Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-10-26 | Page 22 | Dempsey's Partner Says Jack's in Big Dough Now

Dempsey's Partner Says Jack's in Big Dough Now - . By JACK CUDDY United Frets Sport Writer ' NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UP) Within II month hell be a millionaire again the great Jack Dempsey. Right now he's worth more than $750,000., " -, Therefore Dempsey has made the' greatest comeback in the history of pugilism. i Six years ago he was broke. He and his manager, Jack Kearns, had blown between 13.000.000 and dough, but who haven't got it now and who lack the intelligence and education to make even a livelihood, liveli-hood, onee they hang up their gloves. Dempsey was broke six years ago, just like most ex-pugs, but today be is marching toward another an-other million dollars. The man who gives this figure Is the little fellow you never hear about his restaurant partner, Jacob Ja-cob Amron. "Jake" admits to Dempsey's financial affluence with reluctance, because Dempsey is making money beyond the Amron sphere of Influenced -.anaJnnntennnn aaasaaJ'JsMBBAsssaMi an. iea atntana-aaeaeai jsTslaw neeae, an S a&vennffBBnaay nee as ajsa cloak and suit business with Billy Taub. He's in the liquor business with somebody else. And he jumps around the country like a flea ref-ereeing ref-ereeing boxing and wrestling bouts. 'Continued1 on Follewlns ran) 000,000 that the Utah Mauler had earned with his explosive fists during the heyday hey-day of Tex Rick-ard. Rick-ard. He lost his world heavy-weight heavy-weight crown in September, 1928, to Gene Tunney. He tried to take ltfrom .Tunney In Sept ember, '27, at Chicago, but failed. Later 7I he tried a come- Dempsey back campaign that wound up when he was licked by Kingflsh Levinsky. Like all other ex-heavy champs, Dempsey failed to regain the crown. But differing from ex-champs ex-champs and ex-fighters In virtually every division, this brawny, black-haired black-haired son of the west Is rehabilitating rehabili-tating himself financially. And that is a greater comeback than any he could have pounded out In the ring. This is impressively true when one recalls that the most .hopeless and most helpless flotsam of any sport are the ex-pugs, who were good fellows when they had Jack Rebuilds His Finances (CooUra Tnm Praeedtaut Past) Sure, he's making monew in those things, but I don't like it If he'd only stick In New York he'd make money twice as fast In our restaurants restaur-ants on Eighth avenue and on Broadway and In the new J250,-000 J250,-000 tavern In the Grand Central district for which we'll sign the lease next week. He's getting nearly (100,000 a year off the restaurants, res-taurants, and he could make a lot more. Yes he owns half of each restaurant In dollars and cents. He's not fronting for me or anyone else. ( Amron, small, elderly, with brownish gray hair, is the guy who started Dempsey on his financial finan-cial comeback. Tired of the night clubs he had operated for years, Amron sought a "big name" man with whom he could team in running run-ning high class taverns. After investigating in-vestigating Dempsey for three months he decided he was the man. Amron detests Dempsey's other activities, but he is forced to admire ad-mire him for his whirlwind pace In the world of business. Little Jake says: "I don't know how he does it He's going from morning to night until late night And he's never still. He's like a clock that's wound up and can t atop. Always he's on the go making benefit' appearances. He took lee-sons lee-sons In talking from an elocution teacher. And now he's one of the best public speakers I ever heard. But I wish he'd stay In our restaurants. res-taurants. He's making money so fast that he'll be a millionaire again within a year and a half. And I wonder what he'll do then."