Show OPERATiON I S 5 I SUCCESSFUL S Dempsey Should Be in ii I S Better Beter Shape for Next Bout By nE HENRY HENRI Y I L. L S United l r Staff Staf Correspondent FlOW NEV YORK YORI March arch 3 Jack Jack Dempsey's Demp Demp- soy's sey's ashamed to be seen leen in a a night night- gown That's all al that's the matter with S him Hell He'll Hel be be better than ever was II in another week weel Thia report from from the bedside where wiSer C Dempsey was vas reported lying with I a alced sliced anatomy anatomy and a wrecked career was made mad late this anI by Teddy eddy Hayes secretary and Companion of th the 5 worlds world's l heavyweight anI champion Dempsey was Mas was was' sitting on the side of ot the he bed In the hospital this morning I when he le read in the papers that he had suffered a a and was in lu a a serious i condition that he had been operated I Ion on for or a a. a bad hernia and never would I Iu be able I to fight I t tg again g He had a good i Jg laugh u and said I if they wanted lal t to t bury him now hed he'd bate hato to get real sick on their hands Hayes said The champion according to his secretary secre score tary ary Wax Was vas up today and the hospital visiting several of at his sick lck neighbors He She entertained twp two twO little east elders siders who ho came came to deliver delver a package package pack pack- age at the hospital and asked aked the nurse If It they couldn't see de champ Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey saw aw them and autographed some cards for tor them They had had Italian names and n the nc c champ had a tough l time spellIng spell spell- log Ing them n on the autographs o r Hayes rS said Dempsey is feeling well en enough now to receive his hip hl friends but he Is sticking to a resolution to let none of ot the boys boja see me in this thle nightgown The champion knew that It I would annoy annoy an an- noy amy the hospital attendants If It he be re received re- re too nn many Visitors and on h he decided Af too nn many Visitors and on h he decided Af ad hI that If he he could not see all aU of his trl friends he would receive none of them The opera operation lion according to Dr Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert E. E Brennan Brennan who performed it I was for tor a a fistula and hemorrhoids not for hernia Dempsey will wi be out of at the hospital In a week or ten days clays and he will wl be in condition to defend his title tte early arly in the spring If 1 he be wants to the doctor said I this afternoon He repeated previous declarations that the operation had been a a success and that Dempsey's Dempley's condition was more than satisfactory Jack ought to be b better beter the next time he fights than he ever has been Hayes said sid He was bothered in his training for Gibbons and Firpo fights tights last summer and was not able to get himself into perfect condition He knew that an operation was vas the only means of getting permanent relief and he decided upon it It If I Dempsey wanted tp have some me kind lind Ind of ot a. a secret operation a he certainly would uld not have selected a prominent hospital a in New York and anti would woula not have made it public that tat he wa was was' going I the on table Hayes said sid |