Show MAXINE DEMPSEY the woman who has caused so much worry and grief to Jack ack Dempsey during the past week She still insists that she holds positive proof that that t the le heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- w weight ight cha champion evaded military duty through affidavits affidavits' secured by him from her by fraud She is well well known in certain sections of Salt L Lake ke City I 9 I S L 1 d 2 7 1 I t b b fi S. S Q w s t y S 4 1 v t i 1 P a aS S C tt s j 4 e S k Dempsey Case P anels lets Darcy BOTH ATTACKED AS WAR IVA SLACKERS Will Jack Meet Similar Fate 7 By Bill Y Yeager eager AN FRANCISCO Feb 2 The The predicament predicament predicament pre pre- S SAN in which Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion champlon of the world has become entangled through his Mi alleged evasion of the draft recalls to mind the case of the late Les Lea Darcy Australian middleweight champion champion champion cham cham- pion who came to this country during the war to fight our champions and who died of of a broken heart when he was not permitted to box bos being dubbed a slacker because he failed to enlist In the Australian forces Darcy was smuggled aboard an Aus Aus- liner and worked his passage to America under an assumed name When he arrived here there was a great scurry among the fight promoters and managers managers managers man man- agers to take the famous boxer under their wing A peculiar coincidence arises In comparing Dempsey and Darcy KEARNS HANDLED DARCY Jack Kearns manager of Dempsey took Fighting Billy Billj Murray to Australia Australia Australia Aus Aus- and while there he watched Darcy closely He discovered that the br broad ad shouldered blacksmith was a comer corner and he made arrangements to ha e him sent to this country When Darcy left he was consigned to Jack Kearns Th That t Kearns should handle two boxers during the war and have them both accused of being slackers is more nore than strange Just how the burning criticism of f the former soldiers will affect Dempsey re remains remains remains re- re mains to be seen Thus far he has taken accusations as a Joke and re remains remains remains re- re mains unperturbed under the threats that I he heD will le be lodged g in Jail jat if found guilty Darcy was affected e differently from m the start The conscription law in Australia Australia Aus Aus- did not concern him He was 19 years of ot age and had a mother to support sup sup- port Soon Eoon after his arrival here the boxing fraternity frate started to deride him as as a slacker Darcy Offered a a. weak defense He lIe tried to explain that he was not eligible fo fo- fo the tho draft and that his mother was dependent upon his earnings Kearns had been ousted as his manager in the meantime and a syndicate of or New York ers ens took him over He was was matched to box In New York The governor of or the tho state prohibited the match going through and Darcy went to New Orleans There h ho died ot of f an n infected tooth WILL DEMPSEY QUIT Will Dempsey accePt the challenges hurled him nim at by American legion posts all Sin allover over the e country and fight them n or Will h u he milt quit under the burden of a accusations accusations as Darcy did Dempsey's early training as a hobo will stand hIm In good stead when the time comes to defend himself 7 v s- s vu He bat bat- tied tId ft his way through from the to a a private Pullman and now that he la is him o on top he will battle lo before they send I down again Darcy never had Dempsey's s training Les was a quiet I una unassuming chap who stayed close to I i home NO wonder his heart was broken when he landed in a strange e land and I everyone branded him as a a. slacker |