! then if the dugust commis- sion is willing, to take on Jack Shar- key. The new champion-did not have any easy time with Berlenbach. Strict adherence to carefully planned battle did the trick. Delaney probably is the rtest fighter in the ring today. ‘T!g: @ppearance of Scotty Montieth in his corner was a wise move and made things doubly certain. Delaitey Fooled Dopesters. Delaney fooled the dopesters. In- stead "of flashing a left jab to make an openi for his famous half up- t-hook,- Jack went along care- 1y round after round waging. & strictly counter fight. At times Ber- lenbach made Delaney look bad. Jack never, missed as many blows in his life. Berley stormed in ripping hard left heoks to the body and jaw while Jack did his best to tie him up. But after the ninth round Jack started to cut loose. Coming out of a clinch Delaney: dropped his hands, shaking the right as if it was hurt. Paul rushed in and was met with a stinging uppercut to the heart. This was the new blow Delaney promised 10 show the fans, It was the prettiest uppercut seen in quite some time. Starting with the twelfth Delaney drawing away. - His terrific up- percut found the mark time and again. Berlenbach shook off his best blows, spat a stream of blood ¢hrough AVY'S ncmry in the first Potomac Park Bage Ball League series, registered early last week, when Labor was defeated in the final ttributed to the steady pitching of Sams, who turned in 8 of the team’s 11 wins, and good fielding by the eatire club, The teams that defeated Navy were War, Public Buildings and Public . All three games. were, decided by close margins. Civil Service deserves credit for fighting to the finish in the face of a long streak of hard‘:luck. The team lost its first game of the second series to Navy on Friday after keeping the count tied until/the ninth, but is strengthening up, and is hoping to lhnke off its Jinx.* J. Luchesst and N. Jett, both of Civil Service -lurc the hongr of having set the 1 n'bnm strikeout rec- ord. fanned 156 men, , Hamilton, a left-hander on the Public Buildings :‘n:?k Pul‘:l;fl Plr?l v;lno, is the real eout king. nnncnmuhehu whiffed 98 batiters. Statistics on the first half follow: }c practically licked every one of th?l75-poundersA to go‘out ‘after Gene Tunncy and the bigger boy’ nhmunon has told him ta confine his activities to his own class. He wants) The New York Boxing Maybe the title away and let the other boys mashed lips and renewed his futile| charge after an elusive foe. Delaney would stop, shoot in his left to the body and follow through with his uppercut sending Paul's head bac" with a snap. Jack Actually Outslugged Paul. The Bridgeport Adonis kept up the fast pace @nd actually outslugged his heavier adversary at different times, A new and better Delaney was revealed to the huge crowd. The fourteenth was a bad round for the fading champlon. Jack stag gered his man with a terrific right cross and Berlenbach’s knees knocked together., Only Paul Berlenbach coule take Deldpey’s hard smashes and nc* g0 _dowp. What a wonderful battle it was to see. Berlenbach, the gamester, made an heroic stand in defense of his title. He stubbornly contested eversy inch of the way. Against any other man the much improved assassin would ‘be returned an easy winner. Making weight for the fight was hardship for the former champion’ He is no longer a light-heavy. drying out the day before he st was overweight. His trainer worked'l hard over him and rubbed more than a pound off. This only goes to prove Dan = Higkey's assertion that h fighter is better off fighting the bigge fellows and not taking any chances by reducing ‘below his natural pound. age. (Copyrizht 19 SAMS’ HURLING AIDS NAVY DEer T0 reTie VICTORY IN POTOMAC LOOP FOR MONTH AT LEAST ~NEW YORK, July 17 (®.—Jack Delaney went back to Bridgeport. Conn., today with the world's light heavyweight championship, a purse of $100,000 and a sprained left thum! Before he left, however, he called oiT all engagements for a month, post poning his proposed matches with Francois Charles, Eurcpean light heavyweight champion, and Jack Sharkey, Boston heavyweight. As a result. of Delaney's injury, suffered in the second round of his fight with Paul Berlenbach last night Promoter Humbert J. Fugazy, can celed his Ebbets Field show for next Wednesday night, in which the winner of the Delaney-Berlenbach match wax signed tw meet the European 175 pound king. Ie plans' to hold tie exhibitions, without change. as soon as Delaney is in shape to box, some time in August. o Pete Reilly, Delaney's managei. said today Delaney was in good shay except for the thumb. He said new title holder will remain in seol:r sion for at least a month befors : | attempting to 's’“‘" for future matches® FIGHT ‘SITE DECISION SOUGHT BY DEMPSEY By the Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 17.—Jack Dempsey, training here for his proposed fight this Fall, announced today he had sent his personal repre- § | sentative, Gene Norrfiile, to New York %7 | moter, regarding the bout. to confer with Tex Rickard, fight pro- He said he 5 | was doing this because of Rickard's ‘.‘ 3 > ] X NN N e Doglen. WL Schmidt, Labor. ' 1. Rob’ 5 222 asssm aicarons e s Shelebarsastoooremataandatas ™) g".»,;.:zg'.‘.. BanE s R Banis! ARG atLg . s weSn e trudSuiuatuSlusolaarennEac R e 2190 © SDDEWPDIWIBAD SRS 153 O 0 D O3 130 DD e L DI LD v &5 = e s b = - e oy 3 i3 12 I Bk S 8 e s’ s = Ry £ isisioisic - S fetSo el SR8a T o R o= e S eyt isi e 1) QeSTaam-I perotetutey 385420095535 g8 " thouwhotvy«o,mur in these| The cubr tchers “What was pradieced Jor them 1o Anmnr continued silence as to where the bout would be held. The champion declared he was in ood condition and “could step into the ring in three weeks in defense of my _title." “If my scheduled fight with Gene Tunney cannet be held in the East, 1 want to know it." he said, “I have 10 other offexs under consideration. If Rickard cannot hold it in the Has# I_want to know so I can make other -rrn.nxomonu in the ‘West or elsef where.” Normile sald he talked with Rick- ard over long distan elephone ves- terday and failed to any satisfac- tion other than the statement that "0$I'Ythnl will be all flKh o /HOSENBERG IS MAT MATCHED AGAINST MIDGET SMITH CLEVELAND, July 17 (#.— Charley (Phil) Rosenberg, bantam- weight champjon, will appear on an all-star card at Taylor Bowl July 28. He is slated to box Midget Smith, idgeport, Conn.. 10 rounds t> a de- Gision, but his title will not. be in r, as the men will weigh in above the bantamweight limit. In other, 10vound bouts Eddie Shea, Chicago, meets Johnny Leon. ard of Allentown, Pa., and K. O. Phil Kaplan takes on Lary Estridge, rormur middleweight negro ehamplon $10,000 GOLF MATCH snn: MacDondld = Smith- and w‘lhn Hagen will play a_golf match of 7 holes for $10,000. This is believed to be the greatest amount of money ever wagered on a single event BASE BALL,%3A AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK , Washington vs. Cleveland SALE AT PARK' 'ncxm ON i AT 9:00 AM.