Show Te Tex to to Comb England for Worthy Opponent OpponentS S for Dempsey Will Be Necessary to Entirely Entirely En En- S. S Change England's Antiquated S I ed Style of Boxing Prettily Is going to have a E E ENGLAND champion of ot the world If It theres there's a man manon on the tight little Island who can bump D Dempsey from his 2213 throne They've been hunting for a great he heavyweight S In En England lana ever since little Charlie Mitchells l time time and haven't found the right man But now English sportsmen are arc going to have expert assistance T Tex Tea TexO x O Rourke Is on his wa way Tex Tea was selected for the Job by half halt a dozen English gentlemen ot or S means In Now New York and the whole campaign has been planned in detail de de- de- de tail Within a year ear O says hell he'll have an English contender who will be a R. Charlie Mitchell a Bob Fitsimmons a Peter Maher laher and a Jim Jeffries Tx- Tx afi all In one laher e. Mr contract provides that he is to go to England Ingland and spend as much time as he ho finds necessary combing the entire country country coun coun- try for tor the strongest toughest gamest handiest big man on English En gush glish soil eoll Having found the tho gentleman In I question Mr e who stands about six feet teet three weighs pounds and possesses a scientific knowledge of boxing and the traInIng training training train traIn- ing necessary for fighting will spend a few tew months more more a year year teaching teaching coaching and ana training his man in American heavyweight boxing methods 1 l was Tex O who prepared Jess for the fight with Jack Johnson A or OP YS I Joe Beck Beckett tt present heavyweight champion of ot England has a working part In Mr s plan Beckett Beckett Beckett Beck Beck- ett Isn't much of or a figure as a champion but hell he'll have his use When Tex Tea has developed his prospective prospective prospective pros pros- champion Beckett will Ill be betaken betaken betaken taken on as A sort of a a. trial horse The new heavyweight will flatten flatten flat flat- ten Beckett hackett and take thE tho British title knock over any others who care caro to argue with him get s-et a littie lit lit- tie experience In that way and then hike for America Dempsey and un ona of those million half purses According to Tex Tea its it's all very simple aIm sim le e. e S In the old days Tex Tea says n n- n gland had a a. lot of ot great heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight fighters Theres There's plenty of fighting blood in England nn and 1 there are any number of or men bIgand big bigand bigand and strong enough to fight tight Dempsey Demp Demp- sey I 1 first got t the Idea of hunting huntin th fO for a British lt heavyweight a el champion champion cham cham- pion when I saw an English regiment regiment regiment regi regi- ment in which every man was over six feet tall tall tall-a. a thousand potential Cornwall where IOU BOD Fitzsimmons was born r is s crowded with 11 rugged men of the tle h fr mC mona mons s type I I will rl probably have to run a afew afew afew few tournaments to weed out applicants for when Its It's known all aU allover allover over England that we are going Ing to develop the best man we can find and give gl him a a. chance for tor fame and anda a fortune well we'll find thousands eager to try for it 1 I expect to find at least three or four who would have a chance with Dempsey BOXING A J Then It 11 will be a matter of ot studying the characteristics of the themen themen men trying them out thoroughly taking the best prospect and giving s him a scientific education in the boxing methods that made Jim Jeffries Jet Jet- fries Jack Jacl Johnson Jess Willard Jack Dempse John JOhnL L L. Sullivan and Bob Fitzsimmons the greatest heavyweights In history The only reason England has not developed a great heavyweight In Inthe Inthe inthe the past quarter-century quarter is that they expect heavyweights hea to dance ance and tap like e bantams depending on the traditional straight left lett and the antiquated English boxing style which Is pretty prett but not effective When I have found my m man n Ill I'll take all the time necessary to teach him how to fight tight In the best American American Ameri Amen can style give him as much ring experience as he lIe needs and then bring bring- him over to campaign for tor the heavyweight crownI crown I t have financial backing that will wll assure success Im I'm an American Ameri Amen can of ot course and have no Interest in making an English champion aside from the fact that it would be a fine tine sporting proposition and interesting from a scientific point of ref view England has had few tew promising heavyweights In recent years ears Ian lan Hague better known as Iron Hague looked wonderfully good a afew afew afew few years ago Hague was as a huge fellow tellow built like Jim Jeffries He knocked out all aU English rivals r quickly quIck but his backers made a mistake in hurrying him along Sure that he could knock out any any- American heavyweight ht they Imported Import Import- t ed sti Sam Langford Sam was then at athis athis athis his best and one of ot the greatest fighting heavyweights ever er seen In Ina Ina ina a a ring rinK Hague Knocked Sam down for tor a anine anine anine nine second count in the first round but Sam recovered and knocked the bl big fellow tellow out after aCter a gruelling fight tight that broko broke Hague Hagues a spit t en- en i I and ruined what might have I been a great career in the ring Bombardier Wells was a i. i magnificent magnificent cent boxer but lacked th the cool confidence con con- necessary to a champion Beckett is strong but has nothing else lIE ItEN MADDEN l SOUGHT REVENGE Tex O notion isn't entirely en en- new Years ago Billy Madden Madden Mad Mad- den a good boxer and manager quarreled with John L L. Sullivan and went to England to find a man to whip John Madden had a R. great experience running tournaments Inmany in inmany inmany many English cities S. At last he developed a giant of or a aman aman aman man who knocked out all rivals and looked like a world beater until a little fellow came to Madden one day and begged to be given n a trial bout with the big man The little fellow tellow knocked the the giant out beat all others in the tho tournament and i was at last selected by Madden to it beat f Sullivan He came near doing o it at at Chantilly France e where r the two fought a desperate drawn ba bat tie The little fellow was Charlie Mitchell e A wonderful h fighter but l ii never more or th than a middleweight he was too light to win the big blK title Peter Maher was discovered In Ireland and brought over to fight tight Sullivan He knocked out a a. lot of ot good men came within an ace ace of or knocking out Bob I Fitzsimmons but never reached the top of ot the class MILLIONS L IN IT Fl 1 i rOIl Folt lk D plan ma may work out If Ie it does it will add a a. lot or ot Interest interest inter Inter- est eat to the heavyweight situation An international bout between Jack Dempsey and a real contender from England the ancient home of or boxIng boxIng box box- Ing would outdraw the Dempsey Dempsey- Carpentier fight And It if could develop a champion there'd there d be millions In it Its It's worth trying Tex Tea doesn't underestimate the difficulties I 1 think Dempsey the great greatest st I fighter tighter I ever saw he said Wll WIl lard lardas as he lie was at Havana could have given him a terrific battle but I never saw Raw another man with Jacks Jack's aggressive fighting spirit and de determination de- de termination lIe He Is the best representative representative representative j de-j of the American style of or boxing driving forceful and a a. constant constant constant con con- stant direct attack that provides Its Us own defense Im I'm going oln to use Dempsey as a a. pattern and when I I. I bring my man over a year from now youre you're going to see two Dempses Dempse's Demp- Demp ses se's in the ring Dempsey may bethe bethe be bethe the one to drop Hes He's human and any human being hit right will go down S 'S Copyright t. t d 1923 by Inc the e Bell hell Syndicate Syn Syn- I |