Show ACK JACK DEMPSEY HAS HASROCKY HASROCKY HASI I ROCKY HIGHWAY TO CLIMB AFTER TITLE t p BY JACK SKELLY f 0 el hL berr contender for the worM worlds B championship has root met the the- opposition and obstacles that Jack Dempsey of of- Salt SaIl Lake Laken J 3 in Ui n his onward march to the big title He lie must not only dispose of all alla a er r candidates for tho big crown in a most decisive manner but he is COUlto corned corn com fd ed to fa face faco e and combat the disorganized and muddled up conditions of tho the thon tholine at present Il line n game John I La L. Sullivan Jim Corbett Bob Fitzsimmons Jim Jeffries and all alli alle i e other former fonner kings of the ring had a 8 comparatively cl easy I ed d to the exalted title compared to Jack Jaek the Giant Killer J Let t. t me here herc I i te A few fe handicaps and obstructions which have ha blocked Dempsey Dempsey's S 'S march ii lir I re or II less to the heavyweight championship p f Firt has frequently tl challenged Willard for r an opportunity I for the title but Jess Tess simply saws wood makes no reply and ond holds to the crown without on any rhyme or reason renson In the tho old days nys a D. champion Jd he be forced by public opinion alone to defend the title When T challenged peTI by Y a n worthy orthy rth cont contender But s Ia-s jS j'S a titleholder makes his own I 1 C In and simply does oes as ho he pleases p I iI iId n- n d has not been belll handled II I I set eIt imagine a n. fellow tellow like Ue I holding three decisions Meehan Kir aT U trl Im him and hI his manager making no art rt to secure cure a 3 return match with I I In order to out this aIs sh on on Dempsey's record Surely Kuroly a flatter utter I. does doe not fear teor the tat fat bo boy of ot I UI JT 14 Francisco but Wh why dont don't ho he go So goAH AH tr Mm tm and wipe out those black blackI I irks j Third ThIrd Then Then there's theres two nn Jrr t fightS with Billy Dilly Demp- Demp demand a twenty round T t M-t Iut test st with Ith Iske in order to prove J over o such a 0 formidable Its It's quite evident that Jack Jacl u nent U t beat bed Billy decisively In six or ore orro 1 e ro rounds so it behooves Dempsey to tob itt b t MIke on for tor twenty sessions ln ID lets leu will do bo boy It It I If Ie h hardly probable that t the husky ol Is saving saving- lIske for tor an- an occasion although h such an expert as M Walter Wahter St. St writes I regarding his suspicions There t weren't terent yer very iery m many n people rl hot that Jack Dempsey Dempse would t j I rt rude to Billy Misko Isko A as to crack n rI the th-e chin Inside that six round II if 1 which prevails In Philadelphia H. H Taking a leaf lent from old Sam Boras Bora's book It la is b becoming quite imry for Mr r. r Dempsey Dempse to learn the thera ra JJ How 0 1 to Save Saxe Them for Ant An- An Jt t D DOla DO- DO la a period of Sam Samp career carcer ho ha was waR nt out of ot boys bOR who could ft t him lm to gt It coin with which to j I I. I the table with bread an and but- but preservation of ot tho the popular lads Earns Earn's reported method and until 43 t. t the hued ebony fellow can to battle with whenever strikes him or some somo matcher match match- tr er ret gets the Idea dea of ot staging Sam Sarn Out Oat of or Opponents h Tie fame iame period of ot Dempsey's xa- xa a i 11 YounG n ho I I. In n the n game Cam ho Is 11 last last- ral t- t running r t Ou t That nast nasty way a ho has hasL L ping his opponents opponent on the chin reining his Ills future Earlier such i were cro all right Tho They ha har had lt sir r effect the creation Croatian of or the under- under i In la most mon people who follow tollow 11 fIr Ig t that Jack Dempsey Dempse Is a aty au u ty 11 formidable toe foe for Champion Willard lIlard to tackle Fo hath John th-John John John the tho Bar Bar- I former manager cerS 1 S 'S gave ve the tho latter a a. barrel of ot trou- trou a L nd and legal leal obstacles to overcome thing hU his is mone money and spoiling mall many J M for him But Jack fought the 11 iff tonsorial tormentor to a ah the courts and finally knock knock- tin ln l legally out But It was Vas a a. long longi i ind aad expensive fight for lor the theJa Salt Ja Lake Cit gladiator And P And what an unjust roasting pe e of ot the boxing writers VO T o poor lit for drawing tho the color line when whon refuted to be framed up against Annette at Madison Square Gark Gar Gar- k recently I would like to quote x ag of the unfair accusations atlon made mado Ps I tt t t Dempsey In regard to this thit ata at- at a they would consume too much T space pac I consider r. r however that Art E. E.