Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-03 | Page 16 | Babe Ruth may Take on Dempsey in near Future

BABE RUTH MAY TAKE ON DEMPSEY IN NEAR FUTURE DOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 2 Babe Ruth, outfielder for the Boston American Ameri-can league baseball club and champion home-run hitter of the world, may bo-aceepting. bo-aceepting. -The athletic committee boxer, it was announced here today. Kid McCoy, a former pugilist, and Al St. John, a motion picture actor, today entered Into an agreement by j which AJcCov will train Ruth for thir-I thir-I ty days, and, If his report is fayoranle, i it is said, St. John will finance a campaign cam-paign of tho outfielder to obtain a match with Jack Dempsey, heavyweight heavy-weight champion. St. ohn said he had backing for Ruth to the extent of $50,000 if McCoy's Mc-Coy's report was favorable. Ruth has given up plans to become a motion picture actor, it i.s said. Tho home-run-hittirg champion said he used to box in preliminary con-! con-! tests in Baltimore when he was a mere i boy. ' "I have always wanted to be a pro-i pro-i fossional boxer." said Ruth tonignt, j "but I gave up any future 1 might have had in that game to play baseball. base-ball. If McCoy and St. John think I have anv future, 1 am willing to do evervlhing they ask. Tf J fail as a boxer it will be because I played baseball base-ball too long."