Show DEMPSEY PROMISES BIG THINGS TO FIGHT FANS WHO FOLLOW RINGSIDE By D. D L. L Whitehurst D victory over Willard Willara l at nt Tole Toledo o h lias s been taken with consid consid- consid crable hilarity by th the fight fans of the nation nahon Promoters and sport writers declare they see in the future great things now that the the heavy heavy- heavyweight weIght championship has fallen i ito to to the hands of the the stiff type type Willards Willard's unpopularity among the fighters arid fans was due only to his Jack lack of interest in the thc game lie Ito put on the gloves against Johnson because he lie liked to feel their gold linings That ho lie had the right hunch about what the tire job was worth to him is verified by the fact that he ret retired r d from the ring with v. v th a fortune estimated at I I Willard told the thc writer within a l few weeks after atter he had knocked Johnson stiff stif that he did not intend to fight again until ho he had to lIe Ho declared he knew he would be a II drawing rawln card as 8 long IonS as ho was champion and that ho was going to uso use his standing to the best of his ability At the time he made the tho statement Willard was completing arrangements ts to go the circus He s said id at that time that he carried no love for the ring that he was simply champion champion champion cham cham- pion because he was the lucky one who got ot to Johnson Dempsey Change Situation With Dempsey the situation is completely completely com corn changed If the local boy cannot cannot cannot can can- not get a i scrap started with some somo ono one every n new w moon It Is predicted that ho hoIs hois hois Is going to get pretty cussed Ho fights because he loves tho the game Which Is the kind of ot champion champl n the sporting sporting- blood of ot the nation nallon likes Ultes Promise that the heavyweight clr circle le lewill will take on aspects likened u to o a a. visiting cat delegation Is made by the manager of Dempsey Tho unfortunate past of ot tho th heavyweight boys since tho the days of Jim Jeffries will be Immedi Immediately forgotten Dempsey Is going to fight all aU com corn ers That seems to bo be pretty well vell de decIded decided decided de- de upon Ho He is going to make a alot alot lot of or mone money and he is going to spend nearly as much He has not the business bustness bust busi ness neBS sense displayed by lIe He Heis lIeIs lIeIs is more moro of ot the tho type typo of ot fighters who used to ornament the ring forty years a ago 0 A sort of or come easy go cas easy eazy Right now ho is completing arrangements arrange- arrange ments meats with a vaudeville aude clr circuit which promised to pay him a thousand dollars dollars dol dol- lars lam a night Ho He would be bo a foolish bird if he did not grab Erab some of tho the easy kale ale A month from now would be too late for tor the tho public wants 10 get geta a chance to see the man who mopped up on the Kansas giant Dempsey will not be champion of ot the world July 4 It 1921 That is my personal dope on tho the matter Past records of or tho the fight tight show that men o of the tho t type pe of D that that horn In kind kind have have vo never lasted It is not only good in the heavyweights but In all classes Not many years ago l Knockout Knock nock out Brown pronounced d one of or tho the greatest little fighting men the ring had ever produced was startling tho the ring followers But he passed like he came as aB a comet comel In the sky So tho the prediction that Jack will not be champion champion champion cham cham- pion two years front from now may not nat be be popular but it has a a. lot of or records back of it It is also a pretty safe safo bet that J Jack ck will be beabout about as poor a year car irom the tho time ho he takes ot off the tho belt as he was wasa a year ear before beCore he ho donned it This statement is made by many persons who have known Dempsey lor br several years ears Fan Funa Gone Cone Limit The apex in iii purses for tor fights tights has bas been reached The Tho public gently handed hand hand- ed Tex a note noto In Toledo that the limit had been reached when they refused to attend There Thero is a whole lot of ot side lights which come into t. t tj question question question ques ques- tion of ot attendance to a prize prise rig ng In Toledo as they have havo done dono elsewhere when fights were wore to be held they held they simp simply robbed the tho visitor Twenty dollars dollars dol dot lars for a cot amid a mass of or sweaty cat snoring fight tight fahs is only ono one of tho the results of ot Toledos Toledo's profiteering The sporting public has a limit lImtt to their pocketbook contents They aro are not aH all millionaires although a goodly majority of ot them are aro rc well fixed through necessity But the fact tact that th only the well fixed attend tights fights docs not lessen the crowds of men I who watch tho the bulletin bon ds Tho sporting blood Is in the American races and alwn always s 's will vill bo be there there there-at at least until the motion picture censors change tho the fans Cans hearts b by not allowing the pictures s o of the tho fights tights to be shown on account of ot the alleged br brutality taHt I |