Show CRITIC BELIEVES E II EVE S JACK DEMPSEY HAS CLASS New York Writer Reviews vs Salt Lake Boxers Boxer's Career Fulton Should Meet Him By Allan M Markley BY ALLAN MARKLEY Staff Correspondent International News Service NE NEW r YORK March 3 Jack I.-Jack Jack Dempses Demp- Demp soy's ses ring career looks as thou though h he heco co could Jd make things 1 unpleasant for either Fred Fulton or Champion Jess Willard I If they should be brought together He has participated in thirty-six thirty ring battles and amid has to hl his credit nine round one-round knockouts Fulton now no seems scorns Inclined to ignore Dempsey's Dempse 9 claim for a meeting before he tackles s Willard Whether the public will stand tand for Cor such a deal remains to be he seen This round one-round wonder was bom born at atIa Manassa Manassa Ma- Ma nassa Colo Cob of American parents While he lie was but a a. boy his father moved movell to Provo Pro Utah where he lie spent his time lime working while Fulton was Wul plastering In Minnesota He began n hl his pugilistic career carCer In Salt Lake CH City taking laking part in local sporting club events One da day he decided that Broa Broadway waY needed him and he packed a a. I. I suit case caC and headed tom for New York When he arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived here ho he soon fell Cell Into the hands of managers and promoters who were glad slad to lian Handle le a promising man like this six six- foot westerner He took part In a couple of small shows sho but failed to produce and soon left wiser left wiser but not richer Jack Kearns a n manager then picked the tho bo boy up and took him to San Fran Fran- cisco co On the west coast const round four bouts were In order at that time This suited Dempsey Dempse He lIe had not yet et recovered erect frn lb Ih J u nn n him m His Hi first opponent was Will WIIl Mcchan Meehan who will battle with Fred Fulton In Denver Denver Den Den- ver Vcr tomorrow night In the thc short space of or four rounds Demp Dempsey ey handed Meehan a sound walloping wallop- wallop ing and stepped Immediately tel Into fame Then followed a series of victories In San Francisco When hen his fame began besan to spread Racine Wis I sent In an S. S O. O S. S for Dempsey to fight there Kearns brought him to Racine and he administered a knockout to Homer Smith in the first round After Smith came camo Carl Morris in But But- falo tab Morris as usual was W not taking kindly to tho tile knockout h tactics he ho was forced to face nce and s started fouling after the first round Dempsey then asked the referee and hl hi his seconds to refrain from rom protesting or interfering and proceeded to take hs hR vengeance In tho sixth roun round Morris Morris' seconds threw In the tho sponge to save the tM big fellow fehlo from front the inevitable knockout out The Tho showing made b by Dempsey against C Cart rl Morris was much hotter than the tho six round sOrt sorry mess mels that Fulton made of the affair In Canton Canlon 0 O. when he met the big Irish Indian n. n Dempsey then sta staged ed a 8 come-back come In Ina Ina ina a battle with Jim Flynn knocking him out in tIme the first round lound This Is the lie record upon which he bases his hll claim for or R. R bout with the Rochester plasterer before that slugger meets Joss Jess iv Willard i Some Somo of Jack Jacl Demp Dempsey's ey most Important Important tant taut fights Jim Flynn Salt Lake CIt City Dempsey knocked out In the thc first round Willie Meehan 1 San Francisco te sey won four rounds Al 1 Norton San Sari Francisco Dempsey won Clr first t round knockout out Charles Moller San l Francisco Dempse Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- se sey won first roun round knockout Bob McAllister San Dempsey Demp Demp- sey won on four our rounds Gunboat Smith San an Demp- Demp SC won four rounds Curl Carl Curl Morris San gan Francisco Dempsey e won four rounds Homer Smith Racine Ivis Dempsey won on first round knockout x Carl Morris Buffalo BuHalo Dempsey won six rounds Jim Jini 1 Flynn Salt Take Lake Demp Dempsey e won first round knockout Bill Brennan Milwaukee rn Dem Dein ey won six roun rounds s. s |