- Collyer irvy r presents a a. good I arguIn II In k Inthe the following editorial l para para- I f h on this particular r question 1 u 1 I l A. A p Y Tn lr W Ic u L 1 tsP p y t In his determination never to toU tot t U a negro In the tho ring Jack Jock Johnl JohnI John- John l' l I tenure an u worlds world's champion did didi ld i I rt no good and colored men of tta I or ot Peter Jackson are arc unique J ts either as all challenger er holder announces ho will meet T 7 ma nun man In tho the world he has ehl Ml that tho the sporting world can 4 l d of ot him I sath i Probably tho greatest handl- handl J L Is ls under la Js his lack of ot 4 J. J Uc boxing lIes He's a n great hitter hitler C I tJ it game parne h has hs s fine endurance treat stamina but hes he's not an acI ac ac- I tate lite puncher and docs does not time limo his ii well elL j He lIe misses 8 too often orton and fous U a a. real skillful opponent Jack fr apt to whip himself b by hi hiM hili rust t and blows in 1 lilt I I 5 X d. d Teaching i bi II manager ner IH is wise wi hell holl secure oure ij I I t to of ot omo ot of t tho 01 old 1 ring rIm teach him the this many fine I b or of the tho game No o man was over ever overN f v N y champion who was not notOr q a Or i lua cl clever v r In n Even Evon teti lObo L t. Sullivan who was Ire Ire- re- re I. I Icily ain Called d a more slugger had ft n e amunt of skill and vIse 1 S Which made maae Ira hint a 3 great reat I beater r They can cay aay ay what tho they r the old d cla Gladiator lator but h hi he n i nail ot moro more than ordinary In- In l ili and nd used his brain aa as well I i Physical power to win I Jl i J I. I l e bat battle tIe arUe with a writer in Th The Ne EVening Sun Sun- who criticize criticizes I I Giant Killer in th the follow tallow I I pey Is la a natural fighter tighter II lie He Heh killing ng hitter v with either ll hand i h bj hits bits or ID from any angle at al short i ual range Ho no can take hard wal- wal Yell en l a ae ho he deals ju thorn out and n Crane W appears to bo without But ut at tho the pr present time In hut hefa Ii ti fa and finesse H HK lie I 11 K h he nj mistakes that would b bel c ck a mad mado them when opposed heavy Y I s IS th hitter as Willard was wai I. I 1 e bl bC big champion wa was wan at hit his tile ft I ConsIder D Dempsey y the logi I fl roost for the bl bK big crown Town he's hes being a real scientific tl tighter fighter I ire Oe c Combats and I experience ho h I Jr t cr cr dev develop lop into a worthy 4 formidable champion den n fJ former r p President nt Tuft Taft ha hat I the offer otter to be the enI su IU- IU I I premo controller of ot organized baseball baseball base base- ball It might he well and wise Ise to ask that great patron o of the manly art i Colonel Roosevelt also Roosevelt also a time one President o of this bl big nation nation to to become I the head and front of ot the tho boxing game With such a a. mighty man In the high command of at boxing the sport port would Ir greatly ath thrive and progress pros Of Ot course 1 I know the colonel colon l is a very r- r busy bUlli man with many other important affairs on hl his mind hut but If It the boxing proposition were properly placed before him himlie himlie lie he might lieu b Induced to accept the task of ot organizing organising tho the gain Jam and thereby put It on a higher standard stand stand- ard There Thero in is no nl man more capable and antl fit tit to uplift boxing than Col Cot Theodoro Theodore Roosevelt How about it colonel |