Show q I 1 L N q I V 1 I FIGHT J. J A fl D. D OPE fi F- F c k B By V H Hardy ar V K D Downing o I o 4 01 l p F I J Jack k Dempsey worlds world's heavyweight champion is rapidlY rapidly tak- tak in ine unto himself another championship which is far from being an I enviable one and one which is no doubt causing hj him no end of Annoyance as well as considerable expense that of being the most TiM sued su d man in the country E Since winning the worlds world's heavyweight title Dempsey has b been n sued so many tim times s that it must keep his social secretary Teddy Hayes busy keeping track of them all and if half alf of the factions actions against him were decided against him for half of the Amount amount prayed rayed for he would have to fight a Georges Carpentier about twice a year in m in order to pay the judgments against him m One Mr Stillman started the fireworks shortly after Dempsey was acquitted of a slacker charge by starting suit for v something l I over a hundred thousand dollars claimed to be due on a verbal in regards some moving picture royalties and assistance I Id d money spent in assisting him in beating the slacker charge I si Since ce then they have all taken a crack at Dempsey for different I Rings dings ranging from a doctors doctor's bill to breach of promise aliena- aliena lon Ion of affections damages for personal injury alleged to have been inflicted upon a man who was painting his home in iri Los Angeles t. t his brother and Secretary Teddy Hayes and now com comes s Alex- Alex finder Ii der Pantages with a suit for a hundred thousand dollars for forIt It ged breach of contract with the vaudeville firm At the time Dempsey was advertised to appear in the local locala a house some time ago and failed to make his appearance appear- appear a anie ance e it was common talk on the streets here that the champion lad tried to have his contract to appear in his home town canceled he was reluctant to appear here and failure to do so refused p blank to come and shortly afterwards left for New York City ft to join his manager Jack Kearns who was busy trying to put puter putter o er a match between Dempsey and Wills or any other logical ter o or failure to do so was going to make a tour of o I Iro Europe ro Nothing has really realty developed in regards to a match for I I Q for far the simple reason there is no demand for a match tween Dempsey and any man in the boxing game today the fans that there isn't a man in the world today who figures 0 Vive give him a good workout The European tour has not materialized as yet and Dempsey as' as reported to be hotfooting it towards Los Cos Angeles a few days daysi o 6 i and it may be that the suit just reported to have been started Pantages has something to do with his hurried departure for forIe forlie I lie le Ie land of movies jP At the time Dempsey moved him family bag and baggage s Los Angeles the story went the rounds that he had shaken thet the 1 I It t of Salt Lake from his shoes for all time as he felt he had hd a at r levance against his home town Of course a man has a perfect right to choose his own abode Pd d if he have ha ve his family in Los Angeles whatever jie l lie e reason leason ih sTis own affair but if he he failed to get the con con- d Tation dation here that he felt was due him it was his or his managers manager's Suit autt for for generally speaking he was treated with more ion here than his actions merited and now that he is being sued jor or a fortune in Los Angeles Angeles' he may decide to take it out on the I people of that vicinity at large and quit them coldI cold I Of course a man in Dempsey's position is subject to all kinds o j shakedown propositions and the chances are that the majority the the suits against him are nothing more nor less than an effort tt shake him loose from some of the easy money he has nade ade but where there is so much smoke there must be some fire a Id d its it's apt to prove quit qui quite x siye before he he gets them all ped off the slate Tommy Cello whom Harry B. B Smith sporting editor of the Sari SariF Sa San F F. Chronicle and Sol Levinson sporting authority of San Francisco pay uy say is undoubtedly tho the best bost pound boy in in the tho bay vicinity having met metal fall thero there for the two without losing a battle is is anxious l al aJ comers past years hi Co t Ju conclusions with an nv of f the JhA hAst best boys of nf his weight around bore I I I I I I I |